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Groove does not display any Album or Artist Art

How do you get Groove to display Album Art? The App seems to have located my music folders just fine as they all seem to be there but not one piece of Album Art. Windows Media Player on the other hand has reloaded everything just fine.

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video
asked 2015-08-10T12:58:00+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Told to "Log in as administrator" when trying to run an old game

I just upgraded to Windows 10.  I tried running an old game, which was doing OK on Windows 8.  I get "access denied" when I hit start, and a message telling me to log in as administrator and try again. I am the administrator. So what can I…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Accessibility
asked 2015-08-21T19:35:14+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers

Nokia 301 ask: access control code

Hi I got a used Nokia 301 single simcard phone. The phone ask "Enter access control code" when i turn on. Without simcard phone works. With this code *#0010# i see this: Content: Telenor Hungary v2 V 02.51 07-06-13 RM-840 (c) Nokia I asked…

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers
asked 2014-12-23T10:22:22+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers

Cannot log in: local account replaced with MS account and MS account inaccesable

I have been using my laptop with my local account - i.e. NOT an MS account - up until now. Today I wanted to use Skype on the laptop for the first time. Skype requires the use of an MS account. Hence I created a dummy MS account (@outlook.com) with…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2014-01-26T08:59:28+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers

Windows 7 x64 bit very slow boot & performance

I have a windows 7 x64 bit with 6 gb ram installed and it boots very slow, and get a lot (and by that I mean A LOOOT) of freezes. Especially on Firefox/Waterfox (this might be software related, not the same problem as the OS one). I have Malwarebytes…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2014-06-06T07:19:24+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Russian mnemonic keyboard three letters missing: щ ч э

It is nice that windows 8 added a mnemonic Russian keyboard. Unfortunately there are three letters which I can not find: щ, ч and э. These three letters exist in the standard Russian keyboard. They are at the following location (in the US  keyboard): o,x…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Email and communications
asked 2012-12-24T05:08:49+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

"My removable device" shortcut virus..

When I plug my USB on my computer, a virus hides my files and creates a shortcut called "My removable device". If I check shortcut's properties it shows this path "C:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe ~$WV.FAT32,_ldr@16 desktop.ini RET TLS…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2013-02-25T20:21:23+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

You don't currently have permission to access this folder

I have a FreeAgent GoFlex Drive 2TB and inside of it I have most of my files. When I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 I noticed I am getting the error, "You don't currently have permission to access this folder." when I try to open up one…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2013-01-08T20:15:27+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

task manager not starting error "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000006"

I have been hearing the Fans speed up to medium and High speed when I am doing nothing that would require any heavy duty resources. I tried both control-alt-delete and  right clicking in the taskbar, and it fails to start up. "The application failed…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2012-12-31T16:38:42+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Service Pack 2 for Office 2010 update fail - Error 8024002D

Hello, I can't install this update, apparently because it is looking for something called "SingleImageWW.msi" and not finding it.  See images below....

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2013-07-26T08:41:48+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

how to completely remove bing desktop from my computer

I uninstalled the Bing Desktop, but when I shut down the computer and it came back up, it was still there.  How can I get rid of it completely?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility
asked 2012-09-21T15:28:05+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Probems with Windows All-User Install Agent service not able to run

On day 2 after installing Windows 8 on my desktop PC, all user accounts with a standard profile are unable to log on. However, my admin account can log on and I get a message saying that the "Windows All-User Install Agent" is not running hence…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2012-11-04T18:44:49+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

0xc000000e Boot Error

[b]Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer. Choose your langugae settings, and then click next Click "repair…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
asked 2011-01-11T16:06:14+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Error message "Revocation information for the security certificate for this site is not available. Do you want to proceed? [Yes] [No] [View certificate]

For some time I have been receiving the dialog box containing "Security Alert 'Revocation information for the security certificate for this site is not available. Do you want to proceed? [Yes] [No] [View certificate]' ." I know that many, if…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2010-04-24T21:13:04+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Insufficient memory or disk space, cannot display the requested font; Outlook fonts garbled

After I've been using Word and Outlook for a while, I receive the following message: there is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font. Once I get this error message, my fonts are garbled in both Word and Outlook. I am…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2009-07-06T18:36:45+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

bubbles screen saver very fast after sitting for sometime

i have set my screen saver to bubbles, after approx an hour or so the bubbles on the screen are whizzing by very very fast. no other issues with screen saver. system recovers after mouse wiggle or key press. havent tried any other saver. dx up to date,…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2010-02-15T18:54:03+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Teredo tunneling pseudo interface shows a yellow exlamation mark in Device Manager. Windows 7 Ultmate 64

I have just completed a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64 on my system and all is well except for a yellow exclamation mark showing in Device Manager under "Network adapters" and against the item "Teredo Tunneling…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2009-11-13T15:22:05+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Transceiver 2.4 Ghz Replacement

Is there anyway to purchase a replacement Microsoft 2.4 Ghz Transceiver that works with a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2 AND a Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 6000 v3?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2009-07-11T01:32:33+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Setting default line spacing in Wordpad

Hello, I have noticed an extremely annoying trait in the Windows 7 version of Word Pad. The Default line spacingis set to 1.15 and "add 10pt after paragraphs". I would like to change the Default line spacing to 1.0 and "No 10 pt space…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
asked 2010-05-09T11:36:35+00:00
Anonymous
59 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Error: The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect please see the application event log or use the command line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail

WINDOWS 7 error The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect please see the application event log or use the command line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail. I am getting the error " "WINDOWS 7 error…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video
asked 2010-02-07T22:12:03+00:00
Anonymous