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I'm not sure where to post this, but maybe someone can help. This has happened with my W7 SP1 system but I also have XP-home on my other computers and I suspect I will encounter the same problem when updating Avira. 　 I have used Avira free for years and I’ve been pleased with it. I did a...

This lonely stretch of road in central Nevada draws conspiracy buffs from the world over who ponder such unknowables as whether aliens have landed on Earth and what the feds really do at nearby Area 51. But lately there's been another mystery among locals: Why did the Nevada Department of...

We are noticing more and more reports about Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 upgrade problems. More...

A GUN cop who shot Mark Saunders dead is facing the sack after allegedly inserting song titles into his evidence at the lawyer's inquest. Link RemovedThe Met CO19 firearms officer, codenamed Alpha Zulu Eight, is said to have deliberately referred to songs for a laugh with colleagues as he...

Yves St Laurent perfume ad banned in Britain Britain's advertising watchdog has banned an Yves St Laurent perfume advert, which showed a woman appearing to simulate injecting drugs. A total of 13 viewers complained about the TV commercial for the perfume Belle D'Opium, which shows a...

Here is the updated post with all colors and styles removed from the BBCode: Outrage Increasing Over Airport TSA Body Scanning and Pat Downs In case anyone hasn't noticed, it seems like all hell has broken loose with airline security in the United States with many people vowing to opt-out of...

The appearance of the cards in Windows 7 is hideous. They used to be so crystal clear and beautiful and readable. Now I just sit here and squint and curse. I am an inveterate card player, and have been all my life. I play duplicate bridge on 2 web sites. This is the equivalent of being...

I recently bought a 2T WD My Book with their Smart Ware because I didn't know what it was. It's a really crappy backup program with minimal controls. On top of that there is a VCD that is impossible to delete or format. Before you buy one on sale do some web searches and see the problems and...

Hi folks, I don't know who to complain to or what forum to post this in. There is a very annoying eharmony ad that starts playing with audio every few times I log on here. I know the forum needs money to operate and they get that via the ads, but at some point it becomes fairly intrusive...

First of all, if you don't want to hear me bitch, please leave now. 1. when I leave my CPU on for a while (around 2-3 days?) and it has an update that installs during shutdown, whenever I pull it out of standby, it AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS DOWN, INSTALLS UPDATES, AND RESTARTS WITHOUT SYSTEM...

Microsoft to randomly generate EU browser ballot list In response to complaints from browser makers, Microsoft has revised its antitrust-settlement with European Union regulators so that Windows users will see a browser ballot screen that randomly lists the icons of the top five browsers upon...

Link Removed A growing number of users on Web message boards have been complaining about “inexplicably aggressiveâ€Â￾ throttling policies on Dell Latitude E6500 and E6400 laptops. According to a Slashdot reader, the throttling is restricting CPUs to less than 5 percent of theoretical...

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...

Well after using the RC for a while i actually went to the Samsung website where i am allowed to have a FREE UPGRADE to windows 7 because i bought this notebook in September of this year. I went through the process of ordering and it told me i would be charged £17 for shipping. Now nowhere...

hi I imagine there must be tons of questions and complains about these admin privileges in win7. I tried to figure it out on my own but I'm just going bananas!! windows 7 keeps asking for all kinds of administrator permissions all the time.... but I AM the administrator!... I'm the only user...

Generally I have a whole bunch on ideas, complaints, and basic improvements that I would like to see in Windows 7. I know that "Send Feedback" link isn't going to cut it, because developers, aren't going to go though all those emails. Its extremely limited and doesn't give a good visual about...

"The shortcut run as administrator does not work? Right-click any shortcuts on desktop, and select run as administrator, but no response! right-click the exe file and select run as administrator, that work well. Why? thank you." Reply: I have the same problem. And, oh, getting back to...