software installation

I find it folly to install my applications on the C drive, especially the larger applications. Doing so makes the C drive so large that it is cumbersome to make the image backups that I think are necessary to insure an easy recovery from any problem causing a failure to boot. In WinXP, there is...

Hey guys, have a problem and need your help, any help...I just purchased GreenPrint Home Premimum and need to have Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installed for the program to work, their site also specifies you have Windows Installer befor the Service Pack can be downloaded...When I try to...

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1. Have 7 standard users created in the User Accounts. Only 5 user icons displaying on welcome screen. All 7 users are required to and do have passwords set. Creating a new user does not add that new user to the welcome screen. Deleting a user does not move one...

Hi all, I did some digging and finally able to install windows xp mode and also installed MQ websphere 6.0 for my thesis. I am having few problems in running MQ series in xpmode, on a typical running on xp we used to do most of the operation in command prompt and path was also...

So there I was, trying to install the driver for my XBOX 360 wireless receiver. Some bloke off another forum told me that I needed to uninstall the driver for the unrecognizable device that was my wireless receiver. I did so and proceeded to restart my computer. It booted up and I tried to open...

Very recently got this computer Link Removednd it came with Windows 7 trial enterprise.... In German. (I speak only English unfortunately) So to solve this problem I trawled the internet, and after a few hours I got the solution from a program called vistalizator, and I have changed the...

Howdy, all So. Running XP.2 (can't run XP.3; it kills Adobe's CS2 apps, which I need). Had a spare partition. Before putting Ubuntu back on it, I figured I'd install the Win7 Ultimate that'd come (unused) with another computer. (The install was smooth enough. The updates were slower'n snail...

Link RemovedLink RemovedI had a BSOD two days ago due to a BAD_POOL_HEADER, and I'm looking for some help to resolve it. I've attached the dump file. In the last couple of weeks, I have installed new RAM, upgraded from Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit (which required a clean install) along...

I installed "NeatWorks" (Neatdesk). When I try to open any of .exe files I get the "____ (the .exe) has stopped working; windows is checking for a solution". Here is the notes after working with a Neatworks tech.... Program installs, with apparent success. At end of installation...

I only got my very first computer last year in April 2011. So my only experience of using a computer at home has been with Windows 7. Before that I was going to Internet cafes to use the computer. And of course there they had Windows XP. But using a computer in an Internet cafe is very different...

Hi I use windows 7 ultimate SP1 64 bit. I tried to install a program tonight and got the following dialog box. You may not have the necessary permissions to use all the features of the program you are about to run. You may run this program as a different user or continue to run the...

Hi, I hope I picked the right forum category. I'm not computer literate so when my 14 month old PC running Windows 7 Home Premium failed to restart I took it to Staples for a recovery installation. Since bringing it home I downloaded Microsoft Security Essentials, then downloaded PC...

Hi! Ever since a botched encryption which resulted in me having to format a drive (not the main c drive), everything I download gives this message when I try to open it - "ShellExecuteEx failed; code 2. The system cannot find the file specified." I've tried changing the download location to...

Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder or PSR by Britec YouTube - Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder or PSR by Britec How to use Problem Steps Recorder Tool in Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder is a new miracle tool in Windows 7 for especially help desk or support engineers as well as software...

Hi all I was wondering if anyone could help me as I haven't been able to find a thread with my problem. I just put together a new system which includes... Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort HDCP PCI-E Graphics Card AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3 6MB...

Hi This issue has been hanging around for months. I get a notice that there are updates for Quicktime, so I tell it to go ahead and it always fails with an error that says Getlasterror 5:! Today I decided to fix this so I did some research and found that it's a fairly common problem. I...

I have a triple boot system from a single hard drive with 3 partitions. Vista Home Premium 32 bit is in the first partition, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit is in the second partition and Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit is in the third partition. When I boot Windows 7 pro it always shows up as drive E:. The...

Does anyone know why when I try to burn a movie i downloaded from the internet I get no sound??? I mean it works i get a perfect picture but no sound, when i preview it before i start the burn there is sound it works and looks great. The finish product however has no sound at all.....I have...

sir, I am a person who like to install different types of softwares.I had also installed softwares like speedupmypc,registeryBooster and driverScanner.The problem started when i scanned and tried to fix problems with driverScanner.However i was more cautious after that.After that my system...

I had for some time an application written to write configuration on a SD Card for an external device . For doing that I give to the user the possibility to format the SD volume: With Xp I had no problem, with Seven I have messages telling me I don't have the right to do this operation. Is there...