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I have removed McAfee and feel defenseless. What can I do so that Essentials continues to run? Continue reading...

How do I install/setup/Config Windows File ProtectionTom Wallin Continue reading...

I downloaded office 2010 through a discount at my company. When I try to activate the activation wizard wont generate any phone numbers and it wont activate over the internet. All help files say the wizard should generate a phone number once I select a country. Continue reading...

Hi, My clients are delaing with multiple folders in Outlook. How can we assign colours to different folders? Any ideas will be appreciated. Is this possible in Outlook 2010 or maybe a 3rd party tool is available for download? Continue reading...

I purchased on January 24, 2012 an Acer Laptop model 5749-6427. The computer came with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium and Internet Explorer 9. I experienced the following problems with Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 1) Hyperlinks to web pages didn't work in my Microsoft Access 2010 appplication. Instead I got the message "An unexpected error has occurred"' 2) Financial Statements in my Investment broker site didn't open when I clicked on the statement link. 3) Printing of map didn't work in Google map program on the Internet (http://maps.google.ca/). Instead I got a blank screen. I tried for several days to change the Internet Security settings and the advan…

Having problems playing dvd moves on my wmp with a dvd made on a wmp format. Why is that? Continue reading...

I turn on the computer and it slowly boots to sign in and once signed in it freezes completely. The drive stops completely and then powers down. sometimes reboots to the same end. Continue reading...

ls I need urgent help on this. I have a T400. Machine Type is 7434-A43. It came with Windows XP which over the cause of use I have upgraded to Service Pack 3. Yesterday, I did a new installation of Windows 7 Ultimate. Since then I have been having these intermittent 'shutdown' on the system. No blue screen, warning or error message shows. It just goes off like a light bulb. I have installed all the necessary drivers, I have updated versions of both Power Manager and Power Management driver. So I dont know what the problem is. I searched the web and I discovered a host of other T400/T400s/T500 users who had the same problem after upgrading to Windows 7. I never had thi…

I read here that "hardware manufacturers" can disable encryption on "internal, non-removable ReadyBoost devices": http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff356869.aspx I also find the particular setting here, for unattended setup: http://207.46.16.252/en-us/library/ff715772(WS.10).aspx It specifies an "EnableEncryption" key which defines whether ReadyBoost on internal non-removable devices are encrypted. Unfortunately it defaults to "true". However, I haven't been able to find out where I might be able to change the same setting on an already-installed system. It doesn't appear to be in Local Group Policy, and I haven't been able to find something like it in the …

i have just recieved a call regarding the health of my computor, from an unknow sorce, how can i check if any caller supposidly working on behalf of microsoft is who they say they are,befor allowing remote access to my computor Continue reading...

Why will the MSE keep saying connection failed for updates. The computer is online and it will not update. It has created this 5 days ago. Continue reading...

I have problems connecting to one particular website on my Windows 7 64bit machine. My internet connection works, I can visit other sites, check my email, connect with ftp, etc... I do not experience any other internet problems except with connecting to this one url. The site is up and running since I can access it from other PCs, tablets and smartphones. I uninstalled my virus scanner, did a IE 9 reset but none helped. Any idea's? Continue reading...

If I go to http://www.letsebid.com with crome or firefox all is well, but if I use IE9 the bottom or the page is missing.. Nothing loads. If you do not know it is there you would never know it was missing but is you use one of the other browsers you will see that there are tons of things missing with IE9. I have tried everything I could think of. Continue reading...

My IE8 homepage keeps being hijack by MSN/Bing. I have added this to my registery but it's not making any diference: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel] "Homepage"=dword:00000001 Does Interet Explorer give priority to MSN/Bing regardless of what your homepage is set too? Continue reading...

I can print to my HP Laserjet 1018 from any word processing program and Internet Explorer 7, but I can not print a web page from IE 9. Any help Continue reading...

In the Volume Control goto options- properties- here you will find the recording button. Press it and it will pull up all the input sliders. Well mine is grayed out! I've have USB Mics plugged into this machine. Need to find out whats wrong, any help is greatly appreciated. thanks Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott Google announced today that it has finally added explicit support for multiple calendars in Windows Phone 7.5. So if you’re using Google Calendar on Windows Phone, it’s now much easier to access all of your calendars and not just the primary calendar as before. Continue reading...

I have IE8 installed only and everything works fine but some sites keep saying they don't support IE6 anymore and I should upgrade. XP, AOL9.6 Continue reading...

My Windows defender offline states "Virus and spyware definitions are out of date", they are V1.0.0 and some years old. I tried creating Defender on CDs, USB-Sticks and ISO-Files on two seperate Win7-64bit computers (PC, Notebook). During the creation phase about 220 MBytes have been downloaded in each case. However, the result after booting from the created media is "outdated". Time on both computers is set correctly. The MSE definition files are up to date on both computers. Remarks: Some months ago I used the Standalone Sweeper with no problems. Continue reading...

Installed win 7 Pro SP1 when it boots up I get a black screen no error msg, I need to fix asapTimm Continue reading...

Can somebody help me? We just purchased 40 volume licenses of office 2010 pro plus and I would like to be able to deploy installs/upgrades over the network without going to each computer since our facility is more of a campus instead of just one building. Continue reading...

my contact list was hacked today and my entire list is sending me cranky email. Is there anything I can do to address this? Continue reading...

Hi Folks, how do I disable the Download Manager in IE 9? Thx: Ivoke Continue reading...

ive got a group of about 7-10 popups that continue to get though and still annoy me,ive ran superantispyware,microsoft security essensials and aro 2011 but these few still get hrough please please help me im at my wits end. any input would be most appriciated.dont know what beta is? thanks stuart Continue reading...

I have a Windows 7 start up problem. Every time I boot it crashes. I have tried the repair option this dose not work. I have run 'CHKDSK /R' THERE ARE NO ERRORS ON THE DRIVE .I cant create a Restore point it fails '0x8100042308' I have looked up your fix and I don't understand it. It won't create an 'Image Disk' either and I cant do 'Backup' it fails with '0x81000037' a problem with [JUNCTION] 'reparse points' again the explanation/fix is incomprehensible to even the most enlightened ones. The only way I can get the system to run is to boot 'last known good config' but when I shut down normally it still fails to boot next time. I am seriously considering giving up Windo…