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It is such that, Most countries in the sub region of West Africa do not create the platform for users to puchase products on line due to non availability of credit cards, visa cards etc and reliable retailers. How do we those in this part of the world who wish …

I have an Vaio notebook with special buttons (S1,S2, AV Mode) but I cannot use them because I don't have Vaio Zone installed on computer. This was happend when I installed windows 7. Before this I have Vista and worked.

Playing around with WinDbg, I'm wondering how to view details of every Process object instance (I'm assuming there is more than one). WinDbg reports I have an object named: ntkrnlmp!_EPROCESS with members: +0x000 Pcb : _KPROCESS +0x160 ProcessLock : _EX_PUSH_LOCK +0x168 CreateTime : _LARGE_INTEGER +0x170 ExitTime : _LARGE_INTEGER +0x178 RundownProtect …

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HI all, quick questiona bout a laptop I would like to buy for my parents, a dell 15, i3 processor, 4gb ram and windows 8. Now, I have absolutely no experience at all with wondows 8 and I was wondering if anybody can let me know whether it is worth …

My first question here for awhile ; as I help others in other forums,but I haven't a clue how to rewrite bios-phoenix for a dell4700dimension with glorious parts: (3gb ddr2,2.8ghz P4 HT IntelPrescott CPU,ati hd radeon55701gb,2 x 500gb hdd sata with 480wattpsu,2 x dvd-r-rw-dl burners)Win7sp1 runs great ,jus' Cannot install …

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Can anyone recommend a good PDF app to run on Server 2008 R2 Standard, 64 bit? A client just switched to EMR hosted on the server, with the client computers running 7 32bit. Currently they're using PDFCreator, and when it works, it works fine, but often the printer is no …

Hi, I've recently got my first tech guy job and i've nearly got my head around how all the servers and stuff works in the IT department. I have thought of something though. when you PXE boot a client into WDS and install an image onto the client machine and …

DOS only supports hard drives up to 7.8 GB ....why ?

. Automatic Wireless (WiFi) connection at Win-7 Start - My Win-XP connects automatically to my WiFi network after a boot-start - How can I get Win-7 to do this? .

Internet Eplorer For window7 Starter is non responsive.It work for a while then stopped.When I download a software from the web and go to use it.It uses I.E. as the default browser,but it works fine.I downloaded a software and a search engine called mystart engine or search came with it.didnt …

My internet browsers and internet browsing related software (such as updaters and uninstallers and installers) just won't open... I only have two internet browsers Firefox(Mostly used) and Google Chrome. Everytime I try to open it, the cursor will turn into the "Working in desktop" cursor for half a second to …

I have a Dell Deminsion E310 running windows XP. Shortly after starting up computer a dialog box with the heading "Windows File Protection" appears. The verbage in the dialog box "Files that are required for windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain system stability windows …

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hey,i am trying to access websites from mozilla firefox but it's not working.when i write the website and hit enter,the page stays blank and the cursor next to the link still flashes and indicates that i can write more. i can't even enter the options of mozilla from the tools …

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my laptop (hp, windows 7 64bit)just interrupted with no reason (ok, maybe i dont know the reason). my way fixing this was restarting. but Yersterday after i restarted i found my data in E: was all lost. they are my fav photos and i want them back. how to get …

I have dell Optiplex GX620, I have installed windows 7 but it shows that no audio output device is installed. I even changed my sound card, but no use. I have visited many hardware shops as well to repair it but no one could find any problem.

I have a new issue I have 2 pc's that i have gotten in the last few days that all of a sudden won't web browse. one is a windows XP sp3 the other is a Win 7 pro sp1 in both cases they can connect to the network and …

This issue has been bugging me since like forever! I have got **two** computers, which both run Windows 7 **SP1**, and a printer attached to one of them (the one with the printer has got Home Premium x64 and the other one has Ultimate x64, not sure that this. matters …

I am having a very strange problem that i hope someone here can help me with! My Seagate Freeagent GoFlex 1 TB external HD will only work if it is the only drive plugged in to the USB ports! AS soon as I plug another portable HD, iphone or even …

Hello everyone, My dvd burner is playing up. It has got progressively worse and is now rendering discs unusable every time I try to use it. Even with a new/valid DVD, Windows Backup gets to about 85% and then reports errors on the disc. On loading some discs the progress …

Hey guys, can you take a look through these specs for a laptop and tell me if there any good and if there's any problems with them. thanks. [Laptop link](http://www.johnlewis.com/231740075/Product.aspx)

Hello. I am wondering if it is possible to use a windows 7 upgrade disk on a windows 8 machine. I know you can do a clean install with an upgrade disk, but I am just wondering if upgrading a windows 8 machine to a windows 7 is possible. Thanks

Hi again everyone.. Hope you're all having a nice Christmas. I have a question which I think could sound dumb. Can anyone tell me if Automake and Autoconf can be used on Windows. I seem to be able to find reference to it being used with Unix everywhere but nothing …

after installing window 7 loader by date and time changes in every booting(restarting) help...

Hi, I have a workout called Insanity and I want to extract the music from the audio from the DVDs. When you start the workout, you can choose to do the workout with or without the music. When you don't choose to play the music, the video is the exact …

I have a subwoofer and 4 mini speakers but only 2 speakers work while playing music, where in control panel if i test the speakers they all work? I can show anyone screen prints of settings if they need it. Thank you for your time. Mat

Hi Fellas, (i need to keep my system busy while I am not using it) I am looking to know if there is any software free/paid which automatically operates the windows functions when you are not using the PC. like, switching between programs/windows at designated time interval.....running some programs and …

I connect my phone with my lappy to go online.....but after connecting for sometime it automatically disconnects..... I am runnning on Win 7/intel i3 processor.....

    I have Western Digital TV Live that plugs into my TV and also into my 1TB external HD. I have attached four pictures to help with what I'M confused and having trouble with. Take a look at my network1.png, notice that the …

I have installed windows 7 in my PC and m not able to find I386 for my windows 7 please help and giud me how do i start????? please reply fast :)

I use Windows 7 PRO and MS Office 2003. Have had no problems until now. I use automatic updating and the Dec 11th release had 3 relating to office 2003. None will install although all the other updates did. I've tried MS help and they've run and said they fixed …

Hello! I am planning our backup strategy in a mixed enviroment (Windows File Server, Linux Samba Server, MS desktops). The target is to use such backup which for dektops uses shared folders as mapped drives on windows server. On windows server there are several data partitions which should be backup-ed …

MY husband bought a used laptop from a friend of a friend. Upon turning on the unit, we found that it did not have a genuine version of Windows7. He has been using the internet and being a very new user, he seems to have downloaded major problems with his …

I just put a new hard drive in my 2400. However, powered on or off, my monitor power button glows amber whenh plugged into the tower. Monitor is eMachines 21" flat screen. Tried reseating memory. Still amber. Any ideas? eMachines docs say amber means system is in sleep mode??

I want to make macro in Word to find "the" in document and replace it with "THE". Only words which have space before and after "the" should be changed and the in these or words like that should not change. How can I write commands for it in Word. I …

Hello all, Anyway, Please can someone support me regarding connecting a Windows Server 2008 standard that needs to connect to another Windows server in another country outside of UK (Site B). The ports 1433 and 3030 are also open in the firewall and also the Draytek 2830n router, therefore I …

Hi all, My laptop is running Windows 7 64. I need to get into my run it in safe mode but when I press F8 upon startup but I am not given the option. I get Start Windows Normally or a prompt to fix the startup process because apparently my …

I have a strange problem with my computer, and I'm going to do my best to describe it. When I use my computer for sometimes up to two minutes or up to three hours whatever program I'm in, or if I'm on the desktop at the time, the icons will …

Hi, haven't needed help in awhile but this is driving me nuts. In the last week or so my computer has suddenly slowed drastically. Website loading and switching between applications takes *forever* and the hard drive just chugs in the background. I check my resources and my physical memory is …

hi, I recently got win 8 and when I want to connect to a vpn the main connection goes limited so then it has no internet access anybody knows how to fix it ? thanks

Hello, When I try to restart Win 7 (64bit) I get this error message from apache.exe or mysqladmin.exe like this "the application was unable to start correctly 0xc0000142" I get this error since I have installed EasyPHP, and I don't know how can I solve this issue? Many thanks in …

Dear Dani, I have a project i'm working on, and part of the project requires i list the key characteristcs, cost and advantange/disadvantage of windows os when compared to linux. the latter i have been able to find on some tech websites, but i can't find for windows os. pls …

I have one of our servers Win2003 EE SP2 out of sudden the following services stop: automatic updates, computer browser, cryptographic services, distributed link tracking client, logical disk manager, secondary logon, server ,wireless configuration , workstation. when I try to start server service it give me error 5 access denied, …

What is the syntax of command for viewing list of commands in command prompt?I have tried help command but it does not work.

Hi, I am having a problem with my SONY VAIO VGNFZ240E could anyone please help me with this? I tried to recover my unit by making 2 recovery dvds but the process failed at 89% with error code:320/330 follwed by error code:-1 and when I tried do the same from …

How do we set MP3 songs into caller ringtones? How do we download Video to the phone?

I have been having difficulty opening the internet in normal mode but for some reason it keeps saying there is an error(This is for all browsers), but in safe mode i can use the internet perfectly fine. I think its a hijacker or some other virus. I am not sure. …