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Hello!
I recently installed Windows 11.
I want to change the shortcut winKEY + E to another folder.
I used the below code and it worked on another laptop, but now I got the error from title.
REG FILE:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00...
When i try to visit microsoft.com to get update fixes and to update my account I get the error message that my connection is not private and the certificate has been revoked. This happened when I tried to go to the bitdefender.com website to install the security software that I have purchased...
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Here's an odd one. On a Windows 10 laptop (build 19042), a webpage at one particular web host suddenly misbehaves in an elementary way: a simple PHP login form which posts to itself fails entirely to post the user's data input---once Submit is clicked, the form repopulates with the browser's...
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I have a program that hangs when it opens. I tried to reinstall it and the install just quits.
On another computer it runs fine. Same OS, same versions, same AV. It does not use a browser.
The database is OK. It worked some time ago on W10 but I don't know what version.
It is an...
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Hello Everyone.
My security goes like this: Bitdefender Total Security+Voodoo-Shield+Simple Windows Hardening.
Second opinion malware scanners: Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool+Norton Power Eraser+Emsisoft Emergency Kit+Malwarebytes Free+HitmanPro(paid) & Eset Online Scanner.
How do you secure your...
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Problems with Home Network.
I have a home network comprising
Virgin Media (Netgear) Super Hub 2 Router (2G and 5G wireless)
A Lenovo AIO 730S Computer running Windows 10 Pro (5G wireless)
An Acer 515 laptop running Windows 10 Home (5G wireless)
A Cannon TS8150 printer (2G wireless)
Several...
ok today i was trying to get the fingerprint scanner to work and it messed up my pc so i had to do a complete restore. i one time i had a bunch of security programs installed and i'm thinking they made the pc sluggish. so a few weeks ago i took everything off and installed norton antivirus from...
Bitdefender released it's 2019 product line today.
Here's the links for all the Windows based Bitdefender products.
Bitdefender Total Security 2019 - Anti Malware Software
httpshttps://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/antivirus.html
https://://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/internet-security.html...
PC World just posted a article where Bitdefender found S5Mark VPN to actually be a rootkit and not a VPN.
Article link : S5Mark is a 'VPN' that is actually a rootkit in disguise, BitDefender says
I'll keep this brief because Windows has wasted a fair portion of my life for various reasons.
Is there no utility that cuts through the stupidity of not being able to TURN OFF "Read-only" folders and files contained within MY file system FORCING them to STAY write-able?
I ask about a utility...
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I've come across a weird issue in Windows 10 Pro x64 1703. In C:\Users\ Windows 10 repeatedly shows 2 weirdly named User folders. I look in Control Panel>User Accounts and as expected I'm the only user.
I delete these 2 bogus folders numerous times a day and they contantly re-appear...
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I recently installed Bitdefender Free AV to test it out and so far I'm pleased. It's already corralled two potentially malicious items.
( My setup: Toshiba laptop. Windows 10/64, Anniv edition)
Any comments from the Forum on this program?