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Line-of-business application developers — including those working at Microsoft — have two possible paths to follow to make their Metro-style apps Windows 8 compatible. Continue reading...

I have a music pass but the marketplace still requires me to pay per song. It was not like that when I was still on the free trail. Help. Continue reading...

Hi, I have installed WAIK on a WIN 7 machine with english language and a US international keyboard. When I use WAIK the punctuation marks aren't correctly. Have can I WAIK and in specific WSIM tell to use an US international keyboard setting ? Thxs, S.O. Continue reading...

Hi, I have Windows 7 Enterprise, Service Pack 1. I tried to follow guides on internet to setup IIS 7.5. But in "Turn Windows feature on and off" and can only IIS6 (Internnet Information Services ==> Web Management Tool). I turned the "Internnet Information Services" on, but http://localhost doesn't work. The service "World Wide Web Publishing Service" is on. Justin. Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott Apple announced Monday that an independent team of labor rights experts has begun voluntary audits of the company’s China based suppliers. These companies, which build all of Apple’s products, have been the target of recent outrages over widespread, years-long worker abuses. Continue reading...

Help!! I think this is on my laptop. My windows security essentials is not working correctly. It never finishes doing the scans and downloads. Continue reading...

The Notification icon for Microsoft Security Essentials is not displaying even when I pick always show. How do I move it from Past Items to Current Items in Win XP SP3? Continue reading...

I watch the bar turn green as it is scanning. About 90% of the bar is green then it cuts off and says it is complete. When I download for updates it only shows half of a green bar and jumps to saying it was complete. My history says nothing. Its like it never happened. Do I have a virus? How do I check? Continue reading...

I am running security essentials and spybot. I cant seem to detect the malware causing the problem. Also USB port (for thumb drive) cannot wite to. I can usually over ride the problem by typing on laptop. Can I get ph. support? Maybe someone to shadow me? Bill Continue reading...

I've been using IE since the days of 3.0 and have stuck to it over the years despite the peer pressure to try other stuff but not sure I can keep this up. Note, this is not an IE setting or a misunderstanding. I can replicate the issue on all 3 of my Windows 7 machines. First noticed this in IE8 where if the system crashed whilst IE was running then I would lose all my cookie data (and specifically my 'keep me logged in' type stuff). This would happen 4/5 times. Now in IE9 it just got a whole lot worse. Regardless of if IE is running or not, if the system crashes or there is an unexpected shutdown, the next time you launch IE all your cookies are gone! I regularly suff…

my media player will not read my PC Games Continue reading...

I am trying to sysprep a Dell Precision Workstation T7400 with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. But I keep getting a Fatal Error when i try to sysprep the system. 2012-02-13 12:25:18, Error SYSPRP SPPNP: Error 0x3 setting SDDL on driver file C:\Program Files (x86)\Analog Devices\Core\smwdmif.dll! 2012-02-13 12:25:18, Error SYSPRP SPPNP: Error 0x3 setting SDDL on driver file C:\Program Files (x86)\Analog Devices\Core\smax4pnp.exe! 2012-02-13 12:25:18, Error SYSPRP SPPNP: Error 0x3 setting SDDL on driver file C:\Program Files (x86)\Analog Devices\Core\Mixer.ini! 2012-02-13 12:25:18, Error SYSPRP SPPNP: Err…

all print jobs go to que. Continue reading...

I am running windows 7 and IE9 IE freezes up about 25% of the time, requireing a re-boot. Task manager shows that IE is runnning but yet it is not suggestions? Almost all the time now whenever I try and use IE8 it just hangs and hangs and I have to got to the Task Manager and close down anywhere from 1-3 instances of ieexplore.exe. I try it again and the same thing it just hangs all the time. Continue reading...

How might Microsoft deliver the four Office 15 apps that the company is promising to “include” with Windows 8 on ARM tablets and PCs? Here are my best guesses as to how it could happen. Continue reading...

Can I replace Windows Media Player 11 for Windows 7 with the version for Windows XP SP3? Continue reading...

I downloaded a trial version of Office 2010 but cannot use it because I am missing a file from my Office 2003. It said to uninstall and reinstall Office 2003 but I now longer have the disk or product key (lost them in a move) so I can't reinstall or repair it. If I uninstall the program will I lose everything or will I be able to install the Office 2010 and still be able to access the previous version files? Thanks! Cindy Continue reading...

I am trying to share files in Dropbox. It tells me I should create an association on the Default Program Panel with my email program. How do I do this? Continue reading...

Where do I go to download a previous purchased MS OfficePro 2010 Academic? I have it on my desktop I need to update my laptop from 2007 to 2010. Continue reading...

I changed password for my email server. Now I get this message" "cann't open your default folders. The file C:\Users\Papito.000\Local\Microsoft\mpmerino_live.ost cannot be accessed. You must connect to Microsoft Exchange at least once before you can use Outlook data file (.ost). How do I do this? Continue reading...

all print jobs go to que. Continue reading...

I can't turn on real time protection, error 0x800705. I tried to uninstall MSE, error 0x8004ff56. The rest of MSE, seems to be fine. Appreciate an answer. Continue reading...

Program:Win32/WinMaximizer pls help Continue reading...