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    Windows 7 Can't create new account - User profile cannot be loaded

    I can't great new accounts or activate the guest account, but was able before. When I create a new account, Windows creates the new user login icon. When I try to login to that account I get this error: "The user profile service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded." then the account...
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    Windows 7 Issues with Windows Media Player Library Losing Music Files on External Hard Drive

    System: Toshiba Satellite A660-135 laptop Intel Core i3 M380 2.53GHz 4 GB Memory 450 GB Hard Drive OS: Windows 7 64 bit Description: I have a large amount of music on an external hard drive. I have set my wmp library folder as the folder on the ehd that contains all the folders of music and...
  3. Files are deleted permanently after you redirect the Recycle Bin by using a DFS link in Windows 7 or

    Fixes an issue in which recycled files are deleted permanently if you delete files from a DFS link in a network environment on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 after you redirect the Recycle Bin to the DFS link. More...
  4. Windows 7 Top Free Internet Explorer File Erasers

    The Best Free File Erasers for Internet Explorer
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    Windows 7 Deleting old files after upgrade win 7 home

    I ran an upgrade with win home 7. I am the administrator. When I try to delete old programs, I get a message that reads require permission from Admin or trusted installer. How do I delete these programs. I put my password as an administrator when I logged in. Thanks
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 User Delete

    hey guys! i have deleted unwanting my windows 7 user and with him all files in it. Is there a way to have my files back. i have tryied some recovering programs but nothing and system restore even nothing :(
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    Windows 7 Wolfenstein accidentally deleted

    Please help! I have accidentally deleted in my Windows 7 start menu Return to Castle Wolfenstein separate folder. I haven't noticed it before, simply because I do not have time to play games and I thought it might be a virus, trojan or anything like that. Then I have noticed that the game with...
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    Windows 7 annoying explorer.exe crash loop upon system start-up

    Explorer.exe crashes and reappear repeatedly again and again upon windows 7 start-up, making it difficult to open even task manager. Have run Malwarebytes Anti-malware thoroughly and anti-virus scan too in the safe mode, but problem stills persists. AppCrash view report is as follows ...
  9. Windows 7 "Sleep is not recognised" etc. Error in Batch File

    I have a batch file that I use to: Create a restore point, then swap out my modified system files. I store the "Sleep.exe" file in the same folder as the batch file. The script goes something like: echo Please wait while a Restore Point is made. sleep 17 Take ownership,Rename Replace, Blah...
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    Windows 7 Why so many temp files on my hard drives

    I am using Windows 7, My desk top computers has three hard drives, the "C" with just the programmers and other system files, the other two hard drives (all SATA) are used with my main files (E & F) . Drives E & F are set as "Shared drives " I often update files between my Toshiba laptop (also...
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    Windows 7 System Restore problems (files deleted)

    Hi guys I'm new here so forgive me if this's been covered before (I did a quick scan of related threads but didn't find anything similar). Recently I booted up my laptop to error messages saying I had HD failure. I could still use Firefox and Word fine, but nothing else. So I conducted a...
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    Windows 7 CCleaner Drive Wiper

    I would like to know what the purpose of the "drive wiper" on CCleaner is for and whether it is safe to use? Your comments will be most appreciated
  13. Windows 7 How To Prevent Skype from Crashing on Startup

    Is Skype crashing on start-up? Here is a quick resolution that seems to work almost all the time in Windows: If the Skype icon is displayed in the system tray at the bottom right of the screen, right-click it and select Quit. Click Start, type "run" and press Enter. (On Windows XP: Click...
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    Windows 7 Cannot delete folder/file.

    Recently I reinstalled windows 7 Ultimate. So, I got one of those "windows.old" folders with all my old stuff in it. I take all my stuff out, but for some reason it wont let me delete the windows old folder. It says "This is no longer located in C:\ Verify the items location and try again"...
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    Windows XP I screwed up

    I screwed up - never done that before! :) Was giving an older computer I no longer use to someone - has MS xp on it. Went through to delete all my personal files off it and saw a folder - "JIim", my name and thought it just contained my personal stuff. Deleted that folder - appears that...
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    Windows 7 Cannot delete files from windows media player

    When I go to "all videos" in the player there are a bunch of files(video) which I try to delete but nothing happens when I click on delete. They are no good as they won't open up. I am using vlc now. I tried disabling and restarted my computer but the files are still there. How do I clear...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 Batch file needed

    Hi Can someone help me with a batch file that will delete the files in the c:/program Data/microsoft/windows/DRM folder on a Win 7 PC? Thanks in advance. Derek
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    Windows 7 Missing Folders Windows 7 Home Premium

    I have been asked to look at PC desktop computer belonging to a colleague. Basically he said he has lost a lot of icons from the desktop and some of his short cuts to certain programmes. I have checked and the programmes are still installed so that’s not a problem in recreating some of the short...
  19. Windows 7 Deleting Old User Accounts

    I have an admin account, but it's the only account for my computer. I used to have plenty of old accounts, some of which were also admin accounts. When I decided to delete them, I chose to keep the files just in case. Now I realize I don't need them but it won't let me delete them. I went to...
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    Windows 7 ZZZZ Folders ???

    I've Googled and searched ....... but ain't never see'd anything on this one ! I've got 2 folders at the top of my C drive, each containing a long string of numbers. But then , the names end with several "Z"s . AND, opening the folder in Explorer, you'll see a string of sub-folders , all...