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I have Windows 11 on a HP x360 Spectre laptop. I was trying to download a file and a window popped up that said "Google Drive can't scan the file (to big)" and I couldn't finish the download. I have searched my laptop for any reference to Google Drive. Nowhere to be found! So, what is going on...

I did something stupid two days ago and because of that I have problem download file. I have my own account and I was admin but I have a guest account as well, I was stupid enough to let the guest account be admin and now I can not change it. I want my account to be admin just like before but...

Hi all, I really need your help. After booting, my desktop loads and this page with orange logo with a white squirrel loads automatically, leading to the BSOD. It doesnt give me enough time to do much (around 10 seconds before a bsod hits). This all happened after I downloaded a file. This is...

PDFReader, Adobe Reader X, PDFlite are in my PC. Any time I download a pdf file (like an instruction manual) from the Internet, I get a ghost image makes it very difficult to read the original text and images

I've set Firefox to open various file types (txt, png, pdf) with their default application; the "Do this automatically for files like this" option is checked. For some reason, FF keeps asking whether to save or open the file. In IE8, the "Always ask before opening this type of file" check-box...

While attempting to download an update for an existing program using Chrome, on a Win7 Toshiba i5 Sandy Bridge laptop, I received a "Virus Scan Failed" message and no update. I've tried: * downloading other files -- same "Virus Scan Failed" message & no files * using IE & Firefox -- same...

i am trying to create a XP mode in win7-ultimate-32 bit to run my legacy 16-bit programs. i have downloaded 4 files: file 1: WINDOWSXPMODE_EN-US.EXE (492,597,008) file 2: WINDOWS6.1-KB958559-X64-REFRESHPKG.MSU (17,091,624) file 3: WINDOWS6.1-KB958559-X64.MSU...

Because of the Default Values for WebDAV in Microsoft Windows 7 you might have Problems with downloading or uploading Files to a WebDAV Share located for example on IIS or Sharepoint Servers, to avoid Error Messages you can customize the Web Client in... Link Removed

I recently upgraded from XP to Win7. Now, when I have a file download or attachment, either in Outlook or any browser, it takes me to the File Save window. Before I could simply click on the attachment and it would open (unless it couldn't figure out what kind of file it was). This is a real...

hi all new to the forums and need help. I am tired of my son downloading programs on my computer on his account so I disabled the admin privileges on his account. It was working cause he would call me down when the pop up box asking for my admin password and if I felt it was okay I would enter...

I made a thread on another forum about this, so I'm just copy and pasting what I wrote so I don't have to write another essay. Hi, So last night I went to reformat my laptop, halfway through I thought nah I don't wanna do this anymore so I clicked cancel. Now whenever I try to turn on my...

Fixes a problem in which the Save As dialog box disappears and the file is not saved when you try to download a file in Internet Explorer 9 to a network share on which you have Change permissions. More...

I am trying to run the "character map" program that is a standard part of Windows. I get an error..."C:\windows\system32\GetUName.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error". Is there a safe place to download a new copy of the dll and once downloaded, how do I replace...

Hi, :wave: I am new to this forum. When I try to run a file I in IE9 it downloads the file to some temp folder and when it tries to execute the file it returns an error! When I cleared the C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp folder it worked once but the second time it did not! For details...

I recently installed Windows 7 64-bit on my iMac using Parallels Desktop for Mac. The install went smoothly. But I've run into an issue now: Any time that I try and use a program that has embedded HTML (i.e. it calls an html file in the program file directory to display some information within...

All most all of the programs that I try to downloaw using Windows 7 and IE8 32/64 bit fail at 99% with the following error message; Unable to download file-name-here.......com from source-name-here-------.com The operation timed out The normal automatic window updates work OK with one...

Hi Everyone, I have a very frustrating problem. I have Windows 7, when I open or download a file it comes up with Microsoft Works Word Processor (default) and then a pop up that saids: Works cannot open....files name and then:The file may be in use by another application, the...

hi i set the computer to sleep to 5 hours instead of 1 or 2 since i had some big files to download and i had to leave to computer for about 24 hours but than when i got back i got this blue ugly screen Link Removed why in earth was that?

Hi, around a month or 2 ago, I got upgraded from windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit to windows 7 Home premium 64 bit, and lately i've been experiencing problems with my LAN connection. I seem to often just suddenly loose my LAN connection, so I lose my internet connection, but other computers in...

W7HP edition. Sometimes my computer will go to sleep, but most of the time it won't. The only time it will guarantee to go to sleep, is if I am downloading a large file. If I am downloading, 100% of the time, it will go to sleep. Is there a setting somewhere, that will tell the computer to not...