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instructions for eliminating Sonic Activation Module dialog box
by Guest Denny N- 0 replies
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Each time I start my cpu a dialog box appears titled: Sonic Activation Module. The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available. Please insert disk and press OK. I have no idea why the box appeared and though it seems innocuous I'd like to get rid of it. Any ideas??? Continue reading...
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B&G GoFree app
by Guest LANDGOEDTORCKSVEEN- 0 replies
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Is there one available?? Continue reading...
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camera isn't working!
by Guest kun-3- 0 replies
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camera is not working.when it is open ,it shows a symbol. the symbol resembles a camera and on top of that a crossed line. need a solution for this. ASAP!!!!!!!!!! Continue reading...
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windows 8 mail app
by Guest tomflashman- 0 replies
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I don't seem to be able to send emails from my windows 8 mail app, all that is happening is that they are being moved in to outbox and not being sent to the recipient! how do we fix it? thanks Continue reading...
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Personalise
by Guest Abishekh Kc- 0 replies
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How to get more Sizes for my Windows 8 tiles like Windows 8.1 without updating? Continue reading...
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Windows 8 boots to Black screen on startup.
by Guest RichardLund- 0 replies
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Original title: WIN 8 BOOT ON TOSHIBA SATELLITE Hi - I have upgraded to Win 8 on my Toshiba Satellite laptop. Now when I boot the laptop it shows the initial Windows screen but won't complete the process to the Lock screen or Start screen. The screen is black and won't go any further. I have to press the power off button and hopefully get to go to standby mode (i.e. when power light flashes). Then I have to press the button to take it out of standby which then will display the Lock screen. Does anyone have any ideas on what setting could be causing this. I've looked in the BIOS boot but can't find anything there. Also can't find anything obvious in Win P…
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Windows Photo Viewer is telling me it needs an update and cannot open pictures? This suddenly...
by Guest BruceCHiggins- 0 replies
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The person who wrote the above is right. Running file checker accomplishes nothing except to say that NOTHING is wrong. I ALREADY KNEW THAT! What I need is an update instead of the run around I and apparently other users received. If there is no update available, change the error message in Photo Viewer to reflect the real problem and the right solution, so that I can open files with the PNG extension, which I gather is often the file extension for photographs taken with phone cameras. --- Bruce C Higgins , New York, NY <Removed PII> Split from- https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-winapps/windows-photo-viewer-is-telling-…
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My computer doesn't recognize my graphics tablet! USB device not recognized!
by Guest Tapestry Shakes- 0 replies
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Every time I plug in my graphics tablet, a little window pops up that says "USB device not recognized." I tried resetting the USB Universal Serial Bus Controller, resetting my computer, installing the newest driver,plugging it into the other USB ports. Everything else I plug into my computer works. At first, after I installed the drivers, everything was fine. Then, a few days later, it went back to displaying the "USB device not recognized." My version of windows is Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit. My graphics tablet is a Wacom CTE-430 (Sapphire). My operating system is an Acer Aspire 5250-0468. Continue reading...
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Lync Crashes and restarts when tryign to share monitor or application
by Guest blondeastheycome- 0 replies
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HI All The Office 365 guys said to post here... hopefully someone will be able to point me in the right direction. I have one user in an environment who has a Samsung laptop with Windows 7 64-bit, using Office Professional Plus 2013 (not via Office365) and Exchange and Lync Online. The issue we are seeing is that they can make audio and video calls, add whiteboarding and share powerpoint presentations but as soon as they want to share a monitor or an application you get a popup window saying Lync has unexpectedly stopped working and will restart. I have made sure windows updates are uptodate, and completed a repair install of Office 2013. In the event logs …
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Win7 Laptop cannot play/open AVCHD video files. Need Help!
by Guest Vincentjr- 0 replies
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I have HD video files from my HD video camera that I cannot open/play on my Win7 Laptop. I need help in finding a way I can play/open these AVCHD video files on my laptop. Can someone help me please? Continue reading...
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Windows defender real time protection can't be turned on
by Guest DarrellAguilar- 0 replies
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I have been using windows 8 for a while now, but just encountered this problem recently. Not able to turn on real-time protection on my windows defender and it gives me an error code of 0x800705b4. By going through forums I have seen different types of ways to fix this issue however I can't seem to find a way to fix this issue. Here are a few tips I found which did not work: 1. Third party application - most people say windows defender conflicts with other antivirus applications installed, however I do not have any. I used to have advanced systemcare ultimate but is now uninstalled. Also, I found on forums that after installing and uninstalling ASCU windows defe…
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marketplace sucks
by Guest yayita75- 0 replies
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Is there an antivirus for the surface pro! I've had this for 6 months and I can't find one! I wasn't even able to install the free one from Best Buy when I purchased this awful tablet! I had better luck with my Acer that was a fraction of the cost but my daughter broke the screen and I can't get it replaced. Some one please help me!!! Continue reading...
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Windows Defender Updating failed
by Guest ali shahshah- 0 replies
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Hello everybody. i am using windows 8 pro 64 bit operating system. the main problem which i face is windows defender is out pf date even my Internet connection is available and normally working, but when i try to update window defender the updating bar suddenly freeze and its says Internet connection failed and window is out of date. how to overcome on this?? Continue reading...
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I know I have a virus but my virus protection does not detect.
by Guest ELProdigy- 0 replies
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I downloaded something that essentially gave me a Trojan virus. I immediately preformed a full scan on malware bytes and delete the the virus. Well now I see add popups in some websites and the proxy settings got messed up as well. Some of the applications such as Desura will not let me login because of the proxy. I have downloaded an adware remover but it says that my pc is clean. How can I fix this. Also my friend suggested bombing it and erasing the pc to its factory settings but I don't know if that will work. Continue reading...
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Error 80050800d ?? History has to be deleted for a scan to take place. How do I delete history?
by Guest Shapscomp1- 0 replies
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To complete scan history has to be deleted. What history? Continue reading...
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Virus/Malware/Adware
by Guest joshfreedy- 0 replies
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So...I download a 'screencorder' from softonic.com...not my best idea. First, it gave me trovi&Linkey. I uninstalled Linkey, and went to the registry, manually changed my start page to google, and reset my browsers, which work fine now. Something I didn't notice before, I have a pcreg folder (in Program files) containin msvcr100.dll, nowdown.txt, pcreg.exe, and service.exe file. I don't know if I should manually delete the pcreg folder from the registry, or just delete the folder in the local disk. The second issue I currently have is there is a Conduit folder in the registry, which I am concerned about...Just delete, or keep it? None of these are actually m…
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Virus on my surface RT
by Guest MichelleCa- 0 replies
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the virus is fw-dnslink In this website it explains what is it about and how it works: www.safebro.com/fw-dnslink-com.virus-remove I'm really worried because it has also disabled the surface store so i can't download anything... besides i can't find any antivirus because everyone says the OS is a closed system so it's supossed not to get viruses... but ib got this one...i'm supossed to get into the REGEDIT but i don't know if i can do that on Surface and how to do it, besides i know it' s dangerous to mess with hat if you don't know how to... i really need an antivirus... help please... thanks, michelle PS: I would like to add I've already tried window…
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This trovi took over my home page yesterday. I was doing a download from cnet and this went into my computer. I downloaded google chrome about an hour ago, I cannot believe the google chrome download would cause all of these web pages to just pop up. I am downloading McAfee Vir Tech right now. <Moved from security and privacy | windows 7> Continue reading...
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Win XP can't log on to Samba 64 bit - Win 7 can ??
by Guest danbak- 0 replies
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Hi folks, I run a small linux server at home for 2 win XP 32 bit and 1 win 7 64 bit clients. Since moving from an old Pentium 3 machine (centos 5, samba 32 bit) to a HP proliant microserver (Centos 6.3, samba 64 bit) the win XP clients can't logon - they get the message "the domain controller is unavailable". Win 7 machine has no problems. I did everything I think I should, transferring SIDs and setting up users and machine accounts etc. If I start the samba server after the XP clients have logged on then they can access everything fine until they logoff and try to log n again. Anything obvious I may have missed? Thanks in advance for any help. Continue rea…
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Unable login after upgrade
by Guest satimis- 0 replies
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Hi all, Host Ubuntu 12.04 desktop 64bit Gusest Ubuntu 12.04 desktop 64bit Oracle VirtualBox I tried upgrade Guest from 12.04 to 14.04. On terminl running; $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade Then $ sudo update-manager -d On reboot I couldn't login with warning: Code: Failed to load session "ubuntu" Log Out I found following link: Failed to load session ''ubuntu'' after Upgrade 12.04 - Failed to load session ''ubuntu'' after Upgrade - Ask Ubuntu Please advise how to start Guest on tty 1? Thanks Rgds satimis Continue reading...
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Hello Experts, My product is using centos 5.8 and I am trying to upgrade openssl version from 0.9.8w to 0.9.8y to address the following security vulnerabilities CVE-2012-2333, CVE-2013-0166 , CVE-2013-0169. While trying to upgrade I am facing following dependanices and any insight to this will be highly appreciated. [root-M1 store]# openssl version OpenSSL 0.9.8w 23 Apr 2012 [root-M1 store]# rpm -qa | grep openssl openssl-0.9.8e-22.el5 openssl-0.9.8w-1 [root-M1 store]# rpm -Uvh openssl-0.9.8y-1.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libcrypto.so.6 is needed by (installed) m2crypto-0.16-8.el5.i386 libcrypto.so.6 is needed by (installed) python-libs-2.4.3…
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Clonezilla Windows XP not boot
by Guest ajkannan83- 0 replies
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Dear Friends, I am installed Windows XP and Fedora 17 in 80GB SATA hard disk. I disk cloned to another hard disk 320GB SATA HDD using Clonezilla(Disk to Disk Method) Now in 320GB hard disk Fedora Linux working fine. But Windows XP wont boot. when enter Windows XP in GRUB menu the system wont boot. So I used fixboot and fixmbr using windows xp repair mode But windows XP not boot. What is the mistake. Please reply. Thanks A.Kannan Continue reading...
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Set up port forwarding
by Guest satimis- 0 replies
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Hi all, Host Ubuntu 12.04 desktop 64bit Guest Ubuntu 12.04 LAMP/desktop 64bit VirtualBox 2 NICs Optic Fibre Broadband connection - interface (connected to onboard NIC) Static IP Router not available Host:- $ cat /etc/network/interfaces Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address xx.xx.xxx.xx (static IP) dns-nameservers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.252 broadcast xx.xx.xxx.xx gateway xx.xx.xxx.xx Guest:- $ cat /etc/network/interfaces Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback $ sudo ifconfig [sudo] password for satimis: Code: eth5 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00…
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How to set up, configure, secure, and start using Siri
by Guest Rene Ritchie- 0 replies
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Siri is Apple's virtual, personal, digital assistant with a personality straight out of a Pixar film. With Siri, your iPhone or iPad can help you do all sorts of amazing things, from keeping in contact, to keeping on time, to keeping informed. But first, you may need to get Siri set up and up to speed. Follow along for a quick walkthrough on how to get started with Siri! How to use Siri How to edit a Siri question or command How to enable Siri in the Settings app How to configure Siri How to secure Siri with a Passcode Lock How to use Siri Using Siri is simple. Press and hold the Home button on your iPhone or iPad to activate Siri. Once you hear t…
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Vector 41: Mergers and accusations
by Guest Rene Ritchie- 0 replies
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Vector is Mobile Nations technology news and analysis show featuring the biggest stories, the hottest trends, and the most interesting guests in the industry. On this week's show, Ben Bajarin of Techpinions talks with Rene about mergers, including the just-completed Microsoft and Nokia, the ongoing Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the just announced AT&T and DirectTV, and the rumored YouTube and Twitch and Apple and Beats deals. Support Vector: Go to squarespace.com/vector and use offer code VECTOR to save 10% on your new website! And visit airsquirrels.com/slingshot/ to share your screen with anyone, anywhere. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS Download dire…