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Hello, Does anyone know, how to disable "Safe Mode With Networking" option from Windows 7 boot menu? Kind Regards Kalle Reivilä Continue reading...

Hi I have a Windows 7 64 bit machine. I have 2 ATI HD 4980 PCIe cards. I have never had any issues with this. Rescently I had to do a system restore to a week back and after this every time I start my computer and the desktop loads up I get this error below. When I click on check online for solution, it just doesnt solve anything. I can launch some games but after a level finishes the game crashes. This never happened before. I have tried going on to AMD site and installing the new drivers from here http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx Reinstalling drivers didnt fix the problem. CATALYST CONTROL CENTER: HOST APPLICATION HAS STOPPED WORKING…

I purchased office 2010 home and student i activated the program all programs are actiavted however Publisher is not activating Continue reading...

Yesterday I bought a 64-bit Microsoft office pack and attempted to install it, it failed to install because I had the 32-bit version of Microsoft Word 2007 on my computer. I was unable to uninstall the 2007 Word by any normal means so I looked it up and found a fix offered by the Microsoft corporation to remove it. It worked but deleted a registry value required for the Windows Installer to run so now whenever I try to install anything including my new Microsoft pack I get the 1719 error. I have tried everything I can think of: -Rolling back my computer (an error occurred and it wiped all my system restore points) -Entering CMD codes (which fail saying access denie…

I am having trouble installing KB 2553455 (Update for Microsoft Office 2010 32-bit edition) through Windows Update. I have tried several times, and each time it fails to install. I have also tried to download the stand-alone update directly from Microsoft, but this also did not work. When I try to install through this method, it fails immediately and tells me that "an error occurred while running detection". When I output the results to a log, I get a "system.proc.result" of "17044". (I am not sure if this is useful or not.) What can I do to resolve the issue? My operating system is Vista x64 Home Premium, SP 2 Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010. In addition to this …

We are currently using Office 2003/XP but will shortly be moving to Office 2010/Windows 7. The users are being trained on Quick Access Toolbars, and a big fight has emerged as to the best practice for backing these up and allowing availability for people should they move to a different machine (we dont use roaming profiles). My question is really two-fold, would it be possible to store the users QAT files on a network share, say \\COMPUTER\%USERNAME%\QATS and point all the users installs to this same location. if not then, can I ask what best practice for this scenario might be? Thanks in advance. John Continue reading...

Hello! In Office 2010, there is a setting to turn off image compression for one file or for all files. I believe that if you set this, it either updates the file you are currently editing, or the normal.dotx. This works good! I am trying to set up a custom deployment for my organization using the Microsoft Office Customization tool. I have searched, but cannot find a place to turn off image compression. Is this setting in the Microsoft Office Customization Tool? Thanks! Continue reading...

Error code:0x8007064C Windows 7 64 bit Try to install mseinstall.exe upgrade cannot find 'epp.msi' in folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\). Cannot find epp.msi on system search & cannot unistall program Think @ some point "epp.msi" deleted but not sure... How do I proceed? Don Continue reading...

Just installed microsoft security essentials, and I dont believe its working. Also, I just downloaded ccleaner. So instead of everything opening up quickly on my screen, it just slowly moves down the screen like I have a virus. But no viruses are detected. How can I fix this? Continue reading...

RE: Windows Vista Basic. I am experiencing consistent problems downloading essential security downloads as regards. Not all downloads are successfully updated, and, inspite of viewing many MS Help pages, I am no further in solving this problem. Meanwhile, my computer in continually reminding me of the necessity of these security updates. Is my computer therefore vulnerable as regards its overall security? I am not sure as to whether it is Beta or Non Beta. Any advice as to solving this problem shall be greatly appreciated. With thanks. RMB78. Continue reading...

I have been infected with security shield got back in system by forcing a unexpected shut down which changes my clock to 2003 after changing back ran micsoft security essentials maslware remover now I know its on here dont know how to get rid of puter locks up slow how do you get rid of Security shield Continue reading...

Security Essentials quaranteened a trogan virus on my computer how do I delete it? Thanks Ellye Continue reading...

I want to send hyperlink via outlook email not with windows live email.... This is not working after ie 8 and ie 9... any answer please......?????Eleftherios Chrysanthidis Continue reading...

Since one of the latest patches on IE9 windows2008R2 (64 bit) I get this error when I want to print an html page from a webbrowser control on a VB6 form. I try to print to the bullzip pdf printer and occassionally a print gets through. Printing directly from IE9 also does not work correctly and shows erratic behaviour. Has anyone already solved this issue? Roland Roos Continue reading...

Hello I manage a quite high traffic website. I send my readers a direct link to download a file, which sits on an Apache server (no 301, nothing special). The file is in a Wordpress "upload" directory, but this should have no impact on the bug. Firefox users can click on the link and download the file without any problem IE users click on the file and they receive a "downloading..." message, but the file is not downloaded and cannot be open, until a popup appears : "download error" I have lots of these bug reports. Here you have one of the links with the issue : Link Continue reading...

If I have a slow page, or if I add a javascript timer, I get a white rectangle at the top right of the screen. It does not happen in IE8. Any suggestions? Continue reading...

I get this error when printing from IE and Lotus. Help? Continue reading...

IBM Thinkpads offer a cool tool in their proprietary "Battery Maximizer" software under "Battery Maintenance" that allows you to set the charge level at which a re-charge is triggered. This is supposed to maximize battery lifetime by reducing unnecessary re-charge cycles on a computer that remains plugged in most of the time. But I don't have this Thinkpad software. Now that I've found some related and equally cool tools that are native to XP SP3 itself (e.g., PowerCfg to manually set the processor throttle for lower power consumption, and Wembtest to determine both the maximum AND the CURRENT processor clock rates), I'm wondering: Does XP offer any such control ove…

I know, I know, this very obsolete stuff, but... I would like to know if there is any way to get NetBEUI running under XP SP3. I have a small Workgroup that still has some W2K machines running NetBEUI for file sharing within the LAN. (TCP/IP file sharing is turned off I was advosed long ago that it was safer this way because of various Microsoft vulnerabilities in NetBIOS over Tcpip.) I have two XP XP3 machines on this Workgroup that were upgraded from SP2 AFTER NetBEUI had already been installed, and they are networking just fine. Here's the problem: I am now upgrading one of the W2K machines with a XP SP3 new-install CD -- there is no way to uninstall SP3 and re-i…

I changed the configuration of a Windows XP Professional Dell D620 laptop. Specifically I changed the computer name and deleted the domain and replaced it with a Workgroup. I was required to reboot the computer. When the log in prompt came back I tried to login using "\", "", and "\" and none worked. How do I need to qualify the username to be able to log into the computer? Continue reading...

Hi. I have an HP Compaq 610, with Windows XP. My C Disk has 32GB's worth of space, and my D Disk has 10GB. I bought the laptop 2 years ago, so surely this amount of storage space is false? Continue reading...

Hi...! There. I want to create a bat file by which I can open Firefox with a different user name. I have typed below code and it worked well in Command Prompt for opening on screen keyboard but its not working as bat file to open Mozila Firefox. runas /user:Domain\UserName osk.exe for firefox I used below runas /user:Domain\UserName "C:\Program Files\Mozila Firefox\Firefox.exe" Can someone help me here. Can someone give me a code by which I can open firefox with a different user name using bat file. Thanks in advance. Continue reading...

I turned on my laptop yesterday morning and was going about my business on facebook and such when suddenly my computer "Blue screened". Ever since then my computer takes about 10 minutes to start up, after the Windows Vista loading bar, it says "Please Wait", on this screen is where I have to wait. Then once I log in I instantly get the "Windows has encountered a critical problem..."(My computer doesnt restart, I can't even manually shut it down, I have to hold the button down on my laptop to turn it off.) even before my icons have come up, although it does take about 5-7 minutes to get my icons up. Once they are up, I can open programs and games with ease, but anything W…

We have recently purchased Hp PC's and 2 work OK, the third has a USB external drive attached. This one originally wouldnt boot, so I changed the boot order in the bios to boot from HDD not USB HDD. The system now boots fine, but will not shut down. The user clicks start shutdown, and Vista goes through the process but the system reboots every time. We have closed all of the programs so nothing is running, unplugged all external devices but still it reboots. Any clues on how to resolve this? Continue reading...

I need help in fuguring out why Vista rejects the HP LaserJet 5200DTN driver when we print from Autocad 2008. For some reason it allows for us to print an 8.5x11 page but it will crash if you choose any other type of page size. This is what Autocad generates each time. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: acad.exe Application Version: 23.1.51.0 Application Timestamp: 45d00500 Fault Module Name: StackHash_4ecb Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000 Fault Module Timestamp: 4791adec Exception Code: c0000374 Exception Offset: 00000000000a6e97 OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.6 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: 4ecb Additional I…