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By Paul Thurrott While Microsoft has been talking up its Windows Store for Windows 8 since last fall, with the Consumer Preview we’ve gotten our first hands-on glimpse of this experience. In this article, I’ll take a look at the beta version of the Windows Store, which provides users with a handy, centralized way in which to discover, download, and manage Metro-style apps. Continue reading...

I want to disable the screen that pops up when Office 2010 is installed: Welcome to Microsoft Office 2010 Any idea? Continue reading...

I seem to have a virus and I would like to scan my system using the the Microsoft Security essentials, however it says I must remove my existing Norton Anti virus that is downloaded on my computer...Which I can easlily do! However when I am done is there a way that I can redownload the Noron & have it back on the computer ? Continue reading...

My computer is protected with MS Security Essentials definities are updated automatically. Smart Fortress 2012 virus was not detected 02/28/2012 by MS Security Essentials. Why? I t's a bad one. Continue reading...

A company claiming to be from windows is asking me to pay £175 to clear my computor of viruses they are phoning at 5 pm edinburgh time i think this is a scam is there no one i can talk to on the phone someone i know who works for microsoft your help asap would be appreciated Continue reading...

Orginal Title: error code4ff02 mses Error code when uninstalling Microsoft Security essentials 4ff02? what is it how can i uninstall Microsoft Security essentials ???*** Email address is removed for privacy *** Continue reading...

Hi all, I have a silverlight 4 app and when in page zoom 100% the user cannot click on a particular silverlight hyperlinkbutton on the page. Other HLB work as do all other controls on the page. In normal zoom all works fine. When zoomed, the tooltip and hand icon will sometimes appera but sometiime not over the affected HLB. Also, if the users clicks the button over and over, it will sometimes process the click event. any ideas on how to fix this problem? Continue reading...

I would like to know how I can sync (real time) data between two windows 7 computers. Either Folder or Drive would help. I tried Sync Toy But I need auto synchronization not scheduled syncs. both PC's are on the same LAN - I do not want or need to sync via INTERNET. TIA! :) Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott Suddenly, you can see it happening: A future in which Microsoft melds the traditional Windows desktop with the highly mobile and highly connected devices that are just now exploding isn’t just possible. It’s a sure thing. Continue reading...

Wow, where to start..... Well, I ran the Windows 7 installer, and I made it through and it said it needed to restart, but whenever it restarted, it would have this super long message about how the task has been suspended, and how Litetouch encountered an environmental error, boot into WinPE!, then went into a thing about the boot order, etc, etc... Well, I did some research online and found that basically that just means that there was some leftover files in the partition from a previous deployment, so just clean out the partition through the command prompt, so I did. Well, that did not work. However, it did clear the error and made me start the installation from scrat…

Running Windows 7 O/S - have updated MSE with latest updates for the day and once the program shows the message, everything freezes. I have tried various solutions save for unisatlling MSE and downloading a new version. What can I do? After almost `10-15 minutes another message appears saying that I must turn on the proctection manually. I restart my computer and the opening screen for MSE shows that everything is normal and I am protected, check the history and nothing appears as if the scan was completed without a problem. What can I do to fix this situation? thanks in advance,\\Sam Continue reading...

Bonjour ,j'ai installé e-mule sur windows7et lors de l'installation,il s'affiche:Impossible d'initialiser les clés du cryptage_identification sécurisée désactivée.Comment résoudre le problème Merci d'avance.Cordialement. Continue reading...

My organization is having a number of issues with IE8, and I am at somewhat of a loss as to how to troubleshoot them. We have a group policy that looks like the NIST settings (FDCC/USGCB) for IE8. although the Event log for IE is enabled, there is nothing logged there. When users go to .gov sites, these sites tend to hang, unless put into the trusted zone. At quest.com if you choose download (and updates from the popup menu) -> IE crashes, tries to reload the page in compatibility mode, and crashes again. No events are being logged in the main windows logs, or the IE log. This is on Windows 7, and the IE event log is enabled. Suggestions for troubleshooting? Co…

I have a TMobile MDA I tried to download the software from http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade and received an error message. I called TMobile techincal support and they refered me to Microsoft at 800-642-7676 which provided this web page. I would like to download the upgrade software. When the phone powers up it should display: IPL 2.26 SPL 2.26 GSM 2.25.11 OS 2.26.10.2 The About display on the phone should show: Microsoft Windows Mobile Version 5.0 OS 5.1.195 (Build 14955.2.3.0) Would you be able to email me this software? Thank You, Bernard Widynski Below is the error message that displays when accessing the download page: Server…

Environment: Windows Server 2008 R2 + Windows 7 Pro x64 In order to setup the KMS in our Domain, I guess I need to activate on clients firewall the setting "Key Management Service" for Domain at least? By default it's deactivate. I looked in the Group Policy Management Editor under Computer Configuration > Policies > Admin Template > Network > Network Connections > Windows Firewall > Domain Profile But I don't see anything for Key Management Service. Any help on this would be wonderful, Continue reading...

Running Windows 7 O/S - have updated MSE with latest updates for the day and once the program shows the message, everything freezes. I have tried various solutions save for unisatlling MSE and downloading a new version. What can I do? After almost `10-15 minutes another message appears saying that I must turn on the proctection manually. I restart my computer and the opening screen for MSE shows that everything is normal and I am protected, check the history and nothing appears as if the scan was completed without a problem. What can I do to fix this situation? thanks in advance,\\Sam Continue reading...

Now I am totally aware that I may just be stupid for not getting this but I have customer who's running three vmware hosts all with 2008 R2 OEM Datacenter licenses which have a product key, and a virtual key. So far so good. But I want to use one of the 2008 R2 virtual machines on this cluster to act as a KMS host for the Windows 7 machines in the domain. The Win7 machines are ofcourse Volume licensed, but the KMS key for Windows 7 can't be installed on the 2008R2 server, obviously. So what key should I use? Or is this not possible? If it isn't it's completely retarded, but I wouldn't be surprised. Continue reading...

How do I get rid of Smart Fortress 2012? It came in on an email and it is blocking everything! Continue reading...

i translated the mse file resource (MsMpRes.dll.mui) to indonesian. and when i open the mse again, it not work, stoped working. so, what can i do??? Continue reading...

Hello. I found problem connecting GPRS and WIFI togather at the same time. I use program which have to connect to network send data to intrnet at specific server and also have to send date to local WiFi printer (print server) to print. For first one I need GPRS connection to use it as internet connection to send data and also need WIFI to send date to printer. So the problem is that when I activate WIFI and GPRS togather my Pocket prefers WIFI and don't use GPRS to connect to internet but prints also when trying to surf internet makes error screen of no internet. I try different models of WM6.5 HTC t3335, Gigabite Gsmart 1205 and some chinise WM phone the result is t…

hi, i am running windows 7 home basic,the windows automatic update is unable to find SP1, I am always installing updates when ever they are available, so my pc is up to date ,but without sp1 Continue reading...

I paid 35 au dollars to mercaway.com for microsoft protection anti--virus i'wondering if i have been scammed someone using the microsoft name. my computer is still slow. i do not know what i paid for. Continue reading...

i delete all my message by mistake how can i recover them Continue reading...

i delete all my messages by mistake , how can i recover ? Continue reading...

Hi, Im trying to deploy DART 7.0 to about 25k machines. Different models, but all Windows 7, most x86. Creating the wim-file and distribution is ok. But my problem is that since the wim is deployed to local disc's, WinRE prompts an authentification on startup. And since this is on a domain, there is only a local admin account enabled. As you might guess we don't want to share the password to that account to all the users. What i would really like is to disable the password prompt, disable admin tools in WinRE, and enable them when an remote connection is enstablished trough DART. And not just enable the DART tools on remote connect, but also the standard WinRE tools. I …