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Apple's requirements for apps sold in the Mac App Store prevents many useful utilities from being made available. Should Apple change its tune on sandboxing? I've written before about some of the limitations that Apple imposes on game developers who want to sell their games through the Mac App Store. The problem isn't limited to games — Apple's rules for how Mac App Store apps work keep lots of different apps from being distributed. The year after the Mac App Store launched, Apple announced that apps sold using the service would have to be sandboxed. Sandboxing is a security technique that's been around since the dawn of iOS apps — it restricts the access that an ap…

Delta has updated their Fly Delta app to version 2.6, adding automatic bag tracking. All you have to do is tap the Track My Bags to watch the progress of all bags in your reservation. This update also contains a number of bug fixes. You can download the update from the App Store now. Free - Download Now Continue reading...

iCloud does a great job of storing and syncing contacts between iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It can also be used to create contact groups to help you better, faster connect with the people that matter to you most. Unfortunately, contact group creation currently can't be done on the iPhone or iPad. They have to be created on the Mac, or via iCloud.com online. How to create contact groups using iCloud.com Launch a web browser on your PC or Mac and go to iCloud.com. Log in to your account and click on Contacts. In the bottom left click on the plus sign. In the popup menu, click on Create Group. Name the group anything you'd like and hit Enter on your keyboard to create …

I've been sent two CDs now and both fail. The latest on the \sources\uxlib.dll I've verified that my DVD r/w still is able to play CDs, I have the product code key. I've asked the supplier if they just want me to sent back everything and credit my credit card. I just want to migrate from XP to Windows 7. I've run the upgrade advisor and felt as if I was on track but am stuck. Please advise. Continue reading...

On the bottom right hand corner, there is a network icon, which shows the connection speed, which is 100 Mbps, （100baseTX full Duplex） （100baseTX half Duplex） （10baseT full Duplex） （10baseT half Duplex） I would like to know on what kind of cmd in command mode to display this connection speed status. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any suggestions :> Continue reading...

I've downloaded and installed my last round of xp updates (planning to still use this old machine off line till it dies because I still like it). If at some point in the future I want to reinstall the system from scratch, can I save the updates I've just downloaded and then reinstall them? Thanks Continue reading...

I have a 12 Year old Dell 8300 XP and just received a HP Pavilion 23. Purchased a WD 1TD external drive the data from my old computer be transferred to my new computer? Also, my old computer has a some type of pass protection, when typing data on a disc or floppy It appeared to be blank on any other computer. Do I have to remove the password protection before I transfer my computer data onto the external drive? Continue reading...

I have download Windows XP Home edition 2002 Service pack 3 and after 30 days i have to activate it which my product key don't work. So I just download another Windows XP and use my computer for 30 days etc... and this goes on. So I now have 3 Windows XP Home edition's and I want to get rid of them to clean up my disc space. I have 75 GB normally but this has got me to like 20 GB Any help on deleting one of the unused operating systems thanks. Continue reading...

Does anyone know when vlc media player will be available for surface rt tablets? Continue reading...

Hello, What should I do to install the two Windows Performance meters? Sorry, I forgot if these can be used with Windows 8. They can be used with Windows 7. I also do not know what these measure. Nick Continue reading...

Hello All It is to let you know that according to my coding experiences, I started to make a sticky note by which I could be able to make my own headline above as soon as it's opened, thus I would respectively recommend you and would be further more glad to help me and to be given a great information in this side and that you will have already been thanked a million. With Regards Continue reading...

When start up i am getting "Windows Script Host" Windows Script Host Script: c:\Users\PcName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\Startup\Wscript.vbs Line: 0 Char: 1 Error: Permission denied Coad: 800A0046 Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime error plz help me out of this plz plz plz. Thank u. Continue reading...

I have had this laptop just shy of 4 weeks where errors have started to occur- got the BSOD where it said kernel inpage error/security check failures. So I refreshed it, hoping to fix the problem. This did absolutely nothing. So used various methods to fix it and the SFC tool has revealed it is caused by windows.ui.xaml.dll.mui corruption in the stores- as copied from the log below. 2014-04-07 17:28:41, Info CSI 00000ba4 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2014-04-07 17:28:41, Info CSI 00000ba5 [sR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:60{30},l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US"\[l:46{23}]"windows.ui.xaml.dll.mui" f…

Hello, I installed Windows 8 on a laptop and joined it to our domain. We have login scripts that run at logon that load network shares that are stored on our storage area network, but they don't load on this particular laptop. Only on the machines running Windows 7. Any ideas why? Thank you, Chris Continue reading...

I have dual monitors and my left monitor will display but I am not able to scroll or anything. If I drag to the right screen I am able to scroll. How do I get the left monitor to work? Continue reading...

I'm having some issues with machines hanging at please wait... with errors 5719 then 1055 in the event logs. On the KB article it's not clear what setting is used from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\History to set the timeout as it's not one we're defining via group policy. I'll of course do some testing using group policy to define the setting to a test OU, but if anyone does know if either CurrentWaitAtStartup or AvgWaitTimeoutAtStartup is the value used to determine the timeout I'd be very intreasted to know. It could also be some other value entirely they just look like the two most possible options form that KB art…

Hello, I have Windows 7 64bit by Asus I'm not at home atm so farther specifications I'd join later if it will be needed. Yesterday I have first crash windows since I had bought my laptop 1,5 year ago. Maybe it is important becouse It was happened after I had uninstall my antivirus and made restart then computer wouldn't work anymore. After restart a windows startup repair has switched on and tried to fix problem but it didn't work. Then I have started to search internet for soultion and I have made chkdsk /f (chkdsk /r didn't work becouse of locked disk or sth) and all was seemd fine except statement "Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with…

Here are the files for my computer information. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=CA211D927D76355D!123&authkey=!AE6bX84kwYuuOlQ&ithint=folder%2c The BSOD usually occurs after alt tabbing for some odd reason. Continue reading...

Hi, I'm having problems starting my laptop. After the Acer logo shows the "windows error recovery" screen comes up. It says "windows failed to start. A recent software change might be the cause." It gives me these two options: launch startup repair or start windows normally. when I choose the start up repair it begins to load then stops at this screen, but I'm able to use the mouse: But when I choose start windows normally it does the exact same thing. Help please. sorry for large photo I'm on my cell phone. Continue reading...

Windows Defender did not detect some HKLM files that were flagged as malicious by Malware Bytes scan of My Windows 8.1 Pro system. Some of these included end directory descriptions of HKLM/.... /suprasaver etc. Was Defender missing these, or was Malware Bytes overly aggressive? Both were up to date. also, from what I have been reading, Windows Defender is not the overall security system that Microsoft SecurityEssentials was. Does this mandate continuing with two different security systems, and why would Microsoft Windows eliminate MSE this from Windows 8.1 Pro if this is the case? Continue reading...

We JUST switched to Windows 8.1 and during that process, my husband accidentally agreed to install a few super annoying programs. He thought they were relevant to Windows 8.1, but now we realize that some of them are not. We have tried to remove Quiknowledge, but it seems to have embedded itself somehow. My husband removed it from the Control Panel, but we can see that it is still in the C drive. We tried to delete it from there, but a error message pops up saying that the program (Quiknowledge) cannot be deleted because it is currently in use. Do we need to purchase an anti-malware program to remove it? Ideas? Also, are the other programs I mentioned (Lin…

Pup.Optional.BundleInstaller.A IS INCLUDED IN THE MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS DOWNLOAD!!! WHY? Continue reading...

Windows Defender did not detect some HKLM files that were flagged as malicious by Malware Bytes scan of My Windows 8.1 Pro system. Some of these included end directory descriptions of HKLM/.... /suprasaver etc. Was Defender missing these, or was Malware Bytes overly aggressive? Both were up to date. also, from what I have been reading, Windows Defender is not the overall security system that Microsoft SecurityEssentials was. Does this mandate continuing with two different security systems, and why would Microsoft Windows eliminate MSE this from Windows 8.1 Pro if this is the case? Continue reading...

We JUST switched to Windows 8.1 and during that process, my husband accidentally agreed to install a few super annoying programs. He thought they were relevant to Windows 8.1, but now we realize that some of them are not. We have tried to remove Quiknowledge, but it seems to have embedded itself somehow. My husband removed it from the Control Panel, but we can see that it is still in the C drive. We tried to delete it from there, but a error message pops up saying that the program (Quiknowledge) cannot be deleted because it is currently in use. Do we need to purchase an anti-malware program to remove it? Ideas? Also, are the other programs I mentioned (Lin…

Just added McAfee to a PC that had been running without virus protection. Problem is all the junk that got on before the wall and scanning went up. The computer is really slow and bogged down with pop-ups. I am hesitant to load any third party software to clean it up, when it was probably third party software that caused the problem in the first place. This is not my computer. I am trying to help a computer-hesitant friend (hence the virus protection gap). Any suggestions? Continue reading...