file compatibility

I'm new to WP8 and really want to get firmly behind it. Not a tech guy - just an average power user of smart phones. As professional always on the go - one of the most critical tools we need is the ability to open Word files, see docs as they are supposed to look (like when you open them on a...

I tried yesterday to help a friend of mine, he is using Windows 7 Ultimate x64 When i replaced the ExplorerFrame.dll and 2 more files ( pnidui.dll and SndVolSSO.dll ) the OS didn't startup at all. I use those 3 files for my OS, but i'm running x86. Can you help me,please ? He liked the way i...

Since it seems that Win7 can 'forget' a system image backup, is there any software that can directly use the files generated by Win7's system image app? (acronis and others can transform a sys image to their type but any direct use software?) Cause: If you perform a restore point earlier than a...

Is there another section in this forum for discussing apps hanging, rather than causing a BSOD? Or is this the right place? Operating System: MS Windows 7 Pro 64-bit CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz RAM: 9.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz 7-7-7-20 Motherboard: DELL Inc. 0X501H (CPU 1) Graphics...

Hello everyone I have a problem and wondered if anyone can help please. I have just purchased a Canon digital camera with a movie function which seems to save in .mov format. Not a problem as such but all my previous video files are mpegs which come from my Sony handy cam, I haven't installed...

So, this happened only recently, but all of a sudden, I can't play any of my video files that I was able to play in wmp just a few days ago. All of a sudden, whenever I try to open a video file, i just get an error that says: INTERFACE NOT REGISTERED. When I place these files into windows...

I have three computers presently loaded with Vista (vista home basic, vista 64 home proffesional and vista 64 ultimate). In preparing for next weeks windows 7 release I will be backing up the computers to an external drive. When I have completed the double install to get a clean formated...

Just installed Windows 7 this past weekend and so far love it... now it's time to start digging into some of the meat, like the Media Center. I have one problem though - no audio on some AVI/DivX files. I can play some, and they play perfectly fine. Blows my ears off... :) However, when I...

Hi Guys, Been using Vista now for quite a while but having problems getting Media Center to play some media files. I have a few avi files encoded using xvid which play just fine in Windows Media Player however if I try and play them using Media Center it just tells me that I don't have the...