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The iPhone and iPad Calendar app allows you to set not only your default calendar, but to customize many other settings that change how your calendar events behave. Having good defaults can make it much faster to add new events and appointments, especially if you often add events to the same calendar, with the same alert requirements. You can also set how far back your iPhone and iPad will sync those appointments and events, so you can keep handy just your most recent entries, or entries going back for months. You can toggle automatic time zone shifting, and even turn off invitation alerts if you need fewer distractions in your life. How to disable new invitation aler…

I made a mistake and installed XP Professional when I already had a newer version of XP home. Now every time I turn on the computer Professional opens with nothing in the docs and stuff. No programs... nothing. If I restart, the PC gives me an option of which operating system I want to use. How can I un-install XP Professional? Continue reading...

My pc cannot detect other flash drives apart from my own . Please what is wrong? Any solution? Continue reading...

I frequently get a printer file which is marked as deleted stuck in the printer queue. This stoops everything else from printing. Using "cancelall documents" does not remove the item from the queue so I have shutdown and reboot to remove the item. Has anyone come across any other way to correct this problem. Many thanks. Michael Graham Continue reading...

My default printer setting gets changed without me doing it. Can this be prevented? Continue reading...

I have a Palm Zire 21 that I use with ACT! contact manager to keep track of my appointments. I was able to sync the Palm with my ACT database until this week. The device shows up on the list of USB devices, but will not connect within Windows XP mode. I used this device in XP Mode since last August with no problems. Last week I started having trouble with the XP Integration features and had to uninstall and reinstall the Integration features a few times. I think I have a corrupted driver somewhere. Any help would be appreciated. Continue reading...

My u600 USB mobile device has worked fine for me since I purchased it to replace the OverdrivePro 3g mobile-hotspot earlier this year. Other issues that occurred brought my attention to different settings enabled through my adapters as well as Bluetooth capable software that did not come through the manufactures updates. When I tried to reset the config to how it was originally, I lost the ability to connect at all using the USB device. I have uninstalled, and installed the connection software 5 times, as well as updated basic devices drivers and port resetting. Seems like the shadow copy ? service is helping the device to re-install every time I plug into my comms or cha…

I have Windows 8. My malware program says I have 55 password protected files which it cannot check. These files are slowly growing over time (more files are being added). I have never asked for such files, and have never encountered them when I download and open files. I am not sure how to handle them. Do I just delete them? Would my computer password open them? Do I even want to open them since I do not know what they are? Any help appreciated. ScottEllison Continue reading...

I had Kernel data inpage error last night and since then I'm getting kernel security check failure forcing to restart each time. Could anybody help me with this? Here is the link to dmp file. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=BD7886A605F06501%21105 Thank you so much! Continue reading...

So, i'm trying to get a custom theme, but only the wallpaper shows, none of the custom features, like the custom way the folders look, the Exit Minimize, and other button (Forgot name) are custom, but only the wallpaper, will show! I have Ultra UX Theme patcher, i'm placing the files you are supposed to be placing, here is a screenshot: http://imgur.com/vRLAuNf Continue reading...

I have a epson stylus photo rx 520 When I try and print from the internet it only prints down the left side how do I set it to go back to A4 portrait advice please. I have windows 8.1 Continue reading...

Hi there: this morning I started the computer as usual, but it confused my J and K drives. Normally J is an external hard drive, and K is something called Mobile Partner, which I assume to be my Huawei cellphone. It was the opposite way today, the first time ever. I wanted to swap them back and thought that by ejecting J, I could reassign the hard drive. I have since managed to find a way to give it the correct letter back. However, Mobile Partner has disappeared. Windows 7 thinks that K drive, my phone, is a CD-ROM. I can’t get it to recognize it as a phone any more. I found something on the web called Huawei Mobile Partner, and installed it, but it doesn’t do …

Windows 7 professional 64 bit, 16gb ram, 3.4 mhz processor. I have read many many posts about this. HOWEVER, I print directly to the printers. Http via Cups. I can load my old XP machine as a VM on the windows 7 machine and it prints immediately! Have already disabled items with netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled (RSS autotuninglevel as well), bidirectional, spooling, firewall, anti virus and still the problem persists. Since it prints fast from same machine with XP and all the other users on the network still using XP print fine. I know it is Win 7. My printer ports are listed as internet ports. (ie: http://myserver:631/printers/printername) The syste…

My Laptop is connected to wireless network but the network icon has a red X on it and still I am able to get online. But when i troubleshoot, i get the following message, An error code 0x80070426 occurred while troubleshooting. Kindly help Continue reading...

While attempting to re-install my HP 6480 printer (Windows 7) I get this error message: The installer cannot access this Registry Key. Please ensure that the installer has access to the registry and click retry to continue installation. Registry Key: HKey_Local_Machine\System Continue reading...

Hi, Since the last Microsoft Update Windows 7 is now taking at least 10 minutes to boot. Not sure if it related to the Update or a Avast download around the same time. When viewing the Event log I am receiving the two messages: Event ID 7000 Source - Service Control Manager 'The Mobile IP Route Manager service failed to start due to the following error: The driver has been blocked from loading' Event ID 1060 Source - Application Pop Up Hope someone can help Continue reading...

While trying to download CCleaner I purchased software called "Driver Support". Further research suggests this is a "scareware" type software. I have requested a refund. I am running Windows 7. Is there a trustworthy link to completely uninstall "Driver Support"? It appears it is a difficult one to get rid of. Thank you. Continue reading...

I got on my desktop computer the other night and found that I had the ICE virus. It is the one where the computer is locked and it says you have to pay to unlock you computer. Well, I tried to boot the computer in all 3 safe modes the computer would just end up shutting down. I was able to get to system restore eventually by booting with the Windows 7 disk. I got an error though something like x08000ffff. I then was able to sign in and the ICE virus appeared to be gone and then a window popped up that said that the system restore was successful. I should mention here that I disconnected the computer from the internet and that I restored my computer to a month back to May …

Hello Have a question, is there way to find out why "cscript.exe" is accessing temp folder in my Windows 7 PC? This happens every 5 to 6 days at different times on my windows 7 PC. Am aware of this as Mcafee Access Protection triggered a Antispyware notification everytime this happens. Thanks Rgs Alan Tan Continue reading...

I seem to have a virus or Malware on my Samsung laptop that neither Norton nor Microsoft Malicious software remover can find. IE 10 opens randomly on very questionable sites. In addition, I can't upgrade to IE 11 or windows 8.1 as it says hardware not suitable, but I know for a fact that this machine can run W8.1 and IE11 as I have another one that does. Please help! Continue reading...

Got a call saying from Microsoft, told me I had a virus, They showed me everything, I fell all the way, then when they asked for money I told them no, I hung up they kept calling, I ignored tried to get back control of my PC couldn't so I pulled the plug. Plugged back in and they did something so I can't login to my account I'm on guest account right now but can't do anything because when I try it asks for admin password and my password won't work. I tried Microsoft online support and they wanted $ also. I replied you've got to be **** kidding me what's your OMB-control # and they cut me off, somebody please help I've been on this from 6pm and it's nearly 4am I can't stop…

greetings i have a large section of html i need to add to the top of a file. i would like to retain the formatting of the html so that it looks proper. How can i do this? thanks Continue reading...

I have a Supermicro Super Server 5013C-T/i with a single P4 CPU, 2gb of memory, and 2x 80gb drives running CentOS 6.5. It is a 1U server with only 2 drive bays so my storage size is quite limited. I was thinking of buying an old SAN off eBay and hooking it up to this server. How should I accomplish this? Buy a fiber PCI card to run fiber lines from the SAN to the server or? I am needing opinions on what I could use on a budget to accomplish having a large storage pool for all my files from the two desktop and laptops systems whether it be a SAN or other options. Thanks! Continue reading...

...Is it possible (or automatic) to share variables and functions between 2 separate <?php and ?> sections on one webpage? Thanks. Continue reading...

If I want to get what a user has typed into a form on a webpage (not clicking "Submit", just typed), in a *C* program, NOT PHP etc., what must I do? ... and please don't just say "use this library", I want to know what's actually going on in AJAX. Thanks. Continue reading...