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I was using IE 8 and started having issues with it giving me a message that says Internet Explorer has stopped working...searching for solution then would pop up with message that says it stopped working correctly and allows me to close program. I upgraded to IE 9 hoping that would fix the problem and it is still happening. It doesn't actually close anything except the window, it does it every time. Very annoying as I have to wait for it to finish and then click the close program button to be able to continue. I've had to download another browser but would rather use IE! Continue reading...

Hi! I am from Slovenia. I have Samsung omnia pro B7330 with WM 6.5.3. When I try to download app from Marketplace on my phone I do not have any option for install or download (install button is gray). When I try to download app form Marketplace on PC I get following msg: Can't get application It seems that you haven't signed in with a Windows Live ID on your phone yet. You need to do this before you can buy or download applications from Marketplace. How to resolve that? Continue reading...

I have found like this problem in my laptop. window 7 built 7601 this copy of windows is not genuine Pls give me the solution for this.... Continue reading...

By: Paul Thurrott Microsoft announced today that this coming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January will be the last it participates in directly. After this show, Microsoft will no longer have a booth at the show or provide a keynote address. Continue reading...

Hello...I'm currently trying to deploy Office 2010 through GPO's by using start up scripts, and the OCT utility as well as trying to activate through a proxy...specifically the microsoft isa 2004 proxy server. I've configured the OCT to apply the auto_activation property however when the installation finishes, there's an error in the event log, and the activation fails. The event id describes the following error: Event ID: 8200, Source: Office Software Protection Description: License acquisition failure details. hr=0x80072EFD I've also added the exception list that microsoft describes here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793438.aspx to the ISA,…

I have added the upgrade to OFFICE Professional for the PUBLISHER software. For some erroneous reason, this does not automatically change .PUB files to associate with PUBLSHER. I have gone through the CONTROL PANEL and try to change....but Publisher does not come up as a suggestion and I cannot find how to point to PUBLISHER via Browse. I found the SHORTCUT...now I get a ".PUB is not a valid WIN32 application" error. This should be real simple and should have a better path automatically after installing the product. HOW DO I POINT TO PUBLISHER for .PUB? Continue reading...

I am wondering if the one care Safety Scanner will work in my noteboook with starter 7 installed. Continue reading...

For some reason now my computer (XP) Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 won't let me download avast. I read online that it was due to malware. If it is in fact due to malware what free anti-malware sites do you recommend? Continue reading...

All of a sudden I cannot hear sound when playing a DVD. What can i do Continue reading...

I have previoulsy built Windows 7 Pro images for 2 system & successfully captured & deployed the images using imagex. I sysprep the system & include an unattend file, before booting from a USB key to capture the image. I then boot off the same USB key to deply the image to a new hard drive & then reboot to start Windows loading. I am now working on a 3rd system, but I have a problem with this build, because following my final reboot, I receive an error. Everything looks OK & I have a message to say that 'Setup is preparing your computer for first use', but I then receive an msoobe.exe error saying 'The program can't start because COMCTL32.dll is mi…

Bit of an oddity with this one. Just starting to deploy office 2010 and seem to have a minor issue with the mailbox cleanup tool. On some machines, we get the usage graph on others we don't. Backend is an exchange 2007 server, and so far I can't spot any differences between the users. Any ideas where I can start to look? Continue reading...

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I was using IE 8 and started having issues with it giving me a message that says Internet Explorer has stopped working...searching for solution then would pop up with message that says it stopped working correctly and allows me to close program. I upgraded to IE 9 hoping that would fix the problem and it is still happening. It doesn't actually close anything except the window, it does it every time. Very annoying as I have to wait for it to finish and then click the close program button to be able to continue. I've had to download another browser but would rather use IE! Continue reading...

Microsoft won’t be keynoting or exhibiting at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, company officials announced on December 21. Continue reading...

I have my Windows 7 Custom WIM Created and I've deployed it to my machine. I see that it joins the Domain correctly to the OU I've specified but the login screen on the Windows 7 machine shows the local account and I can't log in with a Domain Account. I've tried setting the OOBE settings using just a domain account so I don't have to create a local account but still no dice. What am I missing? I even specified a GPO on that OU that enforces the default logon domain........... Continue reading...

Then I have to run a system restore and the process starts all over again, because MSE wants me to update the virus/malware. Also, once I update, I can no longer use Window Defender. The last blue screen said something about "Bad-Pool Caller". What is going on? Continue reading...

The preliminary data indicates a threat may be on the computer, view at the end, but it never gets to the end. The timer stops and the item count stops. Gets hung up on Palm software from my old phone. But that's been there on the computer before. Continue reading...

cannot access favorite places. cannot place articles etc in favorite places. followed instructions: tools/options/content etc. no luck. any suggestions? Continue reading...

Originally posted at Microsoft Answers, but was told this was too technical for their forum and I was directed here: A client netbook with Windows XP no longer connects to the internet. The client doesn't recall anything strange occurring just before she started noticing this. The strange thing is it can still connect to a wireless network. When I try to see the IP settings using IPCONFIG, I get the following message: "Windows IP Configuration An Internal error occured: The request is not supported. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help. Additional information: Unable to query host name." That lead me to check the services and found that…

My C drive was failing so I moved all data from the drive to a new drive using an image software program and now when I try to start Windows 7 from my password screen it goes black and says Not Genuine? It never gives me a chance to enter a product key! I do not want to have to do a complete Re Install! Continue reading...

i have a user who when he goes to enter a new contacts email address it doesn't hyperlink the entry nor does it populate the Display as: field in the contact card. i ran a repair on office and rebooted but that doesn't seem to be fixing the problem. has anyone else run into this, or can someone provide some insight/tips to resolving this problem? Continue reading...

When I go to certain websites, the browser does not display the full page. It shrinks pictures, and is listing things in a column as opposed to displaying correctly Continue reading...

I have a computer with windows xp pro. The computer displayed a blue screen. The computer reboots with the message " the computer has rebooted from bugcheck. The bugcheck was 0x00000000, 0x00000011, 0x00000000,0x0000000, OX00000000, 00X00000000. A DUMP WAS SAVED IN C\WINNT\MEMORY.DMP. " Any suggestions to solving this problem. The hardrive was changed two months ago and reloaded all software. Continue reading...

Hello, I'm in the trenches trying to develop a Windows 7 image for work. This is what I've done so far: I installed Win 7 64-bit on a test computer and did some customizations ( added programs, etc..). I then ran sysprep from C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep... and the process completed just fine. Okay, so I decided to do further customization of the sysprep process by creating an unattend.xml file using WAIK... Ran Sysprep again - not bad results - but I now notice when I attempt to open any log files ( Pather folder ) or "open" the unattend.xml file I get the following error message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\unattend.xml' Make sure you typed t…