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  1. Windows 10 Microsoft Office 2019 not recognized by Win 10

    In October 2019 I purchased Microsoft Office 2019 from a third party vendor, not Microsoft. Office worked fine until the October 2020 Windows 10 update. Now Win 10 no longer recognizes my copy of Office. Unfortunately the authentication key for Office 2019 is missing, and my request for...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Extended Security Updates

    I called Microsoft a couple days ago and tried to order the Windows 7 Extended Security Updates. I was told I will be going through a third party to receive my updates. I just received an email message from a tech company in Denver. Is this how it's going to work, then? I have to deal with an...
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    Windows 7 OEM windows disk help please

    Hi folks, firstly I apologise if I am missing something obvious here, or if I have missed a thread... here goes Basically I want a fresh install of windows on my daughters PC. The Laptop was a referb from ebay, and has a referb licence as shown in the image. Trouble is that I cannot seem to...
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    Windows 7 Trouble Installing Software

    I downloaded "Calibre v1.47.0", and opened the Windows Installer Package normally. I always am able to install software, and this problem met me for the first time. An error message pops up, saying: This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application vendor to verify that...
  5. Windows 7 Program Install Fail because drive no longer exists

    I'm trying to install a program and the vendor tells me I've got a windows problem. Specs: Windows 7 Home Premium I had a hard drive that crashed. It was drive L. The software I am trying to install was on drive L. I threw the broken drive L away since it did not work. Now when I try to...
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    Windows 8 GTA EFLC installation problem "Unsupported 16-bit Application"

    Hello everyone and Happy New Year, I am here cause I want to ask you for any solutions for my problem. I am trying to install GTA EFLC in Windows 8 (Officially Activated) but I get the following message: Starting Installation via Autorun.exe: Unsupported 16-bit Application. The Program or...
  7. Windows 8 Windows 8 is a one way street for consumer PC users

    If you buy a Windows 8-powered HP consumer PC, or from any other PC vendor, you'll get no help from them if you decide you'd rather have Windows 7. And Linux? Forget about it! Source: Yahoo! News
  8. Microsoft Phone

    Adding to and to some extent, firming up the rumors, it looks like in much the same way Microsoft has decided to manufacturer its' own branded tablet, there are evidently plans to do something similar with respect to a Windows Phone 8 device. Not particularly surprising as there seems to be a...
  9. Windows 7 False Positive??

    Looks like a well know and reasonably popular (free) Anti-Virus product, has detected one of it's own files as a piece of malware. This or similar false positive findings seem to happen to a lot of AV vendors from time to time, this is just the most recent in a long line. Can't wait for this to...
  10. Microsoft lock-in forces European Commission into Windows 7 upgrade talks

    The European Commission has been forced into extraordinary negotiations with Microsoft because it is locked in to using the vendor's software and standards. More...
  11. AVG Update Cripples Users' Windows 7, Vista Computers

    Screw-up is another embarrassing setback for free AV vendor Link Removed - Invalid URL
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    Windows 7 32-bit app not running on 64-bit os

    I have Windows 7 64-bit OS and have a software program application installed in the C drive. This application is not working though it is working in Windows XP. I understand that there are two program files folder in a 64-bit OS. The 32-bit applications are usually installed in the Program Files...