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Update on your account recovery request for ***@hotmail.com

URGENT REQUEST!!! I have endeavoured severally to recover my microsoft email account all to no avail. I keep receiving the message below. Please assist! Many thanks. We recently received a request to recover your Microsoft account [***@hotmail.com].…

Windows for home | Other | Apps
asked 2015-06-02T10:46:09+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Failed to Install KB2956283 on Windows 7 PC (Error: The update is not applicable to your computer)

Hello guys, Kindly note that we have pushed IE11 along with KB2929437 (IE11 Enterprise Mode) and 'Enterprise Mode' GPO to a few Windows 7 machines as part of our pilot testing. After the deployment, around 6-7 PCs have encountered the error where IE11…

asked 2015-05-19T08:24:03+00:00
Anonymous
5 answers

TLS Internal Error 10 - Schannel 36888 - when fetching web page in Internet Explorer 11

Event Viewer System log is now showing a good number of messages source Schannel level: error 36888 intenal error state 10 . The error appears random at first, however careful consideration reveals that the error is generated after the browser loads web …

asked 2015-06-30T15:22:42+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

Your PC needs to be repaired (Error code 0x000007b)

Hello I have a Windows 8.1 PC. My PC was working fine until it restarted,  so I am thinking that I must have deleted something to cause this error. As you can see above it says the 'msisadrv.sys' is missing or contains errors. I have tried the options…

asked 2015-07-31T20:08:38+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

remove username history in onedrive backup

Hello... AHHH! Anybody know how to remove individual usernames from ie? What I mean is, for example, the box you type your username into for gmail or facebook etc.. I accidently typed my password into some random box somewhere and now it's coming up…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2015-01-19T21:47:55+00:00
Anonymous
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

"svchost.exe" detected as threat after Windows 8.1 upgrade

Ever since Microsoft forced a Windows 8.1 upgrade on my PC, multiple problems started to appear. A number of applications fail to start and the system responds slower (it's already slow in the first place). I can deal with those. However, the moment I…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2014-11-07T14:13:00+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

Whenever I try and launch a game called ''APB Reloaded'' from the steam client, I get the error message 0x8007045B.

<Original title: Error Fix> Whenever I try and launch a game called ''APB Reloaded'' from the steam client, I get the error message 0x8007045B. Also when I try to troubleshoot, it says I need to update windows but when I try to update the error…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2015-06-04T21:18:19+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cannot disable an optimize start menu chache files in my task scheduler. Am I hacked?

Hi, the first task is me, but the second one that greyed out cannot be deleted, and when I open it, i found a strange user name as seen below. That's definitely not me, am I hacked by other people that within the same network segment?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2015-05-05T07:30:25+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I change the volume on my laptop, it won't let me?

Hey there! How do I change the laptop volume? At the moment, the volume level is stuck on 42 and when I try to change it (either by using the keys or clicking the speaker icon), it goes straight back to 42? Is there a majour issue?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility
asked 2015-02-16T00:54:50+00:00
Anonymous
9 answers

getting Error Code 0x80080005 windows Updates

Original Title: Wayne T When using Windows Defender for Windows 8 the program detected a virus known as BrowserModifier:Win32/DefaultTab. I updated virus signatures through Windows Defender and ran a complete scan. The scan detected this virus and…

asked 2015-01-29T10:31:53+00:00
Anonymous
15 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't uninstall MSE so that Windows Defender will be activated on Windows 10

Split from this thread. I just recently upgraded my Windows 7 Pro computer (which have Microsoft Security Essentials Installed) to Windows 10. I notice that the windows defender has been disabled because Microsoft Security Essentials is still installed…

Windows for home | Other | Security and privacy
asked 2015-08-03T12:17:54+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Error 2503 & 2502 when opening Outlook, Excel & Word (all Office 2007, OS is Win 8.1)

I received these errors this morning when attempting to open Outlook, Excel & Word - programs were installed years ago. I used all 3 of these yesterday & made no changes to my computer since yesterday. When I click the icons for the above…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2015-05-05T15:27:53+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

Display text is shown in 'wingdings?' - Doesn't seem tied to language - Solution Please

See attached photos (screenshots) The text throughout the computer has been switched to some sort of wingdings font. The computer language is set to 'English', but the text seems to be the same. Can't seem to figure out a solution !

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility
asked 2015-02-03T17:11:58+00:00
Anonymous
9 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Map App changing of kilometers to miles.

I have a surface 2, and the Maps App is showing the distance's in kilometres not miles, as I live in the UK we use miles not like the rest of Europe where they use kilometres so it cause's confusion when completing mileage records for the business I…

asked 2014-12-04T19:42:46+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Domain Name on Windows Home Server

Hi. I am having a small amount of a issue with the Domain Name on the Windows Home Server. The problem is that the Home Server is fully configured with a proper domain name - but it's not verified. How can I solve this issue? We can get access to the…

asked 2014-12-06T19:06:04+00:00
Anonymous
6 answers

Problem with Metro Screen Icons. Creating custom shortcuts for programs and icons used not appearing correctly.

When creating shortcuts for programs and pinning them to the Start\Metro Screen the icons i chose for these shortcuts are not the icons being used. One example that repeatedly happens: download a game from GOG.com. when it installs, the installer creates…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility
asked 2015-07-18T15:51:28+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Scansoft Omnipage SE

Whenever I log onto my computer a window always pops up saying a certain file can't be opened and I have to reinstall Omnipage SE, I didn't even know I had this and I still have it because I went to uninstall and found Omnipage SE there. But the thing …

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
asked 2015-07-19T19:32:08+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

windows 8.1 downloading files with Internet Explorer

THIS IS FOR WINDOWS 8.1 Hello. (Just before we start let me tell you that im completely useless with PC's, Laptops but im good with consoles) I've been using Windows 8.1 for now 5 weeks and I tried to download a mod for GTAV but i accidentally set…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2015-07-26T01:57:58+00:00
Anonymous
4 answers

Help with shortcuts on multiple accounts

Hi, I have 4 accounts on my computer one of them is obviously the admin which is my account. I was making changes in another account and removed some shortcuts from their dashboard but when i came back to mine (admin) they were also gone. I thought that …

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2015-04-09T18:23:12+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Lost over 100 GB of disk space randomly.

Just yesterday in my 1 TB drive I had around 680-700 GB of unused space out of 931. Today I turned on my PC from sleep-mode to find that I only had around 590 GB of 931 remaining, and now, a few hours later, it's decreased by a few extra GB. I don't have…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2014-12-07T18:23:07+00:00
Anonymous