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i have a question for you Folks, How To Upgrade or Activate Windows 7 Professional from Windows 7 Ultimate without Formatting? Continue reading...

I have a tower computer with three SATA drives installed. The primary C: drive is a dual boot drive with XP and Win 7 installed. The other two drives are data drives. I want to minimise the potential for damage/loss of the drives during transit. Can I simply remove the 3 drives from the tower and re-install them without problems at a later date? I wonder, would the computer boot up ok after re-installing the drives? Would BIOS see the re-installed drives as NEW drives and therefore not go beyond POST or would BIOS recognise the drives as if they had never been removed? Would the Windows Operating System's boot up ok as if the drives had never been removed? …

I have installed win7 64bit recently but after installing all the software driver of the including hardware I am facing BSOD. It keeps coming and coming. Refar to all the suggestions I have done all the programs to pass the test but nothing happened. The link below gives my Bluescreen Viewer, MSinfo32 and Dump file. http://1drv.ms/1hL3AI7 Please I need urgently immediate help and assistance from any one. Continue reading...

I have uninstalled the software I was using for my internet wireless broadband connection (which shows up under the heading: Dial-up & VPN in the Network icon). I made sure all folders were removed from my PC, meaning I went into the Program Files folder and the Program Data folder. This internet connection was made via a USB modem. I had hoped that by clicking onto the big red cross to the right of the '3G connection' listing in the Network icon that it would be removed from the list, but it just gives me a message. It is not listed in the Network and Sharing Center. I have of course installed the new wireless broadband connection software from a different …

I've put this into my Validation Rule: Not Like "*[!a-z]*" but it still allows lower case to be typed in. I want to allow only single upper case letters in MS access 2010 Continue reading...

when i look in my task manager I see that there is CSRSS.EXE file running which shows no DESCRIPTION when i try to open file loacation ; it doesn' t gives me any result.. So, I checked my win system32 folder I found there is two file one is CSRSS.EXE and other is CSRSS.EXE.MUI PLZ......TELL ME WHICH ONE IS VIRUS ( CSRSS.EXE.MUI is not running in my task manager) Continue reading...

I was attempting to download a file off of an internet website. I had used the site previously and never had any issues. The download looked a little odd, and I should have listened to my instinct, but I had never had a problem before, so I okayed it. Bad idea. Suddenly, Microsoft Security Essentials pops up that I have a problem. I delete the file everywhere I can find it and start running Microsoft Security Essentials. I have Google Chrome and Internet Explorer browsers on my computer, though Google Chrome is the only one I typically use. I opened my task manager, and all of a sudden, my Chrome disappeared as if I hadn't just been using it. I attempted to reboot …

I have downloaded and run Msoft safety scanner, quick scan and it did not detect this virus. What now? Continue reading...

My computer after scanning with MS essentials is infected with 'worm:win32/Autorun!inf". When selected to remove the above virus a dialog box opening and saying .."the RPC server is unavailable". My system is beyond 400 GB. Now suggest me how to remove the malaware from my computer system. It seems that it has entered the boot sector of window. Kindly revert back to me with your advice. <Split from:http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_other-protect_scanning/serious-disastrous-virus/5d1895fd-e237-487e-9052-28c7932a1675> Continue reading...

Hi I am having a trouble while windows start up.... it shows RunDLL There was a problem starting c:\users\arun\appdata\local\TB\APISupport\Apisupport.dll Can anyone suggest me to solve this problem?? Continue reading...

I know early on I had issues when I tried to do this for a laptop that I had but that's been over a year ago and I've learned a lot about Linux since then. Still, I want to get my ducks in a row for this install. Just like I figured my daughter's laptop with Windows 8 has been borked, told her now to get a Windows machine, told her to get an older laptop and I'd install Linux on it so she'd not have problems with viruses and malware, she didn't listen so now here we are, just like I said we'd be. So, I told her I can install Linux on her new laptop and get her back up and running and she'd not have to worry about stuff like this anymore. Figure that Ubuntu 14.04LTS may …

I am SLOWLY making progress. I have installed Mint Maya to a Dell Inspiron 8200 (graphics issue). I have also installed it (dual boot with XP) to an Averatec 6210 w/SiS graphics (another problem child). I set it up with the following folders on the 6210: boot = 900MB > actual listed 899MB /root = 20GB > actual listed 19998MB /home = 95GB > actual listed 94998MB swap ~ 2GB >> RAM = 2GB > actual listed 2195MB The XP drive is 40GB but now with install complete, the root folder is FULL with only 9.6GB size showing. WHAT happened and how do I fix it without reinstalling? Continue reading...

I have a dvd of Linux Mint 14.04. How do I get it to load to my external HD. Regards Bob Continue reading...

I have a java file which is being triggered from a shell script. If I execute the shell script at command line it is executing the java file without any issues but if i execute this shell script from browser( i have a index.php which executes this shell script in linux server ) it is not executing the java file in shell script. The shell script is executed properly If I remove the java execution line from the shell script. below is the error i received when executed from browser. Error From browser:Java HotSpot 64-Bit Server VM warning: INFO: os::commit_memory(0x00007fcf589ac000, 2555904, 1) failed; error='Permission denied' (errno=13) # # There is insufficient memo…

If you are signing up for a free offer or something else I suppose, a free email address that only lives for ten minutes is a great anti-spam device. See it here. Need a manual for something? It could be here Want to get rid of that social networking account? Here's how Post your useful links in this thread. Continue reading...

If you're taking your iPhone 5 into an Apple Retail Store to get the faulty sleep/wake button fixed then you might just have another option available to you — a $350 trade in towards an iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c. That's $80 more than is usually offered. There is one catch though — you have to ask for it. So what's the deal? Continue reading...

In FarmVille 2: Country Escape, you are tasked with building your own farm from the ground up. In order to do so you'll need lots of resources including crop fields, mills to turn your crops into product, and more. While you could always spend real cash in order to acquire these items quickly, if you have a little patience we've got the tips, tricks, and cheats you need to play strategically and level up fast enough on your own, no real money required! Continue reading...

The Music app in iOS 7 didn't just come with an all new design, it came with an all new bug that's giving some of us trouble with deleting songs. What's supposed to happen is that you swipe a song, it brings up the delete button, and with a tap the song is gone. Unfortunately, for iTunes in the Cloud, that's sometimes not the case. The good news is all iTunes in the Cloud (and iTunes Match music) is safely backed up to Apple's servers. And that means you can fix the Music app bug with the nuclear option! Continue reading...

The big news this week was AAPL's earnings. The iPhone beat all expectations to once again thrill — and terrify — the world as an almost unmatched profit-making machine. The iPad, however, came up short. The iPad didn't sell as many as expected or as it had in the past. That's in the context of one quarter, however. What is it in the context of Apple's business? Continue reading...

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Hi, I deleted this driver with out knowing what it was. Now I keep getting this ERROR message "Can't Open ACPI ATK0100 kernel Mode Driver" I click "OK" and it says "You have to install ATK0100 driver" The laptop is a ASUS PRO31F, so based on advise I've read online I visited the link below and downloaded the zip file "ATK_Media_XP_060731.ZIP" http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Pro31F&p=3&s=87 I am not sure If I am running the contents of the zip file correctly because it doesn't seem to fix the issue. I was only able to run Setup.exe from the zip which installed "ATK Media" , however when ever my lap top restarts the ERROR mes…

some off my files have been wiped off my laptop. i suddenly couldn't use my monitor attached to my laptop and the laptop screen has reduced in size, need help please Continue reading...

Hello, I have a Dell Dimension 4700 and it is starting to act up. It won't power on. Everything is plugged in. One time when I pressed the button to start it up it the power light was amber. I finally got it started but I am still concerned because it has done this before. I have heard this type of problem could be a bad power supply. How do I know it is bad and how do I fix this. Continue reading...

Hi folks: I am not able (cost) to either upgrade or purchase new hardware to upgrade from XP, even if I wanted to. My question: If I ever have to reinstall XP from my CD, will I still be able to update it, service pack, security and misc.? Thanks, Robert G Continue reading...

I have an old Dell computer that USED to have Windows XP Professional installed on it. I have Ubuntu (Linux) installed on it now and Windows XP is gone. The computer came with Windows XP Professional installed when I got it. However, I still have the installation disc. My question is, would it be possible and/or legal to use the installation disk to install Windows XP Professional in a virtual machine on the same computer if I still have the product key? Continue reading...