software issues

Hi This isn't really a request for help, more curiosity. This morning I deleted a folder that I though was out of date and I emptied the recycle bin. Only after that did I realize that there was another folder in it that I did need. I've never used Recuva but I downloaded it and tried to see...

After installing another piece of software, I accidentally installed a bunch of adware as well. I was able to remove almost everything permanently except for the Funnysearching browser hijacker. My anti-malware programs (Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, Malwarebytes, and Avast!) say that they...

My PC was extremely sluggish and it was so slow it was a long struggle to open one file or run a program. I ran anti virus tests etc and eventually reinstalled Windows. It is better but still freezes on opening a folder and whereas as before this happened boot time was 30 seconds or less now...

Hi all I get IOMap64 BSOD when booting very often. I'm not too sure if these are related to hardware [i.e. overclocking] or a software [like USB drivers or ASUS software]. I went ahead and removed the ASUS AI III software just now just in case - but I would much appreciate if someone had any...

Hi there, I just upgraded my Lenovo G50-45 to Windows 10 Home from Windows 8.1 (64-bit). I previously did a clean install of 8.1 and manually installed the drivers from the Lenovo site, now finding that I lost many of the drivers after upgrading to Windows 10 (and they don't show up as yellow...

I'm trying to make an image of my HDD in my Toshiba L55 laptop. I have a 1TB external drive connected. When the dialogue box asks what type of media I'm using, I select the proper answer (external hard drive). After doing that, the button I'm supposed to select in order to start the process is...

IE 11 will not open. I’m on Windows 10 and have been trouble free since upgrading from Windows 7 some months ago. I had been using IE 11 without any problems and then had about an hour and a half break. I returned to the PC to find that the programme (IE11)would not open at all. First, I...

I had a computer built for one of my clients and it has been crashing ever since it was put in. It is running a fire alarm monitoring program called focalpoint but I have this same program running on almost one hundred computers that all have not had this problem. I have some dump files but I...

Hi all i am hoping someone can help me. i have installed Mercedes EWA/epc/wis workshop manual / parts cat on my Windows 10,but I am having trouble running it and I have just found out that I have activated it with the wrong MAC address it is using Ethernet MAC address when it should be activated...

Hi All Expert, Good day. I have one user which is having unknown driver issue, with mouse and keyboard not being to control. The only way is through F8 disable driver signature enforcement. I have try bcdedit /set testsigning on, bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS...

Hey! So I've had this problem for quite a while now. I used windows movie maker for a long time until I was forced to reset my PC for personal reasons. Now, after I had to reset my PC, I downloaded windows essentials and downloading movie maker. It didn't open. I deleted it BUT even though I...

Ive been using win7 for about 6 months now. Before that I was using xp for 15 years. Im having problems with: 1-Search; the status bar gets to 99% pretty fast, then it's literally hours before the search finishes. Why? 2-Ive been using firefox for over 10 years now. I always set it to...

So I try to open .application files in windows 7 laptop and it works and then in details it says its a "clickonce application" meanwhile I try to open it in windows 10 and gives me error: "Application Cannot Be Started Please Contact The Application Vendor" and some people say that ClickOnce is...

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So, my pc worked normally until today, and now when I start it, it reaches the welcome screen with the blue Windows 10 logo and the white dots that rotate in a circle, then the screen becomes black and my monitor says "No signal". Things that I've tried so far in Safe Mode and none have worked...

I just bought Diablo 3 retail last night and I played for around 3 hours, then I got tired and shut it down. then this morning I went to play it again and I got this error 0xc0000142, I searched this error and any answer I found did not work. so I uninstalled the program and installed it again...

I have a acer laptop with windows 7 starter operating system. It's a laptop I bought from my boss then six years ago. I decided to reinstall windows since the computer is extremely slow - can't scroll down pages and can't open a file without it going into a "not responding mode" etc... When I...

Having trouble booting computer after failed Windows 10 update. After cancelling the install restarted machine but only came up with a cursor and a blue background. Got to task manager so changed msconfig to start in safe mode on restart and was going to go back to a restore point. Tried to...

I can no longer boot 64-bit Win 7 Pro in normal or Safe Mode on ANY disk due to BSOD: STOP 0x0000007B (0XFFFF880009A97E8, 0XFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0, 0). The motherboard is an Asus Z-87A. NOTE: I profusely apologize, but since I can't even boot in Safe Mode, I cannot run the "W7F Diagnostic Tool"...

Just upgrade to win10 and cannot install office pro 2007 from the original disks. I keep getting an corrupt d file or disk error. I had read that 2007 sp3 was compatible but since I have original disks, do not have sp3. Questions: Can I install 2007 in win10. If so, how?