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Hi, Printer is well install but not recognizing the scanner tried all possibility did n't succeed. Continue reading...

I'd like to load Connectify to my Surface RT but no luck! - as per usual with most things with RT. Does anyone know if this can be used on RT? Continue reading...

i need to upgrade from windows XP to windows 8. will i need to re-install all of the other software i have on my machine or will it just overwrite the XP os and leave all the other software as it is? regards owen Continue reading...

i was using my lap top it is a windows 8 and i closed it to go do something i come back to it and the screen doesnt turn on it stays black so i figured it was dead. I leave it on the charger for a while and come back to it and nothing still. I press the power button and the disk on the inside starts turning my orange airplane mode light cuts on but the screen stays black and everyhting shuts back off in about 45 seconds. I charged it for the night and wen i tried it again this morning i got the same results. I jus got the lap top 2 or 3 weeks ago and its one of the newest. I need help Continue reading...

How can I recover my microsoft account that I accidentally closed ? If I follow the instructions on the help page it just says account details incorrect. Continue reading...

I can't seem to open this PowerPoint that was sent to me by email. It keeps saying that it's opening in protective view but it never actually opens. I tried going to the properties and changing some things but I don't know what to do now because it still won't open. Do you think it's because we might have different software? Please help. Thanks Continue reading...

Starting a couple of days ago, my work machine began to show me blank pages on the Bing homepage. I've got Win 8 still, but IE11. The results are identical between desktop version and metro version. I uninstalled IE via the control panel, restarted, then reinstalled, and restarted. It didn't help. I erased every possible bit of IE information using IE's settings (on the metro side) and that didn't help either. Chrome, which I hate, shows the screen just fine. Anyone else seen this? Unfortunately, my update and rollback options are limited given that the biz has some control over that through group policies, but IE11 tells me that it's the latest version. …

I would like to know how to set up my outgoing messages so that, below my message, my name, address, phone number, etc. appears on every outgoing mail automatically? I use Windows Live Mail. Continue reading...

Just installed, ( 15 APR 14 - clean formatted partition), Win 7 Home Premium 64bit on a system previously running XP. Under XP, I always created a system restore point (SRP) prior to any new s/w installs or version upgrades. After install of Win7, I found a system generated SRP as expected. Before I allowed Windows to update my system with required updates, I created a SRP. I created new SRP's prior to loading Adobe products (Reader and FlashPlayer), so I could access e-mailed/files, etc. ... each required reboots. Before install of my Office suite I checked the SRP's and those I created are missing. Only the system generated SRP is there. I checked the box to 'S…

I have been trying to figure out why my laptop freezes and shuts down when using the internet. There is no time frame…for example, I could merely open up my homepage and it freezes instantly, or I could be visiting several sites and it shuts down maybe five, ten, or fifteen minutes into using it. It is random. I have also tried using a different browser. I normally use the Internet Explorer and I usually don’t use Mozilla’s Firefox. I tried it with Firefox and it immediately shut down right when I opened up the homepage. I also noticed something else, when I shut it down and restart it, it seems to have a restore performed. Last night I made editing changes to a document.…

Why does my Win7 64bit Home Premium new install NOT see/utilze all processors? (Issue-1, Win7 64bit New Install) System: DELL Precision T5500 ACPI x64, (8) Xeon E5520 2.27 GHz Processors, (2) 250gb H/D's, 8gb of memory Just installed, ( 15 APR 14 - clean formatted partition), Win 7 Home Premium 64bit on a system previously running XP. Under XP, the System Information indicated (8) processors and I could view (8) processors from the Windows Task Manager, Performance tab 'CPU Usage History'. With Win7, I only see (4) processors. Why has this changed? What should I do to correct this?? Continue reading...

I have a small issue with a program( Adobe Creative Cloud), after I downloaded everything were perfect, but now, after I installed a few products it says that I need administrator privileges in order to continue to download the other products . I tried to manage the problem by changing the user's type(from standard to admin), but I found another one. And the problem is that: when I change the user's type(after I click to change in to administrator and then okay)it still shows me that I'm on a standard user. Hope for someone to give an answer for those two issues. Continue reading...

Does anyone know where this comes from? Thanks, Patty Continue reading...

Windows defender will not update. I am running windows 8 and not allowing automatic updates, because I don't want to be updated to 8.1. That caused too many problems with my computer. <Original title:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***> Continue reading...

It seems that security essentials cannot remove or maybe I don't know how to remove quone8 from my sisters laptop. Would love to get some help with this please................. Jose Continue reading...

So whenever i go on any website i get ads by Ads by OnlineBrowserAdvertising, and Ads by BlockAndSurf. I had googled and youtubed how to get rid of it and everyone said go to your control panel and uninstall it or download things to get rid of it. I had looked in my control panel to uninstall it and its not even there. I then tried to download the programs people said to download and nothing worked. I dont know what to do so can someone please help me? i also have a windows 7. Continue reading...

I need help in finding a good malware remover for my computer running Windows 8.1. Something has seriously slowed down my computer and it has affected my desktop right click menu. Continue reading...

Does anyone know where this comes from? Thanks, Patty Continue reading...

MalwareBytes has detected numerous registration keys for Mindspark.A and quarantined them. Is Mindspark.A a virus or Malware; how significant are it's conseequences, how to remove completely and does it keep returning? Continue reading...

Having slow performance with Mavericks any advice? Apple forum wasn't much help. heres a snapshot of my system. Hardware Information: iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) iMac - model: iMac11,3 1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores 8 GB RAM Video Information: ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB System Software: OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 9:59:20 Disk Information: WDC WD1001FALS-40Y6A0 disk0 : (1 TB) EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [startup]: 999.35 GB (702.22 GB free) Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N USB Information: Apple Internal Memory Card Reader Western Digital My…

I have a number of files with names like xyz00001.txt, xyz00002.txt, etc. I would like to check that there are no breaks in the sequential numbers. Sequence should always start with 00001. Looking for how to implement that in a bash script and would like to have error message and the location of the break in sequence (if there is a break). Message with total number of files in sequence would be a plus. Continue reading...

I have an old Nvidia card that I am upgrading on my Dell Dimension 8100. It works but I am trying to get dual monitor capability. I am dual booting Mint Maya 13 and Windows XP SP3. Only using XP when I need to scan something, so Mint boots up first. I have ordered a PNY GeForce gt 630 2gig graphics card (VCGGT6302XPB), and a refurbished 330 watt PSU from Dell to handle that card. Dell said 330 watts is maximum for my machine. I am not a gamer so don't need a fancy card, or a lot of power. I wanted to check with you guys if this card will work and if so is there anything special I have to do when installing it. I am unsure about having to uninstall the old drivers first. …

hi,everyone,i am trying to write a simple screenshot program which use libx11,i've googled for a long time ,but got nothing ,for example ,something like ''shutter'' is too complex to me.i don't need GUI, i only want to capture the whole screen and save it to bmp files or rgb files or something like that. no QT please,i hope there is some c/c++ source codes or some demos for me to learn.any advice is appreciated.best regards！:) --shaw. Continue reading...

NOTICE 1、The Alpha release is not stable now, it can only used for test purpose only. Deepin 2014 is still in Alpha release, and it is for the community users that are familiar with Linux only. This release contains some known issues and functions that are not implemented. It is not supposed to use it on production environment or as the daily used system. For those issues on implemented features and interactive, you are always welcomed to post your ideas on Forum, or take a comment on at Deepin Twitter. 2、DO NOT install and test on VMs. As used Compiz, a compositing window manager to provide 3D animation and Gaussian Blur effects on windows which performance is po…

Hello everybody! I was thinking about a way to fix the drivers on my notebook. I don't wish to use bumblebee. The idea that I have is to make two shortcuts in the boot menu. The first one should load the intel graphics and the nvidia card must be off. The second shortcut should load the nvida cart with ITS drivers while the intel card must be off. Most likely it should be done on opensuse. Now I don't know how to make it, but I do know that it is possible. Thanks for the help, gosh6o Continue reading...