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Original release date: April 13, 2015 Systems Affected Misconfigured Domain Name System (DNS) servers that respond to global Asynchronous Transfer Full Range (AXFR) requests. Overview A remote unauthenticated user may request a DNS zone transfer from a public-facing DNS server. If...

Whatever the Profile Post is meant to be, it seems to have been misused. Spammers had been using it to post spams, and now new members are using it to post computer questions. Perhaps, management will consider adding a line at the profile box to explain to new members what it is NOT meant for?

We all know that Pay4key website is not allowed to be posted in these forums. I reported it several times and the threads were subsequently removed. Now there is a "new" member posting the link in his/her "profile". Perhaps the admins or mods will remove that also ?

The forum rules are sometimes a little hard to find for some folk so I'm just going to post a copy here.

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Here it is: got a laptop with win 8 on it and want to get rid of it.Downloaded win 7 from online,is there a way to install 7 on laptop and still keep 8 just incase 7 doesn't work? Can I and how can I make another partition to install 7 on?

I tried to look for forum rules and policies, but my search failed. I need to know for certain what is the forum policy on Spamming. To be precise, what is considered spamming and what is not. Example....... if a person posts a link to a 3rd party program without specifying that it will cost...

What is this forums' policy regarding posting software designed to Crack password which purportedly was forgotten, lost, locked, plus many other innovative reasons/excuses. I am not trying to open a never ending debate. I just want to know if it is allowable in Windowsforums.com. Thank you.

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I see "points" and "trophy". What are they ? I also see some members are listed as "senior member", some are "active member", and some are "new" etc etc. Other than the "new member" category, what is the measuring tape for the rest ? I cannot find anywhere that explains those. Thank you.

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Hello Win 7 Home premium, i5,6GB Is it better to download the Windows 8 iso file to desktop, use my burner to burn it to dvd or folow the steps i just found; Download the file, install and run it. Click tools and select burn image and choose the iso file? Thank you for helping me choose so I...

Provides steps on how to find a Microsoft Product Activation Center phone number. Link Removed - Invalid URL

Dear admin I received a message from Randy but did not know how to reply. Thank you for your kind understanding about the deletion of my post and the explanation. Also, I wanted to ask something; there is a new registry backup program out that picks up where xp and ERUNT left off. I wrote to...

There is some little software around to take ownership of files and folders in Windows 7. When I was installing Windows 7 Ultimate, I took ownership of all I could find. Then a few things no more worked and I had to reinstall... Luckily, I had almost only the basic installation done. I and...

Describes how to move a Windows installation to a different computer. This article is a consolidation of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles 249694 and 263532. More...

I recently received a long letter from the administrators explaining why they had banned a member from the forums. I agree with the reasons for banning him, as the forums should not be used for political reasons. On the other hand, the administrators did display a biased and one sided opinion...

Liking Software ≠ Disliking People Ladies and gentlemen, With the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, many individuals and persons will have opinions differing from your own. Many people enjoy this new operating system preview, while others disagree with its design for a multitude of...

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Inactive Accounts Purged Please note: If you have made even one post on the website, you need not read ahead. Hi! We have recently removed forum accounts that did not have any posts. If you had recently registered, but did not post a message on the forums themselves and cannot access your...