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    Windows 7 Message says my Control key is being held down

    This problem starts in Windows Live Mail, but when that happens and I then go to do a Word Doc, I also encounter a similar problem in there. Normally Word is fin. Only have a problem in Word after it starts up in Live Mail. Often while composing a new message in Live Mail, it is suddenly...
  2. Heap corruption occurs in the Svchost.exe process in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

    Fixes an issue in which you receive a "STATUS_HEAP_CORRUPTION (0xC0000374)" error code when heap corruption occurs in the Svchost.exe process. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...
  3. Windows 8 Windows 8 "Messages"-app doesn't work properly

    Hey, guys. I really like Windows 8, but I have a problem with the app that controls messages. It's linked with Facebook, so whenever one of my friends is messaging me, I'm can answer from the app. Pretty smart, I think. However, I have a problem. I have to friends with same name and last...
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    Windows 7 Device and Printers doesn't open (and other strange things)

    I was recently changing a network printer but the PC seemed slow when adding a new printer. I removed the unused devices and restarted the computer. Now when I try to open devices and printers I just get the green bar at the top and nothing shows up. On a side note (I assume it is related) at...
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    Windows 7 Windows in Windows 7 dosen't open maximized anymore

    I lost my windows opening maximized. Now it only opens minimaized and I have to enlarge it. What did I change to cause this? I read post from a few years back and still can get the window to open maximized. Thanks
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    Windows 7 Google chrome is opening a new window that's not pinned to my task bar

    So I have Windows 7 and I have google chrome pinned to my task bar at the top. Whenever I click on it, it starts up for a moment on the part that's pinned, then it opens up a new one at the bottom of my task bar. I've tried pinning the newly opened window to my task bar instead, but whenever I...
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    Windows 7 Word 2010 freezes on save

    We upgraded Office Home and Student 2010 a month or so ago. It works fine on one account but Word freezes when trying to save a file on another account. The Excel works ok. I have to restart to get out of it. I opened another account to see if it would work, it did. Any suggestions on how...
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    Windows 7 problem while installing matlab Release 2009a on windows 7 starter

    i was installing matlab release 2009a on windows7 starter then an error occurs when the installation was at 22% that the whole screen disappers and the whole sreen becomes black.....then a blue screen apppears which had an error message that physical memory dump.....and the system then...
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    Windows 7 unexoected BSOD results in Crash Dump

    Hello everyone, I have recently had many crash dump files it appears in c:\windows\minidump. I am uploadin it here, for these who many wish to review it. However, i cannot specefiy what the cause of this problema may have been.:( Some one can help me, please? System Information (local)...
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    Windows 7 All Shortcuts show Spider Solitaire image

    I am running Windows 7 Professional. All the shortcuts (on desktop, on start menu & on taskbar) are showing a spider solitaire image; when clicked upon spider solitaire starts up. However, when I click on properties for a shortcut the correct target address shows (i.e. not the address for...
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    Windows 7 Pictures ion folders.

    SWMBO has windows 7 on her PC, and does a lot of work with graphics. To make finding them easier she went to a lot of trouble putting a representative image on the icon for each folder in Windows Explorer (File manager to the over 40's). Each time she has done this however Windows 7 replaces...
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    Windows 7 DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE caused by ntoskrnl.exe??

    So I recently built my gaming pc. It has been working perfectly for a month. Just today, it's getting BSOD problem. I download whocrashed and it gave me these reports: windows version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 6.1, build: 7601 windows dir: C:\Windows CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)...
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    Windows 7 BSOD Error: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    Hi, I am getting Windows 7 crashes (BSOD) with alarmingly increasing frequency. A bit of googling and I reached this software called WhoCrashed. THe output of the last few crashes is below. Can someone suggest what could be the problem System Information (local) computer name: RUBAL-PC...
  14. Windows 7 BSOD DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ntoskrnl.exe

    Hi, i have getting random bsods since June this summer, after i upgrade memory from4gb to 16gb. I have sent the new memories to return, so i get new ones, and the memory was defected. But i still getting the BSOD!!!!! The dmpfile says Link RemovedLink RemovedLink Removed Any...
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    Windows 7 Auto Play Options

    Ok here is an unusual problem which may or may not be a problem on my PC only. Basically Auto Play options do not work because my account is an Administrator account. :confused3: Yes i surely mean it; with my user account as Administrator and i insert a music CD in the drive it does not play...
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    Windows 7 IE full page problem

    Don't know where to ask this but I - and many, many others, it seems - have a problem with IE not opening in full screen. I have been up on other site and tried every suggestion I have found but still about half my pages open full page and half don't. I can't believe MS hasn't put out a fix to...
  17. Windows 7 Snipping Tool Crop problem

    When I first started using this great little tool, it worked perfectly. :pI don't know why it has changed as things change and update daily, so I could not identify a time frame for the problem, and it seems intermittent. The problem is when I start to drag the frame, it immediately crops...
  18. Two users accounts that are logged on to the same computer cannot use Windows Photo Viewer at the sa

    Fixes an issue that occurs when you try to run Windows Photo Viewer by using two user accounts on the same computer. More...
  19. When you run an .exe file on a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7-based computer, the file may start a

    Describes a problem in which you run an .exe file and the file starts a different program. A resolution is provided. More...
  20. Windows 7 2 copies of WMP 12 open when I play a DVD

    When I pop a DVD in my drive I use WMP 12 to play it and 2 interfaces of WMP 12 open to play it. One has the menu of the DVD on it and it's maximized ready to go and one is just WMP 12 minimized. The minimized one fades out, but that's not the issuue. Why do 2 of them open in the first place? Is...