action center

Hi This morning I noticed that my action center was trying to get my attention. When I opened it I recieved a message that said, "Click here to enter your most recent Windows Password. (Important)" When I clicked on it, it brought up this message screen... Link Removed When I clicked on...

Let me introduce myself: I'm a programmer, and computer tech. I am anal about everything that goes on, on my computer. I don't like when it does things without my consent, much less without the curtesy of an alert. I spent 3 month beating windows into submission, and now that I've "upgraded"...

Everything went smoothly when I updated my desktop computer to Win 8.1. However, I now have a persistent message in the Action Center (see attached). It tells me to update my backup settings, but if I click the "Set up backup" button, nothing happens. I understand that the Image Backup tool...

Hey. I have been having significant issues with Windows. With the assistance from a couple of individuals very involved in the Forum and extremely knowledgeable, slowly some things are coming together. I just uninsalled Norton and was provided with a link to acquire MSE. So, now I have MSE...

Hi Every few days I get a message in the Action Center that says I need to update and Run Defender. I have real time protection and everything else turn on, why doesn't it do this on it's own. Also I don't see any options as there used to be about when to run scans i.e. time and how often...

Windows has become unstable. The action center put up a flag that says "Firmware Linkage Driver has stopped working." My computer is a Toshiba C655-S5132. Upgraded to Win8 64 bit several months ago. Help!

Hey guys, This has been happening since I purchased the computer back in March 2012 (it is a custom built PC). Random Blue screen errors (mostly BCcode 3d). Approx once or twice a month. Wrapped my brain, can NOT seem to figure this out. I have included a dump file. -- Additional Info --...

I installed Windows 8 x64 just yesterday and I must say I was amazed with its performance! It worked great with my old setup, an old Intel Core2Duo 2.13 GHz and 4 GB DDR2 memory. My previous OS was Windows XP but I decided to try Windows 8 since I had a free license as a student and my old...

I get a red flag from the little ACTION CENTER icon at bottom once a week saying that my anti-virus, firewall, anti spyware is off. But my Norton 360 isn't off, just the ACTION CENTER on the Control Center SECURITY SETTINGS shows OFF. I have to turn my 360 off and on to reset it. Never...

I am constantly plagued with a notification that reports (the red X in the notification sidebar appears) that my Emsisoft Anti-Malware (EAM) program is not running--but it is. I have constantly posted information pertaining to this problem in Emsisoft Support forum. The administrators there say...

I have Windows 7 64 bit and the Action Center reports Kaspersky Problems, but I do not have it installed on my PC (see below) - why would this be and should i do anything about it? --- any insight? *** Just did a full Virus scan and no virus found *** Using MS Security Essentials = ON *** MS...

I just got a new PC yesterday with Win7. The Windows Action Center keeps popping up with a warning asking that I "Choose a Windows Update option." I select "Install Updates automatically," but the Windows Action Center does not remember my selection and then about an hour later will pop back...

Hi everybody, On the laptop listed in my sig, Windows Explorer will crash and reset itself while trying to load the Reliability Report from the Windows Action Center. This just started today and doesn't happen every single time when generating the report. It only happens when I exit out of the...

Hello, I had a malware that I got rid of, but it deleted many parts of the registry. I was able to find the missing parts and recover them. Only thing still not working is the action center icon in the taskbar. In the system icon activation screen, the action center activate/deactivate...

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I have Oblivion installed, and occasionally the game will crash, as most modern, complex RPGs will do. However, Win7's Action Center pops up and tells me: A newer version of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is available for download that might solve this problem. Bethesda Softworks LLC. recommends...

hello, My laptop was on hibernate mode for last 2hrs, when I came back, I found it Turned off :confused: When I Turned it on again I got this msg: Unexpected Shut Down Problem Name: BlueScreen Files to help solve problem: -> WINDOWS\Minidump -> other was Users/Me/AppData/Local.. something...

I have an application, ATC9K, (helmet camera stuff), that won't finish loading. Long story short, I did a clean install of Win7 back in Feb. I bought the helm cam, installed the application, connected it to import files and all was well. I didn't use the camera for a couple of months, (hard...

Hi everybody hope your having a great holidays. I run Windows 7 home and have Spyware Doctor and Malwarebytes running. I never have't had a virus until last week. I was on google hunting for drivers for a laptop I wiped and restored to XP. When Internet Security 2011 started scanning , I tried...

I just started using windows 7 and I some problems are driving me nuts. First the disc mount widget on the tray again. Why are they so darn slow to show? Is there something I'm missing, or is that just how they are? Is there something I can disable to make it show up as fast as XP? Next is...