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Guys, Iam using a macbook pro OS X mavericks. I have an internet connection available through a dongle in windows 8 PC and in need to share this connection through wifi and be able to access it on my macbook. Please suggest if any one has any idea about this. It would be a really great help guys. Continue reading...

i want to recover a file that i was replaced. what should i do for that.?? please help me Continue reading...

Im getting this BSOD error again and again. A search here in forum only returns for new installation of win 8. Mine is pre-installed with win 8. Here is the crash log: ================================================== Dump File : 011914-30484-01.dmp Crash Time : 19-01-2014 12:09:36 Bug Check String : IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Bug Check Code : 0x0000000a Parameter 1 : fffff801`3022a070 Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000002 Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000008 Parameter 4 : fffff801`3022a070 Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+5a440 File Description : NT Kernel & System Product Name : Mic…

After downloading a program required for a class, my taskbar disappeared. I've tried ctrl-alt-del to get to the taskbar to reset it but the only thing that pops up for me to click on his lock. Any ideas of what to do? Continue reading...

Hi, I made a new live account just to send microsoft a support ticket. It has been almost 24 hours but there is no reply yet. Please do this favour and help me get my account back. Its really important as I have all my legal info , personal etc in there. I sent the below email, "Hi, Since yesterday night, I have problem signing in through my samsung galaxy to my hotmail account which has been with me for a long time. In the morning upon signing in I saw the message that someone tried to use your account and to reset it, you have to enter last four numbers of your phone. That number was old when I used to live in United Arab Emirates. I have the sim so when I pu…

I am running Windows 7 64 Bit Notebook PC for almost three years. Of late, I have noticed that all my System Restore Points are being deleted. When I view the Event Viewer, an Error No: 14 shows with the comment " The Shadow Copies of Volume C: were aborted because of of an IO failure on Volume C " Please note : ~This does not happen on restart ~ Earlier I had configured the maximum usage to 1 % and after this issue I have raised it to 2% [ 4.73 GB ] ~ My Volume Shadow copy services is set to Manual... as was always ~ To clear the cache I have also tried System Protection Off/Restart/System Protection On/ Restart but to no avail. ~ I hav…

Platform: Windows 7 Professional (X64) fully up to date with service pack 1 and beyond The problem of flash drives that usually show up in Windows suddenly creating a problem by either not being detected properly or at all seems to be fairly well documented on the Internet but there are a plethora of so called solutions which do work for some and not for others. I have experienced this issue over the years and am still no closer to a definitive solution. Let me give you a few examples relating to both flash drives and USB connected hard drives I own. There are a few other flash drives which work perfectly and they are a mixture of new and older drives. Scenario 1 …

I was trying to connect to mt broadband connection; however I kept getting Error 797. I looked up online that the approach is to delete my old MS_Pppoe Miniport and reinstall it via WDK. I Downloaded it to a Window Drive Kit DVD and installed it, however when I try to put in the command in the command prompt "devcon.exe install c:\Windows\inf\netrasa.inf MS_PppoeMiniport" it gives me an error. Upon further research I discover it is because Window Drive Kit does not work for x64-bit system. The Question: Is there any way I can find a (devcon.exe) windows Drive Kit that is compatible for x64bit system or can I adjust my (devcon.exe) WDK to work for my x64-but system…

I'm sure originally, I had to right click on a selected action. I recently noticed when moving my cursor around a page, possible actions appear, which often block out the items I wish to select, until I move nearly right off the page. This is noticeable when travelling with my Acer Aspire one; I use the pad, as the wireless mouse I bought in Malaysia didn't work. Hope someone can help me turn this off, thanks, Williams. Continue reading...

I'm a songwriter that creates songs in Music Creator 5 in my Dell latitude laptop. after I finalize a song, I make it a .wav file, and place it in the music folder in order to burn it regularly with WMP from the music folder. this is what I used to do on my previous Dell laptop, and the songs I composed previously. however, with this one, I'm having more trouble, and not being computer/technologically savvy, can't tell what am I doing wrong. presently, which is question number two, I'm trying to erase the listing of An Angel in the folder, but no matter what I've done, which is not much, I can't. below is a picture of how the folder looks at this time. I'm tryi…

This seems to be a common question, but I can't find an answer that would work for me. Am running Windows 8.1 on a new computer. (I bought it with pre-installed Windows 8 and upgraded it to 8.1 before doing anything else with it.) As of several days ago, Windows Defender (which is otherwise up and running) states: "Real-time protection is turned off. You should turn it on". When I click on "Turn on", after a few moments I get the answer "Real-time protection couldn't be turned on. This operation returned because the timeout period expired." The error code is 0x800705b4. I used to have a McAfee antivirus installed, but uninstalled it (using its own tool) an…

hi, for the past couple of months ive been trying to find this yahoo "spigot" in my system but to no avail... ive googled and have tried what many people has tried: searched for searchsettings.exe/youtubetoolbardownload/spigot and cannot find either of them i have tried regedit but cannot find my program files which is super annoying looked in my program files and cannot find spigot, searchsettings.exe or youtubetoolbardownload... ive even uninstalled and installed my google chrome ! its driving me crazy and how harmful is this yahoo spigot if anyone knows?? oh and im on windows 8.1 if that helps... x Continue reading...

I have my Sony Vaio laptop for a while now and I have noticed some software that name is just named "software" I don't know what it is and if it was here when I first had the computer. Anti virus software does not detect it and I don't know if I should take action or leave it. I have used the snipping tool to capture an image of it in my programs list. Continue reading...

Do Microsoft Security Essentials, Malicious Software Removal Tool, Microsoft Safety Scanner, or Windows Defender Offline scan for blackshades? Can I get a list of the actual things that are scanned for? Continue reading...

Both a colleague and I have both experienced similar problems over the last two days on out home PCs. In W8, when I try to access Control Panel from the pop up on the right hand side of the screen, it just 'glitches' and takes me to the tile (splash) page. Similar results when I try to access the Control Panel through file selection. Has anyone else experienced anything similar, and if so, do you know what the causeis? I recently had to delete a PUP (trovi search engine), but my friend had this happen out of the blue. Seems suspiciously like a virus. Any thoughts anyone? Cheers Alex Continue reading...

i have Microsoft security essential installed on my laptop . it was fine . but few days back i found an exe file in my pendrive. after formating the pendrive .. it should still remain in my pendrive. and when i copy a folder the property of folder changes to hidden and a new shortcut is automatically made . Microsoft security essential is not showing any virus or threat for it. i also scanned my laptop with microsoft safety scanner . please suggest that what is this , and for what it is happening. how to remove it . and the virue or something like that which is affecting my device is on my laptop or pendrive ?????????/ <Moved from windows 7 performance and maint…

I have not had any luck with installing mspaint. I just can not get used to Gimp. Any tips ? Thanks. Continue reading...

Is there a way to check my posts ? Thanks. Continue reading...

So maybe this is an odd question maybe not. I have a super simple program that will allow a user to input two numbers, and then the program will give the product of the two numbers. echo "Enter 2 numbers" read x read y let c=$x*$y echo "The product of $x and $y is: $c" My question is could I do the same thing my program above does with either case, while, until, or for loops? The reason I ask is because I'm trying to answer a lab question that asks me to write a short program that will allow a user to input two numbers, and then the program will give the product of the two numbers. (Which the above program does) But the lab also said at the beginning u…

I am searching for a Linux hosting provider to host my website. While searching on the web, I came across few good hosting providers and offers section of your website. There is only one company listed in your offers section, their offer is good but they don't have hosting servers in India. I have shortlisted Milesweb.com for the Linux hosting service because they can setup the account in India and offer 24/7 live support. Will there be any difference in the website speed for the visitors if its hosted in India or US? Continue reading...

It's the old, old story. Nest had Windows XP on her laptop and now it's been discontinued so she has no Internet access except for basic email from her phone. The machine is much too old to run Windows 7. Obviously it would run most Linux distros perfectly well, but I have no idea how you go about installing things on a laptop; I've never used one. There is no cdrom drive but I suppose there must be a possibility of booting from a pen-drive; according to Nest, there are several usb ports. What kind of image would I have to put on such a drive? Is it the same one as on a bootable cdrom or something different? We will be needing a live image so that we can check that it …

Matt Hidinger, Program Manager for the Live Tile Platform on Windows recently chatted with me about the new features of Live Tiles in Windows and Windows Phone, and What Developers Need To Know . Here are some related resources you may be interested in: Matt's talk from Build 2014 Tile Template Catalog Great Official Live Tile Samples from Microsoft: (1) App Tiles and Badges, (2) Secondary Tiles, (3) Periodic Background Agent for Tiles and Toasts, (4) Pinned Site Comprehensive overview of Tiles, Notifications, and Action Center in Windows Phone, from the Windows Phone 8.1 Jumpstart Training. Continue reading...

So, you're wondering if your Verizon device works with that shiny new XLTE network that just went live in your area? Well, here's a list of iOS devices that can currently take advantage of the added speed from AWS spectrum. Of course as new phones and tablets come out, we can expect that they'll support Verizon's XLTE network. iPhone 5s iPhone 5c iPad Air Retina iPad mini You can get the full list of XLTE-enabled Verizon phones over here in their online store. Were you in one of the XLTE launch areas? Also a Verizon customer? Let us know if you're seeing an appreciable difference in data speeds. Are you stuck with a device that doesn't support XLTE? The rest o…

Verizon has fired up a new, beefier branding for its 4G LTE smartphone service. Dubbed XLTE, it takes advantage of the AWS spectrum to double the bandwidth in high-traffic locations. And here's the list of cities that get it first. Category Features Alabama Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa Arizona Flagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson Arkansas El Dorado-Magnolia, Fayetteville-Springdale, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Russellville California Bakersfield, Chico-Oroville, Fresno, Los Angeles, Merced, Modesto, Oakland, Redding, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stockton, Vi…

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