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Presently, I have Win 8 CP on a 40GB WD HDD. What I'd like to do is dump Vista, which is installed on one of my better hard drives, slide Windows 7 over beside XP Pro x64, rebuild the MBR & do a repair install to that. Then, using Mini Tool Partition Home Wizard, copy my Windows 8 install to...

Please can you help restore my START menu and TASK-BAR, in win 7, googled and spent half a night trying many things but have been unable to get them back, they disappeared after a re boot from running 2 scans in both AVAST and another scan (of which i can not remember the name of the programme...

Hello everyone! So, over the past couple months I've been fighting some BSODs that I can't quite figure out how to track down. They occur randomly and I can't figure out what to do in order to recreate these occurrences. I can be doing anything from playing SWTOR or any other game, to browsing...

I have windows 7 64 bit with Avast 6 installed. I use Spybot for browser protection (immunisation) and for on demand scanning only. I notice in my services that I have sbsd security center service set to run automatically. Q) Do I need this security centre integration thing from Spybot auto...

Hello, I've been having a recurring BSOD issue for the past couple of months. Every time that the BSOD window appears for long enough to read what's happened it has been a "system_service_exception". I've been reading a few threads on this forum and tried applying some advice I've read but I...

Hi, I am new to the forum and apologise if the information I am providing is insufficient - please let me know and I will gladly complete the same. I appreciate your help. I am getting random BSOD's with memory management being shown as the culprit (or atleast the malaise). I have a new M11X...

Hi there. I've had this issue before, but this time i want to know how to fix it... without using Acer eRecovery. Im having these miscoloring, at white spots and black spots on my screen there is cyan and red instead. Ive tryed to scan a couple of times. With my normal AntiVirus = Kaspersky...

Problem When installing a program with a setup file from my data partition (E:\) or a (virtual) disk to C:\ I get error codes indicating installer cannot create files in the temp folder. When I then copy the setup file to anywhere on C:\ it runs and installs without any problem. So I can't...

Hi, I hope you can help me as I have a bit of a problem :/ Just out of the blue my laptop won't load up, just after I downloaded AVAST and i think the sertvice pack, my laptop has been playing up.. It freezes just at the windows logo and when trying to load safe mode it freezes at the...

i know what the trojan is but i cant find a way to delete it.. microsoft security essentials picked it up and everytime i try to install google chrome, it stops because it alerts me about zbot. i remove it but then it still alerts me about it when i try to install google chrome. i tryed...

Random BSOD + System Hangs Even After 3 reinstalls I should probably start off with the history of all this. I built the computer myself in February of this year. I accidentally installed x86 version and it ran perfectly fine. Since I didnt really care at the time, I just left it. Then in May...

Both my laptop and desktop are running Windows 7 64 bit. They both have the same issue through wired ethernet, but not through wireless connections. The reason I do not use wireless is because I only have 2-zero bars in my room. I am at a college campus and they have said the problem is mine...

Background: I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit, with IE9. Symptom: Internet access works fine with everything, except any program that seems to be tied to Internet Explorer. Programs such as command line utilities (Powershell, etc.), other browsers (Chrome, etc.), FTP, Usenet reader, Tweetdeck...

Yesterday night I was in my friends house and he seriously needed help. Hope you genius people help him. All his folders, file and shortcuts show as LNK file in Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I tried scanning his PC with avast!, MalwareBytes, Hitman Pro 3.5 and SAS, but the result was the same...

I was letting my computer download steam games, CSS and L4d2. And it unexpectedly crashed !!! And recently I downloaded a screensaver found here: Link Removed - Invalid URL I'm thinking it could be from screensaver but I ran the file for viruses by AVAST and that didn't detect anything. So i'm...

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A lot of people here asking what is the best way to secure ones windows PC, what is the best antivirus out there etc. There is no best for a single person, since we are all different and so are our needs. There have been many threads just showing you different security products, but i...

Hello. I am trying to run a System Restore but have a problem I think with the ZoneAlarm firewall I am using. I also use Avast anti-virus, the free one, and Malwarebytes. I can disable the Avast, and I right click the ZoneAlarm symbol and select shutdown ZoneAlarm, then go ahead with my System...

hi to all, i have a toshiba p750-103 new with 2days of use..this because 4days ago i had the same bluescreen and i change the notebook at the store! programs installed: (and the other notebook that i change i had the same) -avast anti virus free -daemon tools lite -vlc media player -ccleaner...