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    Groovy Gorilla - not so Grooooovy

    Hi, So last night I waste two of my life trying to install Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla which was Ubuntu 20.10. Anyway, the first of install nothing booted properly, the second round it did but had issues and I could not boot up windows, the third round it finally installed and I then had to install a...
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    Windows 10 Windows freezing everytime it restarts after an update?

    Hi guys, new member here so apologies if I'm posting in the wrong place (I also know absolutely nothing about Windows so might have to put things quite simply for me!!) Long story short, I've been having some issues with a game crashing so I posted my dxDiag on a forum for that game and someone...
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    Windows 8 Operating System Not Found

    UEFI legacy disabled - Operating system not found Hi , well I'm trying to install remix os It says I should disable secure boot then I go to advance startup option to get into boot menu shift+restart then i change something called uefi to lagacy to disable secure boot Then I save n restart boom...
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    Windows 10 Help, my persissions seem to change

    Hey everyone, I am at my wits end. I have a Win 10 64 pro machine that if I run the machine for a while, and then go to install a program and try to delete the folder in Program Files so I can get a fresh install, the OS tells me that I don't have permission. However, if I reboot the machine...
  5. Windows 10 Set Associations File in Windows 10 64bit

    I am running Windows 10 Pro on an i7 Dual Core 3.5mb with 16gb memory on an Aesus Box. I have Adobe Acrobat 10 installed on my system. Adobe Reader XI is also installed (by some program) on my system, and is the default programs for .pdf files. I have accessed the Set Associations File through...
  6. Windows 7 I can't install any program

    Hello I have windows 7 ultimate 64bit, my problem is I can't install programms . adobe flash player can't installed because when I go to install it stuck on 5% and say connection problem.. I have Google chrome, but another programms I can't install them.. maybe I must have visual c++ packages...
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    Windows 8 Upgrade to Windows 10 app

    So my laptop's internal hard drive recently got damaged and had to be replaced with a new one. Originally, my laptop had genuine windows 8.1 and it was still useable when I secured my windows 10 update through mail. But when I got my laptop repaired, the technician installed a copy of windows...
  8. Windows 8.1 Really Windows 10, The Witcher 3...

    Hi I just installed The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. No problems installing but be warned there are a few strange things in the install process, mainly be sure to click on Options if you don't want to install on drive C:\, and instead of asking you to change disks it asks for the next file it needs...
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    Windows 7 Taskbar functionality problems on new install on dual Xeon server

    A Win 7 install on an old server has got me flummoxed. I cannot get the taskbar to function properly. I have tried every trick I have found Googling and none have fixed the problem. I have reloaded the OS twice since the original install and same problems reappear. Once as a Win 7 "upgrade"...
  10. Android How to get Windows back?

    First of all i didn't know where to post this so sorry if it's in the wrong section Ok so about 2 years ago i got bored of windows 7 so i wanted to try out a new OS, i went to install it as a dual boot (Ubuntu) and it said there was an error and couldnt be installed, sad and dissapointed, i...
  11. Windows 10 Something is wrong with the Win 10 TP ISO files ?

    Laptop #1..... 32-bit. Win 8.1 Pro dual boot with Win 10 TP Laptop #2..... 64-bit. Win 7 dual boot with Win 10 TP There is something inherently wrong with the Win 10 TP iso non-Enterprise copies. Both 32-bit and 64-bit copies. In both copies ( 32 and 64 bit ), sfc found corrupt files but unable...
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    Windows 10 Trouble dual booting Windows 10 with 8.1

    I have a Sony Vaio Fit laptop. It is my main working (and only btw :p) laptop. So I thought I'd just dual boot Windows 10 with 8.1. So, I created a 40GB partition on my hard drive. I downloaded the x64 version of Windows 10 and burned it to a USB drive with Windows 7 DVD USB tool installer. I...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 and the Korean lanuage

    My wife has her desktop computers in Windows 7 Ultimate as it is darn near perfect with the Korean language. Her laptop is in Win 7 Home Premium and it is so so using Korean (the Desktops were installed in English, but they had Korean as the default after the install, the laptop arrived in...
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    Windows 8 Folder Permission Problem / secondary administrator LogonID

    I set up a LogonID giving it administrator rights and naming it "Admin" (I also have the built-in "Administrator" LogonID set up for use). When I try to install certain software using the "Admin" LogonID, I run into a few strange issues during the install ... but it seems to complete. When I...
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    Windows 7 Fresh install - Nothing will download or install

    I've been running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit for 3 years. I've used my legit factory stamped disk to do a fresh format and reinstall three days ago. Multiple problems are occuring: 1 - Internet security settings are too high to download anything. I get "Your security settings do not allow...
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    Windows 7 problem with install win 7 on new laptop

    I have problem with new sony vaio laptop. started to install win 7 home premium and during insallation my battery went down and terminated installation. now i'm stuck. it won't start again. installation is on laptop hard disc. can i start it again somehow?
  17. Windows 8 This is really funny..

    I have a license for Office 2010 Home edition, which is good for 3 computers. One of the computers is the one I have the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Beta) installed on, so I though it would not allow for another install or give me problems when I reverted back to the Windows 7 install. So, I...
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    Windows 7 Office 2010 install error!

    Hello all, I have been trying for the last several days to re-install an HUP Office 2010 Pro Plus (DVD) on a new install of Win 7 x64. I switched from XP where Office 2010 worked fine. When I first tried it I repeatedly received the error code 1920 (osppsvc). So, after searching numerous MS...
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    Windows 7 Can't re-install windows but can install Ubuntu

    I was using windows 7 professional and Ubuntu in my Dell Inspiron 15R laptop.. Recently when i select windows 7 its shows a screen that says windows is loading files.. and then re boot..But i can use Ubuntu.. When i tried to re install Windows it stucked with an error.. But I re installed...
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    Windows 7 Cannot Install Windows 7 Updates

    I have about 12 updates that are taking way too long to install. Right now they're at 65%, tomorrow they might be at 68%, or even 72%. But the point is that they never completely install. Normally I shut my computer off at the end of the work day but nothing updates before the computer shuts all...