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Original title: Windows Live Mail... My computer is an older XP model...My email provider is Windows Live Mail... My problem: When I open up my email window...everything is in place, that is, the list on the left, the list of emails in the middle section and the preveiw window on the right...The preveiw wondow operates fine...and I can switch from one email entry to another BUT I cannot open the email item nor can I reply or forward it...Before yesterday, when my friend used the computer, I was able to open each email by double left klicking on the particular email as it appeared in the middle section. My freind has no idea what he did to cause the problem...He f…

I have 4 HP DC5100MT Desktops running xp professional. About a week ago I lost all acess to stick drives, external hard drives and the printer on all 4 systems. The message I received was driver not found. On all 4 desktops. This can only be caused by a software update. I understand that My operationing system is now defunked, and I see that no more update or improvement are coming, but, why have the usb drivers been removed? Continue reading...

why is windows 8 not available in my area for download? i live on long island, in new york. I have an Eee PC notebook with windows xp. can i get upgraded to windows 8 or 8.1 or am i screwed and have a computer with no microsoft essential protection? This the way to get me to buy new computer? I am currently unemployed, need computer to job search, have no extra money, and now i have to buy new computer? any ideas on how to upgrade my computer, or do i just use without the microsoft essential and have to be nervous about loss of sevice? Continue reading...

Whenever I boot up Windows XP I get three error messages all saying the same thing. I can still access everything after cancelling these pop ups but it's annoying and I can't get rid of them. I tried going into msconfig StartUp to see if I can delete them but they're not there. Continue reading...

I have digitally signed a font IDAutomationC128XS.otf using the following process and described at the Microsoft Typography site: set Product=IDAutomation.com Code 128 Font set File=IDAutomationC128XS.otf set TimeURL=http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll signcode -spc c:\GACKeys\code_signing.spc -v c:\GACKeys\code_signing.pvk -n "%Product%" -i www.idautomation.com -t "%TimeURL%" -j mssipotf.dll "%File%" After signing, the font states it is "digitally signed" in the font preview of control panel. However, the Font Foundry does not appear in the control panel view. Our font foundry is IDAU or bizf and these are on record at: http://www.micro…

any time I am on a web site that asks me to install the latest version of Windows Media Player I don't. I do not want to download anything that Microsoft Windows didn't ask me for. This is for watching movies and the like. how do I know if it is safe. hope someone can help. thank for your time. Dan *** Email address is removed for privacy *** Continue reading...

Original Title: Computer crashes with "system_service_exception", previously crashed with message"Not_less_or_equal" Computer crashes with Blue Screen error message "system_service_exception", previously crashed with message"Not_less_or_equal"Everytime I try to open files word/excel files in NetDrive (file sharing) a blue screen appears with error message. Todays was "system_service_exception" but before that it was something about not less or equal. How do I resolve this issue? Thanks Continue reading...

I keep getting a pop-up asking me to update windows 8 It looks like this: Highly Recommended Scan and Identify Out-of-date or Missing Windows 8 Drivers Rapidly Repair Driver related errors UPDATE NOW Driver Support advertisement Since we were victim of a scam last fall, we are extra careful. Is this message legit or a scam? Continue reading...

Has anyone noticed that certain email messages don't get propagated to the Mail app? It's not just the Mail app on Windows 8 though. I also see the same thing on the Mail app on Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1. It occurs on multiple Windows 8.1 computers. All of the emails show up if you logon through the website (i.e. hotmail.com which gets redirected to the outlook.com site which is really on mail.live.com, yeah confusing). It seems to be certain senders that are the problem, but sometimes their messages come through. There doesn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary about these messages. (And they're not from some weird company, or otherwise sketchy so…

The camera doesn't need a specific driver, it's supported by w7 MTP. It worked ok, then one day stopped. The Device Manager says: it's Portable Device, and the EOS icon has yellow error mark - Can't load the appropriate driver - Error code 31. Windows Driver Foundation service is active. Tried to reset USB port, but vainly. Any Canon software update (uninstall and reinstall) - result = NULL. Any idea guys? Spent 2 days figuring out what's wrong. Continue reading...

Hello all. I hope you can help me. I'm trying to use the Windows Search but my code throws an exception whether I use wilcards ( &, *, _, ...) or empty text. My code is: string sentence = "Select System.ItemName, System.ItemPathDisplay, System.ItemUrl from SystemIndex where " + "CONTAINS('" + this.SearchString.Text + "') AND SCOPE = 'file:myscope'"; Then I execute the code but I get the next exception if SearchString.Text is empty or a wilcard. IErrorInfo.GetDescription failed with E_FAIL(0x80004005). The directory where I am searching is indexed and I select 'files and content'. If SearchString.Text c…

Laptop model Acer Aspire 57750G CPU: Intel I5-2410M @ 2.30GHz 3.00 GB Ram Windows 7 64 bit After a nice solid run of a couple of years, my Acer started crashing programs such as my browser (chrome) and skype due to "insufficient memory". Under --My Computer--Properties, it reads "Memory RAM: 3.00GB (2.85 GB not able to use". Anyone have any idea as to what exactly the problem is? Ram, fried? Continue reading...

Hi all, I'm running an Acer AOD255 netbook with the following specs: 1GB RAM with 1.75GB ReadyBoost Intel Atom N450 Dual-core @ 1.66GHz Intel Mobile Graphics (CPU integrated graphics) Windows 7 Starter 32-bit 1024x600 resolution I have it hooked up to a Samsung monitor running at a 1920x1080 resolution, and I was wondering if a resolution that high on this hardware will slow down Windows at all. Basically, will a 1920x1080 resolution slow down this netbook? Thanks Continue reading...

My computer has been on setting "Never check for updates" for sometime. Now I have put it on "Install updates automatically". When I try to update now, each time it downloads about 130 updates, and when the computer is restarted to take effect of update, it shows Configuring updates till about 30%, then shows that it had failed configuring Windows and reverting changes. I have tried many times with same above result. Please tell me how I can bring the computer to fully updated state. Thanks.. Continue reading...

My MSE definitions are up to date, and my Windows Update service is working fine. I ran the FixIt program (as suggested by others in response to John Lunenburg's question asked on 1 March 2012), but all things were fine. I just can't turn on the real-time protection of MSE. It times out when I try to turn it on. I had Norton Antivirus installed, but I unistalled that thinking that it was messing with MSE (as suggested on the MSE forum pages). That didn't work either. I submitted an email question to MSE, but I got a response saying that Microsoft no longer provides email support for MSE. Can anyone help!?! I feel exposed and vulnerable. Continue reading...

There is a process I found in my Task Manager named CTF Loader (32 bit) (ctfmon.exe) and I have just noticed it now, although in the properties of the file it says it was created last year. It's size is 10.5kb and size on disc is 12.0kb. The file is located in C:\Windows\SysWOW64. Is this supposed to be on my computer or is it a virus or some sort of malware? It says in properties that it was created on the same date and around the same time as a lot of other files in C:\Windows\SysWOW64. It's product name is Microsoft Windows Operating System. File Version: 6.3.9600.16384. Original finename: CTFMON.EXE. I have run scans with both Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and AVG AntiVir…

Hello, Could I get some feedback about this file: C://windows/System32/WDI/SuspendPerformanceDiagnostics_SystemData_S4.bin Is ti safe or is it malware related? I scan the WDI folder with Microsoft Security Essentials, which is the only Protection I use. Thank you Continue reading...

Hello MS Community: Last night, 04-21-2014, I "almost" became infected by the so-called FBI MoneyPack Virus/Ransomware/Scam. I had just logged-onto www.detroittigers.com to see how the Tigers lost again. I noticed a little pop-up window on the bottom of the screen asking me for an answer to some question, either "yes" or "no". I guess that no matter what answer I was to have chose (yes or no), the FBI Ransomware would have installed! I immediately turned on the Windows Task Manager and quickly turned-off all the tasks that were running, via hitting End Task. Whether that was the correct movement, I can't say for sure, but I did see that all-…

Hi guys, Sorry, I have more than one question, is it allowed? I got this procedure of some computer expert, but I am not sure about what will happen if I try to follow these procedures to track and remove files created by Start.qone8.com. Q 1: What will happen if I follow the procedure below? Step 1: Go to "Task Manager" Q 2: How and where does one track the files below? Step 2: Track and remove all infected files created by Start.qone8.com. %AllUsersProfile%\random.exe %temp%\random.exe %AllUsersProfile%\ApplicationData\random %AllUsersProfile%\ApplicationData\dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER_Software\Windows\Currentversion\Random ."exe Step…

How can I ssh from work to a computer in my home network. dyndns-free.com is working for me but I want to try out opendns.com. ssh -p # user@domainlable.dyndns-free.com How do I do that for opendns? Continue reading...

Does any one know how I can use Deja-dup with gpg encrypt key? I want to be able to run deja-dup with out being present to enter in my passphrase when I want to do a back up. Continue reading...

Greetings I have the following string. 192.168.1.[1-254] where I would like to create a list like the following separated by commas 192.168.2.[1-254],192.168.3.[1-254],192.168.4.[1-254] etc.... Any suggestions please? Continue reading...

Hello in apache config file (httpd.conf) there i have vriable "KeepAliveTimeout" i have Keep Alive turned On on my server and the KeepAliveTimeout value is 150 seconds there. so i want to ask if that is not too much? Explanation: because one website load time is around up to 7 seconds, so maybe this value should be like 30 seconds when my website visitors usually spend maximum 30 seconds on my website? do i understand it properly? // here usefull guide on this topic: http://ausweb.com.au/technobabble/20...-optimization/ Continue reading...

Hi, I'm looking for a Linux Distro that allows the operating system to be installed as F2FS. Are there any that exist currently? I read somewhere Puppy Linux supports it but I was looking for something with a bit more of a modern interface like Ubuntu or Mint. Continue reading...

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