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Where can I find the download for microsoft security essentials for 32bit. I cannot seem to find it on Microsofts website and hesitate to download from another. View this thread
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(blue screen of death) and crashing, and in the small window of time I have to read the error message before the computer shuts down completely, it says something like tcpip.sys View the full article
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when I go to do my automatic updates it gives me error code ox80244019. went to find solutions and it does not show this error code. dont know what to do View this thread
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My 2 year old Compaq Presario laptop has been installing 9 updates for over 12 hours now. It's on 7of 9 it is surprisly not hot to the touch. Should I unplug and pull the battery or keep waiting to finish? View this thread
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My number one complaint with Windows 8 is the inability to open multiple windows of a program without right clicking and selecting open in new window. Is there a way to turn this "functionality" off? As an IT person i regularly have a need to have multiple command prompts, SCCM Remote Viewer, and Terminal Server Clients, etc open and its frustrating to have to specify open in new window. I've looked everywhere for an option and cant find it. View the full article
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Hi I have a strange problem: when installation begins, there comes first this language pack installation box. I check the "Office 2013/ finnish langauge" and then error message: "you must have on Office 2013 program installed before installing language pack..." and it stops there ?? View this thread
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Windows 8 will not let Publisher 2010 acknowledge that publisher has a 13x19 template and custom templates will only print in tiles of 8x11. It says it searches the internet but nothing found. I have been using these templates for 2 years but now with an upgrade to windows 8 they wont work. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the printer but that dose not work. How do you fix this? View the full article
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How do I get this to actually work? Sometimes there are applications that I would like to download. When trying to do so, I get the following line at the top on my screen: "to protect your security, your web browser blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options. I am never able to click download file and have it it work. So there are many things that I would like to download, but my browser will not allow me to do so. Please help!! View the thread
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I'm trying to export my email from Outlook Express 6 (6.00.2900.5512) on Win XP. I choose File/Export/Messages and get as far as the 'This will export messages from Outlook Express to Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange' message. When I choose 'OK' the message disappears and nothing further happens. The panel for choosing the output type does NOT appear. Is there a fix for this? I'm trying to migrate to a new Windows 8 machine. View this thread
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I have a 2003 Server which gets it updates from a 2008 WSUS server. Its currently out of date and no matter what I try it seems keep failing to update. I have followed various guides online involving re-registering DLL's, renaming the data store on the server etc. But it will not update. It has Citrix Presentation server running on it so its difficult to find time to take it off-line to test things.... Where do I go from here? Any advice, suggestions gratefully received. Here's some info from the clientdiag.exe utlity:- WSUS Client Diagnostics Tool Checking Machine State Checking for admin rights to run tool . . . . . . . . . PASS Automati…
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Failed install for Security Update for .Net Framework 4: KB 2726428, KB2742595, KB2727019 and KB 272
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Hi Folks, I get error code 643 (unknown error) reported when the system tries to install Security Update for .Net Framework 4: KB 2726428, KB2742595, KB2727019 and KB 2729449. This has been happening for several weeks as the system tries to update immediately following shut down. It always fails and takes around 75 mins to fail. I’ve tried running each update individually, also without success. I’m also suffering a lot of “grey screen” where all windows become unresponsive for several minutes and I eventually turn my laptop off at the power switch. I have McAfee Real time scanning, Firewall and anti spam etc all switched on and I also have MSE Security Essentials load…
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I have Windows 7 and Solitaire and Spider Solitaire work, but without Animations. 'Display Animations' on the options screen is grayed out. How can I restore Animations? [Moved from feedback] View the thread
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I try to download 64 bit version from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/security-essentials-download and I get This webpage is not found No webpage was found for the web address: http://mse.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-E44F6DC28BD8/enus/amd64/mseinstall.exe Error 6 (net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND): The file or directory could not be found. What's the deal? View this thread
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I have no idea what to do next. Nothing is working... View this thread
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I have a Canon MX882 printer. Has been working fine for months but now won't print. Says: PRINT SPOOLER SERVICE IS NOT RUNNING. The troubleshooter tries to start spooler but fails. Message says: WAS UNABLE TO AUTOMATICALLY FIX ISSUE FOUND. View the thread
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Whenever I start Windows task manager, a message is displayed "Windows Task Manager Has stopped working", however this does not happen when I start windows 7 in Safe Mode. Please Advise View the thread
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MIT Technology Review has a very diplomatic article on Windows 8: http://www.technologyreview.com/review/511116/windows-8-design-over-usability/. The captions all over praise Windows 8 and that Microsoft has done the right thing. Curiously the contents say that the Windows 8 interface "fares poorly on larger desktop computer screens", "is clearly designed for ... having fun rather than serious work", "eliminates more than forty years of usability research", "presents far too little information ... resulting in the need to frequently pand and scroll", "well serves the needs of those nontechnical use…
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After the updates released on Feb 12, I had 2 computers dead - they would not restart. One was Windows XP and I got it back by selecting "last known working configuration" which was before the windows updates. My other computer is a 1 yr old laptop with Windows 7. I had to do a system Restore to get it back working. I have turned off automatic windows updates on both computers now. I am hesistant to install anymore updates. Is there a known problem with the updates that were just released this month? How can i keep my computers up-to-date without going through this restoring again? View this thread
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Samsung laptop 2 months old View this thread
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My computer uploaded the latest updates. Now my computer continually goes to a blue screen with a :( face and system_service_exception as what to search for. Is there a free program i can use to correct this error? As every time it does this my computer shuts down restarts and then i have to restart it again because i loose my internet connection as well. Kellyj_713 View the full article
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I am running Carbonite's Mirror Image on my Windows 8 system, using an external USB-connected hard drive as the target disk. Carbonite formats the target drive before using it for mirror images. The snapshot process works fine, but it appears that after the snapshot is complete, Windows is doing something that causes the system to dismount the drive. I assume it is the new automatic disk maintenance service that comes with Windows 8. The Carbonite function was fine under Windows 7, but when I upgraded to Windows 8 this problem began. The System log details a series of events whereby a first check of Drive O/Disk 1 (the mirror image drive) is declared healthy: Event…
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When i Install this update my computer restart, after restart i am in windows , but my keybord doesn´t work and my mouse doesn´t work .. when i click on some button I can hear some sound in the background .. Please help with this problem .. View this thread
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Here is the logfile. Also I can't install security updates. Any clue? OS Version = 6.1.7601, Platform 2, Service Pack 1OS Description = Windows 7 - x64 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 CommandLine = G:79e6880815649d43f59b\Setup.exe /x86 /x64 /ia64 /webTimeZone = Västeuropa, normaltidInitial LCID = 1053 Using Simultaneous Download and Install mechanism Operation: Installing Package Name = Microsoft .NET Framework 4 SetupPackage Version = 4.0.30319 User Experience Data Collection Policy: Disabled …
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Have a bit of a strange issue with printers on Windows 8. our environment has domain joined clients (Windows 7, and I am testing Windows 8 before rolling out), printers are shared on a server and deployed to clients using group policy preferences. all our users are standard users, they do not have admin rights. if a user wants to remove a printer under windows 7 they simply right click on it and select remove device, this can be useful when we had dead printer connections, the connection wont come back if its removed from the GPP, however if they do accidentally remove a printer they shouldn't, this printer just gets added back when GP refreshes or they next log in - t…
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I can't believe it, such serious bugs in Windows 7 still live in Windows 8 ! the Aero Shake feature has serious problems with windows has TOPMOST style. Scenario A, non-topmost window can become topmost: 1, open a normal non-topmost window (W1), say, notepad, and maximize it 2, open a topmost window (W2), say, Windows Media Player playing video. 3, shake W2, W1 is minimized. 4, shake W2 again, W1 is back. 5, now, W1 becomes a topmost window ! this problem is similiar to this post: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/162026-aero-shake-problem-windows-sticking-top.html Scenario B, topmost window can become non-topmost 1, open a topmost window (W1), say,…
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