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Hello, I was trying run opera in kiosk mode, but the problem is - user can press alt f4 and exit it. How to disable that shortcut? Also after disabling, how admin will be able to exit it if he needs?

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I am having trouble with my PC. The tip of the iceberg is an inocuous message which displays everytime I launch iTunes, as below: "The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CDs and DVDs are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other …

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Please, **before** posting a useless answer just for the sake of saying something ***read*** the post. I bought a laptop at a flea market "as is". No returns accepted. While installing the drivers for my printer, I got a message that said something like the OS in which I was …

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Anyone help with this, its an error i get when i try to run a feature of program, Im a complete newb, so step by step if you know how to fix thanks, lee

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The data file of Clipboard Magic holds information that I also need on my other PC (laptop). When both PCs ran WinXP, there was NO problem 'importing' a copy into the laptop. Now that my tower PC runs Win7, when I import the Clipboard Magic data file from the tower …

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I am trying to get my Java DB setup correctly with NetBeans 7.2 to start building databases. When I leftclick on Java DB every option is greyed out except for Properties. There is no sample databases or anything else when selected, a popup appears requesting Java DB Installation: Database Location: …

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I recently upgraded to Windows7,from Vista. When we opened the box, there were two discs. I wanted to install the 64bit version. When we inserted the disk into the drive it said it couln't install as there was Vista 32bit on the laptop. So after looking around in the Microsoft …

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For no apparent reason all LAN network drives and PC's are now appearing in Win 7 Explorer as Media devices which open with Windows Media Player, not much use for accessing files! Lan is 1 Win7 64bit PC, 1 Win7 32 bit Aspire ! and a Sony Vaio laptop plus …

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**I've done some reading on this, and tried a few things. (dont remember now, it's been so long.... and still a problem) I click the START menu. The first "stage" or "level" of default shortcuts pop up, along with any that I have created within the Start menu. At this …

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Windows 8 is available for download as a release preview upgrade for people wishing to familiarise themselves, and test. Point: why should I get W8? I am using XP and yes, I know support falls over in two years, but I am very happy with what it does... it fills …

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Hi, I've been experiencing an odd computer problem where my windows7 PC will reboot itself after about 2-3 minutes of being turned on. It happens if I login and start web surfing or watching a video, or any sort of normal computer activity. It happens if I don't touch it …

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I can't un check attribute read only folder Windows 7. I used this command " c:\>attrib -r -s d:\\myfile ", but It didn't work. Have anyone help me?

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When I try to start safe mode it never starts up it just goes to my Win 7 start up I am trying to run spybot in safe mode to get rid of unwanted program but again I am having troubles getting into safe mode can anybody help me

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a message keeps coming up telling me my windows 7 is not genuine. i bought the computer from dell and it was already installed on it - are microsoft right to tell me it's not genuine? what can i do about this? (i did validate my office word though, and …

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Hello guys. I am an HP Probook 4430s user. I just want to ask if this laptop version enables **Virtualization**. If not, then how can I enable it? It is said that Virtualization is usually disabled by default computer manufacturers. And I am not sure either how to check whether …

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I installed Norton 360 on my eMachines Notebook a week ago. Since then I haven't been able to get online using any one of my three wireless modems (each one from a different provider), though they all work fine on my Dell Inpiron Laptop. When I initially connect the modems …

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Once again my school laptop has failed me. I downloaded UltraSurf and tried to run it at my house, where it connected 100%. I came to school, the place I was always going to use it, and it could never go past 99.9% connection. I realised it wasn't working, so …

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Hi Everyone, I am having an issue with a Windows 7 (Starter) netbook. When the user logs in "explorer" does not run. I have checked the regsitry and ensured that the keys were right under "HKLM/software/Microsoft/Windows-NT/Current Version/WinLogon" (Shell=explorer,exe) "HKLM/software/Microsoft/Windows-NT/Current Version/WinLogon" (Userinit=C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe) I have ran a Malware check and removed a …

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Frequently at start up I get a message saying; A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to protect your computer. Stop OX00009088(OXABA2EBA8, OXABA2EBAC, OXABA2EBAO, OXABA2EBA4). Physical memory dump failed with status OXCODOO9C. Contact your system admin. I have to say that, unfortunately, all of those numbers …

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One of our Acer machines at work somehow lost it's mind overnight. This morning somehow when it was booted, the recovery software came to life and it started doing a recovery from the hidden partition. It loaded the files ok, but when it came to the update section it didn't …

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I'm having a problem with transfering an .rar file containing an .iso from my School's laptop to my USB. I try to move it and it says either "You do not have the appropiate permissions" or "Your divice dosen't have enough storage" . Now, before you answer, I can't: *Right …

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Wordpad taking over all my laptop icons. When you click on any icon it opens wordpad window with text. I tried to go to default options and change "IE" icon with Internet explorer, but it just made all of the icons look like IE. Still none of the icons work. …

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i am getting an error that a display driver is not responding and has recovered and something to do with nvidia if anyone has info on how to fix this it just started tonight please help thanks so much

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Hi everyone, I had an issue today with my hard disk(internal hard drive). I was trying to partition the C drive.Eventually, I successfully paritioned it then I was asked a question then I pressed yes. Here is the problem. Everything changed from primary partition to simple volume. I was not …

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I have a Lacie Electron 22BlueIV monitor (CRT). Last night while I was watching a TV show on it, the screen went to black but the audio continued. I jiggled the mouse and pushed a few keys but the picture wouldn't come back. I shut the computer down and rebooted. …

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I just purchased a brand new laptop with specs: 6GB RAM Intel core i7 processor nvidia graphics card 2G dedicated Windows 7 64-bit However it seems like my ram usage is at about 1.5 to 1.8GB when I have nothing apparent running and at 2GB+ RAM when I have just …

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Hey, I have just installed Windows 7 Home Basic (32-bit) on my HP Compaq nx9110. The sound driver, which is a Realtek AC 97 driver shows in my device manager as up to date, but still there is no sound output on my laptop. This happened after I re-installed Windows. …

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Hey, guys. my laptop model is sony vgn-cr420e, which come up with the hidden recovery partition. Now I am using window 7 but it is not genuine, so I want recovery my licensed window vista home premium back but I don't know how to do it???

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I have win7 and a week ago rundll window started showing up when i log on.I tried scanning with antivirus program-it didn't find anything threatening, i tried various fixing, cleaning programs - it fixed what was wrong as it claimed the rundll window , but the rundll window said the …

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It just started today, a random Homegroup icon came to my desktop, and after a while my desktop background changed. I don't even have a homegroup setup, is this a virus?

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This morning my Favorites are not here. I use gmail and igoogle and there are always Favorites on the left side. How can I get it back?

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I have a new laptop. I have loaded my printer on it but it will not print off any files. When I looked at printer disc it said it is not compatable to window 7. What can I do not want a new printer.

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Hi, I've written a program in environment DELPHI 7. This file is inserted in a launcher that I've sent to my client; he has installed then the file.exe on its computer (SO: VISTA/7). My procedure works leaning to a simple text.file, but it must be before created at root (usually, …

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When I start Windows Vista on my Toshiba Laptop, everything's fine at the first, but when I reach the "Please Wait" screen, the thing stops loading though the animation of the loading circle thing still goes. I have waited for hours and then the "Please Wait" thing disappears, leaving only …

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hi, i have a Seagate 2TB external HDD when i plug it into my computer it powers up. (i can hear it spinning up, it clicks a few times then stops spinning but is still powered up) when i go into device manager and then USB controller its showing up …

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Hello, anyone knows how (or where) I can get a PC's average power consumption when it is using one of the 3 power plans available in Windows 7 (Balanced, High Performance and Power Saver)? I need these values for a research work.

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I just want a concensus to the size of everyones partition for vista. I am going to dual boot xp pro and vista 64. I made xp 45gb because I will not be putting a lot of info on that partition. I was wondering what you thought a good size …

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Could anyone help me please. I have had internet connection issues for years now. I was originally with orange broadband and had a livebox which would work fine at first and then the connection would become more and more intermittent and then would not work at all. Orange sent several …

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My windows 7 ultimate 64bit is always configuring updates every time i reboot. I tried using windows update and it found some updates and intalled them. One update always fail it says it needs reboot. So i did and it configured again...then did another update and found the same update …

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I want to index a shared / network drive. I downloaded a program NeoSearch. I was hoping that it would find a find that is located on a shared / network drive, it found one file, but any other files I tried to look for, it didn't. I've read a …

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Hi all - when Windows updater tried to install 8 'important' updates on last patch Tuesday, got the usual "do not turn off...'and when next reboot, 'configuring Win updates' - unable to install, reverting, shutdown, reboot etc-all good. When shut down out of that session, Win updater installs the same …

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So I've done some searching and I've found very little helpful information about this subject. My desktop is a HP and I'm using the Windows 7 OS. Doesn't matter what I'm doing rather it be on a web page making a post or just on a new text document, whenever …

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Is it possible to install windows 7 from a pen drive like windows xp and vista? Windows 7 has a totally different way for installation.

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When i use my laptop for normal (typing, browsing, playing simple games) every thing is fine. But when i play bigger games like Modern Warfare 3 or Game Of Thrones my computer will run it fine and then suddenly shut down. This doesnt always happens only sometimes. Recently it has …

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My Borland C++ vresion 3.1 isn't working. It works with simpler codes, but it doesn't works with graphics and animations. Is there any settings that will make Borland work? I'm using Windows 7 but the same happened with Vista and XP also, so help? Please? Thank you all!!!

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IDM boosts the download speed. Is there any software that does that for browsing? Like an addon for chrome, firefox? If not, why is it that IDM can download at a good speed while the browser cannot download the webpages fast enough?

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Hello. I'm new to the forums, though I've read some posts here before. Anyway, I'll get straight to the meat. I have in my possession a Gateway laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. The person who owns this laptop ran TDSSKILLER, and deleted the TDL file system it detected (DR0). …

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