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Key is about 1/4th the size of all previous versions. Not only that, but it's laid over multiple colors and the black key code is unreadable. I have 20/15 vision. I can't make it out. Someone should be fired for this. Seriously. Continue reading...

How do I remove Anti-Malware app from my Gateway All in one desk to computer. I have Webroot and Netgear tech must of added it remotely when he was fixing a problem for me. He may of disabled my Webroot Anti-spyware with sweeper because it won't load, how can I get that to open also. Thanks Continue reading...

Hi, I am trying to install brand new and unused copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit version in a brand new Samsung 804 Pro 512GB SSD inserted into a Packard Bell Easynote TX86 with 8GB RAM. The computer detects the Windows disk when powered up. It then goes through the following loop: 'Widows is loading files' screen as it loads files 'Starting Windows Screen Power off the computer Power back onto computer, detect the setup disk and return to step 1 It will not get beyond this and will not allow me to interact with it in any way (at least not that I have found). I thought I might try to install the 32 bit system and then upgrade to the 64 bit but the 3…

This is on Windows 7. It only started happening when the desktop I was connecting to upgraded from XP to Win 7. The problem never happened when the machine being remoted to was XP. There is a hot fix when I do a google search. It talks about Win 7 SP 1. support.microsoft.com/kb/2523307 But the pre-requisites say you need to be running Windows Server 2008 to install the hot fix. How do I get a hot fix for Win 7? Continue reading...

Can I install Windows 7 Pro on Windows 8 Pro Hyper-V with a Windows & Pro OEM disc. I have a windows 8 Pro laptop and so many of the programs I am using are not compatible with 8. So I activated Hyper V so that I can install Windows 7 Pro on the virtual machine but I bought a wrong DVD as it is an OEM. How can I can go about this. Continue reading...

ok here goes for the umpteenth time .!! I have windows 7 I have security es from Microsoft but nothing has stopped popup adds or adware or malware . my PC runs like a old lady. I want something to work on these areas . Does windows Defender work with security essentials? If it is off(defender) how can I turn it on? It time outs every time I try to turn it on. I've lost two HD's from virus and malware. replacing these is not fun nor in my wallet. I don't have that kind of clout. I need help killing these cockroaches!!! Continue reading...

I'm having what seems to be the same problem.; I have the "You haven't run a scan on your PC for a while..." "Scan now" warning, which is not cleared by running a scan of any type. The problem has appeared in the last few days. Power settings are not the cause. <split from http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/mse-protect_scanning/mse-scheduling-a-scan/c98cb6a6-122d-41cd-978f-b25da64ae9d9> Continue reading...

I was contacted by someone on the phone and was told they were from microsoft. They informed me that I was being hacked and that they were in control of my system. They also told me that my wifi is being used or will be used in the future for criminal activity. Without questioning it at the time I gave them access to my computer and they showed me where the hacker was and what he was doing. They informed me that they have all my passwords now, that they are in control of my norton security, and that they can do whatever they want in my system. That they could at any moment. They claim to have fixed the problem and they installed a cleaning program. But then they tried to…

Why does Microsoft not put a solution to this problem in it's antimalware tool? All I get from them is a suggestion to purchase someone else's malware removal tools. Can anyone tell me how to remove this terrible company and it's annoying products from my computer? How do they get on my computer? I don't see "concuit" anywhere under "programs" and of course they are crooked enough to not include an uninstall tool. Please help. *** Email address is removed for privacy *** Continue reading...

Hello all, I'm not sure I fully understand why it is important to upgrade from Windows XP or Office 2003 if antivirus will still protect me. Take for example this vulnerability: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-073 Won't antivirus prevent this vulnerability from being exploited? How much of a risk is there to running Office 2003 after April 8 2014 compared to running Windows XP? I believe there is a greater risk of running Windows XP than running Office 2003 as shown by the quote below. A Microsoft Security blog, found at http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2013/08/15/the-risk-of-running-windows-xp-after-support-ends.…

Hello, after webmin install, it was running, but after reboot, i need webmin to start automatically. I need this to be done without editting anything in webmin mysql (setting it from webmin admin area). So i tried chkconfig webmin on and added startup script to rc.local but still dont works.. Code: [root@yldethin /]# chkconfig --list crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:off 6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off iscsi 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off…

What command and arguments would you use to mount a VFAT filesystem located on /dev/hda6 on mountpoint / c? Continue reading...

Hello , I am new to iptables.I have a task.I have a APP vm running on top of a host machine.I also have a guest vm running on top of this host machine. IP of host : 192.168.122.4 IP of APP VM : 192.168.100.4 IP of Guest VM: 192.168.122.9 The App VM is running a nfs server process to which I want my guest vm to be able to mount to. Basically I want a rule on the host saying whatever nfs requests comes in,forward it to 192.168.100.4 (APP VM).Note that the host is not running any nfs related processes.(no ports in listening mode) How can I achieve this? And if I need to mount from the guest vm,can i specify the IP of APP VM directly? Any comments/suggestions …

Code: ############################################################################### # # snmpd.conf: # An example configuration file for configuring the ucd-snmp snmpd agent. # ############################################################################### # # This file is intended to only be as a starting point. Many more # configuration directives exist than are mentioned in this file. For # full details, see the snmpd.conf(5) manual page. # # All lines beginning with a '#' are comments and are intended for you # to read. All other lines are configuration commands for the agent. ######################################################################…

OK, we have a RHEL 5.6 server that is behaving very strangely. It runs in VMware, and has 16GB 'physical' RAM assigned to it. As soon as it boots, the OS is automatically grabbing 12GB out of the 16GB it has allocated to it, and we cannot figure out what is causing this to happen. This of course prevents us from being able to start any of our applications. It even does this when we boot to single-user mode. It is not disk caching, as we have already cleared that. Here's what we see: [servertst01 ~]# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 16050 12645 3405 0 19 201 -/+ buffers/cache: 12425 3625 Swap: 10239 0 10239 How can we figure out what…

The iPad 2 is finally gone, and in its place is an iPad that's a much better value. While the iPhone 5c 8 GB model didn't merit even a peep from Apple's PR department, they certainly were happy to announce that the fourth-generationiPad has replaced the iPad 2 as the value-priced model in the lineup. Will the iPad with Retina display have the same sort of extraordinarily long run as the iPad 2? One hell of a run Let's toast the iPad 2. It had one hell of a good run for a device in as fast-moving a market as tablets. The second generation iPad was introduced in March, 2011 and lasted three years and one week. It was the first refresh of the iPad, a then still-no…

There is a case to be made that Apple is doomed without Steve Jobs. Kane just fails to make it. Worse, she doesn't even try. Skip it. I was tempted to make that my entire review. But it would be a disservice to anyone considering buying Yukari Iwatani Kane's new book, Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs. You might find some of the anecdotes about Steve Jobs and Apple collected between the book's covers interesting but this is not the type of work anyone should reward with money. I feel terrible writing that. I hold Kane and her years of work on the Apple beat for the Wall Street Journal in the absolute highest of regard. When I heard she was leaving to work on…

On top of looking at Frontline Commando 2 at GDC 2014, we checked out another game from Glu that's launching this week called Pirates of Everseas. On the surface, it's a casual city building game where you collect coins from houses and resources from farms on your own little tropical island. Things get gritty quickly as you arm your pirate fleet and start plundering all available booty from your neighbors. Ships get upgraded over time with the resource you gather, and before long your humble little cove turns into a thriving criminal stronghold. Though there are a lot of things that are fairly formulaic about this freemium title, I liked that there are options for comb…

Apple CEO Tim Cook has given his thoughts on the new book on Apple, Haunted Empire: Apple after Steve Jobs — read our review — and he's not fan. This isn't surprising, given the critical nature of Yukari Iwatani Kane's book.This isn't surprising, given the critical nature of Yukari Iwatani Kane's book. Based on interviews with current and former Apple executives and business associates, Haunted Empire makes the claim that Apple has peaked. Cook believes that this sentiment fails to capture the essence of both Apple and Steve Jobs, according to his statement: This nonsense belongs with some of the other books I've read about Apple. It fails to capture Apple, Steve, o…

We met up with the folks from Glu at GDC 2014 to talk about their recent release, Frontline Commando 2. The original was a fantastic finger-friendly shooter where players dove between bits of cover and strategically pop their heads out to take out aggressors, and for the sequel they've added a whole bunch of new features. This time you're not alone, and have a wide range of AI allies that you can call in for supportive fire. There's also a competitive PVP mode where players can take the fight online. As usual, there's a massive armory of weapons and equipment to purchase and customize as you progress through the campaign, but the graphics on everything have been seriously…

I used to browse very well with my wifi connection until few days back, whenever I wish I used the connection in both wired and wireless mode, and there was no problem at all. Recently my wifi connection started malfunctioning giving error'Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage', thus wireless mode stopped working.whereas if I am connecting wired mode, internet explorer is working fine without any problem.I am also using a Samsung Tab , in which the same wifi connection working very well (infact I am posting this question through my Tab connected wirelessly with the same modem).I am having Internet Explorer 8 on my laptop windows xp Professional SP 3 version, usingB…

HI I AM VINAY GHODKE Getting an Blue Screen error in Windows XP Pls tell me the Solution to Solve the Problem How to fix Blue Screen Error in Windows XP and Error Stop Code is 0X0000007E (0XC0000005,0XF748E0BF,0XF78DE20C,0XF78DDF0C) pci.sys -- Address F748E0BF base at F7487000, Date stamp 3b7d855c. Continue reading...

You might see the following notification when you are using Windows XP: As you know, support for Windows XP will be ending on April 8th, 2014 and you will receive this notification after you updated your Windows. It is to inform you about end of support , in case that you are unaware of it and by click on the link you will learn more about how to upgrade to newer version of Windows or you could take a look at: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/end-support-help Continue reading...

I erased a problem file "idechndr.sys" because I was getting an error message every 5 seconds. one of the suggestions was to erase the file, so I did. Now I can not start my computer. op sys is xp. I tried to boot in safe mode but when I hit enter, it just recycles back to safe modes screen. Once I get back into the computer, what do i do and where do i find the above mentioned file????? Continue reading...