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Hello... I'm copy and pasting the below from a previously posted topic on a different website.........was directed here, and I'm hoping you guys can help me figure this out.. Since I first posted this, it seems that my computer is to some degree selfCorrecting (if that is possible).. Still some issues going on, but some strange things like when I have a page open over my main AOL page, when clicking off the overlying page, AOL homePage goes logs off as well.... Also, several things having to do with inaccurate "MouseClicks"........things popping up that I did not click on, but that were nearby the cursor.. Hoping this makes sense.. Below is my original posting.. Ho…
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Hey, I built this PC back in 2013 and the PSU died sometime last year, I have only recently got a new PSU and when trying to boot the system bluescreened, turned off instantly, didn't see the error code. Now when I booted it up next it went through disk repair, took like an hour or so. But now when I turn the system on it goes through the boot process until it gets to the Windows welcome screen, after that it comes up with a black screen with the cursor which can be moved. I have tried booting in to repair mode by spamming the F8 key but it requires an admin password which I do not remember. Is there are way to either reset the password or factory restore the sy…
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Somehow I have mislaid the little USB dongle for my logitec mouse which is only a few months old. Is it possible to get spares from anywhere?
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Microsoft decided to list KB3184143 as optional. This KB promises to remove all remnants of Windows 10 GWX nagging. This update will remove following previously installed updates: KB 3035583 -- Update installs Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1 KB 3064683 -- Windows 8.1 OOBE modifications to reserve Windows 10 KB 3072318 -- Update for Windows 8.1 OOBE to upgrade to Windows 10 KB 3090045 -- Windows Update for reserved devices in Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 SP1 KB 3123862 -- Updated capabilities to upgrade Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 KB 3173040 -- Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1 end of free upgrade offer notification KB 3146449 -- Updated Internet Exp…
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Starbuck (Old patient of yours-neilybonks) Windows 7 Microsoft Security Essentials C Cleaner Malawrebytes (free edition) MacAfee security scan plus Computer gradually getting slower and slower-no action- have to switch off then on to boot up. Recent scans on Malaware reveal (now every scan)pup Yonton.chrPRST and akamaihd and torage. Quarantined. Last week revealed 371 pup-two scans - all quarantined. Chrome now shows up as Yahoo. Neil
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Since Windows installed updates last week it won't boot from cold. It gets to the log-in screen, I enter my password then it freezes on a black screen with mouse pointer. I pressed Ctr-Al--Del and click restart and it goes back to the black screen. I have to hold the power button down to switch of my PC, then when I start it again it works fine.
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i keep getting this message "btvstack.exe - sysyem error utils.dll is missing. its an acer aspire v5 laptop. win 8.1 i3 4gb ram. 500gb hdd. i've searched online and got thousand of answers. so i thought i'd ask the experts.
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I know this is browser related - but a bit stuck where to go for help. On W10 I access Facebook via Firefox For past couple of week I have been unable to attach any pictures to Facebook .... (Firefox v48.02) Also as a test tried MS Edge - same fault I get a moving bar that looks like its in progress then after a few minutes it just fails and goes back to the post ... occasionally it gives the word 'Error' and a blank pic with an 'x' but not every time. If I add pictures to FB via my phone it works fine, so proves account & the pictures are OK. So must be PC config related. I tried the advice to make sure no old versions of Flash installed…
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I am a bit of a learner with some of this stuff so hope you people will bear with me! I have a laptop which has windows 7 pro and a desktop with windows 7 pro also. I would like to transfer all the music etc that is on my laptop to the desktop. I read that i could use " windows easy transfer". I started the process and it seemed to start without much problem. My difficulty is that i have a download limit with my service provider and wondered if this would exceed this, so stopped the transfer.Is the transfer of this data via my service provider? If so is there a way for me to transfer my music photos etc another way.Would really like some advice please.
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Having bit the bullet and bought a new HP laptop to replace my aged Dell Latitude, I am having just one little niggle - the HP support assistant. It always shows the exclamation mark and even if I then go into it and read the messages then delete them it still brings the same things back again so I cant get rid of the little yellow triangle. It has two sections one for the PC and one for the printer but it always its says there is one update for the PC but when I open the tab is says there are no updates!!! For the printer it constantly shows 2 messages which I read then delete but then they simply reappear again. Agggggg.. How do I cure this???
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Having just updated my old laptop from XP to W7 I am having an issue with updates. It simply refuses to do anything. On clicking on look for updates the progress bar reports "checking for updates" but hours later nothing has happened. It also always reports "never" for most recent check and for updates installed. What is going on and how do I fix it? The install is registered and the licence key verified. What am I doing wrong?
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Having decided my old Acer Travelmate 2700 was starting to run a bit slow I decided to install W7. The install went well and for the most part runs fine. I have a Ethernet a decent screen and sound but the one thing I cannot get working is the wifi. I can't even see the wifi card in the system so have no idea what to try. The wifi ran fine under XP but the Acer website does not offer any W7 drivers. So how can I find a driver for my wifi again? I tried installing the XP driver but it wont install saying the system is not compatible - _I even tried in XP compatibility mode but it came to the same thing. Any ideas please?
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I hope every one is well, An elderly friend succumbed to a scam telephone call from ”TalkTalk” where they "connected" to his computer. Somehow the Toshiba Satellite C50D – A – 133 on Windows 10 became unusable and was subsequently taken back to Windows 8.1. I got the machine at our house yesterday and rang Microsoft who provided a link to restore W10. After a number of hours it seemed to have loaded W10. When I tested it later it only got as far as the Toshiba Leading Innovation screen and stopped at that. I rang MS again and they said it probably didn’t have the correct drivers for W10, I can only assume the W8.1 wasn’t up to date when I started loading the W…
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there is no where to wish Pete a happy birthday so here goes HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE Dont give me the ol stopped counting reply Bob
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Since installing some updates, each time I click an icon to open a page, such as this Tesco site, a warning notice appears on my desktop asking me to confirm whether I want to open it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]1513.vB5-legacyid=2610[/ATTACH] Could somebody please tell me if and how to disable it? Thanks, David
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