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  1. Windows 7 Having a display problem... screen appears and disappears

    Hey Guys I'm Sid ! I'm new here, Please forgive me if m posting my problem in the wrong forum... i feel very frustrated every time i scroll any web or a word doc or anything in my laptop with window 7... the page goes up and down, some part of the page disappears and when i minimize the page it...
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    Windows 7 W7 MCE Music Star Rating Issue

    The issue I am having on both my W7 computers is if I play a new music album in MCE while a current music album is playing, the star rating of the current song gets given to the first song that plays in the new album! To stop this behaviour I have to push stop twice on the remote to stop playing...
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    Windows 7 Application Compatibility Toolkit sometimes works, sometimes doesn't

    I finally got sick of answering the pop-up "Do you want to allow this program from an unknown publisher to ..." which occurs for several programs that I use frequently, so I installed Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 and set the 'RunAsInvoker' option for those programs. As I configured...
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    Windows 8 Failed Updates and Bloated background processes

    Hello everyone. I'm new to the forums and not patient enough to browse around for a possible answer/fix to my issues so I apologize in advance if I'm in the wrong place. I have an HP 2000 Notebook that I recently did a reinstall of Windows 8 from my recovery drive due to what seemed like huge...
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    Windows 8 Selecting files with mouse now wonky

    Using Windows 8.1 on HP machine All updates up-to-date Hardware: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Explorer Folder Option selected: Single-click to open an item (point to select); Underline icon titles only when I point on them Display: Detail list (Ctrl + Shift + 6) No touch input Here's the...
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    Windows 7 Sudden blue screen of death.. very annoying.

    Hi, recently i have been experiencing some problems with my recently upgraded desktop... BSOD occurs almost every time i try to play a game or watch a video... very frustrating, this is the last entry I obtained after BSOD occurred. I also uploaded my w7F file along with the file generated when...
  8. Windows 8 Yes, instructions DO exist!

    I get really frustrated w/ people saying or thinking there is nothing in Windows 8.1, from Microsoft, telling them, educating them or guiding them w/ enlightenment or instructions on How To use the OS. There is!! Yes, there is! There problem isn't that it doesn't exist but, rather that people...
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    Windows 7 Blue Screen and Crashes - Windows 7 Ultimate

    Hi all, Not sure what's going on with my PC but it crashes 1-2 times a day on average and I lose everything I have open, this is getting very frustrating. I get a blue screen and an auto-reboot. When I reboot I get some error codes and I click find a solution, but it does nothing but open my...
  10. Windows 8 Windows 8 in Virtual Box

    I am very frustrated with Microsoft right now. I currently have a Macbook Pro with Retina Display and want to install Windows 8.1 in virtual box. I went to the MS website and was a little confused about the options so I started a live chat for help. They told me to purchase the Windows 8 Pro and...
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    Windows 7 Clock Has One Time Zone

    This is a bit frustrating as my HP Mini has one time Zone. That would great if I lived in Arizona but I don't. How do I re-activate the other time zones? This seemed to have happened during one of the updates. It is messing up everything that I have that requires a time stamp. Any ideas how to...
  12. Windows 8 Trackpad movement delay

    I just recently got an Asus Zenbook UX301LA, with Windows 8.1 and all the updates and have been having some problems with the trackpad. There is a setting in the windows 8 "Mouse and Touchpad Settings" menu which says "To help prevent the cursor from accidentally moving while you type, change...
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    Windows 7 registration Key not accepted

    I am unable to find my original post...Link Removed replied to me and I followed the instructions provided for activation of Windows7. After spending much time on the telephone with MS support (blah). I am still unable to activate. I know the problems lies with my trying to activate my Win7 Pro...
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    Windows 8 Wireless Keyboard stops Working Mouse is working

    I have having problems with my Keyboard, which stops working occassionly (when I press a key it gives a click sound through the speakers). Once it stops it will not work until I log off or restart.... however the mouse works perfectly. (I am using Microsoft.... Keyboard & Mouse 7000 off of the...
  15. Windows 8 Fk Windows "Automatic Maintenance"

    Let me introduce myself: I'm a programmer, and computer tech. I am anal about everything that goes on, on my computer. I don't like when it does things without my consent, much less without the curtesy of an alert. I spent 3 month beating windows into submission, and now that I've "upgraded"...
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    Windows 8 A funny story about development for windows 8

    You know how people have been complaining that quality apps are few in numbers in the windows 8 winstore? Well, I've been trying to help MS out by porting some of my quality apps over to windows 8. I've recently ported one of my more useful apps into the metro interface. The app itself is...
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    Windows 7 My themes keep changing

    Every time, I have a simple background, lets say a Halo 4 background. A few minute later, the background changes from fit to fill. I have to change it back every time. It's really frustrating, help please?
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    Windows 8 How can I exit PDFs etc.?

    If I open a PDF file or some other kinds of files, I can't figure out how to quickly exit and get back to the desktop. In other Windows versions, the handy Escape key or Back arrow would do that. Now, if I press Escape nothing happens and I have to reboot the computer because the PDF takes up...
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    Windows 7 Help Request; re: Activating Windows 7

    Hello All - Trying to activate my legit copy of win7, having incredible amounts of frustration/difficulty Upon entering my product key, i get the 0x80070005 "Access is denied" error After some detective work, it appears that this problem is related to administrator/permission levels on the...
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    Windows 8 Laptop Shutting down automatically while watching 720p Videos (NO BSOD)

    Hey all, I am having a problem in my lenovo z560 laptop where whenevr i play 720p videos, the laptop automatically shuts itself down after a few minutes.. At first i thot it was just that one video file, but soon i realised that it was all 720p video files, but normal HDTV files work great. So...