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When I open an IE window, it opens two windows. THe first is to my home page (Yahoo), and the second is always to The Motley Fool discussion boards. It makes all discussion boards show no unread boards. I reloaded IE-8 and the same situation is still there. Doesn't happen with FireFox Continue reading...

Hello All I am getting the follow error message: "Because of a protocol error, this session will be disconnected. Please try connecting to the remote computer again" I have to click OK and then it kicks me out and ends my RDP session. I have to log back into the Terminal server and try to connect to them again however the same thing happens so connecting again doesn't work This started happening after some Microsoft automatic updates that apparently updated my Remote Desktop Connection to a new version I am using an XP sp3 machine. I use RDP and login to a Windows Server 2003 R2 Terminal session then I connect to user who are on that server and are access it t…

Three registry keys have been coming up when I run a scan with Malwarebytes. They are HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{00A6FAF1-072E-44CF-8957-5838F569A31D} (Adware.MyWebSearch) {07B18EA1-A523-4961-B6B B-170DE4475CCA} (Adware.MyWebSearch) {07B18EA9-A523-4961-B6B B-170DE4475CCA} Adware.MyWebSearch) My computer is running very slow and I think this virus has something to do with it. I heard on the internet that this malware is dangerous to my computer. Continue reading...

Nero 10 Multimedia Suite, will not work properly on window's 7, it is compatible with windows 7, but the smart start portion of the program will not work at all, does anyone know why, or have a solution to the problem? Continue reading...

I have a computer that was used to setup the company firewall. The person who setup the firewall is no longer with the company, BUT saved the password in IE so I can access the firewall. BUT since I don't know the password, I cant change it on the firewall. Is there a way to unencrypt the password so I can see what it currently is so it can be changed and we can secure the network? Continue reading...

I upgraded to SBS 2011. Most of my client computers were running IE8. When I tried to run the connect wizard using IE8, I was able to connect to the new network. However, I also downloaded updates on some of my computers while working on others. When a client computer was updated with IE9, the client computer was not able to run the connect wizard to connect to the new network, even though I am unable to connect to the exact same SBS 2011 using IE8. My network has 11 computers. I stopped the updates to IE9 on seven computers, which are able to connect to the new SBS 2011 server using IE8. The other four computers installed IE9 and cannot connect, even if I uninstal…

I have Vista Premium for the operating system. I have IE9 for my search engine. My sign in button for Yahoo doesn't respond, yet it works for Mozilla FireFox What is the answer? Continue reading...

Deployment Question - Static IP environment -- NETSH and winPE image has been captured - sysprep has been run. I created a front end to capture some user information. branch, time zone, ip / sn /gw info. In winPE I take the captured info and write a small file. Later in the process, take the file and read everything back in - - generate a netsh command. works fine. Do ip config pc has correct IP info. (from the user input data). PC reboots, static IP info is reset back to default. (192.168.xx.xx) I need to have the user entered static IP set on the NIC, prior to the computer trying to automatically joining the domain in hte sysprep process. Continue reading...

unfortunately windows has somehow installed Security Defender on my computer...but I can't find anything about it online and it keeps popping up every few seconds with viruses detected etc. and wants me to pay about $90.00 for it. I can't get it off my computer!!! Help!!!! Continue reading...

live seach is corrupted I tried to change the default search provider and it wont work Continue reading...

I have been using the Norton AV on my H Netbook (HP Mini) recently I started to experience double-booting on my MSN Homepage as well as the Hotmail Page. I am wondering if I uninstall the Norton AV which was suggested by the HP/Norton representatives and install the Microsoft Essentials Software will I find an improvement in the functionality of my Netbook or will I continue to experiernce this problem? I have already indicated on my Hotmail page that this system is compromised. Oddly enough this situation began to occur following my Mother accessing eBay with this computer and followed it up by accessing her personal MSN account. Is this indicative of a virus which bypa…

I was having periodic problems with my laptop coming out of sleep, so I decided to reinstall W7 on an SSD. Since SP1 had just been released, I went with that. The first time the laptop woke from hibernation, I received a BSOD with the error 0x000000f4. I decided to disable hibernation. When my laptop came out of sleep mode, same BSOD code. Now the laptop blue screens whenever it wakes. Also, the manufacturer calls this a 128 GB drive, but Windows installation identified it as 120 GB. Continue reading...

I have tried the upgrade advisor and other tools. Also have used the command sfc /scannow. I still can't install. I have the CBS log. However, it is too big to past into the editior. Doug Albright Continue reading...

I have an old laptop with Vista. I shall get new one with windows 7. I need to migrate my already licensed programs to the new one, without going into the hassle of reinstallation and calling the progams vendors. Any Advise Dr.Adel ghannam Continue reading...

Hi, It certainly looks like an old topic but I could not pin down any known solution after searching for days. I've got users using Excel 2003 sp3 accessing file in a share drive. Everything was fine for more than a year until recently the client computers were upgraded from Windows XP sp2 to sp3. Then users began to experience this sharing violation error. Sometimes, after a user finished edit a file, he/she was not able to save the file and got the share violation error. But, this only happen intermittently. Also, if the file was already opened, when another user tried to open it, his / her computer could freeze. Checking in the task manager and found that e…

I have 10 years of experience installing Windows, but lately I have been plagued by the following problem. On some computers that have been installed before (it doesn't happen on clean systems) I want to reinstall Windows XP. These computers almost all are multi-boot setups. The problem is that the setup will not even start, because a display driver apparently doesn't get loaded or maybe loads wrongly at ther very beginning. To be exact, immediately after the very first setup message "Setup is inspecting ...". Then the screen goes blank, the HD activity light starts to blink, but nothing else happens. I know the hardware is not at fault because the computer works pe…

My Kin Twom is not letting me use youtube, when i try to select a video it says, " This link's protocol isn't supported". Well with lots of different numbers. Now what do I do to fix this? Continue reading...

After doing several clean installs, I narrowed down issues to SP1. Issues I have seen: 1. Running both IE 8 or 9, when browsing, my mouse wheel no longer scrolls up and down in browsers. I tried other apps and browsers and it scrolls fine in those. 2. My icons on desktop have been re-aligned in grid setup. Even though I turn off the desktop icon functions (left click desktop and select View), I am no longer able to move icons around on desktop. 3. 75% of time browsing to website, IE crashes with error about disabling addons. All addons either removed or disabled and still same results. Even tried to turn off the Enable protect memory option under IE options, bu…

It would appear I am a victim of the Win 7 Antivirus 2012 virus. As a complete novice when it comes to techie stuff, I am at a loss to know how to get rid of it. McAfee is installed, but I'm scared to access it as I keep getting the message that it's dangerous to proceed. Any help (that I can understand!) would be much appreciated. Thanks. Continue reading...

I have lost my Mycrosoft eccentials icon. It has been there til I turned it on today, what happented? Continue reading...

The Surface 2.0 multitouch devices from Samsung running a customized version of Microsoft’s Windows Embedded operating system, have begun shipping. Continue reading...

I have a Windows Mobile phone. Until recently I used the Windows Mobile Device Center 6.0 in my Windows Vista to connect my phone via USB to the computer and have may contacts and outlook appointments automatically updated. As I make changes to my Outlook the phone would be automatically update. I’ve been using this for around tow years without any significant problems. A few days ago I got the following error message ActiveSync Error 0x8503001c I’ve look in Microsoft KB and in the Internet for a way to resolve this and did not found any way to resolve this. I’ve tried to reinitialise de device remove the contact from outlook and pass only a small number of them at a t…

I have two panel mount touch screen pc's from and OEM vendor. These were pre-installed with Window 7 Pro embedded. Windows authentication and Windows update could not connect to their severs. Internet Explorer was connecting internet with no problems. The problem appeard to be that there was a proxy server definded even though the IE setting were set for auto detect and no proxy entries were made there. Cmd window "netsh winhttp show proxy" indicated a proxy server of "proxy.microsoft.com". I ran "netsh winhttp reset proxy" from a command window started with administrator rights. Now the "netsh winhttp show proxy" indicates "Direct access " Now the authentication …