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Windows Location Provider not working in Win 8.1

Hello everyone, I recently upgraded to Win 8.1 just a week ago. However under Device Manager, I'm seeing warning symbol against the Windows Location provider. It says it is not working. I tried to update the driver, but it says its already up to date. I…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
asked 2013-10-25T13:29:08+00:00
Anonymous
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Windows 7 Updates Fail with error 0x80070057

Original Title: Windows 7 Updates Fail The updates for Microsoft Security Essentials install successfully.  The Security updates and the updates for Windows 7 fail.  I have tried many of the recommendations after reading the discussions.  No network…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2014-04-06T20:05:30+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

No Sound with error message 'Error code 0x800706cc: The endpoint is a duplicate'. Also a red x over the sound icon on the icon tray.

Original Title: Windows 8 - No Sound HP ProBook 6455b Windows 8  Hello, the sound on my laptop stopped working suddenly, never had any issues before. Looked into services.mcs and see that windows audio service is stopped. When I try to start it I get a…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2014-07-11T14:49:01+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8 Error Code: 0xc0000185.

When I startup my Windows 8 Asus laptop it shows the Asus logo but underneath the logo it says "Preparing automatic repair" Then it goes to a blue screen that says "Your PC needs to be repaired A required device isn't connected or can't be…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2013-12-09T20:33:51+00:00
Anonymous
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System Recovered From a Serious Error

I had the a similar problem about a month ago http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_xp-system/the-system-has-recovered-from-a-serious-error/da1629fc-32e0-4737-a5ff-63bf6003ddb2?page=1&tab=AllReplies Thought it was fixed with…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2013-02-08T02:49:55+00:00
Anonymous
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how to show all programs, windows 8

ORIGINAL TITlE:Where is Programs      I have just got into window 8 from window XP. problem is that I cannot find programs from start. this programs had programs like accessories like calculator,  note pad, painter , ms word etc. please help. Ashi Suri

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Email and communications
asked 2012-12-31T02:49:07+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers

Windows 8 File History backup creates duplicates

I have run the Windows 8 file history since I installed W8 last October and each time I run it I get another duplicate set of documents, photos, video's, everything. After I accumulate 5-6 copies that amount to 45gb of space on my extended hard drive I…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2013-02-05T16:18:46+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Blue screen issue with error codes 0xc0000098 and 0xc0000102

Original title: windows 8 error Hello, I have installed windows 8 on my desktop computer and it is working perfectly some days ago. but now when i start computer i receive the error with the blue screen in windows 8. Error is Recovery You PC couldn't…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2013-01-20T11:45:51+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Movie Maker 2012: How to Add Picture Overlay Over Video While Retaining Audio

Hey Community, I'm currently making a Youtube video with Windows Movie Maker 2012 on Windows 8, and I wish to add Pictures here and there in my Video Track while retaining the symmetry of my Voice to Video from the Audio connected to my Video Track.…

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video
asked 2012-12-02T04:44:38+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to delete pdf in windows 8

When I try to delete a pdf file, the computer starts but then a message appears that "the action cannot be completed beacause the file is open in another programme". However I do not believe that it actually is. I have unistalled the w.8 reader…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2013-02-03T13:50:18+00:00
Anonymous
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Wake up key on the keyboard does not work

Original Title: "Wake-up" key in "Acer" keyboard Model Nº: 6312-TA of Windows XP Desktop PC. ¡Hello! I have a Desktop PC "Windows XP" Home Edition SP3. The keyboard is "Acer" Model No.: 6312-TA . It is about 2001,…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2013-02-03T15:26:45+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to disable or remove hotkey F1 for Help and support?

Hello dear Microsoft team!  I would like to know, how can I disable hotkey feature (f1) or what file to delete to remove the hotkey feature (opens help and support programm) on my laptop. I am looking foward to hearing from you as soon as possible. …

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
asked 2013-02-08T10:55:45+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Help to get rid of the Iminent Virus

My grandson has picked up the Iminent virus on his Toshiba laptop. Have tried to uninstall without success Have tried to do a restore, again without success It has also affected the AVG on his system, tells us it is trying to uninstall but does not Any…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2013-05-13T07:52:32+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I show folder size column in Windows 7 Explorer?

I have looked everywhere for adding the column to show folder size in Windows 7.  When a folder is deleted to the recycle bin, the folder size is shown in the "Size" column.  How do I mimic the recycle bin settings for all Windows Explorer…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility
asked 2012-09-04T16:33:02+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I need to get back on my original fb account, but I can't get through the confusion of the new sign-in and outs.

I need help retrieving my facebook account. I was running fine with my account useing microsoft msn.com for my email. I have had my accoount since May 2012. My modem crashed @ Oct. 7th or 8th. I replaced the modem and had trouble loading my fb page. I …

Windows for home | Other | Apps
asked 2012-10-17T09:44:12+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

MTP USB Device Drivers will not install correctly for Samsung Galaxy S3- Windows will not sync Galaxy S3 to computer

Windows will not sync Galaxy S3 will not sync computer to cell phone.  When I attach USB cable the computer flashes new hardware added but when you click on icon it goes in loops.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled Kies drivers and still the same problem.…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2012-07-29T17:44:13+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do you disable finger input in Windows 8?

From what I understand, disabling finger input in earlier builds of Windows 8 was as simple as it was in Windows 7. But with the release of Windows 8 last week, this is no longer the case, and that solution no longer exists. Was it moved to a more…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Search, touch, and mouse
asked 2012-10-29T13:08:11+00:00
Anonymous
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Need more accurate computer diagnostic tools to find and fix problems

Original Title: Why does nothing work? Why are there no accurate computer diagnostic tools? OK. So I have some computer problems. It is not recognizing the sound card and several other things, six in all, yellow exclamation marks beside the DVD drive,…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2012-04-24T20:41:21+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers

Windows 7 build 7601 This copy of windows is not genuine.

Watermark on desktop: "Windows 7 build 7601 This copy of windows is not genuine." I have had Windows 7 running for 15 mo.; bought from HP. It is genuine. Tried to activate and ran slui.exe - no success. Ran MGADIAG with results as follows: …

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Licensing and activation
asked 2012-11-27T02:34:43+00:00
Anonymous
43 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

xp pro not booting after changes to boot.ini

The problem is my C: partition has Windows 7 D: Has XP Pro These should be seen as partition 1 and 2 resp. right? I wanted XP pro to boot first as the default partition. A few days ago I made a change to the boot.ini file. But since then XP Pro…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2012-06-29T08:25:26+00:00
Anonymous