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IPv4 is the Internet Protocol that has been used for Internet connectivity for decades. However, IPv4 was never designed for such load and scale, and it is beginning to show signs of strain as the Internet grows—even though the incredible foresight of the original designers continues to power the Internet at a massive scale. Internet service providers are finding IPv4 increasingly costly to maintain it will require an overhaul to sustain the upcoming onslaught of connected PCs and devices. For several years, the industry, including Microsoft, has been working to roll out a completely new version of the Internet Protocol – IPv6 – across various devices, services, and ne…

Hi, I am getting ready to install Windows 8 preview & was going to create another partition for it (actually now I think a better way may be to Install Windows 8 onto a Virtual machine) but I have a question related to the 71 MB OEM partition that I think is the Dell diagnostic partiton. I already have 4 partitons & therefore cannot create another. Since Disk Management will not allow me to delete this volume I thought maybe Diskpart cmd, EaseUS or Partition Wizard. My question is: I don't really know how to run diagnostics from this partition, guess it's done thru the boot menu? But there must be another way other than tying up a partition, say off a CD? …

I am trying to share a folder on the network and have it password protected. I am using Windows XP Service Pack 3 Professional. I have simple file sharing turned off in Folder Options. All my computers are in the same workgroup. For the folder I would like to share I have the following settings: Under the sharing tab, I have "Share this folder", filled in the share name and maximum user limit. In the "Permissions" button, I have removed "Everyone" and put in a user account I created specifically for folder share login and gave it full control. Everything else left as default. For the Security tab, I have everything as default except added the user account I crea…

My notebook fails to enter sleep or hibernation mode, crashing instead. When turning it on, windows asks whether I want to start it normally. I choose 'yes', and after logging in I receive an error message (9f blue screen error) telling that windows has just 'recovered' from a critical problem. Here are the minidump files https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=30A28F2EA31D9C02!149&authkey=!AOOmLsI81xhqNT8 Thanks in advance for your help! View the thread

I am using windows 7 I bought my new computer and having a lot of trouble downloading outlook express. It gets all the way to the third step and it says my firewall is preventing it from finishing. I have tried removing the firewall and it doesn't seem to matter. I am stumped. View the thread

Posted on FLAME[/b] According to “Flame, also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, and Skywiper, is modular computer malware discovered in 2012that attacks computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. The program is being used for targeted cyber espionage in Middle Eastern countries…. The last of these stated in its report that “sKyWIper is certainly the most sophisticated malware we encountered during our practice arguably, it is the most complex malware ever found.”” The malware creators used the Microsoft Terminal Server Licensing Service certificate, which uses the MD5 hashing algorithm. They produced a counterfeit certificate to sign some components of the mal…

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Hi, I have a ADSL modem Wireline (2 Mbps) and 3G data card wireless(7 Mbps) broadband internet connections. When I use these internet services individually they work fine. I would like to use these wireline & wireless internet connections simultaneously, so that i get total connection speed of 9 Mbps. When i connect and try to use these internet services simultaneously, i am unable to browse. Please inform how to configure Windows XP for this? Thanks, - swam. View this thread

I am having another clients with same VLAN with IP's like, 10.12.121.15, 10.12.121.16, When i ping 10.xxx.xxx.xxx -t i am getting continuous reply but same time all of them are timed out for 2 hops. After 2 hops normally its replying till 48 hops again timed out. please let me know what are all the possibles??????? even i tried to ping from router its same. If its from one client i can suspect network connector or network port, but its from almost all the clients. Please if you any more details please let me know by reply. Reply from 10.12.121.17: bytes=32 time

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I will be purchasing several licenses of office pro plus 2010 and after reading the Microsoft licensing documentation I know I must use the same product types across the board. My question is if I installed 32bit versions on the product as some workstations are using windows xp and then remote desktop into my terminal server (Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64bit) which is using the 64bit version of the office product will this function? Thanks, Antonio View this thread

I ran the Upgrade Advisor and i realized i have the net.framework 1.1 which is not compatable, I then downloaded the upgrade to 4.0, it seemed to succesfully install, i rebooted the computer, but everytime i run the upgrade advisor, it still says i have net.framework 1.1. Does anyone know what is the problem? View this thread

So it setups up the install and then it logs of to apply changes, when it gets to the booting/loading screen it starts downloading for awhile then it says an error message but disappears before i could read it, it then says Windows 8 Release could not download. Is there something i can do to fix this? Also i can not connect my iPod Touch 2g to iTunes, nor the iPod Touch 4g, but my ipod Classic connects perfectly and i know it has something to do with Windows 8 because both of the iPods are able to connect on other computers. One more thing, my DVD Drive IS detectible but for some reason when i try to play a movie or media disc, it says this: This file does not ha…

After installing KB2718704 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2718704 I noticed my computer became sluggish. So I went to the Event Viewer, there are hundreds, if not thousands of events over the past few hours associated with certificates! About half are: Level: ERROR Source: CAPI2 Event ID: 4107 Failed extract of third-party root list from auto update cab at: with error: A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed file. . - - 4107 0 2 0 0 0x8080000000000000 89805 …

I am having no progress in my downloading of an update. It just says "Downloading 1 update (0 KB total, 0% complete)." I'm wondering why there is no change after an extended period of time. Any suggestions. View this thread

This error code, # 80070663, has been blocking any attempts to run Windows Update for months. Update NEVER works. Windows Update appears to be the single biggest cause of problems on my computer. The ICON stays in my tray everyday and despite running the update all the time it simply never works. Occasionally, If there are like 12 updates, all but 9 will work but these same 9 FAIL everytime. This is a security concern and I'm frustrated that I cannot get any help. PLEASE! Anyone? explain or help?!?! Windows Vista 64-bit, Home Premium, HP dv7 laptop View this thread

Al tratar de grabar en un CD de música se quedo en 99% completo y se vuelve a poner en blanco y me pide que inserte un disco vacío, el CD que inserto esta nuevo y cuando lo vuelvo a poner me dice que el disco esta en blanco que inicie grabación, inicio la grabación y vuelve a quedarse igual. Nunca he tenido problemas en grabar mis canciones preferidas hasta ahora. Agradecería que me orientaran. no tengo conocimientos de computación, apenas estoy aprendiendo. Gracias A T E N T A M E N T E . YENUEN GARCIA AGUAS View the thread

i am using windows 7 home basic and i have to re install the windows because of some hardware issues and the formatting is necessary ...but i want to backup the windows update before formatting all the data so i could re install the updates again..how can i do that.?? View this thread

after choosing express or custom, where in the knowledge base articles can you find the latest updates? winxp pro, sp3, ie8 View this thread

tried to down load an update got error code 8006be .And when i tried to run mr fix it got a message saying windows installer not working/not installed correctly View this thread

The virus is "Best Antivirus Software." My computer only run internal apps, can nio longer access internet. Hoping I can download MSE onto disk, load into infected laptop, and pray. Suggestions? View this thread

bought new printer it is sayng it can't find the driver View the thread

The following updates failed for my computer - is this a concern, or maybe they don't affect my computer. Update Rollup for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB2695962) Security Update for Windows XP (KB2676562) Security Update for Windows XP (KB2659262) Security Update for Windows XP (KB2686509) Update for Windows XP (KB2718704) View this thread

I've just started to use a new Camera,(a cheap one),for still photos,and a lot of them are very blurry. Yes,I did remember to clean the lense,and yes,it was really dirty, LOL. Are there any apps. out there that can help,or should I just start over? View the thread

For about the last week Security Essentials pre-release version 4.0.1540.0 on Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 shows "PC status: potentially unprotected, even after repeated quick scans and a full scan. The scans are all error-free. I always update the definitions before starting the scan. I do not use any "cleaner" programs which are accused of wiping out the MSE log file. I have used MSE for many months, so there are no residual anti virus programs laying around. View this thread