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I have a dell inspirion 11 - 3000 series 3137 - I restored to factory settings its all activated and everything seems to be working except I cant turn on the wifi - When I go to settings I can turn the airplane mode off and on but the wifi and Bluetooth are not highlighted where you can do anything with it - Can anyone help me on this ? Thanks Continue reading...

Does anyone know how to open the files BKF on m external hard drive (verbatim) using Windows 7 . the files were created as back up before trying to load Windows 7 on another computer that was running xp at the time. the other computer with xp crashed and I have all my files on the external hard drive but they will not open in my laptop Windows 7. I downloaded Hot fix and it said they were unzipped but they still do not open and say BKF? thank you Continue reading...

I'm demo'ing Office 365 and see Onedrive on my tablet. However, I don't see it on my W7 desktop even though I installed 365. When I went to the download site, it only offered me downloads for my smartphone. How do I get Onedrive so I can share documents between tablet and desktop while my other post about homegroup not working it in queue? Continue reading...

error message Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 after installing lexmark x5650 on windows 7 causing queue problems Continue reading...

hello im using windows 7 home premium 64 bit and was wondering is there any kind of virtural machine that will fit my operrating system Continue reading...

I have a W7 desktop and a W8.1 tablet. I set the tablet to join the homegroup and can see the desktop. I've copied some things over. Today, for the first time, I wanted to copy something from the tablet to the desktop. File Explorer on the desktop claims the desktop is the only computer in the homegroup. 1) Why can the tablet see the desktop but not the other way around? 2) How do I fix it? Continue reading...

Hello, I have recently downloaded Windows 8 Defender. I Have had the app Origin for a long time, and without it working, I am unable to play SIMCITY. Now right after the day I installed Windows Defender, my Origin app says it is unable to "Go Online". I have to go online to play SIMCITY, so this s a problem. I have reinstalled Origin with no results. I also have no idea how to work my settings. Please Help! Continue reading...

Found rogue:win32/fakepav on an XP Pro PC I am cleaning for a friend. USB Disk worked great. Just make sure the Install CD is in while booting or you get a disk error. Continue reading...

I have acquired the virus, Optimizer Pro, with its little space ships game etc and my computer is so slow and playing up. I don't know if this will fix it but any help would be good. My reference number is12338698198 Continue reading...

LV maintenance continually pops up asking for permission to change changes to computer and redirects me to sites I don't want to be . Did all scans with essentials etc . Continue reading...

I am trying to remove conduit from Windows 8. I have looked for it on the Control Panel under Conduit, Conduit/toggle, Utorrent, Yontoo and Babylon and could not find any of those or any recently installed suspicious programs. I then went to the Explorer homepage, Tools, Manage add-ons and found this suspicious add-on: Perk Prize Panel and under publisher it said Control Name is not available and it is enabled. I tried to disable it and the system would not let me. I then selected more information and found the following: Name: Perk prize Panel Publisher: Control name is not available Type; Browser helper Object Status; Enabled Version; Not available…

I have systems with powerpath devices. i did a powermt remove dev=emcpoweraa Drive is not under powerpath control any more. Then i tried to do a pvremove on the backing devices. sday sdbc sdda sdde I get the following error on all of them. As you can see they are there in the directory. [root@homer dev]# pvremove /dev/sday1 Physical Volume /dev/sday1 not found [root@homerdev]# pvremove sday1 Physical Volume sday1 not found [root@homerdev]# pvremove /dev/sday Physical Volume /dev/sday not found [root@homer~]# cd /dev [root@homer dev ]# ls sday* sday sday1 shortened out put as this happens on all drives. Continue reading...

Hello, fellow Linux users! I've recently been searching for a Linux forum since iFans.com (which is a forum that I am daily active at) doesn't really have that big of a Linux community. Anyway, I've been a Linux user since 2006. I know my way around most distros, giving me the comfort to exclusively use Linux. Well, sometimes I use the iMac, but it's very rare that I do so. I used to be a HUGE distro hopper, but I have finally settled down on two distros that I think I can stick to for a long time (I've literally tried at least half of the Distrowatch list). I have an old desktop that I run Peppermint OS 4 on and a laptop with Xubuntu 13.10 (which I customized wi…

I put a Kubuntu site along side of my Ubuntu site. Now my home page on my Ubuntu is almost gone. How can I get it back? Continue reading...

Hello to all, I am just trying to established and TEST a simple to my MySQL test database using PHP via my firefox browser. I am able to connect using SSH and via terminal window on Fedora 20. I have created small php connection file so that I can test the connection. Code: <?php // Create connection $con=mysqli_connect("example.com","peter","abc123","my_db"); // Check connection if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error(); } ?> when I type in my 127.0.0.1/test.php file in my FIREFOX browser. I get a error message " Failed to connect to MySQL: Permission denied " Just trying t…

I'm a Linux n00b, and as for Windows, I am you're average joe. Not computer illiterate, but not exactly computer savvy. My problem is various distros won't connect to wifi. On some versions of Ubuntu (newest for example), and a few other distros, the connection wizard/setup thing, will find the name of my network, allow me to select it, and connect, but ask me for my password, and then fail. On Ubuntu and Fedora, it just won't connect, as if the password is wrong. On Slacko-Puppy I get some feed back on the problem. I get �DHCP client failed to negotiate with wireless network 'mynetwork'�. I get that when choosing the SNS from Puppy. When using Frisbee from Puppy …

I had the pleasure of joining Chuck Joiner on his MacVoices podcast this week. Chuck is doing a series on the Road to Macworld|iWorld 2014 so we talked a little about the shows and the sessions I'd be doing there: The Road to Macworld takes a turn to the north as we talk to Rene Ritchie about the two sessions he will be delivering at the show. Essential iCloud – What You Need to Know will on Apple’s cloud service, what works, what doesn’t and how Rene sees it fitting into your personal online data strategy. His second, The iOS Awakening: How Touch ID, iBeacon, Siri and Sensors Will Make Mobile Truly Brilliant, will examine one of Apple’s hottest technologies, ow it …

Google is cutting the price of thier Google Drive storage offerrings. The most drastic of these is the 1TB option, previously available for $49.99 per month, and has been dropped to $9.99 per month. The most expensive option presented is 10TB for $99.99 per month, though Google says you can get more if you need it. Users will still get 15GB free, and the storage applies to multiple Google services, including Google+ and Gmail, according to Google: We've lowered the price of our monthly storage plans to $1.99 for 100GB (previously $4.99), $9.99 for 1TB (previously $49.99), and $99.99 for 10TB, with even more storage available if you need it. How big is a terabyte any…

Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Today we've got updates to one of Rovio's finest, BBC's on-demand content provider, a popular reminders app and more! Let's take a look! New and updated iOS apps Angry Birds Star Wars: Issues affecting the user experience have been addressed in Rovio's feathered take on the Star Wars universe. $0.99 - Download Now BBC iPlayer: Accessibility improvements and new variable speed scrubbing to make it easier to rewind and fast forward through your TV shows. Free - Download Now Amazon …

This is it! iOS 7.1 is here! And there's a ton of stuff for us to cover. More importantly, there are a ton of your questions to answer! So, we're going to do a full on iOS 7.1 Q&A show — and maybe sneak in some iOS 8 rumors as well! Want to be part of the show? Join us live right here at 1pm PT, 4pm ET, 8pm GMT Email us at podcast@imore.com Tweet us @imore with hashtag #askimore We want to hear from you! Continue reading...

Titanfall is one of the hottest new games of the year. Right now it's an exclusive for Microsoft platforms — Windows, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. But if the developer has its way, Titanfall might be headed to the Mac, too. Titanfall is a first person shooter developed by Respawn Entertainment. Emphasizing small-scale multiplayer combat, the game's hook is the ability to pilot titans — mech-style walkers, each with unique abilities. Vince Zampella is the CEO of Respawn, and he maintains an account on Twitter. Responding to a tweet about the possibility of a Mac version, Zampella said: @TZB17 We are talking to Aspyr, they should do it — Vince Zampella (@VinceZampe…

I have recently been having problems with my laptop and starting digging into the web history. Someone had visited a couple of **** webcam sites earlier that day and I didn't delete them. I keep the computer by my side that night and when I got up, I noticed that a **** webcam site had been accessed an hour earlier. My computer crashed a month later and I had the hard drive recovered. On the hard drive under a recovered file section, there were alot of **** webcam snapshots (ladies and men sitting in front of a computer). My spouse denies any knowledge of this. Could someone be hi-jacking my computer? Also on our iPad, it had alot of **** sites and webcam sites in the Web…

Hi All, Does anyone know if Microsoft (Ireland) has a program in place or any support to encourage schools to stick with Windows after the XP EOL in April? Some of my local schools are considering moving to Linux....Thanks. Continue reading...

Several relatives of mine whom I occasionally provide technical assistance for are still running XP SP3 on their systems. Those systems are too outdated and underpowered to be upgraded to a newer version of Windows, and it will likely be some time before they are in a position to upgrade to newer hardware capable of running more modern versions of Windows. If in the meantime, something happens to one of their computers that would require a reinstallation of Windows after support for XP ends, but before they can get a newer computer, I have a couple questions about what would happen: Will there still be some way to activate their existing copies of XP during the …

system files in wrong folder, some how have takin names of other files. outa order and missing. really wanting to keep my xp system though. any advice?? had to locate 2 files on difrent pc and configure in boot just to start up. surprised it works at all Continue reading...