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MS to Crack Down on Pirated Win7 with Toolkit Release
Microsoft is releasing a set of tools aimed at detecting and undoing attempts to bypass Windows 7 anti-piracy checks. It's mostly meant for corporate networks, but the release is also intended as a security warning. The toolset is an update for Windows Activation Technologies, one of the...- reghakr
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- activation administrator bypass checks corporations detection education legitimacy microsoft network piracy security software technology toolkit toolset update warning windows 7
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 7 Problem creating System Image in Windows 7
Hi I just tried to create a system image on dvd media (takes approx. 11 disc for this machine) and on the 9th disc i recieve this error. Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-Backup Date: 2/6/2010 4:00:02 PM Event ID: 525 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords: User: SYSTEM...- rjk
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- application log backup bad clusters chkdsk data recovery disk issues dvd error event id file system hardware maintenance ntfs storage system image troubleshooting warning windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Watch where you purchase things on the Internet
There are sites out there where ine can get burned and I got burned. So just letting you know. I will not name the site unless I get permission to but, it was really nice well set up site just about like Windows 7 Forums. Except this one sold software only. Naturally I purchased a week and...- lorenkjr1
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- buyer beware canada consumer customer service email experience fraud gift cards internet online shopping online transactions payment phone support purchasing scam security software warning website windows 7
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Windows 7 WHAT IS jucheck.exe ?
I keep getting a prompt that says this update is available, but... the Publisher is Unknown. :( If I TRUST a Publisher, i have no qualms with it...but, it's Unknown. It says is a java update.. if That helps. PLEASE HELP !!! I tried doing a screen shot, but... this this woulnd't allow me to paste...- hvnsent
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- help java jucheck prompt publisher security trust unknown update warning
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 'Starting Windows' takes ages
Hi guys, I have a nasty problem with my brand new Windows 7 Ultimate. Yesterday, I installed it on my desktop and it works perfectly, no single problem! Today, I install 7 on my laptop and installation doesn't cause any problem, so far so good. BUT, when I turn my laptop on, it takes more than...- Brick Top
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- configuration desktop error event viewer indexing initialization intel laptop memory leak ntpclient performance registry search service slow boot startup system resources troubleshooting warning windows 7 wlan
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Security Warning Every Time I Open Downloaded App
I understand the need for a security warning asking for confirmation when running an app downloaded from the internet. But do I really need a warning every time after the first time for any given app? Is it possible to disable the warnings after I have opened the app at least once?- jfredrickson
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- app downloads application settings disable warnings internet download security user confirmation user experience warning windows security
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Odd, annoying, bizarre, curious Event log messages...
I don't know about all of y'all, but I"m getting a lot of warnings and errors in the Event Log.... Some of which I'm not finding fixes for. FIRST, is there SOME WAY to reduce the massive number of informational messages being constantly written to the log? Not to SEE fewer, but to actually...- dkperez
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- error event log informational resource management system performance troubleshooting warning windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 I think I discovered why I'm freezing all the time...
I'm not very computer savvy, but from what I've read online, I decided to take a gander at the Events log on my windows 7 HP computer. I saw the little red warnings and the red ! marks for everytime I had to do a hard reset with my 3 day old PC. Before every shut down I got this warning...- Peerless
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- autoconfiguration computer issues event log freezing reset router warning windows 7 wlan
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Windows 7 Event Viewer errors and warnings
Is there a place in these forums that'd be best for asking/talking about some of the entries that are showing up in the event viewer? I"m not sure some are specific to Windows 7, but I think several are related to something I probably need to set up/change, or whatever..... SO, here? Support...- dkperez
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- configuration error event viewer forum logs setup support troubleshooting warning windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 AVG Virus Threat
It just started tonight, but AVG 9.0 is warning that this site (windows7forums.com) is infected and therefore being blocked. Has anyone else reporrted this? As soon as you access any page on your site the alert from AVG pops up. What's going on?- nitewulf
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- avg blocking forum infection malware security threats virus warning windows
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- Forum: Windows Security
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Windows 7 Errors found after installation
I just did a clean install of windows7 professional. My cpu is freezing every couple of minutes. I checked the event log and found many errors, warnings, and even some critical errors. I have no idea how to go about fixing these issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated! event id: 106...- ken1879
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- boot speed computer issues cpu freeze critical error diagnostics error event id event log installation performance service control manager system events system performance system restore system stability tech support troubleshooting user help warning windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Most Coveted Win 7 Image
What do you think the most desired / coveted window you can open in Windows 7 would look like? I finally found it! And finally achieved it! It may be easy for some people but for me it's been like the search for the Holy Grail I'll attach the image... it's a copy of my Event Viewer /...- tblount
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- achievements administrative log error event viewer image log management system performance warning windows 7 windows graphics
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Windows 7 Too much time to shutdown and boot-up
I have extremely slow shutdown and boot-up speeds. I'm using windows 7 home premium with intel dual core. I have 4gb ram on a 32 bit system. Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but have collected some info from the event viewer. I would appreciate any advice. My average boot time is taking...- donaldadkins
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- boot speed boot time computer critical diagnostics event log event viewer home premium intel performance issues performance monitoring ram shutdown shutdown time system user session warning windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Warning: Malicious Free Driver Posts Flooding Forums
Beware these free driver for posts that just popped up everywhere the link is malicious. Ive reported the posts so they should be handled soon but there are about fifteen of them in the last couple minutesd and still climbing.- textureDnB
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- drivers free software malware online safety posts report security warning
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 7 Random shutdowns occuring early
ok i downloaded the beta about a month ago and it has happened about four times in the past two weeks. my computer will shut down without any warning and when i turn it back on it starts back up like normal without any error messages. it just really annoyed me last night when it shut down in...- theforgotten
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- annoyance beta computer error restart shutdown warning
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 open file security warning
i get this message when i open sisoft, and u torr and couple others, just started happening out the blue. Wondering if theres a security setting i can over ride to remove the issue thanks for your help- Kubira
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- file access file security security settings sisoft software issues troubleshooting user help utorrent warning windows error
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 HDD failure warning
HDD failure warning [Solved] Hey there. I was wondering if there's any way to disable the annoying "inc HDD failure" warning that shows up whenever I'm booting my computer up. Here's a picture of said warning: Link Removed due to 404 Error To be honest I don't want to backup anything since...- uldreg
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- backup boot computer documents failure hdd software storage thumb drive warning
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 gives inexplicable warnings
Am using the Windows 7 RC Build 7100 and the Aero theme for my desktop. Every now and again I get a warning that Windows has detected that my system is running slow and suggests that I use a less taxing theme. The problem is that my system is not running slow at all so the warning seems somewhat...- cfwin
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- aero build 7100 control panel corsair desktop gaming gtx 275 intel performance rc build sli system performance system specs task manager theme issues troubleshooting velociraptor warning windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows XP winzip + disk cleanup?
ok, so i got a little problem or rather a worry : i had 352mb of free space and a zip file of 470+mb on the same hdd. as i didnt need some of the files in that zip, i deleted them (around 50mb). i did so directly out of winzip 10, which actually makes a new file out of the old but without...- forca1
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- compression disk cleanup file deletion free space issues storage temporary files warning windows xp winzip
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Win 7 RC Event Viewer Help?
I was having weird system issues (mostly system freezes) with Win 7 RC x64 after doing an in place upgrade (build 7068 was rock solid) so I bit the bullet and did a clean install. Now 1 day later I have 10,000+ events in event viewer and still have random freezes. Most entries are either a...- balcy24
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- asus rampage clean install cleanup connectivity error event viewer firewire freezes hard drive intel q9650 network nic card system issues troubleshooting update usb interface warning windows 7 yukon
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support