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I am running Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP2. Something regarding Windows Defender happened out of the blue recently, with a System Tray Icon and Message: "Windows has blocked some startup programs" ... I fiddled around with the options presented through this icon, including opening Windows Defender Software Explorer and …

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hi I'm new to this so please bare with me, i recently installed w7 ultimate on desktop with 1gig ram and 200 gig hdd. mother board is ABIT UL8 all ok till restart now all i get to is a screen that says do i want to boot up alternative …

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i have a vista based system, i had recently downloaded a corel draw software with a keygen. and made the mistake of opening the keygen with internet explorer, now all my .exe files are opening with internet explorer accomnpnied with a download window, regedit is not opening and i cannot …

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Hello i need help to switch one operating system to another one just by clicking the switch button . I saw that in a video long time ago where we can have a button to click to go one system to another . Can anyone guide me how i can …

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Hello I'm trying to write a batch file to clean up my pc. But I'm having a bit of trouble. I try to delete a hidden file and I don't know how to use the attributes to do so. Just for an example I try del /s /q /f /C:\Users\Phantom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary …

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mstsc doesn't start anymore, after windows update with the message cannot find c:\windows\system32\<LANG_NAME>\mstsc.exe.mui if I restore the system with a point before 11/08/2010, it works.

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So, I am an avid World of Warcraft player and with the recent Patch I have come to an end of room on my Hard Drive (C: ). Will I be able to install the full game client on my Data Drive (D: ) until I can get a USB …

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I have tried a good bit of things but not sure hopw to remove this ferocious beast. Symptom: Google goes to the wrong page when cl;icking on the link.. PLEASE HELP!!

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I am facing difficulty in installing the updates.As i install the update and shutdown my laptop. When i open the laptop it starts configuring and i waited for at least 15 minutes but it is still configuring. Then i powered off the laptop.And in safe mode disabled windows update. Please …

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Hi, I have a problem and if this is not the correct forum, please let me know. I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate, and I may have a virus or something. If I go to my Google Docs or Google Sites I get a redirect that never resolves. Just keeps on …

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I've recently been having a few problems with downloading files, including things like embedded video and audio files as well as generally downloading files. Firstly I would just like to say that the problem I am having is almost certainly a problem with my os, the problem stretches over IE, …

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I have a Dell Inspiron 1750 laptop with Windows 7 - 64 Bit. A few weeks ago control panel started crashing windows explorer when I first open it. Once it reopens explorer the control panel works fine second time around. I have tried searching for *.cpl files in the windows …

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hi, My PC takes a lots of time in responding .. if i access any file or folder it takes 5 mins to open..also when i do defrag.. it also say u can't defrag ur drive as it has not a reasonable space..!! so tell wat to do..i want my …

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My dad got a new Dell lap-top with Windows Vista less than a year ago. Yesterday all the sudden it's wireless network adapters quit working. I went to investigation and found that it wasn't finding any networks, further investigation found that it was turned off. Now on this computer there …

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Does anyone know what the *.!11 extension is? I'm getting hundreds (over 1100 an hour ago) of files with numeric filenames and the !11 extension. I opened it with notepad++ and mostly it was code, but "Sketchpad" was in the text. I have no such application, so far as I …

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Hi, I have 2 notebooks, one using vista and one using 7. I just set up the ad-hoc (win 7) and connected sucessfully using other notebook (vista) I set up the IP for wireless in win-7using 192.168.0.1 subnet 255.255.255.0 and the client(vista) using 192.168.0.2 subnet 255.255.255.0. The win7 is connected …

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As magic Windows 7 disk manager, Windows 7 built in Disk Management has the ability to shrink and extend Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit system partition. You just need to right click in Disk Management and choose "[B]Shrink Volume[/B]" or "[B]Extend Volume[/B]". But there is a huge disadvantage …

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Hi all, I would like to replace the 400GB HDD in my Toshiba A350 with a 1TB drive. The existing drive is HDD 2H41, I've found a Toshiba 1TB internal HDD 2K11. My question is how do I find out if the drive is compatible with and will just slot …

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i have a relatively new (5 months old) sony vaio laptop and over the past 2 months or so, the internet explorer seems to randomly shut down and then restarts, what can i do to fix it? i have looked the restore point but they only go back to early …

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hi guys, Guys i m not able to delete cookies & temp files..it shows administrator has the right to delete them..!! & shows me every time i try to delete it ..so plz tell me good cookies & temp files cleaner !! Thanks.

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I have an Asus S6F notebook with XP SP2 dual booting with Windows 7 Ultimate. I have found that I am unable to get internet access using hotel wifi access points under Windows 7 - I can only get access using XP. I can connect to the access points using …

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When I tried to System Restore .it says System Protection is Turned off.How should I on the System Protection in Windows 7?let me know anyone .

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I reformatted my brothers computer for him as it was running very slow and had lots of malware etc. He didn't tell me at the time to backup his emails, so I reformatted it and installed Windows 7 on it again. Is there any programs out there that can recover …

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how can i enter bios set up in my acer laptop if the inbuilt keyboard and mouse are not working.please help becuase i want to install a fressh installation of windows 7. - Walter

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All of the sudden my computer stopped playing music files. In iTunes when I try to play a song nothing happens when I press play, and in windows media player when I try to open a music file an error comes up reading "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. …

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HI, i Have a problem with my Toshiba A205-s4577 Laptop. Model No. PSAF0U-01Q009 The Cd drive is not visible in my computer, and device manager. It is visible in the Bios as a boot up device. Its a Matshita DVD RAM UJ-850S The only way to get the drive to …

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Hello everyone! Trying to setup a connection to a website to be able to update currently displayed data and push it on a regular basis to my spreadsheet. The link I have is a direct link to download the newly updated spreadsheet. I continue to get an error message when …

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Hi, My laptop was working perfectly fine with internet. I would connect wirelessly with no issue. One day my laptop stop working with wireless. It said local only. I didn't worry, i had fixed this issue before by adding the IP, DNS, and Gateway manually. This time when i added …

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This is my situation, I upgraded my xp to vista business 2 years ago, now the question is can i upgrade my vista business to window 7 pro.

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