software issues

I am using Windows 8.1. After getting stuck on a Windows update screen I turned off the computer via the power button. Long story short, when booting my laptop I get the message 'Operating System Not Found'. However, I bought a USB HDD Enclosure and plugged it into another computer. All my...

Good afternoon, My name is Anthony and I have registered here after stumbling across a thread with similar issues to mine. I am in the processes of currently running a memory test on a PC where I work. It keeps freezing so that I have to kill the power and it will intermittently blue screen. I...

I have noticed that a number of applications give themselves permission to get through the firewall. No matter how many times I deny these apps access through the firewall they seem to mysteriously regain permission. Since the last time I unticked all of the following, they are all re ticked...

Hi! Does anyone here use this windows tool to troubleshoot. I think it's a great tool. Not wonderful, but it might help lead you to problems you may be having. I don't understand why more help forums don't at least call attention to it. To me it's the event viewer in a graft form, and a lot...

Hi everyone! I have a problem, I installed a keyboard and mouse driver, also with configuration software. But when I change setting in config. software, mouse doesn't reacting on settings. [Example: In mouse setting(config. menu) I change its lights color to red, but its still shines blue] But...

Andy android emulator for Windows is starting automatically during windows startup and is placing a hidden icon on the secret icons area on the taskbar next to the clock. What should i do?

I've networked two Win 7 computers, A (tower desktop) and B (laptop). From B, I can create new folders and do anything I want on A, But on A I can't create new folders on B ("You need permission to perform this action"). This is preventing some needed software from running correctly. - From A...

Hello! I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium edition running on an Asus Laptop, purchased approximately in August 2012. I just restored it to factory settings, erasing all data and installing the original version of Windows. Unfortunately, when I try to run Windows Updates it won't work. The...

So hello. I came here to this forum because I would like to address 2 things which are acting at all times when I use Windows 10 and i'm getting very annoyed by this so I would love to get some help from you guys since I tried alot of forums before and most of those solutions did not work...

Hi, I installed my word 2000 many years ago, when I upgraded to win8 it worked OK but with w8.1 is still working except when I finish writing & go to save or close it a small windows appears saying ms word is not working properly as per attached scan. Then allows me to close down word. Anybody...

Hi guys recently i install windows 7 pro 64bit, today actually, the problem is i cant install adobe flash player, stucks on 5% and says network connection error somethink like this. i cant install vlc media player, says NCSIS error. i cant unzip-unrar files says is corrupt. in some programs say...

I'm editing a game in Notepad and all the Notepad windows are together on the taskbar. They are not grouped into 1 button, that setting is off in the Taskbar Properties. Instead, on the taskbar, if I try to move a Notepad window to the other side of Chrome window, all of the Notepad windows come...

I bought a new ACER computer w/win 10 and downloaded the old Ver 7 Classic Solitaire game to replace the *&ap games that came pre-loaded. This all occurred early last fall. Since then, I've played a couple 1000 games. Over time, I've come to realize the games repeated. This was a shock, since I...

Hi chaps! For the last several months I've been unable to update my Windows 10 installation and use App Store, and I'm not sure if it's related but the only App I have installed (Readiy) doesn't start.The error code given by Windows Update is 0x80080005, and when I try to manually start the...

I am running a pc with an i3 4170 processor, gigabyte h97m-d3h mobo, 6 gigs of ram and a gtx 650 video card. I upgraded to windows 10 a couple of months ago and some time after that i was getting hit with bsods of different errors at random times. My response was to use the reset feature on w10...

One morning recently, I found that during the night an update had occurred and rebooted my pc without asking me for confirmation. The reboot caused it to come up in Linux, because I use the grub loader and have Linux as the default. When I rebooted into Windows, it finished the update, which...

I am running Windows 7 Pro. My DVD/CD drive (HL-DT-ST_BDDVDRW_CT30F) plays commercial CDs fine. And it can (usually) burn a CD from a file on my laptop. But it is never able to play the CD it just burned. Any idea what is going on? I say it can usually burn a CD, because often it does not even...

Hello ! After installation of Windows 10 1511. When I try to run an ISO image, I receive this message : setup.exe has stopped working and close the program. Also I was receiving the error : Microsoft Setup Bootstrapper has stopped working. How can I fix these problems ? Thanks you in advance!

I recently updated my PC from Windows 8.1 to 10, and all programs are working just fine, including Windows Live Mail 11 (part of Microsoft Windows Essentials). A long time ago on an earlier version of Windows, I upgraded WLM 11 to WLM 12, only to learn that groups of email addresses (called...

Having some problems trying to get Essentials 2012 to work i try to install photo gallery but when i try to start i get the dll error and saying reinstall but cant because it says its already installed. Essestials does not show up in the program list so i have to use revo uninstaller hunter mode...