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Hello. Today we're releasing Link Removed due to 404 Error, which describesa publicly disclosed scripting vulnerability affecting all versions ofMicrosoft Windows. The main impact of the vulnerability is unintendedinformation disclosure. We're aware of publishedinformation and proof-of-concept...

I've changed the location of my Chrome user profile folder, and created a shortcut which has –user-data-dir=”d:\new chrome user directory location" appended to its target. But when Chrome is opened any other way than via this shortcut, for instance when launching a web page file saved to my...

While Google seems ok with handing over information to advertisers, it is less keen to help a couple get back their stolen caravan. Street View cameras might help Derbyshire police solve a crime which may have been captured by Google's cameras. However the search engine is saying that it will...

I needed to clear up a problem with start up and resorted to defaulting to factory settings. I lost all photo files and other favorite dowload sites. I have attempted a few different recovery programs without success. Can these 1000 plus images be recovered?

Hey guys I am using robocopy in windows 7 to upgrade users computers. I have it setup to pull users personal documents and such of the old laptop to the new win7 laptop. I do this through the network by setting the old laptops c drive as a network drive z. i use this for robocopy to...

Wifes Dell with XP blew up mother board and corrupted boot files. Placed drive as slave in my machine. Drive works fine, can access all needed stuff, can't boot it. I can access Favorites, Address book files from Outlook express, photos. I copied all the important things also to a seperate...

So, if I access my files through C:/users/jjn/My Documents/whatever... I can see them and they are there, if I go through the library feature that 'says' it's looking in the same location some files are not there. How do you reset or refresh or rehydrate the library so it sees what IS actually...

Did you realize, for example, that Microsoft knows how many times its users click on the Start menu? How often they use certain Aero features? How many programs get pinned to the taskbar? Link Removed

Anybody recognize the roblem, is it the same problem over and over, I hope,,,, I ran the windows memory tester and it says the meory is OK. Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 1e BCP1...

I've been here before but last time around I was able to copy all my files across from one partition to Win 7 without difficulty - this time it flatly refuses despite all my efforts. I basically have essential Roboform data files which I backed up manually (just copied from Win 7 to another...

hello I have an application with the user data in a set subfolder. After entering and saving the data file, windows 7 writes it to some sub sub sub ....folder that has nothing to with the one where my files are stored and the original files are not modified. When searching, this files are...

Because I have a few problems (one of which is described in the forum), or you can reinstall Windows 7 without losing any existing data, and simply replacing the current system files? I do not want to lose my music, installed programs and games. I do not want to move it to a pendrive or CD.

Safari, IE, Chrome and Firefox The autocomplete features in Safari, IE, Firefox, or Chrome are vulnerable to ID theft and other attacks. Insecurity expert Jeremiah Grossman is expected to tell a Black Hat conference that the four major browsers have critical weaknesses that have yet to be...

I got a friend who apparently downloaded a Virus on his computer, and now his computer wont load past th BIOS /POST (power on system test) screen….. I was thinking… just get a Live Linux/Ubuntu CD, using that and retrieve whatever important he has saved on his HDD… and then re-install WIN_Vista...

For some time now, we've been successfully using Roaming Profiles in a Windows XP environment but i now want to ensure that this will work once we migrate to Windows 7 x64. Using the Microsoft Guide 'Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide', I've been able to successfully redirect the...

Chrome operating system (OS) will be able to run applications from other operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows. The procedure is a relatively simple technical solution, though one which has practical limitations. The Chrome operating system, which has been released in a form developers...

A spyware application that surreptitiously scans chat logs and hard drives of unsuspecting Mac users has found its way onto three of the more popular download sites, security researchers said Tuesday. Dubbed OSX/OpinionSpy, the spyware is distributed through software available on sites...

Computer went automatically to sleep, and never came back. Had to shutdown... profile got corrupted and logged as "temporary profile". So I created 2 new accounts, logged to one of them, copied all my old things to the other new account and logged to that account. The problem is that all my...

Hi I need some help with a slight problem. I have just got a new Win7 64bit desktop system which has the OS and some applications installed onto a 40GB Sold State Drive which is the C: drive. Naturally, there is now not a lot of room on it but have a 1TB drive (E:) which so far only has a...

Hi, I tried backing up last night. Took 3 hours but I digress. When it finished it stated it didn\t complete properly. BUT there are two files on my external drive. One named after my computer but says it is empty (treated as a folder). The other file says MediaID.bin 0 kb. When I check...