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Send to Kindle for PC
by Guest Paul Thurrott- 0 replies
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By: Paul Thurrott Kindle fans and users are probably familiar with the fact that they can wireless send documents to their eBook reader via a special email address provided by Amazon. Or, you can physically connect the Kindle to your PC via USB and perform a normal file copy operation. Today, Amazon announced another, even easier way called Send to Kindle, which combines the previous new methods. Continue reading...
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Security Center service is gone. What is the best way in XP to get it back?
by Guest DaveBoston- 0 replies
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This monitoring service was wiped out. AU is working OK. Is it really that important to try and re-install Security Center in services? Continue reading...
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my action centre tells me i have no anti virus programme but l have avast installed any ideas...
by Guest wheffles- 0 replies
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my action centre tells me i have no anti virus programme but l have avast installed any ideas why. i have windows 7 by the way Continue reading...
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How to fix errror code 0*80240022 in forefront
by Guest alnatouriz- 0 replies
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Hello, I am not able to update the definition for forefront, every time I click the " Check for Update Now " I get " errror code 0*80240022 ". Does anybody know how to fix this Issue. Thanks. Dell Laptop E6400 I have windows XP Pro SP3 Intel Core Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHZ 1.59GHZ, 1.89 GB of Ram Forefront Client Version: 1.5.1958.0 Engine Version: 1.1.7801.0 Antivirus definition: 1.115.281.0 Antispyware definition: 1.115.281.0 Continue reading...
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Why do I keep getting this message in Microsoft Security Essentials
by Guest VincentMarwick- 0 replies
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Why do I keep getting this message in Microsoft Security Essentials ( C:\Users\Vincent\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe ) and how do i fix it ? It happens after every restart . System info: Dell Inspiron 1545 Processor: Pentium ® Dual-Core CPU T4500 @ 2.30GHz RAM: 4.00GB System info: 64-bit Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Service pack 1 Continue reading...
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How can I download a plain text file with the file extension .dat or .d00
by Guest TLGilmore- 0 replies
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The only plain text file name option is .txt I I change the file extension to .d00 or .dat upon saving, there are html tags added and the file will not work with the associated program. In XP I could solve the problem with the File type tab in Folder Options Continue reading...
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Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
by Guest MSDN Student- 0 replies
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I use Windows 7 ultimate for past one year and my experience has been very good with the system. Oflate my machine gives the following error Display driver stopped responding and has recovered Display Driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver. Version 196.21 stopped responding and has successfully recovered. When this error comes my machines hangs for few minutes, sometimes I also get a BSD or my machine reboots. This is causing me really pain... I was doing very well without this error and my machine was very fast and pleasant. Please help me!! Continue reading...
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Need to uninstall Office Student
by Guest Zippi1224- 0 replies
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Need to uninstall Office Student to install the Office Business. Yesterday I installed the Office Student But realized I needed to get Business instead. I purchased the needed package but now the uninstall is not working what can I do. It stopped midway and now can not resume. Continue reading...
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Install issue of OFFICE 2010 Professional Plus
by Guest Charlie Fulbright- 0 replies
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After downloading OFFICE 2010 Professional Plus, my computer told me that my Office 2003 program was corrupt and must be re-installed in order to install the 2010 version. Help?? Continue reading...
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PC enters sleep mode during scan
by Guest Sqrly- 0 replies
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This has been asked before and has recieved all kinds of replies. A "reply" is not going to remedy this. The MSE software has a simple but major flaw in it. Someone forgot to give it the ability to prevent the PC from going into sleep mode. I personally have close to 4 Terabytes of hard drives to scan. I'm sure this is not uncommon. Many other programs have the ability to keep windows 7 x64 from entering sleep mode so I know it can be coded into MSE. Someone just needs to physically go up to the coder and smack them upside the head and say "you forgot....". instead of just letting thi information just sit here in this forum and never getting it to anyone who may actu…
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Change "Partially Unprotected" message for out-of-date scan
by Guest mfkobe1- 0 replies
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A suggestion for the Security Essentials dashboard - when it has been a long time since a scan has been performed, the message in the dashboard should not read "Partially Unprotected." This message implies that the product is not functioning correctly. It should read something along the lines of "Full Scan out of date - please scan the system soon." Continue reading...
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Error Message when Computer is Turned On
by Guest MsWaldo- 0 replies
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"The program can't start because STString.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem." Continue reading...
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RE: KB2491683 Automatic Install
by Guest GarryDeJou- 0 replies
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What says is an automatic update appeared on my screen to be installed. It is the middle of the week and not time for auto-update to run on my machine. Where did this come from ? When I looked at the link to describe the file it took me to (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-024). This describes a Windows 7 file ? I am running XP.. Should I allow this file to be installed ? I also downloaded this KB# file manually from MS and it will not install because it said it didn't know what program created it. What should I do ? Continue reading...
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MICROSOFT DESTROYED MY PC
by Guest IdiotMicrosoft- 0 replies
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MICROSOFT HAVE DESTROYED MY COMPUTER THEY PHONED ME AND SAID I HAD A PROBLEM SO I LET THEM CONTROL MY COMPUTER THEN AFTER GOING TO GET SOME COFFEE FOR MYSELF THE MICROSOFT GUY IS OFF THE PHONE AND MY ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE IS POPPING UP REPEATEDLY! MICROSOFT HAVE DESTROYED MY PC THANKS A LOT I AM NEVER USING MICROSOFT PRODUCTS AGAIN APPLE ARE MUCH BETTER!!!!!! Continue reading...
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Mother board crash - need registration info from Office Suite
by Guest ericbev- 0 replies
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Mother board crash - need registration info from Office Suite Continue reading...
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sysprep failed at [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup].
by Guest GordonTanaka- 0 replies
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Hi All, I am having some problems with Windows 7 sysprep. It encountered a error during sysprep when "Setup is applying system settings" Error message - Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup]. I use sysprep /generalize /oobe /quit /unattend:sysprep.xml command and following is my sysprep.xml file: - - - - 32 100 1024 75 768 false computername true false false 12345-67890-12345-67890-12345 My Company My Company f…
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windows xp validation after virus removal
by Guest chris308612611- 0 replies
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i remove a horrible virus off of my computer and had to alter registry to do so and ever since then i can not get my xp to validate. Is there an easy fix besides buying a whole new windows key? Continue reading...
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Windows Phone Dev Podcast 50: Silent and Invisible
by Guest Paul Thurrott- 0 replies
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By: Paul Thurrott I appeared on the latest episode of the Windows Phone Dev Podcast this week. Ryan Lowdermilk and I discussed the Windows Phone news from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, including the AT&T and Nokia press conferences and Microsoft’s final keynote address. And for you Call of Duty fans, a healthy debate about the best weapon loadout for MW3 Team Deathmatch. Continue reading...
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Office 2010 Professional Plus
by Guest drbenzo- 0 replies
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I purchased a new Acer Laptop. It came with Office Sarter Edition. I installed Microsoft Office Porfessional Plus. And Every time I try to open an office product it asks me to purchase, activate, or used the office starter edition, eventhough I have full Office. I uninstalled the Starter Edition, but it didn't fix the problem. Also, I can open all of my programs for the MOPP. What do I need to do to have my pc recognize that i installed office pluss? Continue reading...
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How do I do this? Continue reading...
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Microsoft Security Essentials can't update automatically nor manually.
by Guest ParisHarris- 0 replies
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When I try to update my MSE it goes through the process but it still says my definitions are out of date. It shows definitions created on 01/12/2012 Definitions last checked 4/12/2012@ 11:11am. Virus definition version 1.117.2737.0 same as spyware definition. I have tried to manually download but nothing changes. I have even uninstalled it and then re installed MSE. I am not sure about the Beta, I am running Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3. What can I do, please help me. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Continue reading...
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how do i clean up leftover files of unwanted downloaded software ??
by Guest philwhitesell- 0 replies
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like leftover bits and pieces of files Continue reading...
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Cannot display webpage
by Guest big guy one- 0 replies
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can't open google to check gmail Continue reading...
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.Net 2.0 is hungup and will not uninstupdate 1-10-2012 caused some problem. How to fix this...
by Guest HousingMgr- 0 replies
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.Net 2.0 is hungup and will not uninstall. Windows Update 1-10-2012 caused some problem. How do I fix this problem? The regular repair file for 2.0 did not work. Continue reading...
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Microsoft's Ballmer: If I had it to do all over again...
by Guest Mary Jo Foley- 0 replies
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Steve Ballmer’s last three years as CEO is the subject of Businessweek’s cover story this week. Here’s what I found interesting in the story. Continue reading...