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evry time i plug my i pod into my computer it syncs with i tunes, how to i get it to synch with windows media player so i can add my own music please. View the thread

Excel Worksheet I asked to Alpha A-Z and it moved only the Last Name to alpha, but not the complete line of info with the last name - HELP View the thread

I use Windows Live for my email. I accidentally deleted it, then I deleted all my deletions. Any way to restore? If so, how can I do this? View the thread

Posted on [*]It is the first native store integrated into the operating system [*]Users can buy, download and install apps right from their desktop, in a trusted environment [*]Microsoft will create a new revenue source that will grow considerably over time The Windows Store version that Microsoft included in the Consumer Preview has been criticized for a number of reasons, among them the failure to include desktop applications in the store, or a confusing navigation. Microsoft has made modifications to the store in the Release Preview of Windows 8 that the company released yesterday, lets take a look at what’s new and what has been improved. The store in its cur…

I had to re load pc, running win 7 home premium, I upgraded to win 7 pro a year ago. How do I redownload and install, I have the product key. View the thread

I'm using Win 7 on my HP Elite to record TV in Media Center. Can I copy/transfer the recorded files to my other machine (Pavilion p6-2100, w/o TV recording h/w) for later viewing on that machine? Thanks. -- Allen View the thread

I have window 7 product key and i want to change to a new harddisk as my old harddisk is full of virus. Can i install window 7 on my new laptop hard disk using my existing product key. where can i downdload to install window 7. Need your advise as soon as possible. I do not want to backup as i m afraid the backup dixk might also have virus. View the thread

My laptop is a Compaq Presario CQ61 and I'm running Windows Vista 32-bit service pack 2. I've had it for over two years. I turned it on today and it's asking me to activate Windows. I have no idea why it's doing this. It is a legitimate copy bought and activated two years ago.When I go to Control PanelSystem and MaintenanceSystem, under the Windows Activation section I have the message:"You must activate today. Activate Windows now"Product ID: XXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXX "Change product key"Apparently my product key is invalid, but as I've mentioned, I've been using it for nearly two years.This is an urgent issue as I'm currently abroad and require my laptop to organize fl…

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GW laptop Win7 Home Prem, 64 bit. Been running MSE a long time with no issues (except it occasionally misses something coming in, but they all do). Last week it turned orange, which it's done in the past: 'you haven't run MSE in a long time and your system is potentially unprotected'. I updated the definitions and ran a full on C drive where all the programs are. Nope, still orange, and it did complete. Next day I updated again and ran a complete on D and E which are just storage partitions. Still orange. Never done this before. I used to be able to turn it back green by just running a complete on one major directory, like Windows. Any ideas? (and I did a Restart). …

Hi, I had to reinstall windows and realized that I lost my upgrade key (to Pro) for my Home Premium. My orders in Windows Live is empty. I also deleted windows.old. Could someone please help? How come Microsft does not support retrieval when other sites (Adobe) support this? View the thread

My Picture files are stored and filed in my Documents Library (They always have been since our first stone age computer) Now running Windows 7. When I open Windows Live Photo Gallery it is a lottery whether or not the thumbnails choose to open. Some do and some don't. How can I guarrantee that all thumbnails will open. View the thread

Hello, Even though a periodic "Full Scan" is essential, since it takes a significant amount of time, many a times a scheduled scan is aborted midway, leaving the system a bit vulnerable... 1. To optimize the scan time, I suggest that the before starting a scan, the application indicate the size of standard temporary files and give an option to delete the same. I believe it will help to integrate this check into the application. 2. Is it an incremental scanner? I mean, if a set of scanned files/ folders is not modified later on, does it skip them in the next run or maybe check them only for the updated items in the database? Best Regards, Suresh …

I am using windows xp (32) bit and a message keeps coming up saying "Windows virtual memory is to low " what can I do about it please can anybody tell me ? View this thread

je n'ai plus de son à mon pc. (Pas de son internet, pas de son windows média ni VLC) Je vous explique : Hier j'avais du son, aujourd'hui je n'en ai plus. Je clique sur mon haut parleur en bas à droite (où il y a une grosse croix rouge inhabituelle) et je reçois une résolution de problème dont au final il m'indique le message suivant "un ou plusieurs services audio sont inactifs". Quand je veux lire une musique sur windows média, voilà le message que je reçois http://www.ultim-image.eu/?di=9ZW0 Je met tous les pilotes à jours. Ca fonctionne toujours pas.. Je vais dans gestionnaire de périphérique, je clique droit sur le haut parleur, propriété, et là bim plus ri…

i installed microsoft security essentials on my pc for home use and i uninstalled the anti-virus software that i wanted to remove. now only microsoft security essentials is working on my pc . but i am worried if windows defender will interrupt with the fuctioning of microsoft security essentials ? thanks, View this thread

When i try to remotely log on to my windows 2008 server r2 it disconnects immediately with the following message.Your Remote Session has ended. The connection to the remote computer was lost possible due to network connectivity problems. Try connecting to the remote computer again. If the problem continues, contact your network admin. But the thing is i have other servers on the same network and i am able to remotely connect to them with any issues. Please help me out.FredAm View this thread

Hi All, A custom installation of Office 2010 was deployed via a computer startup script. Office customization tool was used. Part of the setup included configuring Outlook with a default sharepoint list with Contacts that reside on our sharepoint 2010 server. Now the sharepoint lists URL and stssync has changed...i need to remove the configured default list on all computers. Whats been done I've edited the original office MSP file used in the custom installation and removed the sharepoint lists from it. I've also set the option to disable. Then reapplied the OCT over a test machine, then logged into the machine as a fresh user BUT when outlook is launched the sh…

I chose "Defender" in lieu of "M.S.E." when it simply vanished. "Defender" seems useless but a Microsoft Tech. told me "Defender" is just as usefull & both can't work in tandem. I don't agree & want "M.S.E." back but it won't install & I get the same "8004ff83" error code like the others. Any ideas? Kurt Nelsen View this thread

Posted on [*]Native Flash integration for the desktop and metro version of IE10. Probably the biggest change in terms of functionality, especially when it comes to the metro version is the native integration of Adobe’s Flash plugin in Windows. The version installed is 11,3,370,178. Why is this a big thing? Because Microsoft mentioned previously that the Metro version of IE would not support plugins which would have included Flash obviously. The company more or less circumvented this by integrating Flash natively into the browser. [*]Do not track feature is enabled by default. Do not track sends information to all websites you connect to, to let them know that you do …

When I right click on the desktop to create a new Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation, the icon is incorrect. What I am expecting is: But what I get is: Despite my best efforts, (rebuiding icon cache, re-establishing file associations, etc), I just cannot get the icon to revert to the "full P". There is no problem with the similar Excel and Word icons. The weird thing is that on every re-start, the correct icon is displayed for a milli-second before it reverts to the 'wrong" image. Ideas, anyone? View this thread

I'm just a little curious to see how many files are scanned in "Quick Scan" mode. When I first scan it, it will scan about seventy thousand files but a minute later when I re-scan, it will only scan about thirteen thousand. Is this normal? View this thread

I used Pcmover to move all my programs and files from my 32 bit windows xp computer to my new windows 7 64 bit computer. Now I can't uninstall security essentials. I get error code 0x8004FF2E. how do remove the old program? View this thread

All of the blue hypertext addresses in all of my emails in Outlook Express 6 will not respond to direct left clicking. They can be right-clicked and saved to disk and then launched successfully. Any Answers? View this thread

I have it working on xp on the old computer but I need to access it on my laptop which has Windows 7. Just want to know if it is possible and how do I do it? View the thread