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Hello, Need to upgrade to Win7 but cannot find my original installation disc. Does this mean that I will not be able to upgrade my pc? Continue reading...

Just received this error message today!! Please help - an unable to run my printing software (Legi for Windows)... THANK YOU! Continue reading...

this is kinda strange, I updated my mothers computer, it was completely out of commission, eventually i redid xp on her computer, then directly after that, i updated it to windows 7, everything is fine on her computer, but as soon as windows xp finished on her computer, my computer had me reenter my product key, which i thought was kinda weird cause i didn't do anything with my computer during the process, but i thought whatever, finished my mothers computer then went to update my computer to windows 7 but the disk drive wouldn't open, so i went to device manager and it wasn't there, so i tried everything online and nothing worked, I deleted upper and lower class filters,…

I'm not sure if my issue is similar to the other threads or not. Since patch Tuesday (what a beautiful day) I haven't been able to upgrade my Windows 8.1 with Media Center to Update 1. The weird thing is that Windows Update (which I thought was corrupt) was able to download and install ALL other updates just not the windows 8.1 update. The Issues Windows 8.1 Update gets stuck 3% download I use Windows Update Troubleshooter, performed sfc scan in an admin cmd prompt, I've stopped and restarted Windows Update services, rebooted etc. I go to Windows Update it tell me I have 1 update available (w00t!) and then it gets stuck at 18% downloaded and then I repeat …

I am being told that Adobe flashplayer is already installed, but it does NOT show up in my program files? Where is it ? Continue reading...

My Envy laptop keep switching from start page to desktop after installing Win 8.1 update. Unable to do system restore (msg said drive was locked) Tried to do recovery from laptop and error msg registry database corrupt. Finally, inserted recovery disk and it took my computer back to factory install. Then had to download 108 Microsoft updates one at a time, before I could go to store and download Win 8.1. Isn't there an easier way to get the 108 downloads in one service patch?? Very time consuming. Finally have Comcast Norton installed and slowling getting updates installed. I never made a system image of the laptop BECAUSE I depended on the system …

will my office 2007 activate in either version of Windows? Continue reading...

IN SOLITAIRE STAR THERE ARE 3 GAMES THA CAN NOT BE SOLOVED ANYONE KNOW WHY. Continue reading...

can someone help me please, my computer has been fixed, guy upraded it from windows 7 Home Premium to windows 7 ultimate i have my windows 7 home premium activate key, but dont have anything for ultimate etc. i need to switch back to home premium , how can i do this? Continue reading...

Hy, I have problem with activation Windows 7. I installed Windows 7 (service pack 1) a week ago, and when i tried to activate it yesterday i got message " Error Code 0x8007007B"'. I saw on the Internet possible solution for this problem ( running cmd as administrator, and typing slmgr -rear "productkey") but it didn't workout. *** please see pictures ---> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uzf156wh22nfd9x/DvBgipRPyR#lh:null-3.png My version is not pirate (i have option to use official microsoft products; i'm a student of electronics), so i'm really confused with this activation problem. I downloaded microsoft genuine advantage diagnostic tool so you can s…

Help! I have a Sony Vaio All-in-One. Periodically a radio wave -- like the waves made when throwing a rock in a lake -- pops up along with a bong sound on my screen. Usually in conjunction with a "next" pop up that includes an arrow. It only last a couple of seconds and then goes away but while it's up I can't type anything. If I'm fast enough I can click or touch the "next" arrow before it goes away but nothing happens when I touch it. Also, sometimes the screen zooms out to where I can't read it and sometimes it minimizes down to my task bar. I've also noticed if I press along the boarder of my screen the radio wave and the next sign appears. How to I stop this?…

I have installed Win7 on my computer using 'Custom Install', as I was advised to do. Data from my old hard drive has been stored on C drive under the folder name 'Windows-old'. I am having problems using Windows Transfer. It does not seem to give me the option of transferring files from a folder on C drive to places where I can use it eg. Word (I have installed Office 2013 Home Premium). I have copied the whole of 'My Documents' onto a flash drive, but cannot transfer data from there either. I have also installed Windows Live Mail. I can receive and send emails, but cannot access my old address book/contacts list. Any help/advice would be much appreciated! …

Why can I not get these to work on my computer? I installed on my wife's computer and everything was OK, but, having installed them on mine, there is no action. Why not? Continue reading...

A couple of days ago I discovered in my Control Panel, on my Programs list, a program called "snap.do". I have never seen it there before, don't know how it got there. I tried to uninstall it, but it won't allow me to. When I researched snap.do it sent me to a site that said they (a live chat person) could help get rid of it. I was informed by that person that it must be removed from within my registry. I don't know anything about that site, and it scares me to **** mess with my registry. They were asking me questions that I felt uncomfortable answering (about myself and my computer). I ended my dealings with them before I gave up answers to the questions they were asking…

I downloaded a game or something from google chrome. When it installed I thought I declined or unchecked everything but not. It is called Search Protect and I am at witsend on getting this thing off that is huge virus every time I open a .dll file that it has attached itself to. Can anyone or has anyone had this issue with the yahoo associated files. Please help I have been at this for 6 hours now and gone deep into my computer and cannot remove this Search Protect. Continue reading...

What if anything do we need to do to protect our home networks from this threat Continue reading...

Has anyone had a page pop up after downloading Microsoft updates which purports to be "Product News". The statement attached advises that it is quite likely that all your personal information is being read by a virus previously planted in your system. There is nothing in the document that states it is from Microsoft and you are offered a "Download" to clear the problem. Is this another scam to gain access to your computer? Continue reading...

I had a nasty virus that HP cleaned up and I downloaded windows essentials as my virus protector and my computer is very slow. Especially internet yahoo mail. Any suggestions? <Moved from IE> Continue reading...

Hello, i setup an open socks proxy on my remote vps: Code: Code: ssh -f -N -D 0.0.0.0:1080 localhost and then allowed only connections from IP of my home computer Code: Code: iptables -A INPUT --src myhomeip -p tcp --dport 1080 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1080 -j REJECT but it appears that im failing to connect websites running on non-standard ports like:2087, 8888, 10000 these are web control panels can i anyhow veriffy what is happenning on my vps logs? Or i need to do different proxy command above to fix this issue? How to make websites on these ports work when loaded via above proxy? Continue reading...

Here is my scenerio. The ISO file I am trying to get to mount on rehat Linux machine is on Windows 7. Whe I do the mount -o loop etc do I include the window drive its on? I have tried several ways get the same result. NO SUCH FILE or DIRECTORY. On the file from Windows 7. I have tried: sudo mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 /asg/asgroot/Reston/"Quality Assurance"/Public/Reston/TWBA52GA/TEM520.iso /mnt/TWBA I also tried the following after moving the files to an actual drive in Wins.: sudo mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 "D:\mariol\My Downloads\TWBA52GA\TEM520.iso" /mntTWBA Any suggestions? I know I am doing this wrong. I am new at this. Thank you. Continue readin…

Hi guys, Just upgrade few systems today to sid without problem, but the last one bricked to the boot screen. IMAG0584.jpg Any help how to resolve this ? Best regards Attached Images IMAG0584.jpg (94.9 KB) Continue reading...

good day dear linux-experts, well today i have some what difficult things to do. well i am having an extremely large xml-file - which is derived from the field of geo informatics. i got it from a German subsite or the OpenStreetMap-Project: the Geograpical-Engineering-site that deilvers a weekly snapshot of OpenStreetMap of a certain area: i took the germany.osm.bz2 from here http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstr....geofabrik.de/ For doing some tests with xslt i want to run a request to find out certain entity - let us take for example the restaurants. we want to find out all the restaurants in the area. now we can run that directly on the bz2 compressed …

YouTube video does not work properly (see image). How can I fix this? http://i.stack.imgur.com/Ku3hO.png Device Information : System: Host: abdelwahab-2014 Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.1) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 16 Petra Machine: System: Dell product: OptiPlex GX260 Chassis: type: 6 Mobo: Dell model: N/A Bios: Dell version: A03 date: 09/24/2002 Graphics: Card: Intel 82845G/GL[brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device bus-ID: 00:02.0 X.Org: 1.14.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A Continue reading...

The iPhone 5 has been selling for over a year-and-a-half now and that means battery life just won't be what it used to be for anyone who has owned one for any length of time. That's just how batteries and charge cycles work. If you're starting to experience greatly reduced battery life on your iPhone 5, are no longer under AppleCare, but aren't ready to upgrade yet, you can always try a DIY repair. Not only it it easy but it's a whole lot more affordable than a new iPhone. Follow along and we'll walk you through from start to finish! What you need to DIY replace the battery in an iPhone 5 You'll need some tools and parts in order to repair your iPhone 5, including…

A while back there was some confusion over Samsung's "shipped" vs. "sold" numbers for their then-new Galaxy Tab tablet. Samsung, like most companies that aren't Apple, doesn't regularly report numbers. Some "analysts" and "outlets" are more concerned with pushing an agenda or grabbing sensational headlines than figuring out the actual numbers. So, Samsung was generally credited with selling 2 million Galaxy Tabs in 6 weeks and Apple, as a result, with losing 20% share of the tablet market. Now, thanks to the ongoing Apple vs. Samsung trial, we have some real data to reflect on. Philip Elmer-DeWitt writing for Fortune: When Strategy Analytics was telling the world th…