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It's not normal that a movie goes live on iTunes the same day it hits movie theaters but then Rob Thomas' Veronica Mars isn't exactly your normal movie. Not only does it reunite the cast of the original TV show, including Kristen Bell (House of Lies) but it received its backing on Kickstarter, the popular crowd-funding platform. Veronica Mars, if you're not familiar with it, was delightful — Buffy sans slayers. It lasted two and half seasons before it was cancelled and the movie's been a longtime coming. I backed the Kickstarter, bought tickets to the premier last night, and am download the digital version now. If you've been waiting for it as well, it's time to bring it …

A new version of Mavericks 10.9.3 is ready for developers to download at this hour. Late on Thursday Apple posted the new release to its Mac Developer Center. The new build is 13D17. OS X 10.9.2 was released in late February with a fix for an SSL vulnerability, support for FaceTime Audio, Mail improvements and other enhancements, and the first 10.9.3 developer build was released one week ago. Apple's release notes for the build are under non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with registered developers, but it's been widely reported that one of the changes involves improved support for 4K displays. In any case, if you're a registered Mac developer, you can go to Apple's …

iOS 7.1 brings a few new features, some great accessibility updates, and some much needed bug fixes to the iPhone and iPad. If you want it, however, you're going to have to give up your jailbreak to get it. That's because, unlike iOS 7.0.x, iOS 7.1 has been jailbroken yet and, as is increasingly the case, there's no word yet on when or how long it'll be until iOS 7.1 is jailbroken. So, is iOS 7.1 enough of an improvement that you'd be willing to give up your tweaks, customizations, and jailbreak apps? Seems like i'd be giving up a lot and gaining very little.sheailewis1, iMore Forums Member It's a question that arises with almost every new update that might possib…

iTunes Match is Apple's music locker service. For $25 a year it lets your store and listen to up to 25,000 songs on Apple's iCloud servers, including songs you've previously ripped from TV. If you have more music than you can comfortably store on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac laptop, iTunes Match is a great way to keep both your storage free and your music available. And now, with iOS 7.1, you can subscribe to iTunes Match directly from your iPhone or iPad! Note: iTunes Match isn't yet available in every country. Here's Apple's official list of supported regions: Countries that support iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud How to subscribe to iTunes Match Launch …

Hello, Yesterday I started my Dell Dimension 4700 with Windows XP SP2 from hibernation and it gave me the following message on a black screen: "The system could not be restarted from its previous location because the restoration image is corrupt delete the restoration data and proceed to the system boot menu" I know this means my hibernation file is corrupt but how do I fix it? Continue reading...

I need to upgrade 11 machines from XP to something newer but I'm not sure if to go with Windows 7 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro. My question is when will Windows 7 support end? I don't want to buy Windows 7 to only have the support end a year later or something. Thank you. Mario Continue reading...

I am a UK resident and am using Windows Media Center on a machine running XP. It is working ok but the guide listings won't update beyond 21st March 2014 as the EPG contract expires on 22nd March. Will Microsoft renew the contract and will I still be able to use Media Center when the support for XP has completely ended? I also note that my Windows 7 machine is also showing the EPG contract as expiring on 27th March 2014. Continue reading...

Hi there again. Well lads/lasses i have a two fold problem this time and hope you can assist. The 1st one is this; Whenever my pc tries to install updates this message comes up"failure to configure updates pls do not turn your pc off" it gets to 7% of install then usually after a few minutes the screen comes up as normal. However for the past couple of months it has been taking longer+longer to start on normal screen at last attempt it took 53 minutes for me to be able to use the p.c.. Whilst i know you guys are out there ready+willing to help, i don't like bothering you as i assume it's something i have done. IN frustration(and a high probability o…

I'm trying to install a Brother MFP (MFC-8660DN) on my computer, my OS is windows xp. I get the following error message... Component Transfer Error Component: WebUpdate File Group: Web Update File: C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\WebUpdate\WebUa226.rra Error: Access is denied Continue reading...

WINDOWS 8 and 8.1 just sucks soo freaking bad..its the worst thing ever conceived by man kind..Windows has lost the plot..i beg Microsoft to bring back all the functionality of windows 7 and take this stupid metro **** and stick it up their A%£E.... Continue reading...

Original title: DISM Not working in windows 8 Hi, I have been having problems with windows store change pc settings and windows updates and i have been told to use dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth and i get error 1812 as shown below Please can someone help me Thanks, Jack Continue reading...

In the installed list is Microsoft visual C++ 2005 redistributable also for other years. Do I need all these? Continue reading...

I was told to run dism after complaining of windows update error 800703f1. it told me configuration registry database is corrupt and also error 1009. what does this mean and how can I get rid of it Continue reading...

I have been trying without success to update windows but I am being haunted by error 800703f1. I have sought help on this forum but I din't see any. I was given some cmd's like net stop bits... but it din't work. I was asked to sfc scan but it tells me windows resource protection could not do it. the closest thing that could happen was the dism cmd. it told me my database is corrupt. I don't know how to correct it. it gave me a log I can't interprete. now I have decided to refresh my system, but it will tell me, it encountered some problems and no changes were made. I tried automatic repair but it told me it could not do it as well. I ran the windows trouble shooter and i…

Is there a driver out there for this on my win7 pro 64 bit Continue reading...

I have an Asus U46E laptop and the i recently changed the keyboard due to a water damage. Now i noticed the sensitive is a little high. For example even when i'm not typing a thing, but just putting pressure near the touch pad the space bar will continue to be pressed. Sometimes the cursor will jump around and such. I also can't disable the touch pad because there isn't an option for that. It's not in my control panels area. Any ideas what to do? Continue reading...

Hi there. The Optiquest Q20wb monitor blacks out every few seconds. Unfortunately I am not familiar with code so am unable to go into the computer's operating system to decipher why. It especially occurs just before I want to see something important, like it can read my mind, plotting to drive me insane or something. It only happened after the change to Windows 7. It occurs when trying to look at the Screen Saver, trying to play a Facebook game, and as of today, just whenever. It stays black for 3 to 6 seconds, then allows me to continue. It did not black out as I typed this, which is something at least. please help, thanks. The display is set correctly as for LCD mon…

Hey, i have a toshiba satellite and i recently had her factory restored. But i messed her up just after and got instructions online on how to wipe her myself, but at one point during the process it asked me to insert rewrite disk and the disk drive poped open. I didnt have a rewrite disk so i just hit cancel and closed the drive. Then it shut my computer down and i cant get back on. I hit the power button but it tells me theres a problem and has to shut down. The last guy who wiped my computer just used the 25 digit code on the sticker on the back to factory restore. So now im wondering if theres any possible way to manually restore my computer by taking it apart or somet…

HI I have my font and size selected and saved. When I'm typing after the 1st sentence the font and size changes. I know it says what font and size do you want to start your email, 80% of the time when I start the second sentence the saved font and size change, How can I fix that?? Thanks Len Continue reading...

I was having problems with my att.net email. I was having flashing address bar with : us mg 205 email.yahoo.com. I ran my virus scan but nothing was detected. I finally called AT&T for help. I was told that I needed to install McAfee and use a different browser which I didn't understand because I have never had problems with them. I tried everything I knew to get rid of the att problem but nothing worked so I took his advice. BIG MISTAKE! Still can't use my email! Now I can't find my Defender anywhere so it must have been uninstalled by McAfee. I really want to use Windows Defender again. I'm getting error code 0x800705b4. McAfee is turned off and can't …

I seemed to pick up conduit and other poss. malwre after running hitman pro free one time trial. Has anyone else had this problem. Is hitman pro worth it? Continue reading...

I hadn't used my computer for awhile (Christmas present) when I turned on internet explorer my homepage, instead of being bing, was snap do. how did I get it and how in the world do I get rid of it? Every time I open my browser after resetting bing, snap do shows up again. Continue reading...

I have a lexmark printer. Recently it stopped printing, and I had to restart the computer each time ai would print.I reinstalled the printer driver and now the printer does not print even when re-starting the computer. The printer troubleshooter instructs to permit certain files thru the antivirus software. There is no such option on the MS Security console. Can anyone tell me how to permit files past the MS security essentials app? Thank you, Continue reading...

Has anyone figured out how to get rid of Optimizer Pro v3.2 when it says "The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program."? I saw a thing for Optimizer Pro v3.0, but that doesn't help me much. Continue reading...

Greetings, I have a server that I colocate. Recently the server went crazy. A little earlier today I was trying to edit a config file for a minecraft server (the minecraft server is run in a 4GB ram disk, the server has 16GB of RAM and doesn't use anywhere close to it), I tried to launch nano, it gave me a segmentation fault, I tried a yum erase nano. It gave me an error. I tried a yum clean all and I got this: error: rpmdb: damaged header #518 retrieved -- skipping. And it kept repeating over and over. I tried to launch another terminal instance and log into the server, but it closed me out as soon as I entered my password. I rebooted the server over IPMI and when it ca…