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Original title: Windows 8 Issue Hi everyone, I nearly broke my laptop trying to solve win8 app connection problem. I bough laptop a month ago, everything was alrigh except one extremely annoying thing. I could not use win 8 apps, i could not upgrade to 8.1, could not use weather and etc. After i tried almost everything i decided to do refresh. Wow. In the beginning store worked, however it asked me to upgrade some crucial stuff from windows upgrade and so i did. And now again the same issue - unable to connect to store, cannot change to user to windows one.. It is just loading forever, absolutely every application.. 1)Changed to local user - cannot change ba…

Have tried every 'fix' in the Family Tree Maker troubleshoot, and phone with Ancestry.com 'fix' ... Everything works EXCEPT charts in the 'publish' tab . Either 'generate' gives result = "0 of 0 pages, 'nothing'" or simply message, "Family Tree Maker has stopped and must close" ... Can perform 'reports' and print with no problem. Then 'crashes' or simply goes away. Anyone else with this problem?? Continue reading...

as above, and is this something i should be concerned about, and how do i solve it Continue reading...

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.2 Locale ID: 16393 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: fe BCP1: 0000000000000008 BCP2: 0000000000000006 BCP3: 0000000000000005 BCP4: FFFFFA8006BDFB20 OS Version: 6_1_7600 Service Pack: 0_0 Product: 768_1 Files that help describe the problem: C:\Windows\Minidump\042514-68874-01.dmp C:\Users\Ankit\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-82212-0.sysdata.xml Read our privacy statement online: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0409 If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline: …

I have been struggling with this a lot lately. Whenever I try to install ANY update, it gives me the same error. I have Windows 7 SP1 e2 bit What I did to fix: 1. Installed system update readiness tool, didnt work 2. Deleted WU cache, in softwaredistribution, didnt work 3. Registered DLL files, didnt work Can you tell me wtf is happening? Continue reading...

Hello I have a laptop with licence key for Windows 7 Home Prem OA x15-53785. Where and how can I get a copy of this windows in order to use it? Thanks Continue reading...

I HAVE BOTH WINDER DENDER AND VIPER. VIPER SEENS TO TURN DENDER OFF. IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO TO STOP IT? Continue reading...

I cant get rid of this webinternetsecurity program on my computer running windows 8..i also cant get rid of Norton..windows defender was turned off and I cant turn that on either..will someone please help me?? Continue reading...

Can windows phone be infected with virus? How can i get rid of them?? Continue reading...

All files/programs I attempt to download contain the same message "contained a virus and was deleted" Does this mean I have a virus? I haven't used this computer in a long time and don't know much about computers in general. Should I take it in to a tech or is there something I could do myself? Continue reading...

PLEASE HELP ME UNINSTALL WWW-SEARCH.NET Continue reading...

I am trying desperately to remove Ask.com from my Firefox web browser as it is utterly useless as a search engine. Continue reading...

HI All, I have extracted data from an online pubmed database in my browser which I am displaying in my browser. I also naeed to send this data to my linux server ( /var/www/html/dsd/ ) where it is processed and generates a results.txt file. I need to pick this file and display in other html table. How can i achieve this upload and picking file from server using ajax and html or php. currently i am downloading the csv file to my desktop without any problems. But my aim is to send this csv file to server and pick the result file. csvData = 'data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(csv2); $(this) .attr({ 'download': filename, 'href': csvData,…

Hi all, I am in the process of learning RPMs, and I saw this command: gzip -dc /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/cdplayer-1.0.tgz + tar -xvvf - What exactly is it doing? Thanks Continue reading...

Hello all, I've been using Kubuntu on my machines for a while (14.04 now), and this is the one thing I've still been falling back onto Windows to let me do. I like to keep a webcam running on my home desktop for my fiance and I to check in on our pets during the day. Yawcam is awesome for this, and does exactly what I'd like it to. Since I have now removed Windows from the last box in the home (yay!) I need to find a Linux solution. I've tried VLC, but I must be getting something wrong or not understanding some part of the instructions, because it never seems to work. I can view the cam locally, but I must be missing some step to make the "stream- http" option work…

Anyone here set up pywebsocket? I'm running Debian Stable, and apache always disconnects in 10 seconds (regardless of activity). This is frustrating! When I run the echo_wsh.py example in standalone mode (on a different port), then the connection stays open as long as I want (until the client sends "Goodbye" or I kill the standalone python process). Therefore, it's not a bug in the echo_wsh.py code. I think it must be something in apache2 configuration I don't know about. I'm running Debian Wheezy, and I'm using apache2 along with the python-mod-pywebsocket package. Continue reading...

I ask this question, because the only drivers available through my searches for one are for Windows. However, it is a piece of hardware, and it reads four different types of memory cards, or I should say, it SHOULD read four different types of memory cards. It worked while I was using Windows XP Pro, but I didn't dare keep using that OS, so now all of my computers are Linux Mint Mate 16. It seems like there should be a way to get those card readers functioning on Linux Mint, but I haven't been able to figure it out. The strange thing is that the system can see the reader/s, but when I try to mount them, it just gives me an error message that the application necessary t…

Today we released Security Advisory 2963983 regarding a potential vulnerability in Internet Explorer reported by FireEye and currently under investigation. We are working closely with FireEye to investigate this report of a vulnerability which was found used in very limited targeted attack: - the vulnerability is a “use-after-free” memory corruption and the exploit observed seems to target IE9, IE10 and IE11;

Today, we released Security Advisory 2963983 regarding an issue that impacts Internet Explorer. At this time, we are only aware of limited, targeted attacks. This issue allows remote code execution if users visit a malicious website with an affected browser. This would typically occur by an attacker convincing someone to click a link in an email or instant message.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is offering a lunch date on charity auction site CharityBuzz. The current winning bid sits at $48,000, though the auction still has another 19 days to go. The winner and a guest will be able to snag an hour with Cook for lunch. They'll also have to get through security screening, and it may take up to a year to find a hole in Cook's schedule, according to the fine print. Continue reading...

Hey developers! If you have ten minutes to spare today and happen to want a new smartphone (who doesn't?), then we have something for you: The Developer Economics Survey. Brought to you by our friends at Vision Mobile, this quick survey focuses on developer questions around the things that are important to developers: platforms, frameworks, customers, and more. Continue reading...

Alongside their Q2 2014 results, Apple announced a 7 for 1 stock split. In other words every share of AAPL will soon become 7 shares of AAPL. Whenever a big company announces a stock split lots of people talk about it as if it's some kind of big deal. It isn't really a big deal at all. Public companies like Apple have their shares traded on a stock exchange where average Joe buyers like you and me can buy and sell. Big money managers can do the same. The total number of shares in existence makes up the entire company. I often explain that it's like cutting a pizza. If you cut a pizza in to a bunch of pieces. If you have all the pieces, then you have the whole pizza. Bu…

Tim Cook runs the risk of burning us out with constant promises of new products. Ultimately, he has to underpromise and overdeliver Tim Cook is playing a dangerous game with investors, analysts and tech journalists. We've been hearing for months about how Apple will launch products in new categories, but there's still no sign of these new products. Time will tell if Cook's gamble to tease us will pay off. That was reiterated during Apple's Q2 2014 financial results call with analysts on Wednesday, when Cook doubled down but added that Apple's wasn't ready to reveal what it's been working on yet. "...we currently feel comfortable in expanding the number of things …

Update: Aaaaaaand it's gone. Google's store is now marked as out of stock. Last week Google Glass ditched the invites and went on sale to anyone and everyone for just one day. That meant that whoever wanted to snag Glass could do so without any caveats, like having to sign up for the Explorer program or wait on an invite. While the Glass page is currently showing the program as closed once again, it appears that Glass may still be available for purchase directly from Google. Continue reading...

This blog was written by Himadri Sarkar, Program Manager, Windows Networking With the Visual Studio 2013 Update 2, we can now build Windows Store and Windows Phone Store apps from a single source project. Because the WinRT Windows.Networking.BackgroundTransfer API is available both for Windows Store and Windows Phone apps, it is the API to use for background transfers in any universal app project. However, there are a few usage and behavioral differences between the two platforms that you should be aware of. API differences Though the whole Windows.Networking.BackgroundTransfer API namespace is available to Windows and Windows Phone, there are some differences …