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    It will be buried inside one of your Chrome add-ons. Delete the lot and reload the ones you want.
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    "a worldwide swoop on ‘dark net’ sites. Some 16 masterminds of such sites have been arrested in an exercise that also took down more than 400 ‘dark net’ websites and …
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    Well, there's Google... But if you'd like some help, press the Report button and post the content of the notepad that pops.
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    Replied To a Post in Trojan Virus & Quickbooks Software Won't Open

    I think, Dani, that it is around about now that you should consider introducing a lock to threads older than, say, one month, with perhaps a special request from the …
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    And so long ago, it probably doesn't even smell bad now.
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    Cuzintone has it pretty right. You don't have a SATA mode option in your BIOS simply because HP decided it was not necessary - they built the thing with a …
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    This appears to be a Chrome issue, but Microsoft has a fix for it :http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260 Somewhat involved, but if you follow the instructions carefully about editing the registry you should …
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    Replied To a Post in Can't download - virus scan failed

    So around this time you uninstall Avast (use the uninstaller from their website!) and then reinstall it if you so choose. Any AV will automatically scan downloaded files (and also …
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    Aw, heck... I thought the chap hoping to make a living writing batch files would have helped you with this. Because you mention dir I assume you are using the …
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    If some page constructs (forms, elements, graphics...) like... as you mention, .gif files are not sometimes displaying correctly then it can often be as a result of poor page scripting, …
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    An administrator does not normally have access to the personal files of other users, those in their My Documents folder. But it's a computer, the stuff is there....
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    It does pay, once in a blue moon, to check AV review and test sites. Windows Defender is non-competitive, ranks lowly because it is basic protection. Try av-comparitives for objective …
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    Yep. It's called the Shutdown button. Cleans memory totally, quite risk free. The other software, called Restart, does not remove power from memory, so content is retained.
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    If you indeed found stuff using msconfig that you considered unnecessary, make sure to reallow it and then uninstall it correctly. Do not uninstall/remove while it is unchecked in msconfig …
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    There is Java, and there is Javascript. Totally different. Some applications use/require Java, and some applications that are run through websites for specific purposes, oh... like share trading displays, engineering …
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    Windows NT 4.0 ? There are no windows.exe files... Anyway, formatting the drive works to uninstall, but copy out what you wish to keep. Or... do you have a system …
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    It seems that you have specified a paging file size that is rather too small. On the Performance Options page that pops choose the Advanced tab, then click Change on …
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    I take it that your phone numbers are strings, so you would start with this command to extract the fourth digit: MID("Text"; Start; Number) - replace "text" with your cell …
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    I'm gunna guess that he wants w8.1 in Macedonian (Windows 8.1 for Emerging Markets). Or just W8.1 with the Macedonia language pack. Easy enough, you just select and pay M$.
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    I consider that processor, the AMD Dual-Core A4-1250 1GHz almost cripplingly slow, more for a tablet than a laptop. Forget games. It's for simple office stuff, processes which are not …
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    Hello, Tazman. I suggest you update and re-run MBAM; in Settings, Detection and Protection set PUP detections to "Treat as Malware". When MBAM completes have it quarantine and delete all …
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    This is BIOS not detecting the hdd. Of course, with the power off you first try replugging it a couple of times to clean the contacts, try with the plugs …
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    I use Restoration.exe because it will run from a UFD [thumbdrive], so reduced risk of overwriting deleted files. Recuva is another good free software.
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    Reference the sheet named sales in the formula for the cell in your sheet named stock, so: ='sales'.cellname eg. =F16-'sales'.F16 or =F16-'sales'.C16 Consider arrays.eg {B3:B10-'sales'.B3:B10}
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    I know, Jennifer. But all that BD would ignore were my entries in that place... :) It carried on blithely. I have limited patience with stuff that should work.
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    The .sii files are encrypted now to prevent editing. You need a decrypter... : http://eurotrucksimulator2.com/mod_tools.php
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    Silly question, really, but does your router know the correct IPs of your new DNS?
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    I use split solutions. BitDefender. Nope. Tried it; could not get it to ignore softwares/files that I did NOT want it looking at. It deleted them every time I touched …
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    >I saw a report recently that showed US missile silo installations still running software that is loaded from 8" floppy disks That's nothing, Midi... I saw a report where it …
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    Replied To a Post in The Gmail 5 million password hack that (probably) wasn't

    I suspect that a lot of security scare stories will circulate, they make easy copy, sell a few pages. I remember the exploding butane lighter stories, those deadly things with …
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    Replied To a Post in My hp Pavilion 11.6 touchsmart notebook has a blank screen. Help!!

    Hello, Karen, to help us understand where the problem might lie, would you please run the little bit of code below? It is a non-invasive query; will not damage your …
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    And if you're not very careful, you end up here... [[Link](http://bash.org/)] and then your day is gone.
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    I sense happiness. Cheers.
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    bootsect /nt60 sys -that should repair the system volume boot sector code. Operates in the same way as bootrec /fixboot bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot You've tried these, and possibly this …
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    Hi. Deleting ei.cfg is only useful if you wish to use the same iso for installing different w7 flavours. Either way, it does not hurt. Leave it there... Using Rufus.... …
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    Those things work only if the MFT has not been corrupted/overwritten. With a recovery... only the slightest chance of success.
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    You remove the password; the owner will of course notice this. Look, it's a Windows OS; if you lose the laptop, it is OWNED by the taker, so don't use …
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    And just for fun, if you are going to burn the iso to a UFD instead of a dvd (I use Rufus for this) you might wish to delete \sources\ei.cfg …
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    Because you are using W7 you must use the program bcdedit.exe to repair your boot manager files. I have not ever had my hands on an upgrade disc, so I …
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    Replied To a Post in MBAM ate my system, can't restore

    If MBAM staff cannot recover all your quarantined files, then I won't bother even thinking about it. Query: can your machine recognise/load a dvd, read its files? If so, you …
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    Don't delete C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore - it is your update history; wuaus checks that. The service will download a couple of files that it needs if you delete the rest of SD. …
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    Digitalriver.com is where you go - it's the official download site. This site gives the links to available versions. :o Pretty much with W7, you choose SP1, media refresh, and …
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    Midi, it would be churlish of me to offer a solution to your problem. Cos you're having so much fun, and further, investigation is a great source of (self) learning. …
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    Replied To a Post in MBAM Blocked and Can't Scan, Can't Upate, Can't install it again

    Michael, use one of these online scanners: http://www.eset.com/int/home//products/online-scanner/ If you do not use IE it will load and run a temporary installer. Using IE: http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/online-scanner Either will identify the locations …
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    Replied To a Post in MBAM Blocked and Can't Scan, Can't Upate, Can't install it again

    MBAR found nothing? Interesting. ==Download TDSSkiller from this link, save it to your desktop: https://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/utility or http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe -you may need to download it to a clean computer and then transfer …
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    Replied To a Post in MBAM Blocked and Can't Scan, Can't Upate, Can't install it again

    Michael, I do not know where you got to in your installation attempts, but if the MBAM program folder exists, check in there for chameleon.exe; if it exists then run …
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    Then I don't know... BIOS doesn't seem to reach the stage where it hands over to the boot source. I think the next step is to swap your memory out... …

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