I have installed Avast while I disabled Avira. Now Avast is on system and I am logged in as Admin in order to uninstall Avira. Unfortunately, Avira will not let me uninstall saying I need permission from Admin. Can someone give me a clue as to how to get this off my system...
Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. By default, Windows 10 receives these updates automatically, and for customers running previous versions, we recommend they turn on automatic updates as a best practice.
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It seems to me that the well known command
sfc /scannow .....
appends all logmessages to a possibly already existing CBS.LOG file rather than create a new logfile.
Is this correct?
So if I want to have a fresh logfile just with the results from the last sfc run I have to manually delete the...
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I've come across a weird issue in Windows 10 Pro x64 1703. In C:\Users\ Windows 10 repeatedly shows 2 weirdly named User folders. I look in Control Panel>User Accounts and as expected I'm the only user.
I delete these 2 bogus folders numerous times a day and they contantly re-appear...
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I have a Lenovo G510 PC and have for some time been upgraded to Windows 10, but have problems including With Windows Update, when an error message appears and it does not update. I have run disk cleanup and see that there are many files etc that I can delete. The 3 pictures show it. It is among...
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''It now seems there is a modern alternative to the Disk Cleanup program that deals with all of the files that take up space on our devices and can be safely removed. I suspect the day is coming in a future feature update for Windows 10, maybe even Redstone 3 that is due this fall, that Disk...
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Dear all,
I am new here, so Hi!
I just woke up my PC and suddenly a unknown icon appeared on my taskbar.
I cannot click it and when I point the cursor at it there is no description there.
Do you have any idea what could it be? It looks wireless-ish.
Also, there is one more thing - my Windows...
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I have uninstalled old games and programs that does not remove Microsoft Visual C++. Is there a program or a way to find out which program installed is using which version of Visual C++?
Can newer version of Visual C++ 2008 x86 9.0 30729.6161 replace all older versions of 2008 9.0s?
Hi,
I seen a few posts relating to disks with less space than anticipated - but think I have gone through the suggestions.
I have an older ACER X1301 which has been upgraded to W8 then W10 and with an SSD instead of the HDD. When I installed the SSD I thought I had a 'C' drive with approx...
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I keep getting a nagging pop up suggesting I remove temporary files and delete the old Windows installation. I am not sure why I would want to do this, particularly if I wanted to revert to Windows 7 within the 1 month allowed by Microsoft ?
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I have windows 7, IE10.
When trying update to ie11 I got an error something with c947, so I tried to go to the basics and remove IE completely (control panel->uninstal programs-> uninstall updates->unistall windows internet explorer 10) and got an error (without a specific number).
Quick...
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Microsoft have recently collected all updates going back to SP1 and created a 'Convenience update' which contains most of them:
Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 convenience roll-up now available at a download location near you! (KB3125574)
This roll-up is currently categorized by Microsoft...
Hi Here's a list of Anti-Virus Uninstallers by ESET! I think they have covered the field.
You can always Google, but It's nice to have them all in one place!;)
Sense everyone is helping members with issues today, thought I would add this. As always with my threads; move, delete, or what needs to...
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Microsoft recently made the Windows 10 upgrade a recommended one meaning if your settings in Windows updates is set to automatically install then you will automatically upgrade to Windows 10.
Here's a few tips from Winbeta.com on how to avoid an unwanted upgrade:
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Just curious. Just had a check of my update history. I can see I have had none since the 8th Dec.
Anyone care to check?
Just needed to add - Apart from definition updates. I have those
Have an interesting issue with explorer.exe locking up when I try to close photo viewer within several minutes, but only if I open the picture file from the desktop. Opening photos from within a folder anywhere else on the system it opens and closes fine (no need to wait).
If I let it sit for...