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    Windows 7 help with bsod ntoskrnl.exe+4adb3c

    Recently I get error messages linked with the files ntoskrnl.exe +4 adb3c, I attached the files to your system, I would appreciate any help, Ori
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    Windows 7 My desktop icons are all identical

    Hello guys all of my desktop icons are the same and they lead to my system files
  3. Windows 7 Safely Delete $UPGRADE.~OS and $WINDOWS.~BT in C:\?

    Hello! I just noticed I have $UPGRADE.~OS and $WINDOWS.~BT in the root of my C: drive. The former "size on disk" is 264 MB and the latter is 3.3 GB. The latter has tens of thousands of files and thousands of folders. I ran Disk Cleanup on the drive. It removed a lot of files, but these two...
  4. Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Refresh/Recovery

    I recently did an update of my machine from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. The update process did not show any errors or warnings and by the time it finished I was under the impression that everything went smooth. After the update I was testing the environment and discovered that one of my desktop...
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    Windows 7 Searching tool to create a minimum (!) backup archive from bootable USB stick?

    I have a bootable USB stick of a maximum capacity of 30 GB and a current content of 6 GB. Now I want to make a backup of this USB flash with a minimum resulting size. At this moment oftentimes a tool "USB image tool" is mentioned. When I make a backup from this USB flash drive with this tool...
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    Windows 7 Hibernation=disabled but "hiberfil.sys" still updated ?

    I disabled Hibernation in Win 7 a couple of weeks ago. I verfied this by viewing START--->Dropdown menu shows now "hibernate" entry. When I look now on C:\ then I can see - hiberfil.sys is still existing - hiberfil.sys is still updated (last modified date=today) How else can I check if...
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    Windows 8 To clean up your computer disk space

    Have you found that the hard space of your computer was gradually eaten up by all the files you unlikely know? If you’re haunted a lot by such a problem and want to stop it, you just need to download Colorful Disk Clean and totally relax yourself. Colorful Disk Clean will help you scan all the...
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    Windows Vista Please help!! Hard drive pegging at 100%, tried all I can think of

    Hi all, Hopefully you all can help me, as I've tried everything I can think of and my C: drive is running at 100% for the first 10 minutes after boot,, then sometimes goes back to 0 and is completely unresponsive or very slow. I've downloaded multuple virus scanners, malaware, spyware, and...
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    Windows 7 No Space Left on my C Drive - Help

    I have 1.50 GB left of my 132 GB storage. I have no idea what I can delete or even what I can transfer to my D Drive as I have 71.7 GB free on there. Just a quick look and I have pagefile.sys which is 3,931,448 KB Any Help or Advice would be appreciated... Cheers
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    Windows XP SFC /Scannow Problem

    Hello. I thought I'd check the system files as something about the system has crippled the machine's ability to run .JAR files. Did SFC /Scannow from cmd prompt. 'Please insert your Windows XP Professional SP-3 CD now' I inserted the system disc ... The system is XP Home according to Control...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 - Home Premium x64 | Startup Repair System Installation

    Hey All, So I am pretty sure that my Windows 7 home premium installation has become corrupted somehow. I've just noticed thins not 'working' well and have been experiencing more and more BSODs over time. I have ran many disk / system file checks (sfc /scannow), and it states that there are...
  12. Windows 8 More stuff I didn't know...

    Hi Here's some info about creating a recovery image that will retain your installed software, in Windows 8 that I didn't know about. This seems like a better option then restoring Windows and losing all of your installed programs. Everything You Need to Know About Creating Custom Recovery...
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    Windows 7 unhidden files NOT showing

    i am very familiar wit the tools>folder options>view>show hidden files, folders, operating system files /uncheck ALL hidden restrictions/display full size and path/always show menus/show drive letters these settings are among the first on a long list of user mods i alter to begin with...
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    Windows 7 Can't manage my disk

    When I right click on Computer and select Manage I get the following error message: C:windows\system 32\mmcbase.DLL is not designed to run on windows or contains an error. Any ideas as to what the problem is and how to fix it? Running Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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    Windows 8 Run Disk Cleanup after 8.1 upgrade

    Hello, After performing an upgrade to Windows 8.1, running the disk cleanup as an admin (or clicking clean system files once it has analyzed the disk) will allow you to cleanup remnants from the installation. I gained about 5 gigabytes from doing so. Just a tip :)
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    Windows 7 How to create an USB stick image (like ISO for DVD)?

    Assume I created a bootable USB stick with some additional software on it. Now I want to backup the whole stuff into an archive file on my hard disc. If I would have an CD/DVD I could create a well known ISO file for it which contains everything. How do I do this for an USB stick? If I just...
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    Windows 7 BSOD Help "bad pool caller"

    I've included all the files requested on BSOD getting help page in a zipped folder. Hopefully somebody might know what direction I need to go to fix this issue. Any help would be appreciated on this "bad pool caller" BSOD. Thanks!:)
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    Windows 8 Help! Problems with clean install of Windows 8 Pro x64 using an ISO or IMG DVD on my new PC build.

    I recently downloaded Windows 8 x64 using Microsoft Dreamspark for Acedemic Institutions. I followed the installation instructions on the Dreamspark website and created both an ISO and an IMG DVD, but each time I try to install it on my new PC build, using either of the disks, I get an error...
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    Windows XP Windows XP labels itself as 2000

    I'm pretty sure anyone computer-savvy knows that Windows XP was built off of 2000, and that every mention of 2000 was removed. Well, as it turns out, there is one mention of 2000. While deleting system files (in a VM of course), a restore critical Windows files screen appeared, and said to...
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    Windows 7 Win7 how to display military time and seconds in a DIR command

    Hardware/Software . existing HP notebook with Win7 32bit Symptoms . to diagnose a virus attack, it helps to know, to the second, when a file was updated. With only a sorted ADMIN DIR output B 4 the restore, it could only log to the minute. Tho I eventually saw the files it created, seconds...