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I ran the Microsoft virus removal app. tool last night and still have problems this morning with file not found, and some apps not working right. Continue reading...

Was working on my computer when a box came up requesting update of the following: .Net Framework 4 client profile and also Direct X setup,vixual C++2010x86 redistributale maintenance. Are these necessary and are they legitimate from Microsoft Continue reading...

This is a random issue at our office. We require our margins to be set to zero for our ticket printers. Three out of 5 have no problem with this setting. All are running IE 8.00.6... I have attempted to change this setting in the registry but it defaults back to .25 and .16 Suggestions? Continue reading...

I've recently formatted my C drive and install Windows 7 ultimate, instead of my Vista. But I started getting the below error message. It says, Display driver Intel Graphics Accelerator Drivers for WINDOWS VISTA ® stopped responding... whereas I'm using 7 OS. Tried installing the Vista video driver, which is not accepting stating that the OS is not supported. Would you anyone be able to help me out on this situation? Every now and then the error message appears with a 2 sec black screen. Thanks in advance for your help. Vinodh Continue reading...

Hello to everybody. I have a annoying problem with deployment of win 7. My regional office is currently deploying win 7 on every machine. We use an image that comes from NYC office that I've installed without any problem both on laptop and desktop. But I need to customize it adding more softwares so I've added sw and then resealed the wim. If I deploy the final image to desktop I have no problem at all but when i deploy it on laptops (Lenovo X200S and X61s) the wifi stops working. I've found no solution to this problem. Removing Installing or updating the driver don't solve the problem. The wifi hw is detected but simply doesn't work. Troubleshooting says that there is…

By Paul Thurrott The trend toward the consumerization of IT has dramatic ramifications for end users who have unwittingly forced their employers to accept these changes. Continue reading...

Trying to install the KMS host for office 2010 on my win 2003 R2 standard server and getting the error message "Error: he software protection platform service is not installed" I've read many guides and cant find any information about how I should get this service so it is there on my server, it's not in the services list so I assume it must somehow be installed. Thanks Continue reading...

How should one use Highlighter for the IE9? Continue reading...

Microsoft is splitting up the people and speech technology assets it acquired in 2007 with Tellme Networks, with some going to customer-service software maker 24/7. Continue reading...

Hello. I got very curious about the windows 8 dev preview and thought about testing it out on my Asus Eeepc. But It was a very bad decision, drivers arent compatible (resolution is messed up) and I can't use asus specific thing on it. As my Eeepc doesn't have a CD drive and obviously no win CD came with it, is it still possilble to restore win 7? I've heard that Asus and other laptops have restore partitions and things like that. I do have windows.old folder if that helps. I know, I messed up pretty bad : / If there is no restore option, then I probably should use USB to just intall win 7 on it again, right? Continue reading...

Hi, On IE 8 in our app if i clicked Open button on file download dialog box to open the file which is not having association with any program then IE itself tries to open that file in the same window of the browser. IE 9 provides us new dialog box saying "Windows can't open this file" and ask us to choose a program to open the file. This same issue we observed on IE 6 as well. We are using Windows 7 machine. So please let me know how can i make it work on IE 8 to behave like IE 9. I am not sure if this is an IE issue or windows OS issue? Thanks a lot G.D.G. Continue reading...

IE9 won't open a lot of pages. It just opens a new tab that is a blank screen and a empty tab title. The extension types all vary. However, if I cut and paste the link in a new tab it will work. I already tried to down grade the version to 8, but it says its unsupported by windows 7 64 bit, funny I started with 8... Continue reading...

I am unable to login in my PC in which windows 7 Operating system is installed by local administrator account. Continue reading...

Hello, when i m trying to update my machine always show the update failed, can u confrim me can we update manually, thanks vimal Continue reading...

I got a message indicating that "Windows security center service is turned off". By pressing button "turn on now" doesn't respond. How do I do it. Continue reading...

when i tried to fix it igot this : can not access the window management instrumentation software..window manag.files may be moved or missing Continue reading...

Windows Update appears to be woefully inefficient on CPU and RAM in Windows XP, I see there was an update to fix this for XP2. Is there another one for SP3 because I assume this fix was included in SP3 considering it was such an issue. Thanks in advance. Continue reading...

How do I pause MSE for a short time, should I decide to do so in Win 7/64, IE9 Continue reading...

Hey guys, i have some difficulty accessing my comp due to hal.dll error. Usually it works fine but now i don't know what happen and i can't even boot up my pc. Can anyone help me please? Im using Windows 7 Ultimate, I already had used startup repair from the installation disk, but nothing works. Continue reading...

Hi, lately when i have tried to log into my account, when i reach the sign in page, a message pops up saying 'sorry, you have tried too many times to log in, please verify that you are a human' or something similar, i'm afraid i can't remember the exact message, but its just the usual one for when you forget your password and try too many times.only, i haven't unsuccessfully tried to log in, which means obviously people have been trying to guess my password, is there any way to stop them trying? Also, when i go to type my username, options pop up for me to choose an email which has been previously typed, however today an unfamiliar one popped up today. does this mean so…

I have currently a separate program that scans my emails for junk and spam....it isn't a Windows email program or my isp email program. If i just use MSE will it protect my emails from getting junk and spam? Or am i better off doing as suggested that i save any 'foriegn' email i don't recognise and save it somewhere like the desktop and scan it with MSE first? Continue reading...

The original medium that I've used for installing office 2010 is english. I have noticed that installing of a language pack on up-to-date office 2010 sp1 causes list of patches missing according to the windows update: Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2510690 ) 64-bit Edition (service pack was already installed) Update for Outlook Social Connector 2010 (KB2583935), 64-bit Edition (this one is already installed by patching office 2010 enu) Update for Microsoft OneNote 2010 (KB2553290) 64-Bit Edition (this one is already installed by patching office 2010 enu) Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553310) 64-Bit Edition (this one is already installed by patc…

Tried many MS and non-MS fixes to no avail and continue to encounter Windows Update errors 6B7 and 643 on 'most' MS Windows updates. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bruce Continue reading...

I get a popup from mircosoft vitual c++ runtime library in the middle of box states its a runtime error also it need to be terminated in a unusual way. I tryed reinstallin but it still there. Help! Is this a virus ? Continue reading...