software issues

  1. Windows 8 updates won't complete

    My windows 8.1 PC keeps updating... About 30% it says it can't complete and undoes them. Can I few a few recommendations? This has happened before! :(
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    Windows 10 Instalation Trouble

    Hi, I decided to try out what I am hearing as an awesome OS to come! But I am trying to install it on my older windows 7 home prem HP G71, I meet all the qualifying specs, and a little more. First I downloaded the ISO from my windows 8.1 (the main laptop I have) and burned it to dvd.. On the...
  3. Windows 8 Wrong filenames

    Hi I have a folder with around 40,000 jpg images, family photos etc. I spend my spare time renaming the images, so for instance an original photo named P01234567 might become P01234567-andy-les-jane, thus showing the names of people actually in the photo. This is great since I can then search...
  4. Windows 7 [Fixed] Multiple problems with Windows 7

    I have a problem with my Windows 7 computer. I installed a modified version of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit called Tiny7 (search it on Google). which is basically a version of Windows stripped down of unnecessary features in order to keep it lightweight for older computers. I decided to install...
  5. Windows 8 Win8.1 & win8 DVD

    Win8.1 & win8 DVD Hi, With 8.1 forced upon us on PC & Laptop without knowing it was upgrading, what will happen now If I want to use my Win8 DVD to repair?. I tried the DVD in the w8.1 laptop, it asked for the IDnos. I made sure twice I typed them correctly, took ages to check them & then...
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    Windows 8 Installation files cannot extract

    So this morning I installed windows 8.1 on a machine that previously ran windows 7. Everything ran fine until I started installing programs. Every setup file I run fails to extract installation files and gives me an error. I tried running them as administrator but still, the same exact error. I...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 all scrwed up! Words all jumbled, no titles under icons.

    My Windows 8 is all sorts of screwed up! My Googled Chrome is crazy; all of my words are spread out. When I type, nothing shows up except for spaces. Websites look fine, but Chrome itself is not. My desktop and all other programs are also screwed up. I have some screenshots for you.
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    Windows 7 All Media Players Skip All Songs/Vids In a Playlist

    All Media Players Skip All Songs/Vids In a Playlist I have an Alienware/Dell PC x51r2 . I was using Win8, and am now using Win7. This has happened in both versions of Windows, in all of my players (classic, vlc). The only exception was Winamp, which did not skip audio but would not play vidya...
  9. Windows 8 Not Running

    So i was like upset. I downloaded GTA San Andreas and when i download it's Admin Console nothing happens when i run it. and when i troubleshoot it, windows says' The program is made for Windows 7' the file type is unwise.exe how to run in in Windows 8.1 ?
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    Windows 8 [SOLVED] Display adapter problem AND windows system restore problem

    My first problem is that, apparently, you cannot make the screen brighter on some lenovo laptops with windows 8. The Brightness- button is working, but once you make the screen dimmer, you cannot make it bright again using the brightness settings. I found out however that you can revert by...
  11. Windows 7 Windows 7 Re-Installation Problems

    I have recently had Windows 7 re-installed (paid for). Got my desktop back on Saturday. All seems fine - then windows installs loads of updates and things don't seem to be as expected. 1. I notice there are some drivers not installed - not sure how important this is. Drivers appear to be CDC...
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    Windows XP May have killed my OS by shredding 2 software drivers, could use advice

    I had been having blue screen problems with my old Dell XP. The programs WhoCrashed and BlueScreenView implicated a few drivers of non-essential software as the culprits. I examined the drivers module in AutoRuns (by Sysinternals) and carefully selected non-essential software drivers for...
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    Windows 7 Suddenly programs in windows 7 ask for administrator permissions

    Recently a bunch of programs in windows 7 keep have been asking for administrator permissions. I have an administrator account, and have the programs set to run as administrator. My user account control is set to only notify when a program makes changes, but it has always been this way. Why did...
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    Windows 7 Suddendly I Get 20 Error Messages On Boot Up

    I am running a Lenovo B305 "IdeaCentre" all-in-one computer with Windows 7 Home Premere. After an automatic Windows Update or running of CCLEANER (I do not know which), I get the exact same error message for 20 programs when I boot up. The error message is: "googledrive sync.exe bad image...
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    Windows 7 Unable to see Drives in File Browser.

    Hi all, Something recently messed up on my machine, and I can't see the drive in File browser windows from Windbg. I am seeing this, from application called "Windbg" which is the most common debugger on Windows platform. I can't see drives, I am supposed to see something like this(from...
  16. Windows 10 Start Menu Not Opening On Vmware Player

    I installed technical preview of Windows 10 on a Vmware virtual machine runs from VmWare Player. But I can't opened the start menu when I clicked down on the icon. I installed twice but problem still continues. Why can't I see the start menu?
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    Windows 7 a real mess

    Well, my nephew dropped his laptop with win 7 (Dell) and their software/recovery stuff is cr*p (you don't get an actual windows disk when you buy the product - thanks Dell!) and it won't boot so I tried to help him recover gigs of music etc from the "bad disk". Using win 8.1 I was able to buy...
  18. Windows 10 KynuminitrianHelper and Kynuminitrian

    I recently downloaded VSDC Media Editor from Softnic and then I started getting a crap ton of ads and popups. i started looking through my task manager and found KynuminitrianHelper and Kynuminitrian. It is in my program files (x86) and it doesn't show up in Windows Explorer. yet i can access it...
  19. Windows 7 A plain common notice

    I've been using Avast Internet Security for a couple of years, all has worked fine. Now I got this note that my license has expired, some other programs also alerted about it... so I got confused. About two hours later happened what I had expected, everything worked normal. They just had some...
  20. Windows 7 Is Windows Essentials Codec Pack Safe? Concerns After Windows 7 Re-install

    I've used Windows Essentials Codec Pack for many years, no problems. Now, due to a failed driver update, I needed to re-install my Windows 7 and, trying to download the pack, I got what you can see down left in in the pic. http://www.mediacodec.org/ Just curious, is this real, or is this just...