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I have lost the IE icon from the drop down task bar on my Sony Vaio laptop. I have tried the other suggestions on this site but nothing seems to work. All I get when I try to right click and open on Explorer is library information. Any ideas anyone?

My gadgets wont work I have no idea why please help my clock gadget shows up as a black square with red hands whick are alwas at 12 oclock

I got a new laptop at work, and the IT group performed the initial setup. Of course, they entered my name incorrectly. I am the "administrator" on this computer, and I made the correction. However, on the C: drive, under the C:\Users folder, my mis-spelled name persists. I select then...

When I select Control Panel it comes up blank (White) with a message on the left side (Adjust your computer Settings) Right side(View By:) top bar has (control Panel with direction arrows) then All control Panel Items. When I select the right arrow is says (Computing Items( With the time circle...

Hi:), I have two computers networked with a router - Thanks to wonderful Randy's help :). I have set up a homegroup between the two and I can accesss the main computers library files from the second computer but I can not access the library files on the second computer from the main computer...

Hi there i have somehow encrypted some files in a folder and cant open them, they are (where.avi) and now thet have turned into some weird format like (going out..wmvfgeffgef) what have i done and is there anyway to convert them back, i know that i checked some boxes in properties and clicked...

OK I somehow choice my power2go program as the default program for all my programs. All my icons turned to power2go icon, I have done this before and in the past I would delete the program causing this (power2go) and the problem would be solved. I did this and nothing happened, the program was...

I am trying to use the windows search function to find files with the .xm extension. When I type ext:.xm or fileext:.xm it returns .xml files of which there are thousands on my computer. How do I get the search to only return .xm files? Thanks in advance for the help.

hey, im having a problem with system crashing and then the inability to reboot with a manual reset. if i hold the power key to power off the system then i can boot back into windows. here is some info. on the symptoms of the crash. i have set my computer to never sleep before the crashes...

A friend asked me to help him with his new computer that randomly gets bsod from time to time. He custom build it. can anyone help analyse it?

Is my problem a setting in my email or how Windows 7 work? It is driving me crazy!:mad: Say I want to attach 3 files in a Yahoo email... all from the same folder. They are located like this.... Photos> MarysPhotos > Fall > Kids > Halloween> Pic1,Pic2, Pic3 Before with Vista and Yahoo Mail...

after working on a video project in Windows DVD maker,,,,after saving,,,,the file is saved as a PROJECT with the (.MSDVD) extention ! Meaning,,i can't watch it anywhere else except on the Win DVD Maker ! However, i am already done with it and want it to have a regular file extention for use...

My Drive E just lost from my computer! I don't know how did it happen. I try to search through google but I can't find a solution. Can any guru in here help me???? Thanks in advance! This is what I see in the device manager.

I have somehow managed to delete the \users\ directory from my admin profile in windows 7. Forexample previously I had C:\Users\John\Start Menu\Programs.... now I only have C:\John\.... This means I lost all my shortcuts my "roaming directory" etc. The system is still running but many...

I have a .mkv video file which I cannot rename, move, or delete. Every time I do so this message shows: "The action cannot be completed because the file is open in windows explorer. Close the file and try again." If I try to delete the folder, a similar message pops up saying that a file is in...

Heya, I recently had this problem: Link Removed Its the exact same problem. The screen's power button blinks. I unplugged the computer and tested all connections and dedusted all fans. Everything works ok in safe mode. But I can't trust my computer to start up correct in normal mode. Does...

I can't believe I'm the only one with this issue! So I was listening to music, volume was way turned up. Then I turned the music off. The a while later I'm surfing away and some site has an super obnoxious ad with a hidden pop-under window with this incredibly loud voice BLASTING me with...

Network adapter in question is Intel PRO\1000 PL Here's how it went everything has been fine for awhile then I rebooted my machine today and then I had a red X on the network icon in the systray and no internet. So I rebooted my router then my machine and still had the red X on the network icon...

I tried using Partition Table Doctor Recovery tool, but it doesn't seem to work for me. The program looked to work at first; it recognized my data and "recovered" it, until I noticed that all my documents are there, but there are no "text" when I open them. My music files are recognized, but...

Hey guys i have a problem! I can't acces my D disk the disk with my games my C is my system disk but my D is the one for progams and stuff and files! Now i cant acces it it say NFTS. When i click on it it says it isnt accesable! I did something with it but i dont know what exactly. Please...