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    Need to run Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit but don't have administrator pw

    I purchased a computer that was used some years ago from a friends computer guy. It runs XP. I picked up a virus a week ago & called the computer guy but he's retired :( So, trying to resolve the issue myself I started searching for a resolution my self on the internet & came across a site...
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    Windows 7 OS Lag/Freezing/Blue Screen/Failed Startups

    hello, all I received a custom built computer for Christmas almost a year ago, in that I won't be able to name my system specs or hardware, and it was working perfectly fine up until a few weeks. I don't recall installing or uninstalling any important programs but here is an outline of the...
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    Windows 7 Problems caused by recent Windows 7 updates

    I don't now if this is the right community, but I hope that somebody can help me with the host of problems that recent upgrades have caused to my Win 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 installation on my Sony Vaio All-in-1 computer. I returned from a recent vacation to find a whole list of updates...
  4. Windows 8 Blue Screen on Shutdown?

    Hi Guys I'm getting a blue screen when I try and shut down my computer. I get the normal "Shutting Down" screen and after a minute or so a blue screen pops up. It shows this error message. Driver Verifier IOManager Violation UIMbuss.sys Then the computer says that it has to restart, and it...
  5. Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Update Problem

    Good morning everyone. I have a desktop computer, specifically a HP Pavilion p6-2302el with Windows 8.1. The problem is that every time that I try to upgrade to Windows 8.1 Update, when I restart, the monitor screen remains completely black; and every time I have to use a restore point to...
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    Windows 8 VERY Strange Glitches and Problems

    Hi, I have an HP Pavilion laptop with Windows 8. A couple days ago, I experienced very strange things happening to my laptop, and I fear I will have to buy a new one if I don't figure out how to fix it. I got this laptop used from Best Buy about 7 months ago. When I got it, it was full of...
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    Windows 8 How create a repair rescue disk Windows 8 to restore Registry ONLY?

    How create a repair rescue disk Windows 8 to restore Registry ONLY? ''Have a new HP Envy 15t-J100. Has a Recovery Partition. I created a Boot USB stick. Fine I recall with other Windows versions & and such you could create a repair/rescue CD that basically allowed you to restore your settings...
  8. Windows 7 [RESOLVED]Errors in Event Viewer

    Hello, My machine has been running a bit sluggish recently. After running various clean up tools this does not seem to change the performance on boot up and i still get a few errors that come up sometimes. I have been searching the internet and found this site answered a couple of the issues i...
  9. Windows 7 Windows Restore Point Setting Windows 7

    Hi i install baidu pc faster and then i removed using revo uninstaller this operation in successful but i uninstall another program restore point failed to create and i unable to shutdown . i restart by (restart normally option) after delete some folder c: program c: program data it run...
  10. Windows 8 Boot Issues!!!

    Hi After having a failed attempt to go back to an earlier restore point (the computer just sat there for ever saying that it was restoring the registry, so I finally shut it off) my computer wouldn't boot so I tried several attempts at automatic repair from the disk etc. I started getting a...
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    Windows 7 June 11 Windows 7 Updates Seem to Have Caused An Issue..

    Hi everyone, I'm new here, looking forward to speaking with you all. Hopefully I'm posting in the right area! :) I help my mom with most of her computer issues, and I'm usually able to troubleshoot most of them without much difficulty, but today I've encountered a real whopper that I just...
  12. Windows 8 I should have known better, Help?

    Hi Today I was getting a little audio distortion in a new game I'm trying out. So I decided to update the drivers for my Creative SB Recon3D PCIe sound card. The problem was probably with the game not the drivers but I figured what the heck I might as well keep things up to date. I downloaded...
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    Windows 7 Another startup repair loop problem

    I'm stuck at this screen. Starting Windows normally sends me back, and startup repair "can not fix this computer automatically". Choosing the other modes sends me back as well. I don't have a restore point, and I don't want to reinstall windows and lose all my files for a 2nd time in just a...
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    Windows 7 BSOD on reboot or startup after shutdown

    Hello there! On Friday, I started having a problem with my system, running Windows 7 Ultimate, where I get a BSOD right at the login screen. Computer boots up normally, the blue login screen pops up, and immediately goes to the BSOD with BAD_POOL_HEADER at the top. It then will go back through...
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    Windows 7 'WIDTM is Compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL' error.

    Recently managed to brick my computer by trying to clear up some space on my C: drive. I checked 'Compress Drive'. The problem is when I boot up my laptop it goes straight to a blank screen with the following: WIDTM is compressed. Press ctrl+alt-del to restart. I can't access safe mode. I can...
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    Windows 7 System Restore OFF

    I am unable to repair create windows restore point, I have attached few image. can any body please help me out. I use Windows 7 64Bite Thank you!!
  17. Windows 8 How do I use a restore point in Windows 8?

    Hi I updated my video drivers and it screwed up some settings. I want to use a restore point to restore the settings to before I updated. I can see in CCleaner that I have restore points from before the update, but I can't find anyplace in Windows 8 to use one of them. Mike
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    Windows 7 Programs Hard to install on Win. 7 64 bit

    On my system I have an SSD,so I have (Windows Restore) turned off. When I download a program and try to install it ,it says creating a Restore Point and sits there for a while. A log while. I have found that I can go into Safe Mode and install things with no problem,fast. Even after it is...
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    Windows 8 WIndows 8 File History

    Does file history also create a restore point? It was nice to have that restore point to where is you blue screened you could reboot and restore to a recent, previous system state. Doesn't really say anything in the file history settings page, and I'm curious. Thanks for any insight...
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    Windows 7 fail to load sortbls.nlp error after Windows Update froze

    Ran Windows Update on wife's computer today (Biostar A75-MH mobo, AMD A8-3850, 8Gb DDR3-1600, 64Gb Samsung 830 SSD boot drive, Win7 x64) and upon restart it froze at 35% installing the updates. After it did nothing for 30 min I rebooted. It boots to the desktop but with an error box saying...