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If the government demands your personal, private email or other data, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple, and others are reportedly taking steps to notify you faster and more frequently than they did in the past. That's putting them at odds with prosecutors who believe such notifications can interfere with ongoing investigations and evidence gathering. The Washington Post: Fueling the shift is the industry's eagerness to distance itself from the government after last year's disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance of online services. Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google all are updating their policies to expand routine notification of users about gov…

Almost 8 years after it was introduced, you still can't attach files to emails in iOS. While iOS 6 has introduced a method to attach photos and videos to in-progress emails, it suffers from poor discoverability, and only works with content from the Photos app. If you want to attach any other file to an email, it's a usability disaster. That's because iOS has an ImagePicker but no broader DocumentsPicker, so it can't handle a broader range of attachments. So why is that such a bad thing? The current method for adding photo or video attachments to in-progress emails is done via the same pop-up menu originally introduced in IOS 3 for cut, copy, and paste. You tap the sc…

As IE is no longer supported for XP, i'm unsure why anyone would continue to use it? My browser of choice is Firefox. However, if you use Windows, you also get IE and as far as i know, it shouldn't be removed from your system. I suspect IE will still be used under the covers for things MS updates (although we shouldn't be getting them for XP). I'm wondering if just having IE on my system poses a danger and if so, what can be done about it? Also, will the Windows firewall continue to be maintained by MS? If not, this will become an exposure and i'm wondering what others have done to alleviate this exposure? Continue reading...

we all know that windows xp is no longer supported by microsoft,........... please i'm i free to download the supercompressed windows xp software from third party website?...though it is available on microsoft website, but i wouuld want the super-compressed version of the software for a very fast download, due to the bad internet connection in my country Continue reading...

There was a new threat to IE, and on May 1 2014 microsoft announced a one time fix for all windows XP systems , but i can't seem to get windows updates to work. Anybody out there that can help me, must you pay for this download Continue reading...

I have been receiving the same security update every day for 18 days KB2862330. Please let me know how I can stop this specific update. Thanks. Continue reading...

I have tried everything that has been posted here,and I STILL do not have an answer to my problem!! I do not understand why I am stilll getting an error message because I have an EXELENT uninstaller that gets everthing and I mean everything out when uninstalling a program! Please help me GlennSmith1 Continue reading...

My system has me locked out. There is apparently a Windows "password" which prevents me from using my computer. The hard drive and motherboard were replaced late last year due to a lightning strike. Windows 8 was re-installed (without my being asked by the ALL-KNOWING-ALL-SEEING GEEK SQUAD - I hate it). I had purchased another system as I needed to keep working. Now several months later when I go to get on my q500 Windows 8 it opens to the initial login page and asks for the last password I used on the system. THERE WAS NONE. I never used a login or password as I am an independent contractor. I have tried everything I can think of. I am about ready to blow a gas…

windows 8 flash drive that I made to recover windows 8 computer does not work after I updated to windows 8.1 accidentally deleted recovery partion any way to get it back Continue reading...

My windows 8.1 for desktop just updated and I lost a lot of the features I liked about windows 8. Now mind you, I am not happy with windows 8 format and only got it because my new computer was a gift. But now it is all screwed up. When I first got windows 8, I liked some of the features on the Start Menu. IT was nice that my email did a split screen when I clicked on a link in the email. But with these newest updates, I lost that feature. IN fact, I lost a lot of the nice features of the Start Menu. Now everything goes through the Desktop and I no longer see the point of using the Start Menu, It is just easier to use the Desktop screen for everything. However, the new upd…

I just bought a brand new HP computer with windows 8.1. Every time I leave my computer idle for a few minutes, the desktop screen locks up my icons. The icons disappear, but I can see open icons in the bar below. However, the computer won't let me access them. The only way I can get them back and gain access to my computer is to restart the computer. Why is it doing this and how can I fix it? Continue reading...

My Windows Update history shows several updates from April 9 still "pending restart." The computer's been restarted many times since then, and more recent updates are shown as "successful." What do I do? Continue reading...

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. Often, not always, when I boot in the morning I get a bugcheck. I can then reboot and it will run for the rest of the day and sometimes for several more days. Then it bugchecks some other morning. Never seems to do it more than once a day. I downloaded and ran The values are 050314-9640-01.dmp 5/3/2014 6:41:51 AM SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION 0x0000003b parameter1 00000000`c0000094 parameter2 fffff800`036e8358 parameter3 fffff880`073af880 parameter4 00000000`00000000 The "caused by driver", "caused by address", product…

Hi,my computer is windows 7 home premium dellxp desktop and I've tried almost everthing Continue reading...

Problem with screen! Have two black bands on right and left of screen making my screen smaller and do not know how to remove them permanently. Can someone help, please step by step details. Thank you. Have Windows7! Continue reading...

I keep getting a BSOD. The details of the latest are shown below. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to the possible cause from this information. I can't open the files referred to here. The only recent significant change to my PC has been the setting up of WinXP in a Virtual environment, although this was not running when I had the last two BSODs. Thanks Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 Locale ID: 2057 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 7a BCP1: 0000000000000004 BCP2: 0000000000000000 BCP3: FFFFFA80073094A0 BCP4: 0000000020C3B610 …

Hi everyone, When I right-click on the desktop it takes forever just to load the right-click menu. The desktop freezes but other applications works fine (i.e. WLM, Chrome),after a BOSD. I tried Googling but can't find what I wanted. On a side note, my NVIDIA Control Panel also can't execute. IT was there before Blue screen of Death appeared when i was watching a movie but now it,s not there. Does this have any connection with my problem? Please do tell me if I need to provide another information regarding this. Thanks. I'm running Windows 7 Home basic 64bit, Intel i5, NVIDA GeForce GT630M, 4GB RAM. P.S. :- I'm getting this error when i,m trying to op…

I updated from windows 8 to 8.1, 3 days ago. I have had AVG installed for several years, was using it on windows XP then windows 8 with minimal trouble. With the update, they are in competition. I have tried unsuccessfully to uninstall AVG and would like to use defender only. AVG says I don't have the security to uninstall. What to do? Continue reading...

I am updating the windows 8 defender virus and spyware signatures frequently. and when I scan the pc or removable storages for consistency it takes too long for windows defender to remove, quarantine, or delete the detected viruses. I need some information and help in this issue. thanks Continue reading...

Using Windows 8.1 I try to open up windows defender from my start screen, it redirects to my desktop and I get an error saying "windows cannot find windows defender make sure you typed the name correctly and try again". I have read up on this and nothing that's been suggested is working for me. I previously had McAfee running but after my trial was up I uninstalled it. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. <Moved> Continue reading...

I windows 8 os. i already deleted my old antivirus and decided to use the windows defender, but whenever i try to turn it on system 32 folder will appear. Can anyone please help me ? thanks Continue reading...

I am updating the windows 8 defender virus and spyware signatures frequently. and when I scan the pc or removable storages for consistency it takes too long for windows defender to remove, quarantine, or delete the detected viruses. I need some information and help in this issue. thanks Continue reading...

where and how do I remove a quarantined file? Security Essentials has identified and quarantined ExploitHTML/Fashback.B Is it best to remove this file or leave it alone? Continue reading...

I turned off my Windows Defender because it was preventing me from using something (I don't remember the specifics). Then when I try to turn it back on I get this error: I am not using any other security software to protect my PC so I need a fix ASAP. I ran a security check today and apparently I have 13 malicious files on my computer. I also just recieved notice that my email was signed into from Moscow, Russia!! Someone please help me. Also I'm using Windows 8.1! Continue reading...

Hey guys, I need some help. I think i might have opened an email with a virus in it. It came from USPS. Everytime i tried to restart, it brought me to a screen where I have to choose either to restart windows normally or do a startup repair. I tried both and it kept bringing me back to this screen. I tried the system restore and restarted the computer, it did not work either. It brought me back to this screen. Any suggestion? Continue reading...