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Script movies

Every half an hour pops out this message that I have a script movies causing my PC to run slowly etc..... I do not have any script movies on at present. How can I get rid of this message that is...

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Dell Dekstop freezing now at same spot everytime

Hi, my dell Inspiron running win8 keeps freezing at the same spot every time I use it now for the past day, and has to be manual powered off, before that I had no problems. Its an old dell, about 5 y/o...

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How do you use the snipping tool in Metro?

I am using a browser that starts up automatically in Metro. When I want to get a copy of the screen I end up going back to the Metro screen to start up the snipping tool and it opens in the Desktop,...

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run all programs as administrator by default

how can i set windows 8 to run all programs as administrator by default so i dont have to select "run as administrator" each time ? I have a program that auto launch on startup and it needs...

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Very very spooky...sort of....

Scored a Q200E at BB. Nice little machine. Upgraded the WiFi (adding BT) and installed SSD (Kingston 240GB) after reading conflicting reports of "some success" at cloning original HD (also didn't wish...

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Audio Converter

Guys, I was looking for a free audio converter and finaly i got it from softpedia.As usual, i checked it with online virus total scan and confirmed that its not harmful in anyway.But when i installed...

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driver_irql_not_less_or_equal (tcpip.sys) BSOD error

Brand new laptop with Win8 install. I get this error and blue screen often when trying to download anything. I've attached several .dmp files. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Darren

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Windows 8 Not Booting Up! Please Help!

Hello, everyone. My PC was working fine a couple days ago. It booted up perfectly with no issues at all. Out of nowhere, the other day, when I booted up my PC from sleep mode the monitor wouldn't turn...

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Windows 8.1

Do you think Microsoft will releas Windows 8.1 on DVD when it comes out

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Excessive disc space being eaten up by W8 metro apps..

I have noticed that several of my streaming apps.. such as Pandora, Slacker, Radyo .. start to accumulate large chunks of space within the W8 Metro side of things. In one instance, Radyo ( which I use...

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Win 8 dual boot - the timer isn't working

I get to the new win 8 graphical boot screen, but the timer is not working at all. I've tried to change the timer from the default 30 seconds to 15 seconds & back again with no success. It will sit...

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Windows 8 programs provided such as Reader, Photos stopped

All those programs that are present when you first open a Windows 8 desktop like Reader, Photos, etc. You know, the one's you want to replaces real fast with good programs have stopped working. Not...

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Please help a really silly person...

I'm sorry, but i am really inept and having a hard time getting to know Win8. I just purchased a new laptop which came with a free 30 day trial of Microsoft Office. I had intended to set my laptop up...

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A question for the Surface Pro owners

Is it possible to boot the Surface Pro from a USB stick with a Linux OS. Since I don't own a Surface Pro, I cannot check it myself. I plan to make a tutorial about safe surfing and that would be a...

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how open office.org 1.1 text document on windows 8

I have files from a previous version names "office.org 1.1 text document" that my new windows 8 cannot open. Any chance I can recuperate those files ? Thanks a lot.

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Start Screen has shrunk

Hello folks, I seem to have a problem and I don't quite know how to fix it. You see after I play a game, no matter what game it is when I quit it my start screen looks like this. Image:...

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How to Dual Boot with Win 8 and Vista

Greetings! New member. Hear is the situation. My Old laptop died. Not a Harddrive issue it functions fine. I had Vista installed. I now have a new HP ENVY DV7. I would like to set up my new system to...

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Small C Drive

Just recently, I had a hard drive failure and sent my laptop in to Toshiba to have it repaired. The hard drive was replaced, but the C drive, which originally had around 700 GB of disk space, now has...

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"Need permission from SYSTEM to change this file."

So My computer has been acting up. I downloaded a "free" antivirus that turned out to be a virus. It just slows my computer up and hasn't fried anything yet, However i was able to download AVG and stop...

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How to buy?

I have an old W8 Release Preview which i have to activate. I am Dutch and when i use Upgrade Asistant it keeps sending me to the US store even if i start from Dutch MS site. Drives me crazy. I changed...

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