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Plants vs. Zombies 2 goes medieval in latest update
by Guest Simon Sage- 0 replies
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The Plants vs. Zombies 2 update we scoped out at E3 is now available! The Dark Ages Part 1 brings back the mushrooms we all know and love from the original, affording a new and interesting way of collecting sunshine. The Zombies are following with the theme, donning full plate and sending in frenzied berserkers that fling pellets back at you. Plant food gives some unique new abilities to your three different mushroom types, plus there's a familiar premium plant, the hypnosis mushroom, which turns one of the zombies to fight for your defensive lines. As great as this update is, it's only Episode 1 of The Dark Ages, so expect some more medieval-themed goodness in Pl…
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Photo editing tool Fotor makes in-app-purchases free for a limited time
by Guest Harish Jonnalagadda- 0 replies
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With an update to version 4.5.1, photo editing tool Fotor is making all of its in-app-purchases free until June 27th. Fotor allows you to resize, crop, rotate and add effects to your photos easily. The app comes with a host of features, like the ability to create collages, add frames and borders, adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and add text and stickers to images along with depth-of-field effects. While the base app is free, there are several in-app-purchases available for you to buy, which include additional filters, effects and themes. If you're interested, head on over to the App Store link below to download Fotor and take advantage of a pretty great deal.…
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Strange notifications from your BBC News app? Don't worry, here's what's going on
by Guest Rich Edmonds- 0 replies
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The BBC today sent out some weird push notifications to the broadcaster's official apps on both Android and iOS. It's a developer's worst fear when testing some new functionality goes live somehow and this is exactly what happened to the BBC. Push notifications were inadvertently sent out to live apps on both mobile platforms with some sample text. It is what's contained in these push notifications that makes this report rather humorous. Without spoiling too much for you Game of Thrones fans, apparently there'll be no nudity in the latest episode. Oh, and "push sucks" and "pull blows". Jesting aside, this is the result of testing the breaking news feature available i…
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Google I/O kicks off today, what might it bring the iPhone and iPad?
by Guest Richard Devine- 0 replies
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Just as Apple took over Moscone Center in San Francisco earlier this month for WWDC, Google this week descends upon the very same venue for its annual I/O developer conference. And while the meat of the discussions are related to Google's own platforms – Android, Chrome and all things related – we shouldn't ever forget that the iPhone is one of the absolute best Google phones money can buy. As such there's a great chance that we'll see some news of interest this week coming out of the event and Mobile Nations will be live on the ground to bring it all to you. Read on to see what you need to know. How to follow the action Android Central will have the men on the…
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I need a Windows XP Professional Disc
by Guest Techy.Girl- 0 replies
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Hi, How can I secure a Windows XP Professional Disc that I can download and burn so I can re-install it on the computer? I have a legit serial number for activation that's on the computer itself it's just that the disc got lost. Also, upgrading is not an option due to couple of applications that only runs on Windows XP. I've already talked to Microsoft Technical Support and was referred here. He said to wait for a Microsoft Expert to answer the question. Can somebody assist me? Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Continue reading...
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How to remove folder encryption?
by Guest MurselBeganovic- 0 replies
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Does anybody knows solution to my problem?I had an encrypted files on my windows xp,but my sistem crushed down,and now I have those files on my comp,after reinstaltion,but I am unable to open them.Files were encrypted with,right click on folder,properties,advanced,Encrypt contents to secure data. After this action file turns to green.Any suggestion is more than welcome.Important notice,windows xp does not give any encryption key or folder key for encryption removing. Continue reading...
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help with drivers
by Guest garrett123578742- 0 replies
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can somebody help me make my drivers work again. i have tried updating them but it says the best driver software is already installed even though it is still not working. the rollback option is gray and will not work. i have disabled and renabled them multiple times and it has done nothing. the error it is giving me is "This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)" please help me fix this. Continue reading...
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No Administrator! Please help.
by Guest JusTinaBelcher- 0 replies
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My husband was changing his account picture and noticed that it said "recommended" by standard account. Not knowing any better, he continued with changing our only admin account to standard. Now it is impossible to do anything productive on our PC. As it was a new computer, I never bothered to enable the hidden admin account. I've read through several posts with similar problems, and each is usually directed to running safe mode as an admin. Unfortunately, since no admin is enabled, this option is unavailable for me. I also tried the cmd prompt way to activate, but, alas, access denied. I've suggested a system restore, however my husband refuses to lose any of his …
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Windows BSOD BAD_POOL_CALLER and BAD_POOL_HEADER
by Guest Nick Kampsen- 0 replies
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Hi, since the past month or so, my computer has been crashing with Bluescreens. Most of the time it's BAD_POOL_CALLER, but can also be BAD_POOL_HEADER. I don't understand what is going on. I tried uninstalling some software that I thought would be the case, but that didn't work. My drivers seem fine. I just cleaned my computer of any viruses and malware too. I can't seem to find the source of the issue. Any help or information is appreciated. Continue reading...
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Alt key gets stuck randomly?
by Guest Kyleallt- 0 replies
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Okay. I'm just using my computer, typing something (in a game or on a website) and suddenly it doesn't type anything. Then when I click on a link, it downloads the link instead. I have Sticky Keys unchecked, I tried pressing both alt keys at once, but still nothing works. The only solution I found is pressing a key on my spare keyboard (I have a laptop) but it only unsticks temporarily. It happens without pressing the key at all, please help? Continue reading...
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Error code:0xc0000034
by Guest gav297- 0 replies
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I've had an acer aspire e1-570 for just over 6 months. the following error code came up in a blue screen. I have tried booting from the recovery USB given to me when I purchased it, however it won't load anything from this and keeps circling to the acer start up screen, blank screen, acer start up screen, blank screen and so forth. Is there anything I could do that doesn't involve me taking it back to the shop?? Thank you in advance Continue reading...
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DEVELOPER SPEAK: Nowak and Keller help enterprises & IT Professionals become more efficient...
by Guest Emilio Salvador Prieto- 0 replies
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Peter Nowak and Lars Keller, both Microsoft MVPs and enterprise mobility experts at Germany-based H&D International Group, recently ported their apps to Windows Phone 8.1. As technologists, they wanted to focus on something that leveraged their strengths, so they build apps that empower enterprises to increase their IT efficiency and the productivity of their IT staff. Their user-friendly mobile apps, Mobile Incident Manager and Enterprise Mobile Dashboard, extend the reliability, security, and manageability of the Microsoft infrastructure for large enterprise customers. Nowak and Keller have been experimenting with the 8.1 SDK since last November, and they have used …
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Formatting laptop with Genuine windows from USB flash drive !!!
by Guest VeeVee123- 0 replies
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Hi, I recently bought a 2nd hand laptop with pre-installed apps and operating system. Windows was not genuine and now I am left with endless problems of working on the laptop. Can someone please guide me on how to: - format my laptop - re-install GENUINE windows 7 - re-install MS office apps (i.e Word, Excel, Outlook) AND - anti-virus software I DON'T HAVE ANY LICENCE KEYS FOR ANY SOFTWARE, SO PLEASE ADVISE ME WHERE TO GET FREE OPERATING AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE. I know this is a huge ask, but any step-by-step assistance will be greatly appreciated. Regards, Continue reading...
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Windows Live photo Galllery
by Guest CherylB54- 0 replies
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I am suddenly having a problem with uploading pics from my Canon SX 120 IS digital camera using Windows Live Photo Gallery. Up till recently, I would open up Windows Live, click on the icon "import pics" & then I would connect my camera. The little box would pop up showing the camera was connected & then i'd click on "import". The last time I was able to upload pics from my camera was on 6/7/14. I was having some issues with the Norton anti-virus so I contacted Norton Tech Support to ask for help. They told me that an updated version of the Norton program needed to be installed & they did that for me right away. That was back on 6/10/14 & ever since …
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Screen resolution changed after running sidebar.exe
by Guest Elliott 0- 0 replies
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I was trying to end the process sidebar.exe while downloading some AMD drivers because it was taking up 50k memory. I thought it was limited to just bing bar which I never use. Turns out its linked to a bunch of programs I use like GPU monitor, Avast Antivirus, daemon tools, etc. So when I tried to manually start a new program and run sidebar.exe through task manager it refreshed the screen and I'm at a much lower resolution than before. I tried restarting the computer and configuring my HDMI cable and nothing worked. When I go to change the resolution in Control Panel it still says I'm at 1920x1080 but I know for a fact that is not the case. how do I fix this? C…
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Major USB Issues
by Guest brokeking- 0 replies
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Hello, I have Windows 7 PC that I built a year and a half ago. About a month ago I started having extreme issues with my USB keyboard and mouse where at the most random times the keyboard and mouse would basically freeze and disallow me to do anything. I knew the computer was not frozen because sometimes I was listening to music, or was on Skype, playing a game, etc. I would then have to force shutdown my computer holding the power button on my PC so that I can restart the computer where the USB issue would go away. I've tried disconnecting the keyboard/mouse and try other ports but once that freeze starts it's pretty much over for me and I have to restart the comput…
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setup has stopped working.
by Guest Ihza Al Amoudy- 0 replies
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I cant install skyrim.evertime i launch setup.exe there always has stopped working,im already try with run as administrator but dint work,im using regutility instead fixing my setup it makes my computer error cant start windows correctly.and this problem not only akyrim.lots of my program cant stat too.this happen when im reinstall windows 7 ultinate. Continue reading...
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windows update ?error
by Guest SaravananDC- 0 replies
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question 1; in windows 8.1 , the windows defender updates getting installed twice (the same update). is it normal. if not why this happens ?. Question 2; after updates when I restart the pc it hangs at press F2 for a long time. my pc is intel G35 board and core 2 duo processor. logitec key board Continue reading...
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Blocked by your network administrator
by Guest Deekay64- 0 replies
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My webmail accounts with Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo and social network site were blocked, with the message like "Sorry www.hotmail.com has been blocked by your network administrator. This site was categorized in:webmail. Contact your network administrator", while working from home based Dlink wireless router, on June 23. A reply with name and email address to network administrator, restored the connections. I have Kaspersky 2013 latest update and this was experienced on Internet Explorer as well as Chrome browsers. I wonder, whether my laptop security has been compromised? What should I do, to correct it (short of reformatting please). Continue reading...
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threat-Exploit:Java/cve-2008-5353 Exploit:Java/cve-2010-0094
by Guest Jody/s- 0 replies
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I run vista home premium and every time I run microsoft security essentials full scan it shows the same two severe threats and they cant remove them I ran microsoft security scanner and it found the same two threats and can only remove part of these severe threats can someone please help me with the how to remove these threats from my system Thank you JODY Continue reading...
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VirTool:Win64/Obfuscator.ADB
by Guest Tim0591- 0 replies
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I have used the Microsoft Safety Scanner today and it advised I had the above. It did not remove it. A suggestion was made in the details that I use the Microsoft Security essentials facility which requires me to remove my current antivirus programme - Trend. I would rather not as I am not the greatest at this sort of matter. Is there a way that it could be removed easily without too many issues. I run Windows 7 Professional on a Dell Vostro Continue reading...
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Help!!!
by Guest Mark231- 0 replies
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This is the first time I've asked for help for any technical things, so forgive me if I've asked in wrong place for this. So yesterday, everything worked perfectly fine, all programs on my PC were working perfect, today though, everything just stopped working, I downloaded something earlier, I think that may be the problem or something, because every-time I try open anything, it always comes up "This program is in the wrong format or broken" and is starting to really worry me, and looked everywhere for solution, but can't find one which is this exact one. I can't even get on a search browser, the only way I am on one now is using a sort of work-around which take…
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sidecubes
by Guest talonation- 0 replies
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browser hijacker Continue reading...
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[SOLVED] Dell Inspirion 9400 Wireless issue
by Guest galveer- 0 replies
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Hello I am relatively new to linux I have a working version or Mint 13 on and external HDD but decided to try installing the newest Mint Distro on my laptop. For some reason the network is not functioning for either wired or wireless. Not sure what screwed up where but I ran the wireless setup script to post here. Any help would be welcome. Code: ============ lspci ============ 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01cd] 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Roo…
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converting .MXF file to .MP4 format via FFMPEG in cent os
by Guest kunalks- 0 replies
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Hallo Guys Can someone please detail me about this Issue. I want to convert .mxf to .mp4 with ffmpeg. my concern 1: Install FFMpeg 2: configure ffmpeg 3: write code to convert. I already have some research even if someone can help me bit more , would be really appreciative. Continue reading...