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My computer was typing everything backward. I have now, I think, fixed that problem. About the same time, however, the screen display made a 90 degree turn to the left. I am not able to find any advice on how to get it to "right" itself. Please help--I'm getting a "crick" in my neck! View this thread

HELLO MY NAME IS PAUL. IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY TASK BAR. WHEN I PIN SOMETHING TO TASK BAR, IT DOES GET PINNED BUT I DON'T SEE THE PICTURE OF THE PROGRAM. I JUST SEE SOMETHING LIKE MISSING FILES. PLEASE HELP View the thread

Ok, here we go. I am studying for my A+ on my own. I have two older laptops, one is a HP 6230 and the other a Dell Inspiron 6000. On a whim, I wiped the HP clean. It previously ran XP SP3 Professional. I reinstalled that on my Dell. Good to go and it runs fine. With me so far??? The Dell ran XP SP3 Home. I installed that on the HP and attempted to activate but was denied. Think I may have answered my question and want to know if I need a multi user license for the home edition. I understand Microsoft is transitioning the user base to 7 however I prefer XP for programming my radios (am a electronics tech with a wireless background) because my expensive pr…

I just purchased and dowloaded a copy of Faery to my PC, from the Xbox.com website. Download is compleat, but attempting to activate has led to this " Serial : Please enter the serial number you recieved with Faery: Legends of Avalon. Where do I find or how do I get the serial number for my game? All help appreciated, Thanks. View the thread

My computer runs on a 32-bit operating system. Am I able to install the SQL Server 2008 r2 Express? If not, what do I do? View this thread

MCAfee scanned got this virus isssue, but I do not have McAfee full scan feature, I ran microft 2 securitiies did not have this issue. Thanks View the thread

I'm helping out a friend and now I need help. The friend purchased a Compaq laptop from eBay. Installing a USB wireless adapter in the laptop and decided to also do the Microsoft security updates and load a anti-virus since it didn't have one. The updates went to the validation of the software and it has failed. There is a MS product key on the bottom that is easily readable. The windows xp update product key did not work. I then noticed the key is for XP Home Edition. The laptop had XP Pro installed. I have a dusty copy of XP Home Edition (I'm running only Win 7) from a long gone PC. Can I use it and the key on the bottom of the laptop? My copy has a p…

I received an external hard drive gift recently – it is FAT32 formatted. My laptop c drive is NTFS formatted – OS win7. I understand that win 7 also supports FAT32 format. So do I need to reformat the external hard drive before I can use it on my latop? That is, can my laptop deal speak with a FAT32 ext hard drive if it is NTFS formatted? View the thread

my laptop OS is Wind 7 and has 3 usb ports. how do i know if they are compatible with usb 3.0 transfer technology (eg an external hard drive that is capable of transferring data at 3.0 speed). the device manager in control panels does not seem to reveal this information. Alternatively, if the external hard drive can transfer data at 3.0 speed, does my laptop have to be compatible with this? View the thread

A beta of a new phone-programming app known as on{X} is available only for Android phones (at least for now). Source: All About Microsoft

when i click on "Check for Update" in windows update,show the following error: "Windows update cannot currently check for update because service is not running.you may need to restart your computer" it is the first time I use the windows update. what should i do? View the thread

Problem resolved at this link: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/10880.kb2686509-failure-due-to-missing-dll-files.aspx Performed a Manual RESET on the Windows Update components...skipped step 4 (as recommended in procedure) because this was my 1st attempt . Changed directory to... cd /d %windir%system32 Reregisterd BITS and WinUdate files...2 files Not Found The two files are: (regsvr32.exe mshtml.dll) and (regsvr32.exe wucltux.dll) Received "Command not found" on ...c:>netsh reset winsock , also on ...c:WINDOWSsystem32>netsh reset winsock Rebooted PC ... Still get same update FAILED message when trying to update fr…

my computer says "Windows update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. I have restarted and the service is running. Now what? View the thread

cannot connect to i tunes store. keep getting error message 11222. View this thread

I took computer down for diagnostic purposes. Everything was OK. However when I reinstalled I could not access Internet Explorer.. System requested a network key. View this thread

Hello Indroducing my self 1st, I'M a NewBlood at this kind of things, I don't know anything about how to config you PC or anything else I already tried to viewread the forums but they don't have what exactly what I'm looking for, maybe I didn't searched enough, thats the highest possibility, I know. I want to organize my PC, this way: - 2 HardDrives: 1st is the OS Drive, 2nd is the StorageDrive (SD) - All documents on the SD (words, excel files......, save's/config's of games, transfers - movies, music, games (WinRAR), my music, my videos/movies, my images/pics, the normal things that the "documents" or "my documents" has). - On the OS Drive have all the installations…

Is this bad?? Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0): ----------------------------------------- Windows Validation Data--> Validation Code: 50 Cached Online Validation Code: 0x0 Windows Product Key: *****-*****-WJ2H8-R6B6D-7QJB7 Windows Product Key Hash: ckKNc+BBPDWmo1LUlOkraNjlQ34= Windows Product ID: 00359-OEM-8992687-00006 Windows Product ID Type: 2 Windows License Type: OEM SLP Windows OS version: 6.1.7601.2.00010300.1.0.003 ID: {75551F0B-176F-4D77-ADA7-40D87429E494}(1) Is Admin: Yes TestCab: 0x0 LegitcheckControl ActiveX: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Product Name: Windows 7 Home Premium Architecture: 0x00000009 Build lab: 7601.wi…

It was operating with no problem , but no more. At same time I can not hear the voice when I play any vedio from You Tube View this thread

Quickoffice may give Google a needed competitive hedge against Office 15 on Windows tablets and possibly iOS and Android devices. Source: All About Microsoft

I have ben using this software for many years and to day a little anaucement shows that my windows 7 is not legal. help- View the thread

Every time I plug my camera in , it re-discovers the photos. I want it to cache the photos - and it can discover new ones. Help View the thread

He keeps insisting I have a virus and if I go to he can fix the problem. Does M/S actually call individual pc owners and inform them they have a virus? Is this something new? The guy is calling from India and I told him since I didn't know him or "" I was not going to let him into my pc and hung up. View the thread

When I open a Word attachment in Windows Mail, change the file, then save it, WHERE IS THE MODIFIED FILE STORED? View this thread

I recently purchased a refurbished computer which has Vista software and the games potion it not available and the unhide button is not responding. Please advise if there ia a way of revealing the hissen games or is there anyway I can download these games from MicroSoft.Thanks,Les. View this thread

leaving laptop logged off or in sleep or hibernate mode, keyboard is frozen after a short time and hard power off is needed to restore operation. View this thread