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 What's your favorite AV?
I've been fighting a few viruses and malware, using Avira, SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes. All free versions.
I'm thinking maybe I wouldn't have | Denbeau | Jan-04-14 01:21 PM
by Denbeau | 11 |
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Can't open a .docx file
Magazine I proof for sent me a file that has the .docx extension. I have tried Wordpad (in Win 7 and XP); have tried Word 2000 and Word 2003. Tried | Snixe2 | Jan-03-14 10:51 PM
by therube | 13 |
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Minor shutdown problem
A little info: My computer has 3 separate hard drives - each with one OS - XP, 7, and 8 (no room for Vista). Only one drive is connected at a time.
| KJT | Jan-03-14 09:24 PM
by KJT | 4 |
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AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro - Giveaway
Review & link:
"AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional Edition Review "
http: //www.softpedia.com/ reviews/windows/AOME I-Partition-Assis | therube | Jan-03-14 04:43 PM | 0 |
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Laptop being repaired
My laptop is in the shop being repaired. I thought it was the inverter that had burned out but it wasn't. It was the backlight on the screen. So I ha | Daylilydayzed | Jan-01-14 05:23 AM
by Daylilydayzed | 3 |
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Amazing Bargain!
Had to chuckle at this one. I was in Staple's the other day and happened upon the bargain/closeout shelf. There was a wireless printer there, some S | md2lgyk | Dec-31-13 11:38 PM
by John M. | 4 |
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System Backup
Just bought a new desktop - Dell X8700 with i7 processor & Win 7 premium edition. Old one wouldn't boot despite an attempt to restore. Suspect hardw | FZbar | Dec-31-13 01:12 PM
by TV Man 436 163 | 9 |
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WinXP SP3 Microsoft Update Problems
Sometime in Oct 13 I installed updates which caused my pc to take more than twice the time to boot, removed my Wallpaper, replaced with solid blue scr | Toots | Dec-26-13 07:43 PM
by Toots | 6 |
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Yahoo down?
Its 8 AM CST and my yahoo mail isn't behaving...won't accept password, throwing off 404, server errors, etc. | randybedore | Dec-24-13 09:49 PM
by Whodat | 2 |
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Email clients
Oh, this pains me greatly, but the end of XP has got me thinking that there's no way to hold out with buying another computer compatible with the drea | Jenna | Dec-23-13 05:44 PM
by Jenna | 19 |
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Excell Formulas
Hi all,I am trying to set up an excell spreadsheet to keep track of my bank accounts, what I can not seem to do is get the formula correct, I would li | Earlyman | Dec-23-13 10:04 AM
by Chari | 3 |
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Have to continually reset audio interface in device man...
So I have a weird issue where if I leave my computer alone for a while I need to reset my audio interface in order to hear any audio.
I thought for | Razor | Dec-21-13 07:52 PM
by Razor | 7 |
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Acer Aspire S3 Display Problem.
I'm using Windows 8.1 on this Acer laptop with Classic Shell. I've begun to have frequent black boxes pop up on my display that I can eliminate by scr | Sid | Dec-21-13 03:34 PM
by Sid | 9 |
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Choppy videos - Windows 7
Ever since I upgraded XP to Windows 7 I've been having issues with some videos.
I have a number of downloaded movies (mostly 720p) which play perfe | basa48 | Dec-19-13 08:43 PM
by basa48 | 9 |
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Text encoding in MS Office 2003
My Word documents were displaying normally when I shut down my computer. After start up the Word documents display as all gibberish computer symbols | dennis2u | Dec-19-13 06:08 PM
by KJT | 18 |
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Google Chrome uninstall problem
Okay, computer with all latest updates. Windows 8. Trying to completely remove Google Chrome. I know it is infiltrated into other programs. Used Re | roller | Dec-19-13 05:21 PM
by CompPete | 4 |
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Something weird going on...
Running Win 7(64) and Firefox and Thunderbird, after a day of leaving those running, I ran this SuperAntiSpyware scan to find 80 some items! The reaso | Denbeau | Dec-17-13 04:05 PM
by therube | 26 |
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Replace SATA HD w/SSD
Been spoiled by my new laptop with SSD hard drive. Want to change the drive in my Dell Inspiron All-in-One to SSD and use the 2TB SATA as an external | buzzmag | Dec-17-13 03:57 PM
by jbmcmillan | 2 |
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Svchost.exe on XP SP3 machine, how do I fix this nightm...
I have several PC's and a Toshiba laptop with XP Pro SP3 and for the last several months I have noticed sometimes the PC will slow down to a crawl.
| RainMkr415 | Dec-17-13 03:30 PM
by therube | 6 |
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DUAL-BOOT
I have a dual boot with windows 7 and XP on one of my computers.
I would like to move on from XP since I have it installed on a different computer b | lou | Dec-16-13 05:05 PM
by Zeke36 | 17 |
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change Windows 8 administrator
My son was given a new computer by his mo-in-law. She had put herself on as administrator. How can he change the computer to him being the administra | Whodat | Dec-16-13 03:46 PM
by therube | 3 |
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Chkdsk stuck at 29% repaired
Win 8 Pro..I am trying to fix an error that is causing my desktop to randomlly reboot.
I wanted to run chkdsk from safe mode, however, tapping f8 | Sparhawk | Dec-14-13 09:18 PM
by jbmcmillan | 13 |
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Net Market Share stats for November 2013
A big surprise for November was the large number of Windows 7 installations. Comparing October to November, Windows 8.x did have a slightly larger mon | Allyn | Dec-13-13 03:29 PM
by Shelly | 2 |
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Windows Media problem
I have a 64 bit, Windows 7 with all latest updates. No updates however in the last week. I am now all of a sudden getting a message that my version | roller | Dec-13-13 12:55 AM
by roller | 6 |
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Malwarebytes
What is your opinion,
Is malwarebytes Pro a good idea to have.
I have used the free offering for a long time and am considering the pay-for soft | Pacific | Dec-13-13 12:24 AM
by Pacific | 11 |
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Strange Warning
When signing on to two different web sites this am, I received a message on the the warning bar that pops up asking me if I wanted to install 516d209a | kenter | Dec-13-13 12:04 AM
by therube | 2 |
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Replaceing CPU
Hello again,
This is a first for me. Given a desktop with the name NexLink on the front. Local Agway dealer had it and it 'Stopped'. He called his | wings515 | Dec-12-13 02:33 PM
by jbmcmillan | 5 |
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PC CPU Fan Problem
HP desktop P6270z running WIN 7.
Removed CPU fan to clean. On next start up I get "ERROR: PC CPU fan has failed." All fans are indeed spinning. Will | smile2 | Dec-11-13 04:52 PM
by jbmcmillan | 3 |
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Apple ID
I have a iPad that I use that I purchased last year. On monday my wife and I purchased a new iPad Air & she is going to use the new one.
When I set | jkitc | Dec-11-13 11:46 AM
by jkitc | 3 |
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Windows xp to Windows 8 File Transfer
Is there an easy way to transfer files & folders from Windows XP Pro to Windows 8 Pro? Will the Windows 8 Easy File Transfer work? Is there something | aldago | Dec-07-13 03:37 PM
by jbmcmillan | 4 |
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