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    Windows 7 in need of a program

    Hi i need to know if some of you in here knows of a little program that can monitor your pc. i need this because in the past my computer have been opening IE by itself and gone to different sites like as commercials i suspect that i might have gotten some bad stuff on my pc and i wanted to...
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    Windows 7 Yikes! - Any advice on trojans removal ?

    Hi Any advice on how best to remove trojans? BACKGROUND At the bottom right of my Windows7 screen, the Action Center gave me the following alerts: - "Remove the W32/Gaobot.worm.genu - Win32/RBot.3eu!Worm virus" and - "Remove the Trojan.PWS.Legmir.AD / W32.Ahlem.A@mm virus" Strangely the...
  3. Windows Vista Keep getting disconnected from internet

    Have a new computer (emachine et1331G-03W..nothing to run NASA with, but sufficient for what we do). Have had it about a month. It came with Windows 7. Have a Motorola modem through ATT internet. We keep getting disconnected. Seems to have just happened the last three days, so I don't know...
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    Windows 7 Some application were removed

    My AVG Internet security removed some applications such as Notepad windows media player xps viewer Solitaire game windows media center windows dvd maker display switch remote desktop connection snipping tool k-lite codec pack (media player classic) as it contain a virus now How...
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    Windows 7 Save a download into a folder?

    I want to be prompted to save a file and where, when downloading from internet, at the moment it defaults to a folder not allocated, loaded Windows 7 yesterday, and downloaded AVG & Thunderbird, and I have to find them, your thoughts most appreciated.:confused:
  6. Windows 7 AVG Virus Threat

    It just started tonight, but AVG 9.0 is warning that this site (windows7forums.com) is infected and therefore being blocked. Has anyone else reporrted this? As soon as you access any page on your site the alert from AVG pops up. What's going on?
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    Windows 7 DWM.exe (Desktop Window Manager) won't initialize

    The desktop window manager won't load at startup, or by manual initialization. This problem started on the first system restart after I installed Asus Smartdoctor and AMD Overdrive. I installed a new asus ATI Radeon HD4890 (and a new power supply) last week, as well as new drivers, but there had...
  8. Windows 7 AVG Anti-Virus

    AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition AVG Forums Avg Reviews - Surf, and search with confidence, while LinkScanner® keeps you safe from harmful sites - Get online and offline protection from viruses, spyware, and other nasties - Enjoy consistently high-speed PC performance with our new...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 (EVERYTHING NOT RESPONDING!!)

    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...
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    Windows 7 Bizarre problem with Windows Live Messenger...

    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...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 updates failing with error code 800736B3

    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...
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    Windows 7 Sharing files Delimena in Windows 7 with vista and xp HOMEGROUP?

    Setting share files and printers seems to not be as easy as it was in XP and Vista. I tried all the forums so far and have not found the trick. With all options tried in Windows 7 as the forums state, one can not see the other non Windows 7 pc in a home that worked fine prior to Win7 with same...
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    Windows 7 Backup 0X80070020 error

    i installed win 7 and getting the error on backups. closed all programs, disabled avg free. it worked find with win 7 rc. any help?
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    Windows 7 YourGame.exe constantly being created

    Hi Everyone, I'm having a bit of a problem that I seem to be completely alone on. There is an executable called "YourGame.exe" that is created on my desktop every time I open the games panel in the Windows 7 start menu. It is 0 bytes so it is nothing huge, but it is extremely weird. I just...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 64bit install error 0xc0000005

    I have now tried about ten times to upgrade my 64bit Vista Ultimate to Win 7 64bit ultimate (retail version) without success. I get the error message every time at 86%. I have played with my RAM, went into msconfig and unchecked everything but Microsoft files, I have removed AVG free, removed...
  16. Windows 7 Minor Failage (Security and Bootskin)

    Today, I upgraded from Windows Vista Ultimate x64 to Windows 7 Ultimate x64. The upgrade itself was a flawless procedure, but in the end, a couple of things screwed up. For some reason, AVG 8.5 still isn't 'turned on' even after rebooting and 'turning it on' multiple times. I click the...
  17. Windows 7 I saw the AVG 9 thing and...

    since it was closed I couldn't comment. Why not just do it right to begin with and get NOD32. There is no better antivirus out there that uses less resources than that one. yes, it's English, but we can forgive them for their birthplace. :p
  18. Windows 7 AVG 9.0 Rleased!

    AVG has released Version 9.0 of its free Anti-Virus package.
  19. Windows 7 Issues with System32 folder

    I was adding something to my hosts file yesterday and in order to do so I removed the read-only from the entire system32 folder and all contents. After restarting the computer it wouldn't boot up so I figured this was the problem. I booting with the Win7 disc, and put read-only on the entire...
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    Windows 7 How Do You Fix A Winsock Error?

    For A week IE8 and Chrome have been refusing to display some pages from various entities and ,gov services: Especially this page : Link Removed - Invalid URL IE8 returns the can not display the page error Chrome returns Error 324 usually a winsock error code I have run Rizone's repair winsock at...