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Windows 8 Store App keeps radomly opening after 8.1 update
Hi all, I have a HP Omni desktop with Windows 8. I installed the 8.1 update 2 days ago and ever since, the Store App just keeps randomly opening in full screen while I am working on the Desktop. I've done some searching, but I haven't seen anyone else post this same issue. Has anyone else...- jmdennis
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- app store desktop issues full screen hp omen random opening update 8.1 windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 8 Reliability Monitor Not Working W8 Pro Desktop
Hello, can you help please, my reliability monitor is not working, it runs as per the schedule but does not produce any data, my problems started recently following a small corruption with the library docs, this corruption caused the R/monitor to run continuously, I rectified this error with a...- gnbalbion
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- batch file c:", data corruption desktop issues publisheddata registry reliability monitor statedata task scheduler troubleshooting windows 8 windows update wmi
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Adobe Flash Player Crash
Hello everyone, I am experiencing a major stressful technical issue. All of a sudden, I am not able to watch youtube videos anymore on my laptop. I tried viewing youtube videos using Mozilla Firefox browser, but it immediately displays in the video, "Adobe Flash Plugin has crashed. Reload the...- JoeyRoddy
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- adobe flash adobe reader blank screen browser chrome crash debugging desktop issues firefox internet explorer registry reinstall software installation technical issues uninstall update user support video playback virus scan youtube video
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 New windows open BEHIND existing windows
I use Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Frequently, new windows open BEHIND existing windows. If I can grab the top of the new window, I can drag it. However, I cannot bring it to the top. Any fixes out there?- Nisko
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- desktop issues multiple windows new window productivity tech support user interface window management windows 7 windows behavior
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 File Names Missing, No Start Menu, No Right-Click Menu, BSOD's
Hi, my laptop wouldn't access the operating system yesterday when turning it on & only worked after opening it up & pushing the harddrive in. On starting it up it forced me to access some samsung recovery options so I did that. Now the desktop appears & the files appear on my desktop but no...- sponsoredwalk
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- access issues bad pool header bsod data recovery desktop issues file names file system laptop issues openoffice page fault safe mode samsung recovery text file video playback windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Comodo System Utilities Incomplete Uninstall
I installed Comodo System Utilities 4 the other day to test it. I used Revo Uninstaller Pro to both install it and uninstall it. Revo found numerous leftovers and deleted them all. After removing it and rebooting (past the Windows logo), I noticed a brief message at the black screen just before...- pasca333
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- boot executable comodo desktop issues file search help leftover files powerremover registry revo uninstaller software removal sp development startup support system utilities troubleshooting uninstall user experience user knowledge windows boot
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 White rectangle box in top left corner of screen
Hi, I have an issue with a white rectangular box appearing in the top left corner of my laptop screen. It covers the icons behind it and renders them 'unclickable'. Nothing happens if the box itself is clicked on. It does not stay on top of other windows, just the desktop. It...- b1gd4ddy
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- desktop issues displaylink drivers laptop multi-monitor rectangular box screen issue sleep mode unclickable windows forum
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Startup repair offline
My computer shuts down when it approaches desktop. i started it again and run it in recommended mode to fix the problem. Then, it shows a grey bar that spans the screen saying "Windows is loading files..." Next a green bar that says: "Microsoft Corporation" Startup repair automatically starts...- Abida
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- autofailover bad driver boot issues desktop issues pc shutdown problem signature startup repair troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 User Account Problem..Help !!!
Sir I have Win7 professional pc with three partitions c:,d:,e:. I have two user accounts: Administrator and Admin. When i log into Administrator account, my saved files don't show up on the desktop although i can access those files manually through the path c:\>users>Administrator>desktop. I...- martinian50
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- account management administrator command prompt configuration desktop issues file access file saving login issues partition registry system access tech support temp account troubleshooting uac settings user account windows 7 windows pro
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 RunDLL - ansdp.dll - Access is denied
I just rebooted my desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) and received the following error message: RunDLL There was a problem starting C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\ansdp.dll Access is denied. I've never heard of this dll before and a search of Google returned nothing. Searching...- Logmeonto
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- access denied ansdp.dll desktop issues dll file search hidden files malware rundll32 security software issues sp1 system files tech support troubleshooting virus scan windows 7 windows ultimate
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Game Keeps Crashing To Desktop
Link Removed i play alot of combat arms and for some reason its been crashing me back to my desktop and the closes the game. i havent got a clue as to why.if someone could please give me an idea about what i can do to stop the crashing i sure would appreciate it .ive included the bug...- wefubar
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- bug report combat arms desktop error desktop issues game crashes gaming performance troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Icon Refresh Problem
Hey guys, I'm having a problem with my Icons. They are messed up and I can't arrange them. When I move my icon to other place and then hit refresh it goes back to that place.. I tried with deleting IconCache but nothing happened.- marko19866
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- arrangement customization desktop issues icon cache icon refresh icons troubleshooting user interface windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 bad pool header
I'm getting a BSOD on an acer aspire one d255e netbook running windows 7 starter 32 bit. It read "bad pool header" and occurs about 2 minutes after the netbook boots windows. Problem originated when the netbook was connected to a projector. When the projector was disconnected it crashed. The PC...- tsav
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- acer aspire bad pool header bsod crash desktop issues projector safe mode windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Windows 7 won't boot to admin profile & desktop, only to a temp profile.
When I log in using my admin username and password, it won't load my user profile. It will only load a temporary profile in which no activities can be saved. How can I get it to bring up my admin profile & desktop?- mstiles
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- admin profile boot issues desktop issues login issues profile corruption system error temporary profile user account windows 7 windows troubleshooting
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Error Message and Desktop/Start Menu Problems
When I restarted my computer after running a check of the hard drive, I got a message that read "C:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable." The desktop had reverted to a default appearance and all the icons on it except for the recycle bin were...- StupidPlant
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- default appearance desktop issues disk check hkey_local_machine profile issues program list recycle bin registry repair guide run command system profile system restore troubleshooting windows issues windows nt windows recovery
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Cannot Open Any Programs - get Error Message "windows cannot access specified device, path or file .
Hi, Newbie here and it is not even my own PC. My kid has a Toshiba Mini Notebook (NB255) with Windows 7 Starter. Starting yesterday we can no longer open any programs on the Notebook. The system boots and the desktop loads but only a small number of system? programs load and then nothing...- laopa
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- computer issues desktop issues file access malware mini laptop not opening path access programs safe mode security software startup system restore tech support toshiba troubleshooting update user help windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Loss of Administrator Privalege
I recently did a system cleanse using my anti virus software. i used it primarily to remove unneeded start up programs. in starting it up, my start menu has lost all programs, including folders like Accessories and Paint, Calculator, also my desktop was removed of all Shortcuts. to open a...- Carson David
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- access administrator antivirus desktop issues iolo system mechanic privilege program files restrictions security settings shortcuts system clean user account
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 App switching window often sent to back when switching apps
Hi everyone, I'm not quite sure how to describe this problem. I use alt-tab constantly to switch between applications. Sometimes I know I just want to switch back and forth between two apps, so that's just a quick punch of the keys, no visual aid necessary. However, there are other times when...- riverteeth
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- alt-tab app switching desktop issues focus intermittent productivity software bugs user experience window management windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 windows 7 hanging after login
hi, My window 7 Ultimate OS is hanging after logining into to. After desktop and Task Bar appears nothing more works. Even Ctrl+alt+del also not appears. After a long break it says "Failure to Display security and shutdown options". i have gone through all the options from F8 repair options...- vikkram
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- chrome configuration desktop issues error codes event viewer firefox hanging internet explorer kernel events login issues performance readyboot safe mode software system restore troubleshooting update windows 7
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to Delete Uninstalled Hidden Updates?
Windows Updates recently automatically installed two .NET 4 updates. Almost immediately my system began misbehaving: my Firefox Booksmarks toolbar disappeared along with all the bookmarks it held, the shutdown/sleep/lock/logoff button in the start menu changed selection each time the Start menu...- proteus459
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- bookmarks cleanup desktop issues file deletion firefox hidden files microsoft security net framework performance issues software distribution system restore troubleshooting uninstall update update management user interface windows windows maintenance windows settings
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Help and Support