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Have Acer Aspire x3990 Desktop and Its windows 8 x64. ( Windows 7 to 8 from Windows 8 installation disk) Yesterday, I Used my computer It Worked Fine But today i booted my computer It has a black screen. i tired inserting the Windows 8 Installation Disk It didn't work .i tired Advanced Recovery It didn't let me access it. But i come across some things: 1) Preparing Automatic Repair.. 2) Sad Face Blue Screen. 3)Kept Rebooting Without End Continue reading...

Hi rencently I had problems while playing a game called dota 2. it kept having this error for quite awhile. its irritating me. hope you guys could help me to solve this problem. thanks heres my minidump for all of it https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=CA371D002DE242A0%212305 Continue reading...

In Windows XP (either, although I never tried xp 64), if I used "run as" to start task manager as an admin so I could "show processes from all users", I could also use the "new task" option to start an admin command prompt without going through the hassle of putting in the username/password again by doing "run as" on cmd.com. I just tried that trick with Windows 7 64-bit professional, but instead of doing "run as", I merely clicked the "show processes from all users" and let UAC prompt me for elevation. I used my admin account credentials at the UAC prompt, and then realized I needed to execute a command line command. However, when I choose "new task", I got an …

As described in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980399 I have exactly this problem: Consider the following scenario: You have a client computer is running Windows 7 You use a Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) over IPsec tunnel to initialize a virtual private network (VPN) connection to a corporate network from the client computer. You disconnect the VPN connection. You put the client computer into Hibernate or Standby mode. In this scenario, the computer takes several minutes when it tries to enter Hibernate mode. Then the computer crashes. If I ever dial a L2TP VPN connection and disconnect the computer will crash on attempting to go to standby/slee…

My laptop recently stopped connecting to the Ethernet, even though the cable is plugged in and working (I know it's working because my Xbox One is on the same network and it's working just fine.) It only shows that the computer isn't connected to the internet, and troubleshooting the problem doesn't help at all. The wifi still works completely fine. Is there any easy way to fix this or could it be a hardware malfunction? Thank you! Continue reading...

frustrating, I typed in a very specific question, "setup static IP windows 7" right. this is from windows answers website. these are the top three results:http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/unidentified-network-after-setting-static-ip/d0739027-6525-433e-871f-bfde9649ea81,http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/how-do-i-use-my-own-static-ip-address-in-windows-7/a552fe3e-8c3e-4b5f-bcca-d0659da58122,http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/cannot-retain-static-ip-in-x64-windows-7/41476bc8-e546-4f39-ac94-3218bd903552. not one of theswe results has anything to do with setting …

I work for a company with, let's just say, "more than a few files" and every time I browse to open a file in any application I immediately grab the corners of the "File Open" dialog box and expand it to see as many folders/files as possible. Is there any way to force all of these dialog boxes full screen? Continue reading...

Hi there i am just wondering if i have got a keylogger on my laptop. I was browsing Reddit today and accidentally clicked the link www.freekareem.org . As it was opening in a new tab it was taking way longer than usual and after 10secs i closed it suspiciously. After closing it my internet started disconnecting saying limited connection and acting funny. I ran a Microsoft Defender Quick scan like 5 times all of the time it said i have no threats. When i went on task manage I get "Windows Logon User Interface Host" and 2 "Windows Logon Application" I have 2 accounts on my laptop and winlogon.exe is running in system. I am just hoping this is ok. Thank you. http://i.imgu…

Windows Defender keeps stalling when it tries to scan ( C:\Windows\twunk_32.exe ). I'm helping a friend out running different scans on his PC, but each time I try to Run a Scan with Windows Defender, it stops when it hits this file? Each time I come over to check out his PC, the Windows Defender says it's running, but it continues to STOP scanning when it reaches that file... I've run MalwareBytes Anti-spyware, along with his normal anti-virus, but neither of the programs catch it, or isolate it? So a bit perplexed.. After researching it, some sites say it's a virus, but other sites say it's not; and just leave it alone... Any insight into this issue would be…

Two days ago I ran a partial SE scan with no problems found. Yesterday the SE icon disappeared from the bottom line and when I try to open it from the Start programmes, I get the following message: microsoft security essentials this probram is blocked by group policy. For more information contact you system administrator. This is a home computer and has never been part of a network and has a basic windows home package on it. I can access SE from the control panel. When I did, the malware protection was off. I didn't turn it off. I turned it back on, but still can't scan and get the message above. When I try to scan an invididual file with Security Essent…

My granddaughter picked up zeroaccess rootkit virus aka: Sirefef and I'm looking for an ISO download for Windows LIVE boot CD so I may add an antivirus tool to it and burn a DVD/CD to nail this snake like self adhering BIOS virus Continue reading...

HI, I just discovered Laflurla, Search Protect and Tidy Network on my 8.1 computer. I tried to delete and remove but they remain. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Ken Wood Continue reading...

Hi there. I just discovered to my horror that my antivirus picked up a rootkit labelled Hidden application idle with a high seveity detection. It requests a restart to complete the clean up process which I did. After restart, I ran another rootkit scan and a different number of them were detected (initial number was 74 and its now 46). A third restart and clean up turned up 62 of them. I've read a lot of wierd things about Hidden application idle rootkit and my blood pressure is getting several notches higher. The system is getting slower everyday with the System process being greedier with Disk and CPU useage when I check my task manager. Any urgent assistance w…

Hello everybody, For the past couple of days I'm dealing with the same problem over and over again. I'm starting up a program (in this case it is a game) and the same message pops up each time I start the game. It says the following message "The instruction on 0xac5c4cd7 refers to memory on 0x0000002c. A read- or write operation on the memory failed: read. Click OK if you want to close the program" I've checked for viruses and other junk and deleted it all. But I still got the same error, so I checked my logs and I saw that there were many logs with the 'file missing' message. So I 'fixed checked' but it didn't change anything. So now is my question, ho…

(Hope this helps, its my first post on these forums and sorry if my English sucks.) This is a guide for joining a domain on Ubuntu. May work on other debian-based distributions. When I was trying to join a domain the first try I kept on getting errors I can't post the error code here right now because I was doing this at my work place and don't have a domain at home. So I decided to post the solution here. Step 1: (we will be using the terminal for the whole tutorial so if you don't want to be typing sudo at the start of each command I suggest you type Quote: sudo -s so that every command will be run as super user/root. Remove Avahi. (this created the prob…

I get an error on start up which says: "The system is running in low-graphics mode Your screen, graphics card, and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself." I am running Ubuntu Desktop (newbie I know) version 12.04 (I tried the newest version 14.04 first but the GUI was extremely laggy) I have looked around and found a lot of topics. I have tried all the methods I saw and I have had no success. This started after I had some trouble in the OS with killing some terminal tasks for Minecraft and I backed everything up to a flash drive and held the power button on the machine to shut it off and this has been…

hello dear Linux-experts today i have a difficult question: what should i use: PostGis as a solution for getting a database populated by osm2pgsql or osmconvert / -filter to create csv-sheets aimed is to transform data out of German osm-pbf-files - in order to get the data (not to creat maps again) see the source (s)= http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany.html ranging form 10 MB (Bremen) to 390 MB (Nordrhein Westfalen) the osm.pbf-files are not too big; Question: which method is the best - the most appropiate? - to store the results in a mysql-db or just have big calc-sheets (with csv-data) love to hear from you many many greetings Continue r…

Hello Experts, Currently we are running centos 5.8 with kernel version kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.4.1.el5 and glibc of version glibc-2.5-81. Due to vulnerabilities afftected in the glibc version we are planning to upgrade the glibc to 2.15. Now the question is,for upgrading the glibc to 2.15 requries in upgrade in centos and kernel versions too. Any help on this will be highly appreciated :): Continue reading...

I could not find an Evolution email forum, so I am asking here because Evolution is the email client that I am using with Linux Mint 13. When TRASH (old deleted emails) is emptied in Evolution email client are those deleted emails stored elsewhere (in a file/folder) ? If so, what folder and file and can I safely deleted those old stored emails and will the folder and file for this storage be automatically rebuilt on the next occassion that I empty the email trash ? Thanks. Continue reading...

iOS currently offers no way to set third-party App Store apps as default on the iPhone or iPad. In other words, tapping on a link opens Safari and you can't make it open Chrome instead. Choosy, an open-source framework by Substantial's Alex Novosad, aims to let developers offer a work around in their own apps: All of this relies on UIApplication's canOpenURL method. (Oh the things we could do if we had two API methods!) We store a list of URL schemes and their building blocks for each app on a server (in a GitHub repository right now), categorizing apps by type. Choosy downloads that info as needed. Developers code to an app-agnostic interface where they just specif…

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Apple will be bringing the 8GB version of the iPhone 5c to India in the coming weeks. During Apple's Q2 2014 conference call, CEO Tim Cook said that Indian iPhone sales had more than doubled. India is an emerging market where many of the "next billion" smartphone customers are expected to come from, and getting a lower cost version of Apple's pop-art-inspired mid-tier iPhone makes a lot of sense. Especially for customers who don't need to cary around a lot of media with them but do want access to messaging apps and the mobile web. The 8GB iPhone 5c first launched back in March in the U.K, and later expanded to several other countries in eastern and western Europe. Th…

Ultimate tip and trick guide to Dwarven Den: Mine smarter, collect items faster, and overcome obstacles easier than ever! In Dwarven Den you are tasked with digging up the remnants of an ancient city that was lost long ago. You'll alternate playing different characters and be given different goals to meet. During game play you have to make lots of decisions such as what weapons and tools are the best to forge and what route to take without losing your life due to lack of energy crystals. Whether you're stuck on a specific level or just want general gameplay tips, we've got the tips, hints, and cheats you need to locate hidden treasures and get further, faster! 1. Le…

Backing up with Time Machine? That may not be enough. Time to think about offsite backup, too Time Machine or another similar tool for OS X should be your first line of backup defense for your Mac. You should always have a way to recover if you delete an important file or if your hard drive fails. But backup hard drives can go bad, even the one in Apple's Time Capsule. What's more, if you have a major catastrophe, like a major robbery, house fire or natural disaster, you may not be able to restore from that backup. What do you do then? One solution is to use an offsite backup service. Backblaze and CrashPlan are two of the more popular services available for Mac users.…

There is a sticker on my MSi Wind Notebook keyboard, "Designed for MS Windows XP"; when I perform "winver" the message is "Windows 5.1 Service Pack 3". Question: can I install Windows 7 on this computer? Thank you. pa Continue reading...