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unable to boot toshiba satellite

A friend brought me her Toshiba Satellite L75D-A7283 laptop to see what I can do with it. She said it suddenly wouldn't boot up. When you first turn it on it will come to the password sign in. After...

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help please!

ReplyTo "Microsoft account team" "Verfy your email address" of Email has been Undeliverd. "zjwu8@optusnet.com.au" is my email address. I connot start microsoft office outlook "zjwu8@optusnet.com.au"....

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8.1 help please

I have an asus laptop, with windows 8.1. The screen is broke, I"m wired into anouther screen. So I push the restart button, get tired of waiting, and press the off button. turned laptop back on broke...

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Windows 8.1 Blue Taskbar Bug?

Hi everyone, just joined the forum (to ask for some help rather than answer questions sadly) on a relatively new install Windows 8.1. However, whenever I open my taskbar on an open program, the color...

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Bad sectors

A mate of mine came round this morning to take a hard drive out of a laptop and put it in a caddy. In the laptop, Ubuntu said it has multiple bad sectors (going into seven digits) but in my test...

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BSOD reference_by_pointer

I have started getting BSODs the last couple of weeks. Sometimes it is several days between crashes. Other times two or three a day. It is almost always when I am surfing the net. Windows says the...

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problem with refresh

I'm trying to run a refresh on my laptop which is running windows 8.1. I'm hoping it will stop some update issues I'm having. The problem is, when it pulls up the list of things that I'll have to...

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WIN 8 - No C Drive or restore, office popup "something wrong"

Hello, I have a DELL laptop pre-loaded with Win 8, and not quite sure what got me to where I am. I am the admin of a small company and was not the user, Currently I can log on to the PC and view...

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win. 8.1 laptop upgrade to win. 10

I keep getting asked to upgrade my laptop w/win 8.1 to windows 10. Is it safe to do this or are others having problems after upgrading? I have a desktop win XP PC that has the same exact files and data...

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Angil

my insiron one 2020 willnot boot after downgrading from windows 10

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Solved: Drive image backup

I need to back up my computer before upgrading to Windows 10, I do not understand much about computers and do not know what kind of equipment? device? I need to do that. I look at my hard drive and...

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Hp laptop-Win 8.1-stuck in safe mode-no display

OK so the display on the HP laptop had been broken and the user (my girlfriend) has been using a monitor attached via HDMI. Tonight the laptop was running really slow, would not respond at all or until...

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what can I do?

I just bought this bran new computer less than 6 months ago and it was running good until yesterday. It is now moving very slow and keeps freezing up on me. I cannot seem to get into my control panel...

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RAM Usage Issue

My Specs http://imgur.com/a/vHqGI Issue More often than not, my computer is using 90%+ of its RAM. Moreover, programs such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone & Chrome appear to be using 50% of the...

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Freezing errors driving me crazy

I am honestly at the end of my tether. I have tried for months to get my desktop to work properly to no avail. I received a prebuilt desktop for Christmas from buildyourbox. It is fast, has a lot of...

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8.1 64 bit

ram up grades for c55b299 lap top all I no is1333mhz ddr3l 2gb now criucil says 1600mhz12800 but don't no if it will work it shows pc10664 ddr3l 1333mhz now 2gb any answerwou Hard Drives: C: Total -...

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Cannot open .msi files + sfc scannow problems

hi my problem is layered. first of all, I cannot open .msi files on my windows 8.1 64 bit OS laptop. The .msi file in question does work flawlessly on Vista, so it's not a matter of the file being...

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wireless connection issues

Hello and thanks in advance for any assistance I recieve. I am currently having a niggling issue with my Lenovo Yoga 2 13 connecting wirelessly to the internet. Despite checking the 'connect...

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llandar

HI this s the fist time I have posted a question so I am hoping someone can help? Iam running windows8.1 on boot up I keep getting GWXUXWorker.exe bad image. could you please advise how to get rid of...

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Win8.1 updates

Lately, there has been in excess of 20 win8.1 updates which all fail to install. This is very time consuming especially when the "changes" have to be undone. I have an HP/Compaq 6200 Pro, 4G Ram and...

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Is there a PC load monitor program?

Is there a 'load analysis' program?... that monitors all programs... and tells me the 'proper' start up time of my machine? I have Windows 8.1. It starts up pretty quick and I can launch a program...

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win 8 apps not starting immediately

Have an odd problem - My metro apps do not start from the start menu immediately ! This started a couple of weeks ago when they would not start at all . Reading up on the problem I opened a second user...

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won't go out of airplane mode

My daughter has a Dell laptop with Win 8.1 this has been broken many times and she's returned it (she bought a 2 year warranty which is good) it's needed the harddrive replaced at least twice. That's...

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USB 3 hub not recognized after external hard drive safe removal

With no motherboard USB 3 support, I installed a Renesas card. One of the two USB 3 ports feeds a drop-in two-HDD drive array and the other port feeds a hub for all other USB devices. I often use a...

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Tried to use new mouse, now no mice / keyboard work?

Hi guys, My mouse for my laptop stopped working so I borrowed my girlfriend's. It went through the normal driver installation business and asked me to reboot to finish it. I did, and now neither the...

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How to Make Factory System Recovery on this Computer

Using Windows 8 (not 8.1 yet) on this Dell XPS One 2720 (Mid 2013) Service Tag 6DJ7TX1. This computer is new, just out of the box two days ago. I've not run into a modern system where there was no...

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I don't understand How to install anything at all in W8?

Gentlemen, I am confused beyond all logic about how to install anything at all in W8. I have a new laptop, and I don't know if it has windows 8 or 8.1. I am trying to install firefox for hours, but it...

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Unable to install Windows Updates (Win 8.1)

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1, 64 bit Processor: AMD A10-5745M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics, AMD64 Family 21 Model 19 Stepping 1 Processor...

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Trying to recover files from hard drive.

I've been trying for 3 days to rescue my files from my hard drive and so far this is what I've tried. -Windows is an infinite loop diagnosing and repairing on start up saying it's trying to fix disk...

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Upgrade to Windows 10 Home Failed Windows Update (I don't want it; please help)

Ever since Windows 10 came out, I keep getting a notification that a Windows Update failed. It's always an update called "Upgrade to Windows 10 Home" I already uninstalled the KB3035583 Windows Update...

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Alienware 14

HiI have alienware 14.got it in mid 2014.Recently I installed windows 10 and it taking so much time to start.so I decided to.go.back to.windows 8.I copied my friends system image (alienware 14) to...

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Difficulty opening some files

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1, 64 bit Processor: AMD E1-2500 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics, AMD64 Family 22 Model 0 Stepping 1 Processor...

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I need help with Acronis cloning

I am trying to clone my pc and make a way to boot the pc if its screwed up enough and won't boot on its own. I have a hp with 8.1. I have Acronis true image 2015 and I installed it and all is good so...

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Slow Shut Down.

When I shut down, Windows shuts down quickly but the switch off of the actual computer takes an age, any suggestions please.

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please help, boss, startup repair loop

I'm getting the blue screen of death. Endless startup repair fails. I'm running win8.1 64 bit. It won't do a system restore nor boot into Safe mode, any help would be appreciated, obviously I would...

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I have tried eveything and my Laptop still freezes!

Hello all I am beyond help! lol I have a windows 8.1 64 Bit Tosheba Laptop Sattlelite C55D-A5120. Here is the deal. It freezes on any browser no matter what you do. I debugged it. I even did a total...

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Messed up Windows 8 on my mini pc. Help!!!

So I got my Rikomagic MK36 to connect up the the tv for the Mrs to use. Awesome little thing for the 5 minutes I had it working! It dual boots windows 8 and Android. It was running WIndows 8 perfectly....

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Superfetch disabled but still runs

Hi, i have an issue with my Lenovo K450 rusning Win 8.1 64 bit. It has the 100% disk usage bug and when i disable Superfetch in Services and reboot, it shows me that Superfetch is disabled but it still...

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update

How do I upgrade from win 8 to 8.1(free)

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Apps open when not asking them to open

Hi, I was hoping someone can answer why this happens. When I type in a forum sometimes or something else i enter some text and all of a sudden the calculator will pop up even though i did not ask for...

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Picture standard user account

How do i get a new picture in standard user account? it never has had a picture when i click start/picture standard user account/add picture nothing happens-start screen goes task bar does not let me...

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Time Zone ?

I use a site which has Satellite Sports On Tv schedule in U. S. central time is their a way to change it to eastern time zone I can post the link to show you get back to me please

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disable

I have a HP Laptop that shuts off after 10 minutes of non use.How do I temporarily turn this off so I can do some downloads?

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Solved: BSoD: Win8 Driver Fault

I recently had to re-install windows in order to correct an error I was getting for League of Legends, but after stepping away from the computer for a few minutes, I came back to the computer in the...

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Solved: Installing W8, no drives show to which to install

Windows 8 on Dell XPS 2720 (Mid 2013), Service Tag 6DJ7TX1 The computer currently has two drives, a 250-gig mSATA which is blank and a 2TB mechanical drive on which Windows is installed. I want to...

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Flash Player alerts or warnings when using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8...

Many users are concerned about the sudden appearance of Flash Player alerts or warnings when using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8 8.1 and Windows 10. These warnings or alert boxes pop up on some but...

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Windows Update No Longer Works

I have my laptop with Win 8.1 set to automatically download updates and to notify me when any are available so I can see what they are before installing them. When I realized that my almost-daily...

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folder won't open

Hello guys, Plz help When I try to open folders on Windows 8 from my Dell laptop it shows properties windows for all files and folders. Here I have attach the screenshot. Attached Thumbnails  

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Another Update Problem

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1, 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Processor Count:...

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Returned to 8.1 But New Problems

Installed Win 10 and it did not work well. After a LOT of help from here & elsewhere, I finally talked to MS Support who said my computer (Lenovo K450E) does not yet have Win 10 drivers and to...

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