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I've always hated Windows Media Player, so after I installed 64-bit Windows 10 Pro (EN-US - NOT N or K), I uninstalled WMP 12 and was happy. But now I'm trying to install a new application called PlayOn Desktop, but it always fails because I don't have WMP installed. I've tried using Optional...

October 10th saw the end of security and quality update's for Build 1511. So if your currently using this build and would like to carry on receiving updates you'll need to update to a later version which you can do by either running Windows Update or using the Link Removed. Ref...

For the last couple of months, when I leave my desktop unattended, I come back to a black background with a window in the middle that says "Could not initiate desktop rendering." I click on the OK box and my desktop reappears. Isn't really a problem, however would rather not have the box...

HI all, I'm running Win 10 Pro 32-bit Anniv. Ed. I've created a DVD Repair Disc, a USB Recovery Drive, and a bootable ISO on DVD. I understand that the Repair Disc has an option to return to an earlier Restore Point. When would a USB Recovery Drive be needed, instead? What does it offer over a...

Ok, here's my situation. I have two (2) HP dc7900 desktops. One has Windows 10 Home, and the other Windows 10 Pro. I have a new Crucial MX300 SSD hard drive I want to install in the desktop with Win 10 Pro, but, I want to install Windows 7 Home (going back to using Win 7 Home) on this...

Here it is, "suppose" to me the greatest new modern Operating System on the market....Windows 10, and I get bombbarded with Script Errors. I'm running Internet Explorer 11 both on the HP desktop with WIN 10 Home and the other HP desktop with WIN 10 Pro. These script errors seem to...

Hi There, I have recently upgraded a machine from windows 8 to windows 10, when I try to upgrade the windows 10 home to pro I kept getting the same error. While searching for solutions I came across how to check version of windows and used slmgr/dlv in cmd prompt. The result I got was surprising...

A fixed graphic on my Desktop says,"This copy of Windows is not activated." Windows XP is no longer covered by Microsoft. Everything pertaining to XP receives no help from Microsoft. How is it possible then, to activate my Dell computer again? I had to format and reinstall my copy of XP Pro...

I am running Windows 7 Pro 64bit. I was able to use Movie Maker a few months ago, but when I tried to open it today I got the attached error message. Any ideas how to resolve this issue? Thanks.

I'm running a desktop with 7 Pro. Since last night's update, Outlook begins to load, gets to a certain point and stops. I open an email and Outlook shuts down. Advice?

When I upgraded from windows 8.1 pro with media center to windows 10 pro on volume 4(hard drive-C:\) , the windows 10 pro insider preview evaluation copy build 10532 started not connecting to internet on volume 6(hard drive-E:\).It read public network(which I do not use).I ran network...

Just had my 1st bsod in over 2 years. Happened after I restarted Windows 10 Pro x64 after getting a update from the store for the Xbox app. Only other new software on pc is Bitdefender Internet Security 2016. That's been on my pc since Friday after removing BIS 2015 before installing BIS 2016...

i upgraded my Lenovo Ideapad Z510 from windows 8.1 pro to windows 10 pro on last 1Aug/2015 and was working well. but today after installation of update (windows 10) the laptop doesn't open. Please help

Under Windows 8.1, offline folders were only available in the Pro edition. Can anyone confirm if the home edition of Windows 10 has this feature or not? From a file explorer window: Click on Network Double click on a net shared drive (NAS or another computer on your network) Click Right on...

I've noticed lately that when I do a clean install of windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit, that it installs the Apple Bonjour service. Can somebody please explain to me why this is? I've not downloaded any Apple software nor have I connected an Apple product to my PC. This clean install was done on 6/18/15.

Hi If anyone hasn't seen this because then don't bother to read all the notices I think this makes it official that everyone in the Insider Program who is running Windows 10 will get it on July 29th. Mike...

I have Windows 7 Home installed. I have read that users with Pro and Ultimate will receive Windows 10 Pro while I would receive Windows 10 Home. At what point is this determined? If I were to upgrade my Home to a Pro or Ultimate, would I then receive 10 Pro. I've already reserved my copy through...

I bought this Acer V5-472-6893 laptop just a while ago. Want to dual-boot it with Linux. But first have to wipe the six partitions on this drive. THEN... make a partition for Windows 8.1, and for Linux. So I used JellyBean to find my 25-digit number. Just need a copy of Windows 8.1...

I upgraded to windows 8 on 2 computers i Norway. But in my country I can not upgrade to win 8.1. Microsoft store just show an empty trunk. 1 computer have Win8 pro. But when we went on holyday to Thailand, I coul easyly upgrade my wife's computer from 8 to 8.1 Anybody know what to do? I get at...

I reformatted my hard drive the other night and put OS 8 back on. I was kinda of wondering if I would get OS 8.1 upgrade back in the Windows Store. It was not appearing there. I finally found the answer, a KB file was needed to be added to my registry to get the upgrade to show up in the...