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Hallo guys, I just met a huge problem and I will need some help to resolve it. A few days ago, I tried to install a program, but the program was detected by Microsoft security essentials as a threat and successfully removed by the Antivirus. Today, I noticed that my Laptop GPU and CPU are overheating and I have started few tests to detect the problem. So, there 3 processes running in the background, but when I, m trying to take an eye of the task manager they disappear in the second I opened it. When I close the task manager they are resumed and the pc continue to get HOT (90^C). One of those processes is csc.exe. It's running together with two unknown …

I do not know why but my yum does not work. I tried to install expat. Here is the message I got (see image: the forum would not let me copy the error message as it contained a web address). What is going wrong? thanks Attached Images Screenshot-1.jpg (16.4 KB) Continue reading...

I made a vortexbox bootable usb. Vortexbox is headless so it installs and sets up automatically no need for a monitor (or keyboard really). I just need my computer to boot from the USB. I have it connected to ethernet to my home network and I have my laptop running a live USB connected to the same network. I have no way of connecting a monitor to the other computer I want to use as a vortexbox server. How will I be able to get it to boot from the usb? Can I do this over the network? Can I just press something on the keyboard what can I do? Continue reading...

Hi, I am using the kmod v9 library (apparently) on my Debian machine with kernel 3.4. I am trying to understand module initialization, and as such went to look at how insmod works. As far as I can tell, the insmod command is just a symlink to kmod, which parses the command line to determine insmod is being meant, and then proceeds to finally call its do_insmod function. In there however (or in any of the other functions do_insmod calls), nowhere I can find that sys_init_module is being called. So how does kmod's insmod then finally proceeds to call the module's init function ?? Many thanks for helping me out here! Paul Continue reading...

Hi, I recently installed Fedora but I'm having a few issues with it. The Gdebi Package Installer isn't available in the software center at all. I'm not sure if that's because .deb packages don't work at all on Fedora, but if they do where else but the software center could I get Gdebi Package Installer? Also, I can't open .exe's whatsoever, with or without Wine. I do have the application and the option to open it with Wine, but when I do nothing happens. It just loads for a second and then... nothing. If anybody could help me out with these two problems I'd really appreciated. I'm not that great with computers so please be patient with me! Continue readi…

Here is my situation My internal hard drive for my laptop is failing and I installed an ubuntu boot on an external 1TB HDD. I am able to access ubuntu and I can see my drive that I wish to copy to my 1TB HDD I am using to hold my Linux. How am I able to copy the 500 some odd GBs of data to the drive I am using to RUN LINUX? I wish to copy data to the drive I am using to hold the Ubuntu build I am using. Thank you for any help! :) I need to do this before my HDD craps out. PS I am an Ubuntu noob. Continue reading...

iOS 8 was announced by Apple at WWDC 2014 on June 2 and will become publicly available this fall. Major new features include Continuity, Extensibility, QuickType, Health, iCloud Drive, and Family Sharing, as well as major improvements for Photos, Messages, Spotlight, and more. If you want the highlights and all of our ongoing coverage, check out our iOS 8 super page. If you want a deep dive into just how exactly all of it works, check out the articles below! We'll be adding new articles every day or so, so make sure to come back often and share this link with your family and friends. We happily explain so you don't have to! iOS 8: Explained Con…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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...

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...

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...

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 …

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...

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...

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...

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 …

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...

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 …

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…

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…

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...

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...