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Hi all, Now that I've got various issues with the laptop sorted, (Thanks Ken B) I'm now getting ads popping up all over the place, even along the bottom of the page on emails as well as down the side. So Googling "free adblock" sites, I'm now faced with a myriad of different applications. So I need a straight forward, easy to download, adblock. Thanks in anticipation. BeeJay.
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Hello to my friends at FreePCHelp...! I have a quick question regarding the above issue.. It appears that my Malwarebytes Premium trial has expired.. Is there a free MWB program I could install? Please let me know about this and send a link as well for download, if that is an option.. Thanks in advance!
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Hi all, I've just got the above to create back up on my Toshiba laptop. Snag is, it all sounded so easy, no installation etc, just plug in & drag required files to the hard drive. When plugged in to the USB port, I do a quick scan with Kaspersky, no problem. But that's it. I bring up a file, but there's no indication where to drag anything to! Just the file I've selected, no icon for the hard drive etc. I wont ask for "any ideas" as I know they will be forthcoming, as have been in the past. But thanks in anticipation. PS, I'm at present trying to uninstall Malwarebytes as a free test, which has expired, but no matter what I do ie uninstall etc, it stays th…
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I love chrome, well i used to i used to think it was the fastes browser , then i discovered how chrome runs works with cache . For and much of the time actually displays pages that arent 100% up to date, also causing Dns errors that only clear up with clearing your cach . I have no issue moving to Firefox , but i want to know if there is a way to work around this chrome issue
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SWMBO's Dell has had an email telling her that the same number was being used on two computers at this same ip address. I assume this is because I used my copy of W7 to get hers up and running. I have tried googling the method to change the product key but this system seems to be different, this system doesn't seem to be the same following the clicks using windows. I have tried the CMND way and it does not recognize the command slmgr.vbs which is given on a site saying this is the way. There might be some confusion over the lower case "l" (lower case L) as it could be a one an L or an I (eye). I have tried it all ways but it still gives me the same answer that the comm…
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This little issue is driving me mad - which only happens when I am searching on Ebay UK. After a few moments I get a piece of music coming up - if I then click on a link on the page to view and item etc the music stops - then after the link has opened it comes up again and keeps doing this. Its always the same piece of music. When I close ebay it stops Funny thing it does not happen in IE only in Edge - so is there a cure? Have already checked for viruses and malware using Ad aware and Malwarebytes but nothing found. In every other respect the system is running as normal !!!
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We have a Dell (spit) Studio one here (SWIMBOs) and it has suddenly displayed an error and wont enter W7. It shows a new logo for American Trends and the messge reads AHCI Port 0 Device Error, Press F2 to resume. If we do what it suggests it goes to the BIOS and on exiting that we are left with a blank screen. I have googled the error and it seems it might be something to do with a motherboard battery. I'd welcome some advice on this. jim
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I keep getting this popup supposedly from Firefox saying I need to download it ,I haven't yet because I don’t trust it. Thanks for any help. This is the url. https://einayforumeiros.ne
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Hi All I received a batch of 5 important Windows updates 4 of which were successfully installed. However one just won't install. I have done a screen grab so everyone on this forum can see it. Now HOW DO I SHOW THE SCREEN GRAB LOL! I tried just dragging the screen drag file from it's folder onto this screen but it wont have it!! Help please. By the way in case anyone can advise without need to see screen grab the update that wont install is:- 'Ralink Technology, Corp. - WLAN - Ralink RT5390R 802.11bgn Wi-Fi Adapter Download size: 982 KB You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect. Update type: Important Ralink Technology, …
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Hi guys as my profile suggests im a web developer , now we should have a good knowledge about software and operating systems i believe i do , but admitedly my harware knowedge is lacking... so this leads m t my question , had a i5 Pavilion g7 laptop with windows 7 , it worked great for all my programming needs and even got by doing some video editing on adobe premiere ( just just) :) . So i though its time to go the next level after careful consideration i found what i thought was my answer in the asus f541u series 3.1 gn i7-6500, nvidia geforce , i ugraded the ram because it comes standard with 8gb, which was strange. Anyway i found to my horror that this lap…
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I have 3 near identical Dell 755 PCs - all of the used to run W7 and all three got updated to W10 when this was on free offer a while back. Until now all three PCs ran well with no issues and updated as expected. However, with the new W10 update, two of the PCs updated fine but the third would not - in fact the system crashed and wrecked the OS and resulted in blue screens eery time I tried to reboot. Not to worry I decided to put in a new HDD and reinstall from scratch but that's when the issues stared. Every time I try loading W10 (32 or 64 bit) the installation ends with a message saying the system is not compatible - and that is odd as the other two PCs updated an…
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Hi all, My computer was working fine last night but when I came to log on to my normal user account this morning I am getting this message below and i can't get any further! "The User Profile Service service failed the Logon. User profile cannot be loaded". I had already created another user account with administrator powers so that I could always get on to my computer and I have used this today by taking the password off my normal user account thinking that was the problem but unfortunately it wasn't! I have tried switching the computer off and on again but to no avail. I would really appreciate some help on this matter please.
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Have a good one Starbuck Bob12a
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A friend has a problem with her Windows 7 desktop, she said "the bar at the bottom keeps going white instead of blue". Apparently her task bar goes that that ancient Windows 98 appearance and all her windows look weird. She did a system restore and it was fine until Windows updated then it went wrong again. Is there an easy fix? I searched online but couldn't find anything more recent than 2012.
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Neighbour has asked me to look see why her computer is running so slow I doubt she has touched it for years Guidance required Please. I have checked google to many answers for me to workout Have written to smoky on his forum Bob
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