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Can't remember what apps, movies, TV shows, or music you bought on iTunes, when you bought it, or how much you paid? Maybe you need to reconcile your bills, keep track of the kids, or even get a refund for something that went wrong? The advantage to buying online is that it's easy to find a list of what you bought. Unlike most online stores, however, Apple doesn't make your purchase history available on the web. To find it, you have to go to iTunes on Mac or Windows! How to access your purchase history on iTunes for Mac or Windows Launch iTunes on your Mac or PC. Click on the Store tab in the top menu and select View Account. Sign in with your Apple ID if you are…

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Apple's new iPhone partnership with China Mobile looks to be off to a good start with the carrier announcing it added around 1 million iPhone customers to its 4G network in just February alone. Better still, the iPhone accounted for the large majority of customers joining China Mobile's 4G service. From the Wall Street Journal: "We added 1.34 million new 4G users in February and most of them are iPhone users. We are happy with the progress as we are still building our 4G network and the coverage is only available in some major cities," China Mobile Chairman Xi Gouhua told The Wall Street Journal. 1 million is a drop in the ocean to the worlds largest carrier, b…

I have tried many times to install this security update to no avail. Even the Windows update troubleshooter can't get it done. Any help would really be appreciated. Continue reading...

Hello. I stumbled over something on the net the other day about Bitcoin mining. In looking it up, I ran into a web site that looked like Microsoft, offering software to mine Bitcoins and other digital currencies; however, there was not a single link on the whole page to actually download anything. I wonder if it was a real Microsoft page. If Microsoft really does have free Bitcoin Mining software, and free software to mine other digital currencies, would you please point me directly to the download links? Thank you. 20 March 2014 P.S. I found the web site: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/bitcoin-miner/cd9a3350-60c9-4836-a50c-…

Hello. I am currently using the FREE version of Desktop Server by serverpress.com which only allows a maximum of 3 WordPress installations at one time. Their client is really easy to instal, you just click, and 2 minutes later, you're setting up WordPress in xampp lite. However, they charge $99 a year for a license to go unlimited! That is way off my budget. I'm using it for personal hobby web sites, not business. I'm running Desktop Server for WordPress development in a Dell D600 and also in an IBM Lenovo T42, both with Windows XP Pro SP3, and I won't be upgrading at "End of Life". I understand Microsoft has some kind of FREE software for running WordPress …

Is this a fake - if so can you do something about it? Cheers, Joe Taylor London SW1E 5JL England UNITED KINGDOM FILE REF: HL/5564/06/07/MICS BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION. It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held in London, United Kingdom Were email address was randomly selected from over Three million email addresses of different people…

hi. i have formatted my laptop - window xp home edition. now i am facing two problems 1. can't able to update widows getting error :Error number: 0x80244019 2. cant able to install service pack 3 - getting message -Error number:- service pack 3 setup update a checked ( debuged)system with a free (retail) version of service pack 3 , or vice versa i had already tried solution like 1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor. Now go to following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion 2. In right-side pane look for a String "CurrentType". Double-click on it and change its value to …

From last couple of days I was not able to open App Store from my Surface RT, it just shows the starting image with that spin icon forever. I rebooted the tablet, the same problem. I have not installed any new apps these days. What shall I do? Continue reading...

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When I open my local disk f: it shows "Access denied. F:\ is not accessible." To solve this, I did following steps- 1. Right-click on the drive. Choose Properties. 2. Click the Security tab. 3. Click the button Advanced. 4. Click the button Edit. 5. Double-click on one permission entry. 6. Give it full control right, and check the box “Apply these permissions to objects and/or containers within this container only”. but now none of my files open. they are corrupted. PLEASE suggest me a way to get access to my files. Continue reading...

hi, I am preparing a word document in which i need to insert lot of pics from google images .when i do that the size is decreased and when i try to increase the size clarity is lost .Any suggestions are appreciable .thanks a lot Continue reading...

I have windows 8 and use defender as my anti-virus. I ran regular scans but still had issues when on the net, I ran a Microsoft full scan from the internet and it found 8 threats. Then recommended using the cleanser to get rid of them. When it finished it said Hacktools have been partially removed. Why have they not been fully removed? Continue reading...

Hi, I'm having problems with my mouse whenever I am working on a spread sheet in Excel. The mouse automatically moves by itselfs which is really frustrating. I have uninstall the mouse and re-installed it again but still having problems. Hope you can help. Regards Ben Continue reading...

I have a problem. I have a number of sub-folders in one master folder (more than 60) and in each of the sub-folders, I have the same file but it is mislabeled. Now, I did a batch rename of the files, but now they all have a (1) after them. Is there was way to batch correct the file name to eliminate the (1)? To help illustrate my problem, I've tried to diagram out my folder. Master Folder A Sub Folder A - file name AAA Sub Folder B - file name AAA Sub-Folder C - file name AAA ...and on it goes. As I said, I have 60 sub-folders under master folder A. What I did to change the file names was, I did a search under master folder A fo…

Quite some time ago - a couple of months - I hibernated my windows system, which I have never done before (just leave it running). It uses an Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard. Windows 7 64-bit "Ultimate". On restarting, many things were not right. I have corrected the "many things" with re-installs of software, but now I can't do Windows Update, getting error message 80073712. I have tried at least: - "sfc /scannow": 'Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.' - running a Repair (from the windows install disk, \setup.exe): "Windows Installer has stopped working", "C000009c". I ran it as Administrator. - the "System Update Readiness Too…

I have 2 Win 7 Home Premium computers in my network PC1 and PC2. Our data files are on PC1 in a Public folder, so my wife and I can see and access each other's files. This works fine. When I browse to PC1 from PC2 on the network I can get to the 2 users (Me and Wife) but I don't see the Public folder and the files. How do I resolve this? Thanks Continue reading...

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hello, i can't not only open firefox browser, but also uninstall it. why? when i unistall firefox at the control panel, it keeps on saying that i need to close the existing firefox, even if i couldn't open it yet and didn't open it at all. Continue reading...

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Security Essentials recognizes them ask to send to Mirosoft a report for further investigation then ask me to reboot and over and over repeats the cycle. Apparently when the virus is deleted it automatically copies itself back and restarts itself. In task manager I have stopped the process - it restarts over and over and over again. I have seen this before - delete it and it reappears, delete it and it reappears. Antimaleware byte took care of it but definition are outdated and right now I am low on funds for the premiem version I run 7 professional on an i5. Obviously Security Essentials is going through the same iteration, detect - clean …

You will find following message in your inbox from infoaxe.net or fliporamail.com. If you are getting such emails, don’t click on any Links or Buttons. Technically this isn’t exactly a virus or scam or information phishing scheme, it sure seems like Search engine hijacker. Flip, Flipora, Filporamail and Infoaxe are all the same company. The service they apparently offer is to track your web browsing habits and suggest ads and search results and other websites based on what sites you visit. It is likevoluntarily signing up to have spyware or malware on your computer. The worst thing about this “service” is that when you sign up you directly give them access to your …

I've got some virus on my laptop that just won't go away. I had the Geek Squad at Best Buy remove it, but after 1 week it came back again. Just about tried everything I read on this forum. Planning on installing Windows 8.1. Will installing the new operating system eradicate the virus? My data is already backed up. Should I reset my windows registry? Should I reformat my hard drive? Continue reading...

my computer keeps showing that it is virtually unprotected even after I run scan. this is showing up now every time I turn my computer on. I have run several checks and trouble shoots, but everything says I'm updated, ect. I am getting tired of this and have considered uninstalling this and finding something else. if someone knows how I can get this to stop I would be very appriciative. I don't want to have to spend an hour or more trying to fix this every time I turn my computer on. any ideas? [Moved from Community Participation] Continue reading...

When I run Spybot Search and destroy or another malware detector Amonetize.lnstallPath comes up as malware. Is it harmless or should I worry? Essentials does not detect this as malware Continue reading...