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I now work exclusively in this "Temporary account" mode in Windows 8, because it appears to be incapable of doing anything else. Following a nights work last week, I logged out and re-logged in to discover that Windows 8 had previously logged me in as "Temporary" and deleted my nights work upon logging out. After attempts to upgrade to 8.1, my (Sony Vaio) computer froze and had to be re-imaged back to the version of Windows 8 that was originally on the machine. Thank you Microsoft for truly the worst computing experience of my life. An unasked-for upgrade adding features nobody wants and get in the way that hamper productivity and force me to relearn how to use…

Hello When I right click on a document and then click on the send to option and then click on mail to, I get the above message after being informed that there is no email programme to perform the action. Please can someone help. Continue reading...

I bought a Dell Laptop 3 weeks ago with Windows 8 and when I tried to upgrade to Windows 8.1 from the Store tile, a message came that reads as follows: "You need to use an account with Administrative privileges to install Windows 8.1, try logging in with the user account of an administrator of this PC and trying the update again". I am the only user and tried to call the 800 number but it seems they are looking at something else. I am really disappointed in Microsoft Customer Services Support. Continue reading...

Dear Support, I have HP Envy dv6 which came preinstalled with Windows 8 "Core Edition" OEM. My recovery partition stopped working, HP Recovery manager is old and not working for me, and I didn't get any Recovery DVDs with my laptop. When I asked HP they told me to order recovery discs (damn...). I am asking Microsoft if I can download windows 8 that I bought legally, and I want to activate windows with the license already written the UEFI. Thanks Continue reading...

did you find an answer to this problem? i'm having the same issue with hidden files becoming unhidden semi-randomly. Split from- https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-files/hidden-folders-keep-returning/5ceac85f-5cb2-42f8-84cb-2d8c235dbef1 Continue reading...

i downloaded windows phone app and installed. but i cont connect my lumia625 to my computer Continue reading...

My printer cannot connect wirelessly to my computer due to a blocked port says Canon. What does this mean and how do I fix it? Continue reading...

My computer had been running fine until a few days ago. When I turned on my monitor the screen was frozen, the mouse still moved but couldn't click anything. I did a hard reboot and the computer came back. Last night it BSOD on me and gave a iastora error. Again later it did it again. Attached is last nights dump file. Today's dump didn't save. https://www.dropbox.com/s/oxyvyujwzsrlz74/042714-49623-01.dmp Continue reading...

This has been an issue since Windows XP if not earlier. Whenever I tell Windows to sort my desktop icons "by name," it completely ignores actual alphabetical order and just puts them wherever it feels like. Back in Windows XP, it even put My Documents above My Computer in the upper left corner of the screen (when using the Classic start menu). Full-size image (1366x768) That's Windows 7, taken today after telling it to sort by name. As you can very clearly see, that is NOT sorted by name. Anyone have any ideas why Windows does this? The only solution I've found is to turn off auto-arrange, turn on align to grid, and sort them by hand. This is a major p…

Hi When I set my Power savings to switch off the display after 15 minutes I can not re-activate it anymore. I need to switch off the desktop (Dell Dimension 5150) and restart the system. I see when I switch off the desktop that shortly before the system goes down the display start showing shutting down the system. I checked my USB mouse and keyboard setting in the device manager and they say the devices can wake up the system. What else can I check as I can only put on the screensaver and not switch off the display (it worked all on XP before I updated to Windows 7 - no HW change) Thank you Markus Continue reading...

Does anyone know how to remove Ask from my computer!? Continue reading...

I tried to download a photo from Public Domaine Pictures and foolishly installed what was required, an image downloader of some kind, and ended up with malware called Start.MySearchDial which I can't seem to get rid of, along with other installations that came with it. Although clicking on "uninstall" after selecting Start.MySearchDial on the program list, it did go off the list, it still comes up as my home page instead of Google Chrome (was my default), FireFox, or Internet Explorer, all of which I have on my computer. I ran a quick scan and it continues to say my computer is protected but obviously this got through. When I click "uninstall" for the "Image package" and …

downloaded/ installed by accident file name: pc fix tray .exe - discription: pc fix speed tray - location: microsoft software windows current version- file version: 1.2.0.14. I uninstalled it but some is still here. How do I get all this to go away. Continue reading...

Just today, I am getting a popup box with "igeto.exe has stopped working" and the choices to check online for a solution or close the program. No solution online, of course. Seems to be a Microsoft program. Key is Oqertym - Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Feyfqaa\igeto.exe. Also shows up in audio keys. I can find no reference to it anywhere online. What is it? BTW, why is this thing so slow? Continue reading...

Microsoft safety scanner partially removed threats from my computer,Exploit Java Cve -2009 -3869.R and Exploit Java/CVE 2010 - 0840, any advice on how I should remove them Continue reading...

Following my very recent question and helpful replies regarding removal of Norton and McAfee (now complete) - I've discovered I'm also running Malwarebytes Anti-malware. I'm using Microsoft Security Essentials - should I now also remove the Malwareytes programme? Continue reading...

Hi, I need to sync my addressbook and calendar data with my Samsung Galaxy. There's "Kies" for that but it does not work very well - esp. my addressbook got messed up severely. Before I try again, I'd like to save a copy of the (good) files on my iMac. But where are the data files of iCal and Addressbook? Thanx, Tom Continue reading...

I have a p3.php file which if I execute from root user it creates a text file but if I execute from another user it doesn't create any text file. eg: I placed the p3.php in /var/www/html/p3.php and if I execute from "example.com/p3.php" it creates file without any issue. but if I place in /john/public_html/tmp/p3.php and execute from "example.com/~john/tmp/p3.php" it doesn't create any file. I gave all permissions to parent directory tmp and also executed the below commmand. sudo chown apache /home/john/public_html/tmp/ I found apache is the user in httpd.conf file. May I know what more I can do to create file in john account instead of root. Many Tha…

Hi so I'm currently running Kali linux on a Virtual machine, when i run airmon-crack then type the comand "airmon-ng" It doesn't recognize my Alfa Nha (Atheros AR9271). Can someone tell me if they still have updated drivers for the nha still and how to install it? MUCH APPRECIATED :D. Continue reading...

I have a system running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I have 3 partitions: 1 is around 30GB (For OS) and the other two are both around 850GB and are mounted as backups1 and backups2. I am having a problem with backups1 in that it is showing as full, but really I cant understand how it is full. When I run df -h, I get this: Code: /dev/sda3 886G 813G 29G 97% /backups1 However, when I run this command to see the top ten largets files it doesn't show anything big enough to fill the drive: Code: du -a / | sort -n -r | head -n 10 It shows this for the top ten files: 713398700 / 410487416 /backups2 299708348 /backups1 251437244 /backups1/... 145498144 /backup…

Hello, i lowered TTL values in zone file for my domain in hosting account to 600 seconds + changed domain nameservers and its 24 hours and site is still loaded from old server. thats disgusting, please can i debug anyhow why, what is wrong? Doe it mean that after TTL change, i must visit my site, so my ISP (internet provider) update TTL change? Continue reading...

It's interesting, this instruction how to watch video in console. It's amusingly. You do not need X to watch video. You need only installed mplayer with libs in instruction. Continue reading...

If everyone else is sharing what's on their iPhones then you know I want to get in on the fun! The iPhone is the single most important, most critical piece of tech I own. It's what keeps me on time, keeps me connected, and keeps me having fun! Since my Home screen is pretty much default — I'm lazy! — I'm including some of my favorite apps from my second screen as well. And yes, I still don't update applications very often. I don't like change. I don't like learning new interfaces and I don't like that I can't go back to a older version of an app if anything goes wrong. And, hey, this is my iPhone! Continue reading...

Whether you're diabetic, have high blood pressure, another health condition or just want to keep an eye on what you eat, sometimes it's necessary to count calories and keep a careful eye on the food you put in your body. The SITU Smart Food Nutrition Scale, nearing the end of its Kickstarter campaign, promises to help with that by maintaining a Bluetooth pipeline straight to your iPad. Continue reading...

Are you joining the new OS X beta program? Apple dropped a bombshell earlier this week by announcing a public beta program for OS X users to get in on. Previously only registered, paid up Mac developers were afforded this privilege but now Apple has flung the doors open and allowed anyone to join up. So, are you joining the new OS X beta program? Continue reading...