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Universal mobile keyboard won't work

The keyboard works fine while plugged in charging but as soon as it is unplugged to actually be mobile, like its name would suggest, it won't turn on. Even manually using the power/pair button on the side doesn't work. Am I missing something or does it …

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers
asked 2015-12-25T13:48:16+00:00
Anonymous
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BSOD caused by SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION ntroskrnl.exe

Hello I'm having a pickle of a problem and I'm at a loss how to fix it. Firstly, please see the following: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmtf7irjcwig4hr/042915-23275-01.zip?dl=0 This is the dump file attributed to my latest BSOD. For the benefit of building…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2015-04-29T20:26:51+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cannot install updates, error code 800706F7

I have 19 critical updates that cannot be processed and I get the error code 800706F7. I have tried the troubleshooter and Fix-it and neither resolved the problem. In addition, I also get from the Windows Activation Tech message that I may not be…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2014-11-30T22:10:31+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I fix missing MSVCP110.dll file???

All of a sudden I can't go from Lightroom to Photoshop because this message pops up: The program can't start because MSVCP100.dll is missing from your computer."  It will eventually open the program but I seem to be missing my hookup to Nik software…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
asked 2013-10-31T14:14:05+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Wireless LAN 802.11 Extensibility Framework using too much CPU power

Recently, my computer's been running significantly slower. A quick look at my task manager showed me that the "Windows Wireless LAN 802.11 Extensibility Framework" was using up 40+% of my processing power, and I have no idea why or how to…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2014-03-25T22:05:49+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Partitioning Surface Pro 3

I have a new Surface Pro 3 with Win 8.1 and a 128 GB SSD - love it.  But it's all C:, and I really want to partition it as C, D, E and F drives. However, Paragon's Partition Manager 14, which installed without difficulty, won't let that happen. No…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2014-07-29T02:50:38+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Default gateway not available windows 8.1

I've just upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 two days ago, and it is great. But I have a problem, my wireless network that I usually connect to is now Limited. I ran the network diagnostics and it says the "Default gateway is unavailable"…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Internet and connectivity
asked 2013-10-20T01:52:09+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

The ordinal 12404 could not be located in the dynamic link library mfc90u.dll.

I am getting this error when trying to open Samsung Kies 3 after new installation:   The ordinal 12404 could not be located in the dynamic link library mfc90u.dll. This error is almost identical to the one posted **here**, but that error was for ordinal…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
asked 2014-09-05T11:58:37+00:00
Anonymous
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KB2871997 update failure

Has anyone else been unable to install this update? I have tried 5 times without success. I have even tried by downloading directly from the Microsoft web site to no avail. Seems to be no mention of this failure on the M/s site. David.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2014-05-15T17:41:51+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Consumer Cellular APN MMS settings not working after WP 8.1 Update

My folks' two Lumia 520s on Consumer Cellular (an AT&T MNVO) took the 8.1 upgrade without issue a couple weeks back, however they now can't receive MMS messages (a photo attached to a text message for example) anymore, the settings we used…

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers
asked 2014-08-21T21:32:18+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8.1: Constant 'Low Memory' warnings with 5GB of free memory

I'm getting these 'Low Memory' warnings constantly it's getting really annoying (like everything else in this OS).  I'm running Win8.1 64bit with 8GB of RAM, as soon as it passes 3GB of RAM used these warnings appear telling me to close various programs.…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2013-12-11T19:24:33+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

"Windows can't open Add Printer. There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper

I am experiencing a similar problem. I have an HP desktop and a Xerox Phaser 6300. After the upgrade to Windows 8.1, my apps cannot find any installed printers. The Xerox shows up in the device list, but I cannot use it, even to print a test page. I…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2013-10-30T15:59:52+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8.1 Preview Pane only shows Icons for pictures - no previews

I can view previews of documents (pdfs and docs) but previews of jpegs (and all other image file formats) will only show icons no matter what I configure as the Default Program, i.e. Photo, MS Paint, or Photoshop.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video
asked 2013-11-18T15:19:36+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Get Error 1723 - There is a problem with Windows Installer package

Hi, i am having trouble with .msi files. An example of it would be logmein hamachi. It would return me with error 1723. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2012-12-18T04:23:46+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Call of duty 4 crashes in Windows 8.

my call of duty 4 doesent work in win 8. it gives me this mesage at a random time: iw3mp.exe has stopped working i have tryed googeling and found some ansers that dident work on my pc. …

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Gaming
asked 2012-12-02T12:47:39+00:00
Anonymous
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The system firmware has changed the processor's memory type range registers (MTRRs) across a sleep state transition (S4). This can result in reduced resume performance.

Hello all, I recently upgraded my friends laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 8. The laptop is a CQ60-XXXX series Compaq. She is indicating that now after the machine enters sleep mode it won't come out. It acts like it is... but it never resumes. A hard…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2013-01-03T13:20:48+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

The number pad on my brand new Windows 8 laptop is not working?!

I just bought a new Toshiba Satellite laptop with windows 8 and the side number pad doesn't work, with or without the Num lock key on. Does anyone know why? Thanks Joao

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2013-02-05T20:43:41+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

import contacts csv file into windows 8 people app

how to import contacts csv file into windows 8 people app

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Email and communications
asked 2013-01-12T16:01:12+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

my windows 8 suddenly is running very slow, long time to load program

my laptop running win8 is very slow to load a program and once it has load it is extremely slow.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2013-03-22T15:15:05+00:00
Anonymous
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Silverlight and Windows 8 RT

Hi, I would like to know what the situation with Silverlight and Windows 8 RT. All the information out there seems to point to Windows 8 RT not supporting Silverlight, is this a permanent decision? Consequently, a number of services that require…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
asked 2012-12-28T00:25:01+00:00
Anonymous