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Trying to download from windows windows 8 release preview its saying cpu is not compatible when its a i5 cpu clarkdale 650-- asrock h55m motherboard bios america megatrends socket 1156 lga --family 6- bios p2.20 a lot of people on blogs and windows answers are having same problem i have …

Hi, yesterday i installed vmware player and today i wanted to uninstall it but i can't as when i do so it tells me that it is running yet it is not opened. I am using Windows 7 32 bit could you please help me? thanks

Cannot delete rename move copy cut file there are no optinos to do it.. like a normal file u right click and u get a pop up with move copy rename delete etc...Its a movie file mpeg and when i right click... it just says: play . que-it-up . add …

I want to implement more use of the intranet which would include time sheet and holiday request forms submission etc. This seems possible through sharepoint 2010 but not sharepoint 2007. Is there an easy and quick upgrade path or is there something else which is cheap (FREE) that would resolve …

Hi, I am looking forward to start an application (in my case Jdownloader) with the PLAY/RUN option started in Windows 7. Can anybody help me on this? Regards, Nicolas

Hello im a beginner and i want to know how to reformat my computer using Windows 7 ultimate, please teach me the step by step procedure i have here cd's of nvidia and emaxxx i dont know what is that should i install those two things before reformatting the computer?? …

my laptop windows xp was hang on start up ...coz i had installed a avg antivirus frm a cd thn my lptop automatically off...after its became off ,nd whn i try to start it, its hang on start position..plz hlp hlp hlp..

Hi guys I have format my laptop (Gateway NV50) and now in the process of installing Windows 7. After the message "press any key to boot from CD/DVD" came up i ignored it because i have already did that. That was the second message. Then boot manager screen appeared with …

 When it comes to business machines no one makes them like HP. Combining form and function in the most elegant ways possible the HP EliteBook 8460p is no exception. Under the beautiful brushed aluminum case is a rigid magnesium-aluminum chassis. Designed to withstand impacts and pressure seen in …

Can someone tell me how to install the speech recognition with microsoft office 2007? so far i only found speech recognition installations for office 2003. i need to install speech recognition for my microphone. Thanks

Hi! I m using windows 7 and my laptop is lenovo thinkpad edge.The startup process is very slow.There appears a black screen at startup and it takes approximately 5 minutes to come to the wallpaper screen.My computer is also working slow..plz someone tell me the solution.

Hello All, I have window vista in my desktop. Whenever I start my computer after booting always open a dialogue box for three time with different messeges. 1) window\system32\Adobe\shockw~1\netbt.pif Window could not load or run this file when i searched in similar folder for this file there was n't . …

Okay..so here is the problem.... My laptop suddenly cant access the internet..how do i know this? Well, you know theres a sign right if your connected or not? Mines got an "X" so nno connection right? but then i accidentally opened Google Chrome and poof! I can access still access …

I tried to download a .qif file. I could not and got this page when I tried to search for this. It says that I should use this to clean up my registry. [link deleted by admin] I did a search and some said that Maestro was great to use …

daniwebbers, This is my issue. I need to back up one server, that has server 2008 r2 installed. It does have sql server 2008 installed, but I successfully back up our databases every day so that is not an issue. In the event viewer this is the error I am …

I have been using Regseeker 1.55 under XP for years with no problems. My two sons have Windows 7 and when using Regseeker it shows up literally thousands of registry issues. But if selected and deleted (with backup) they still appear when the clean process is run again. Is this …

Even after selecting CDROM boot from the Bios this laptop does not want to boot with a "ultimate boot cd" or "Hiren's boot CD" or "Windows XP System Recovery Disc 32 bit". It used to boot with "Hiren" until I set it up to Administrator then it gives me a …

Hello, am currently troubleshooting a PC running XP SP3 Pro, and found that in the the taskmanager, under Processes tab there are 2 explorer.exe running. Anyone knows why? Virus scan and scan with Malwarebytes returned nothing, just in case...

Hi, I am using ms word 2003. My native language is Malayalam (in kerala). Now my work is to translate the script of Disney's Aladdin to Malayalam. Sometimes i need to know the meaning of some words. MS word gives me a few synonyms in English. But i need to …

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Hi The little yellow shield appeared in my system tray today wanting to install the following updates "security upadate for .net framework 2.0 sp2 and 3.5 sp1on windows server 2003 KB2518864, KB257073, and KB2633880" As usual I'm pretty prompt with these and clicked on install expecting withinn a short time …

I used the wireless adapter(Netgear - WG111v3) on my computer for weeks without any trouble at all. (At the time i installed it, I remember I found out it didn't work/didn't work well on windows 7 so I downloaded some driver or something -- Don't really remember -- and it …

I recently replaced my Hard drive to a bigger one 320 to 500 with the same RPM 5400. I was having trouble with my realtek Wireless controller and the blue screens seem to happen only when I am on-line (playing FB games). I have Windows 7 and I keep getting …

Hiii guys, I am making a website through dreamweaver and i want to install a virtual server on my laptop for accessing that website and i tried to install Apache servver but it does'nt seem to be works. So can anyone help me to sort out this problem. What is …

I took apart my vaio laptop (I have had experience with Vaio Laptops) and put it back together twice trying to figure out why the screen is blank and also the indicator (LED indicator) that looks like a cup does not lite up. Everything else works. The screen for the …

Hi, I have just installed windows 7 on an old windows XP partition. It was big enough for XP but too small for 7. I can not use my Partition Magic as it is incompatible with 7, is there a free partition tool to resize my partition without problems like …

Had a problem with PestTrap, an annoying malware. I removed it but I believe it messed up my computer setting. The icons on my desktop are showing the color of background. My question is how do I restore back to the transparent icons? Please note that my "Use drop shadow …

Well again i am sitting here and a friend have left me to fix a MSI GX 640 a 2 year old laptop. The only lead i know is that it would not start. it chrges, but are not responding to power buttton.

I was told in an email to revise a document and submit the revised document "in clean and track change version." Not knowing what this meant, I asked for clarification and the sender explained that "track changes shows the change you made and a clean copy means you have accepted …

i am currently looking for a software that does a real particular thing. i had a friend that let me use a pc tools mag disc at one time that had a large amount of programs but there is one in particular that i am looking for at this point …

Hello all, We have a server with windows 2003 sp2 on it. My machine is running windows 7. Im trying to figure out why I cant remote in after the other I.T. guy was messing around in the server. The servers firewall has the exception to all remote connections, Remote …

Everytime I clear space on the computer, it suddenly fills up! Simple and annoying. I'm getting concerned of the cause, as its causing incoveniences. Thanks in advance.

Hi All I've noticed recently that in some circumstances Windows Explorer is maxing out when I'm trying to access flash drives. Typically, I insert a flash drive, open my shared folder (which has full access for everyone), then try copying the data I want from the PC to the flash …

Hello, Ok so here is my dilemma, when im watching a movie or youtube or anything, i use the HD Audio Device which is the default device to use when listening to something. When i switch to my Corsair headphones, the volume still comes from my speakers and not the …

The audio on my computer seems to have stopped working. I checked the speakers, they work fine, I tried to play mp3s in Windows Media Player and iTunes, neither worked, cd's will not play either. I believe that tis happened after trying to burn a CD into iTunes, ost of …

ok so i feel like my computer screen is being watched like remote desktop but not exactly and it is being done thru a website. like lets say you have a computer. http://smarttech.com/sync its some what like that kinda program but it doesnt have a program that you have to …

Hi, just got the dreaded BSOD stating Kernel Data Inpage Error. Happened to me almost 2 weeks ago and I don't even know where to begin finding what's causing it because I don't even know why or what causes it to happen. I've analysed the latest dump file from the …

I am struggling with a Gateway laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium, SP1. I have tried to fix the problem of Windows Update error 80070490 - with the System readiness tool, the Windows Update Fix-it tool, done all the requested restarts and retries, and nothing is working. Right now I …

I need a software that will just block websites (all websites) but at the same time I want to use P2P software like utorrent. Is there any technique or free software available? I coudnt find any free software on the net. I am using Windows 7.

newbie here in java pls help how to compile java.... pls help.. :(

hello everyone, i am not sure if this is the right place to post this, and if not, please tell me where i should post this. one of my kids just wanted to show me a video on their laptop, about half way through the video, the sound started beeping …

How do I assemble/improve my PC? Currently my PC is very slow. It’s too old and I want to upgrade it. I am interested in assembling it so that I can replace minimum parts in future and don’t need to buy the whole new PC. How do I go about …

I'm using Windows XP Professional "Add/Remove Programs" and I'm trying to remove a program called Revo Uninstaller. However, I keep getting the message, File"C:\Program Files\VS Revo Group\Revo Uninstaller Pro\unins000.dat" does not exist. Cannot uninstall. I've gone into regedit and looked for any traces of it there but can't find any. …

Hi All..... I need to know something regrading task manager.. Does normally task manager shows [B]every processors[/B] in windows environment? if not what are the example for such a processors....??(give me some examples) Thanks

Hi there, I've got a new Thinkpad. The seller just devide the HDD into 2 partitions. I heard that using 3rd party software to create new partition will lose the path of the ThinkVantage to Recovery Partition. So, i wanna know how to create new partition in Disk Management? Attached …

hello, what the best tools to convert dvd to mpeg ? thanks

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I'm using Win 7 64-bit on an Acer desktop. Whilst typing the keyboard frequently freezes. This happens in any program using text. The keyboard de-freezes when I mouse-click on the cursor. Any suggestions, please?

Hi all, my wife has an HP laptop, HP Pavillion dv 2000. Hope im in the right place? She needs it badly by Wednesday for travel/work. So she was optimizing and trying fix it all up nice and I think she updated it to XP service pack 3. which I …

Computer died with XP. Bought new one with Win7-64. I was using the Caribean Wallpaper with a small peninsula and two Palm trees. It wasn't included with the stuff in Win7 and I want to bring it over, but in Windows Explorer I cannot find it on the hardrive that …