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I am trying to upgrade, to overcome an error message, however I cannot find the button to go...
by Guest Stephen Spencer- 0 replies
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Cannot find the download button, where is it? Continue reading...
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Enterprise Office 2010 Custom Templates deployment
by Guest Gonzalez_G- 0 replies
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Hi - We are looking to deploy 1) Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Template (.dotm) and 2) Microsoft Power Point 97-2003 Presentation (.ppt) template to all our Office 2010 users. I tried to create the following key to test the deployment - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\Spotlight\Providers\[ProviderName] - But I don't get any results - No error messages either. All our users are currently using Windows XP 32 bit. Yet, within the next six months we will be migrating to Windows 7 64bit. Therefore, I would like to make sure that whatever the fix, it will be compatible with either OS. Is there a way to deploy these templates via GPO? Your help is gre…
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In Win 7/64 could MSE alert with a Popup to turn on Firewall
by Guest WinUser1- 0 replies
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In Win 7/64 could MSE alert with a Popup to turn on Firewall etc.... Continue reading...
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Potential threat message: Program:Win32/WinMaximizer
by Guest KathleenMeyers- 0 replies
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Keep getting this message. Follow the recommended steps - remove threat and restart computer. Same message comes back after restarting the computer. Update virus definition on MSE and still receiving potential threat message of Win32/WinMaximizer. I don't know if it's BETA or not BETA???? Continue reading...
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Windows Phone developer lead leaves for Amazon's Kindle team
by Guest Mary Jo Foley- 0 replies
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Brandon Watson, head of developer experiences for Windows Phone, is the latest exec to leave the Microsoft’s phone unit. Continue reading...
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Brandon Watson, head of developer experiences for Windows Phone, is the latest exec to leave the Microsoft’s phone unit. Source: All About Microsoft
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Change music file type
by Guest bls2001- 0 replies
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I have files with rax and acc extensions that I would like to change to mp3 extension in order to use a different player. Can Windows Media 11 player do this. I thought version 9 could, but I have no idea how to get that version. Continue reading...
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I just upgraded my computer to a ASUS mother board with a 64 bit processer and then installed my copy of windows 7 which is a 32 bit copy. Then I upgraded using the windows anytime upgrade to a copy of Windows Ultimate because it stated that I would have access to both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the OS with that license. After the upgrade which asked me no questions, and was completely automated online, I now have a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit loaded on my computer. How on earth do I get the installation/upgrade to switch me to the 64 bit version of the operating system? Continue reading...
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Internet Explorer
by Guest Leslie 77- 0 replies
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I need to get some help from a live tech support operator Continue reading...
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Windows Movie Maker transitions missing
by Guest Kornboy82- 0 replies
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With many computers, we have a problem. The exploitation system installed is Windows XP Pro corporate edition and all of the computers are connected to a domain. The installed service pack was SP2. This problem occurs in 51 schools (about 4080 computers total). When a student logs in (with an account with no special rights), he do not have the transitions included in Windows Movie Maker. This is not suposed to happens because Windows Movie Maker is not a program that you must run with administrator rights. When I log in with my account (I have administrator rights), I have all the transitions. I tried to update one of the systems with SP3 and all the latest…
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Corrupted copy won't uninstall. Can't overwrite an exsisting copy. How do I get rid of the...
by Guest RogerNolet- 0 replies
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on start up I get an error message for Security Ess. When I tried to reinstall it . Got the message will not overwrite an existing copy. When I tried to uninsatall it, got the messaga that it was corrupted and could not be unistalled What do I do now? Continue reading...
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Freezing, tabs won't open, history screwed up
by Guest xdzgor- 0 replies
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Hi - I use IE9 on Windows 7 64bit. At least 3 or 4 times a day IE9 freezes, and won't respond. As many times, there are tabs I can't switch to. And even more often clicking back and forward with the back/forward history buttons jumps to incorrect pages. Are there known issues with IE9? Continue reading...
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https:// ,being blocked
by Guest allonone- 0 replies
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Hallo When ever I visit a https:// site i get the notification: What am I surposed to do, normaly I just click "Close" and everything continue like normal and I have access to the site. But how do I get rid of that annoying popup? Its a server 2008 with IE 9.0.8112.16421 Continue reading...
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Another "Can Ping but not Browse" question
by Guest Desktop Works- 0 replies
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Hi, There are a ton of "can ping but not browse" posts here and accross the net. I have tried everthing I know and what I have found listed. This post is a last ditch effort before I nuke the system and start from scratch. Your help will be very much appreciated! It all starts when internet is not working, I do a Ping, it works. Next I check the Netowrk Connectins and see a strange 'incomming gateway' connected at 10mb, for a very long time, longer than the PC has been on. I do multiple antimalware scans, the gateway goes away, but still can not browse the internet. I have reset TCP/IP, winsock, flused and registered DNS, tried different DNS server, can ping both ip a…
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Install Ultimate over Win 7 Pro
by Guest Jim_Black- 0 replies
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After serious issues with Windows Install and Media Player, and some connectivity issues, local repair service recommended reformatting and starting over. I have dozens of big and important programs installed and this would be a huge problem. My question is: If I install Win 7 Ultimate over my current (damaged) Win 7 Pro, will I be able to keep all my currently installed programs -- without reformatting? Continue reading...
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Windows SIM Unable to creat catalog file-access denied
by Guest Stephen.Smith93- 0 replies
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Hello, I am currently trying to create a answer file for windows 7 pro. when I open WSIM, and click to pull the install.wim on to it it asks to create a catalog file. I have admin privileges so I click yes. It waits a while then gives me the error "Unable to generate a catalog....Details: Access denied". I have changed the permissions giving me full access, still same problem. But when I select to use a catalog file (the one located in the install dvd) it opens with no problem. Help? Log file 2:57 PM : 2:57 PM : Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog. For troubleshooting assistance, see the topic: 'Windows System Image Manager Technical Reference' in th…
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Is the "Delete History" feature permanent?
by Guest MitterNYC- 0 replies
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Is there any way to retrieve the record of deleted files after I accidently hit "Delete History"? Continue reading...
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restoring configuration, bookmarks, history etc for ie9
by Guest ken003- 0 replies
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Hi there, so my hdd is failing. My question is how and what files do i need to save, so as I can restore ie9? I am running win7 home professional 64 bit. Thanks Continue reading...
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colors of visited and unvisited web pages
by Guest Kjoskjos- 0 replies
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why cant i change the color of web pages I have visited and ones I havnt visited yet in IE9? The blue and the purple are to close to the same color. I went to options, unchecked use default win colors and changed visited to orange. When i do a search, check out a page and hit the back button to my search results its still purple. Changing the accessablility option just screws all the colors up. I have did the reset on IE9 as suggested in the forums. I just want to change the fricking color of a visited web site when I go back to my search reults. Continue reading...
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Why is that sometimes the quick scan will scan around 11000 items and another time 31000 items?
by Guest Ron Clywka- 0 replies
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I run a quick scan every day. What I notice is that one day it will have scanned around 11000 items and the next day it will have scanned 31000 items. I can't see a pattern. I do a full scan once a week. Continue reading...
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bonjour depuis que j'ai installer l'anti virus (avast) mon ordi s'éteind tout seul merci Continue reading...
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IE9 Menu Bar on top
by Guest AngusMac- 0 replies
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Hello, I've read that IE9 has a problem with moving the menu bar on top. The GPO setting that was effective with IE7 and IE8 doesn't seem to work anymore. What is the new mechanism to move the menu bar? This of course is a mandatory requirement. There either is a possibility to do that (without manual intervention on every machine) or there will be no roll-out of IE9 on our machines. Can anyone from MS please comment on this issue? Regards, AngusMac Continue reading...
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Can't get rid of Foxit addon
by Guest amc44- 0 replies
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I installed the Foxit PDF reader, but don't want to use Foxit as my default PDF reader. I uninstalled Foxit Toolbar, so that if I go to Tools>Manage Add-ons, I don't see Foxit anywhere. If I go to my Windows program associations, .pdf is associated with Adobe and nothing is associated with Foxit. I also searched the registry for Foxit, but didn't see anything IE-related. Now when I click on links to PDFs in IE, sometimes IE uses Acrobat Reader (which is what I want), and sometimes IE gives me the Information Bar with "This website wants to run the following add-on: 'FoxitReaderOCX ActiveX Control Module' from 'Foxit Corporation'. If you trust the website and the add…
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screen resolution problem for windows xp
by Guest ejay thed- 0 replies
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i can't change my screen resolution ,stay only on 649 by480 and 16 bit everything to big in my screen . can somebody help me please. Continue reading...
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Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool .EXE does nothing
by Guest JMurphy70- 0 replies
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Running Windows 7, SP1 but when I try installing Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool, nothing happens. It just sits there. I waited up to 15 minutes for a response from my machine, but no go. Tried rebooting, running as administrator, redownloading. Still no joy. Ended up going to an XP machine to create the bootable .iso but would like to be able to do this on my Win7 box. Thanks for any input. Joe Continue reading...