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I recently upgraded my Avast free to version 5. When I tried a full system it crashed and the shields had to be reset. I tried several installs and the problem persisted. I finally found the problem was Webroot Spy Sweeper. I also had the same problem when I tested it on a virtual PC. Joe

Yeah for the past month I've been trying to switch windows firewall to some software that's on the market and\or free. Tried Agnitum Outpost, it caused bluescreens. Tried Zonealarm for a few days, it caused my computer to freeze. And Comodo is full of bugs, one being it wont start every other...

My problem may be the same as a lot of others that I've seen reported but here is my version. After booting I move the cursor to the 'Start' button and the hour glass appears. After several clicks I get the message "Windows Explorer is not responding" followed by another message about problem...

I got this last night and haven't found anything searching. In event viewer I have" Event ID 11 Wininit " and the following: "Custom dynamic link libraries are being loaded for every application. The system administrator should review the list of libraries to ensure they are related to...

Hi, I have recently adquired a Dell laptop with Core 2 processor and Windows 7 Home Edition (64 bits) installed. Its seems to work pretty fine except for a little detail: sometimes Windows Explorer crashed a lot of times (it then restart and nothing else ugly happens but it is annoying:mad:) The...

I just installed Windows 7 shortly after Christmas and on Jan. 3rd I received my first bluescreen error. I downloaded Debugging Tool for Windows (x64) and tried going through the DMP files but I don't know what to make of them. I've only seen the system blue screen twice, the other 9 times it's...

Ive reinstalled my windows hoping to solve the problem, but that hasnt solved the problem, I have win 7 ultimate 64 bit, im using avast antivirus, and Microsoft security essentials.Ive added my minidumps thats have happened in the last 24 hours.Could some please take a look at them, i have...

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INSECURITY OUTFIT Avast yesterday released an update that caused its antivirus software to report scores of clean, legitimate software programs as being riddled with malware. According to a blog post by the company, the bad false positive issue came about following an update sent out around...

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OK, It's in! I used Paul Thurrott's procedure and everything just worked. Blew away the Lenovo Vista Ultimate 32 bit partitions and expanded freed up space into 1 320GB partition now running W7 Pro 64 bit. I plan on shrinking the 320 down create a data drive / partition later. So now that it's...

Hello. This is my first post here but unfortunately it's problem related. I'm runing Win7 Ultimate edition, and today a strange problem has started to happen. My browser stops opening pages around 2 hours after the computer boots. If I reset the computer, I can then surf again. Before the...

Hello, About 2 days ago I'm having shell problems, the right click menu of the mouse is the little problem. First i noticed that i coudnt right click on a rar file and then select extract with winrar. The menu of winrar was there but wen i clicked nothing happend, it just didnt do anything. I...

It seems to be that Windows Explorer is screwed. :eek::eek::eek: I had my laptop and I realised GTA: Vice City was screwing up a bit. It was a modded version (Killer Vip 1.3?) Anyway my computer was Not responding on the most simplest of tasks. Such as opening a folder. I then tried to make...

Hi there, I have an interesting problem with windows live messenger and windows 7. WLM wont start at all but in task manager it is running, but you cannot end the process. When you click to open WLM it starts a new process which you can end, but there is always one msnmsgr.exe which you cannot...

I have set up a Vista SP2 install I am going to in-place upgrade it to Windows 7 Ultimate (just playing, remember). What I would like are any suggestions from forum members as to what software I might install prior to the upgrade which might have shown a tendancy to mess up the Windows 7...

Firstly, great forum. I regret that my first post is a problem. I have just made a clean install of Windows 7 and everything went fine. I made a clean install from inside the W7 RC on a new SATA hard disk with a genuine Windows & Home Premium Disk. Installation only took about 30 minutes...

Hi, after successfully installing windows 7 (my first windows install since XP, after which I moved to Ubuntu) and doing the initial set-up etc., installing my own anti virus software and MS Office etc, I thought it was time to let it update itself. however, every time I tell it to update...

I have two machines, desktop and laptop, both running Windows 7 Build 7600 (64-bit and 32-bit respectively) that just started getting the "Code 80070005" message when running Windows Update. I have seen many others with this issue (apparently it used to be an issue with Vista) but it's...

Did an upgrade install of Win 7 over my Vista SP2. All seems well except that my Gadgets: a) disappear after a reboot and b) "ghost" if I drag one onto the desktop (one gadget will work the other does nothing) and c) the Gadgets will not "configure" - can't change opacity, etc. Have tried the...