computer issues

  1. Windows 10 Long address it just too long?

    Hi I clicked on a link on my comcast home page about Tankless Water Heaters, but it wouldn't open, I've had that quite a bit lately. Ok I took the Http off the front and now it shows... This seems kind of excessive, like I said it wouldn't open on my computer but it is to someplace at Lowes...
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    Windows 10 April 2018 Update Problems

    I run three computers on my home network. All three updated on April 30 to the latest Windows version. One computer, the slowest and cheapest, is working great, but there are problems on the other two that I'm hoping someone can provide me some guidance on. The Lenovo is working perfectly...
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    Windows 10 Dark screen on full RAM

    Not in safe mode, but in normal mode, the screen goes dark as soon as the 4GB RAM gets full, without warning. Sometimes even by just running the web browser. How do I escape the dark screen without any reboot?
  4. Problem updating iTunes 12.7.3 in Windows10 ver 1709

    Hi, when trying to do this update I get the message "There is a problem with this Windows Installer Package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run". In the Windows Virtual help it suggests running 'repair' in Programs and Features on Apple App Support 64 bit, Apple...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 Sharing of EFS encrypted files stopped working

    I have three computers (Dell Desktop XPS-8700), HP laptop Envy X360 M6-AQ105DX, and Microsoft Surface Pro 4). The surface Pro 4 has Bitlocker disabled. All three run Windows 10 Pro and have SSDs as their main drives. The desktop has a secondary spinning drive and the Surface Pro 4 has a, SDXC...
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    Windows 10 Password issue

    I have a Dell PC which has accounts for all members of the family - W10 Myself as admin others as users I don’t use it … as I have my own PC. Daughter advised me Anti-virus about to expire – went to install new license and W10 does not accept (or I have forgot) my password. Is there a way of...
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    Windows 7 Help with (re)-Installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 on Samsung SSD.

    Ok, I have received at beat-down trying to install this ssd. Where I am at now. So, put in the ssd, but left my existing hard-drive in (wd caviar black 1TB) as I want to use the ssd for booting and the hdd for storage, etc. I did a clean install from my dvd of Windows 7. The problem I have now...
  8. Windows 10 Creator's update vs HP printing

    One of my computers did the creators update and now refuses to print. It is a Dell Optiplex 3040 and the printer is an HP Color Laserjet CP2045. I worked great until the update. I have removed the printer and reinstalled it several times but I get no response from the printer at all.
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    Windows 10 Blue Screen Of Death

    I get a BSOD almost every session. The computer (Windows 10 Home Creators - not Fall) re-boots almost instantly but I just catch the message "Page fault in non-paged area. stdriverx64.sys Is there an easy fix that does not involve editing the registry.
  10. Windows 7 Dell Optiplex 755 Windows 7 Fix

    I have a dell optiplex 755 usff with an intel core 2 duo and a copy of windows 7 ultimate and the disks for x32 and x64 bit. I can install the 32 bit version of windows but not the x64 bit version to take advantage of my intel core 2 duos x64 bit compatibility with windows. How can I make the...
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    Windows 10 Why Does Win 10 Constantly Need to Close Quicken 16 and True Image?

    Win 10 64. All software updates current. Every time I leave my computer for few hours upon returning I get this window. Any idea of what's happening? I usually get the same window for True Image. Sleep and Hibernate are disabled. This just started in the last week or so. ThanksLink Removed
  12. Windows 7 Kernel32.dll not working properly

    Hi windows forum I have a very very very big problem atm and I'm not happy about. Yesterday I got a malware on my pc because of my stupidity downloading a trainer to a game called Die Young, after I downloaded it and opened the file, it installed a malware itself on my harddrive. Stupidness :(...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 installation stuck

    Hey everyone. Yesterday, (30th August) I decided to do a fresh install of Windows 10 after I noticed that there was loads of viruses on the operating system. How did I reinstall it? I went onto Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Reset this PC. After doing so, I left the computer doing...
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    Computer changed it's SO

    Here is the thing, guys. I have a Lenovo notebook (it was bought in January 2016). It came with Windows 10. It worked fine. There was just one problem: those captcha pages (where you had to write the words in the box) were "bugged". By "bugged" I mean that no matter if you wrote exacly like the...
  15. Windows 7 BSOD after windows logo / 2 PC's involved

    Hi there Windows forum Yet again I'm here for questions to get answered. Last weekend I decided to build a little work PC for my parents, since the one they had / have now is really old-ish, kinda stoneaged :) Problem for what happend: After I build that new PC, I did test if everything...
  16. Windows 7 Need help finding a motherboard.

    My specs. AMD phenom x6 1055t Gtx 1050 My motherboard I am currently using. GA-M68MT-S2P (rev. 3.0) | Motherboard | GIGABYTE my computer is slow and laggy and freezing so I am guessing its the motherboard I currently have because my computer is fine and I recently reinstalled windows 7 and I...
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    Windows 10 Windows to Go-boot problem

    I've created Windows to GO disk, and I have a problem on some computers. After start booting I get message "A read disk error occured Press ctrl+alt+delete to restart". On some computers the portable os is running without problems.
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    Windows 10 Two Windows log on accounts

    It appears I have two Windows 10 log on accounts. However, I don't know the password for one of them. When I restart the computer the log on for the account that I don't have the password for is the default. I have to switch to the other account to log in. Apparently the Accounts window in...
  19. Windows 8 Svchost.exe is making files!

    I don't really know how to describe it but svchost is making hundreds of 100mb files with weird names (see screenshot) Until there's no space left in my hard disk! I formatted disk f to see what happens and I saw 50+MBPS write speed on front of svchost.exe(IN TASK MANAGER) and within hour disk f...
  20. Windows 10 Start Menu & Action Center

    I have set the display to turn off after 5 minutes if there's no activity on my computer, but when I come back to use my computer after a while I noticed that the start menu and action center doesn't open when I click on them. Any ideas why?