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Windows 8 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE -> Cant select "Change drive letter and paths"
I tried to change the drive letter because it wont appear, but it didnt work. I have tried the CMD method with the volumes but the volume did not show up. All I know is that its a G-Technology hard drive. I tried formatting it to NTFS but that wont work. Basically I tried everything and nothing...- Prestigebumps1
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- cmd disk management drive issues drive letter external drive formatting g-technology hard drive ntfs volume management
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Disconnect network drive WITHOUT assigned drive letter?
I setup successfully a remote cloud storage as WebDav network drive. In WinExplorer it appears WITHOUT a drive letter !!!) as webdav.mediencenter.t-online.de I can read and write from that drive. Now I want to disconnect/remove that drive from WinExplorer. The "usual" method is to go to...- pstein
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- access control cloud storage cmd disconnect drive letter file explorer file management microsoft support network network drive remote access storage system settings troubleshooting user interface webdav
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 8 "explorer.exe /n,/e,C:\data" (shortcut) cmd does NOT work
Under Windows 7 I setup a shortcut link in Taskbar to open WindowsExplorer with a pre-defined directory and auto-expand and mark that directory in left side tree view with the following command: %windir%\explorer.exe /n,/e,C:\data It works fine in Win 7. When I try to setup the same...- pstein
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- cmd command line compatibility configuration directory explorer file explorer file management issues mark shortcuts tree view troubleshooting user interface windows windows 7 windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 check disk error
Last year when check disk was run automatically on startup it repaired a ton of errors and then this week when check disk again ran automatically again it said that an unexpected error occured and it was not able to lock the drive and told that it may be because of a resent software installation...- win guy
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- 32-bit cmd disk check disk issues drive lock error repair software installation system restore windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Getting error Probably caused by : atikmdag.sys ( atikmdag+7c1dd )
after installing any new update on game i get the blue screen, did a dev debug and got this Probably caused by : atikmdag.sys ( atikmdag+7c1dd ) Any pc games installed work fine but if i update them, i get this. can someone please help thanks. ps i have also tryed this i googled and found...- ric
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- amd ati atikmdag blue screen bsod ccc cmd debugging driver issues game updates gaming graphics driver hardware acceleration performance resolution solutions system32 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to send Message on Windows 7 Computer via CMD?
My three PC's are all in homegroup, but when i do "msg * text" the message only goes to the PC thats sends .. for example .. if from my laptop i do that cmd .. the msg only returns to me .. why my other PC's dont get the message? - they are on the same network and in homegroup whats up?- sristovski
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- cmd command line home network homegroup messaging network pcs troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 8 Error 3017 in Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
I get the error 3017 when trying to execute Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth in cmd. I need to fix this error in order to execute sfc /scannow(now its stuck at 100% verification). Please help!- dim1119
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- cleanup-image cmd dism error 3017 restorehealth scannow sfc system repair troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 how to elevate a command via cmd.exe
I am trying to elevate a command given (in this case just another cmd.exe) if the user is not admin. However i get the error: C:\Users\metul_000>runas /user:administrator cmd.exe Enter the password for administrator: Attempting to start cmd.exe as user "WINDOWS8\administrator" ... RUNAS ERROR...- metulburr
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- admin rights administrator cmd command prompt debugging elevate command python runas command runas error scripting security system administration user account control user privileges windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Window 8 activation problem
Hi everyone, Okay i've been facing a really bad problem on my computer for the last couple months, now I want to find the issue and repear it, so here I am. (I'm french so sorry if I do some mistakes) Here's my story: I've bought this brand new computer a year ago, window 8 was already on it and...- William Viger
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- activation cmd deactivate error files french installation key missing problem reboot recovery reinstall reset support tech help troubleshooting windows 7 windows 8
- Replies: 59
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Computer Constantly Freezing
My computer constantly freezes when i open too many programs and specifically i try playing games like Starcraft and it keeps freezing, but it doesn't freeze when i have League of Legends open or Dolby Axon. I tried using sfc /scannow in CMD but it didn't work in normal mode neither in safe mode...- Kevin De Santiago
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- 64-bit clean boot cmd computer dolby freezing games help intel league of legends memory performance processor ram sfc starcraft 2 system specs tech support troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Weird PATH behaviour
I've got a problem with PATH that doesn't make much sense to me- something I've done on three different Windows 8 machines with the same result. I use Java as an example because it's a common thing to have installed. There's an PATH segment pointing to Java, and if you CMD "java" it knows what...- PointlessSpike
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- android ants cmd development environment variables java javatwo path phonegap windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows Time service fails to start
I've done a lot of searching on this issue, found several articles, tried some solutions: Nothing works. The Windows Time service just fails to start at boot. It doesn't produce an error in the event logs; it just fails to start. But I can manually start it from Services. Or I can manually...- RodBarnes
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- automatic start boot issues cmd error handling event log local service manual start registry service management startup folder system administration tech support time service troubleshooting windows windows services
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Help to make a Batch command
After a lot of hours of Google search I think that really need your help, because I just learn Batch. I make commands for a .bat file similar .cmd, an improved personal assistent with simplier command of human language and one of his functions would be a websearch on Wikipedia. But now... I've...- Juraj
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- automation batch file chrome cmd command programming scripting search wikipedia windows
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 MSG via CMD..
why cant i send message on my other PC via Cmd prompt? um using "msg user-pc akwdawdawd" but it always says user-pc does not exist or is disconnected.. why?! the PC's are on same network and plus in homework/homegroup... whats up?- sristovski
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- cmd command line computer disconnect homegroup messaging network pc users troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 8 Display interface Type in CMD
Hi, The name is Aaron and I am having trouble with a command. How do you display the Internet address, Physical Address and Type of a Ip Address. Kind Regards, Aaron- Aaron Boyse
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- cmd command prompt internet address ip address network physical address tech support troubleshooting windows commands
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 Warning for all AVG User's Using windows 7
Recently I have been getting reports of problems on my company's systems of becoming unstable & locking up. Then more of the same on my home systems, my friends & families system's of whom all use AVG as recommended by me. If you are experiencing any of the following.. PC Loads up & all...- VsUK
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- antivirus avast avg boot issues cmd computer issues disk activity error solutions family systems malware performance quarantine safe mode software issues system stability tech support troubleshooting uninstall user experience windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Driver power state failure
I get a Driver_power_state_failure with a stop : 0x0000009F(0x00000004,0x00000258,0x8658F020,0x8397CB24) Yesterday i was working with my computer and i was running a game and fix my pc and it was very slow it got stuck and i forced it down and when i start the pc i get that error. I have...- Nisva
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- bootrec classpnp.sys cmd driver issues error game issues hard drive pc performance pc repair performance issues power state safe mode sfc startup repair stop error system freeze troubleshooting windows boot windows error windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 how can i delete admin account during bootup using cmd command in win 7?
i run cmd in Elevated Command Prompt mode. i used commands such as; net user administrator * (but can not change password, the system error 5 has occured) net user administrator /delete (access is denied) net user administrator set /inactive net user administrator /inactive:yes but all these...- qamarmiqdad
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- access denied admin account cmd command prompt delete account elevated command inactive users password reset system admin system error user account control user management windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Find out if Hibernation is turn on or off
How can I find out if Hibernation is currently turn on or off WITHOUT changing the on/off state? I prefer a cmdline command.- pstein
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- check status cmd command line hibernation power management windows settings windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows System Reserved Files Messed Up?
Just because I could I decided to use the default Windows Back-Up System but I kept getting an Error. I soon discovered that anyone else with a 100MB System Reserved partition had this Error. I tried many things to expand the partition with no luck. So I just made a new partition and used CMD to...- DWreck
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- backup boot cmd error files help merge msconfig partition recovery reinstall startup support system troubleshooting windows windows 10 windows 11 windows recovery
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)