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HOW TO FIX WINDOWS LIVE MAIL ERROR ID 0X800CCCOF

I have been having intermittent issues receiving emails...nothing for days then receive days of emails. My ISP feels it's an issue with my mail client running on Window 7. Displayed error message: Unable to send or receive messages for the Rogers…

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications
asked 2016-08-18T21:48:51+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

error code 0x80071391f

problem solved don't know how I had turned the computer off and restarted it thanks for your helpful comment gerry

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2017-01-26T10:37:55+00:00
Anonymous
5 answers

Windows Movie Maker Will Not Save My Video

I am having difficulties trying to save my video from the latest Windows Movie Maker. The video in the preview loads fine and the video plays fine, however, when I try to save the video, it gets to a certain percent and then says that it can not find…

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video
asked 2017-01-26T15:09:32+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

Error Code 0xc0000225 Windows 8.1

I recently tried to start up my Dell Inspiron laptop and instead get this blue screen with: Error code 0xc0000225 Blue Screen only gives me two options: Enter to try again or F8 for Startup Settings. Elsewhere it says something about…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2016-09-12T16:24:16+00:00
Anonymous
20 answers

Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate edition starts up, but with a blank screen

Hi, I've been struggling with a problem for some time now and as of now I'm clueless, but still fighting! After I turned off my computer 2 days ago, the next afternoon it would start, make the startup sound, the monitor would blink to change resolution…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2017-02-28T18:26:46+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

How Do I Use An Apple SuperDrive With Windows 7?

I have an apple superdrive that I'm trying to use on a thinkpad with windows 7 pro, but it will not take the dvd. When you go into devices and removable storage I can right click and eject the dvd, but still it will not accept the dvd when I try to…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2016-12-04T06:15:08+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

Windows 7 BSOD error - iastor.sys

I cannot find a way to be able to go to start Windows 7 OS. It does not show any previous restore points when I use the Windows 7 OS CD. It only shows one drive, and not the C: drive. It shows an X: drive. I assume it is the boot drive.  I was able to…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2016-11-15T19:25:30+00:00
Anonymous
160 answers

Windows Update Doesn't Work even with the SOLUTION

FIRST. If Windows Update is not working or taking far too long (more than 15 to 30 minutes) try the Solution described in the thread…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2016-10-23T00:11:52+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Game only opens in the background in Windows 10

So I've got a game that probably nobody knows here. I used to play it on exactly the same machine, an HP Pavilion laptop, though probably before the Update from Windows 8 to 10. Having finally got some spare time on my hands again, I tried getting back…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Gaming
asked 2016-11-21T21:54:50+00:00
Anonymous
8 answers

Problem installing wamp on vista mysql service wont instal or run

Hi, I am having trouble installing wamp, which I think the problem is coming from one of these: -- Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2008 (VC9), --- Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2010 (VC10), --- Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable…

asked 2017-02-14T12:59:47+00:00
Anonymous
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

real time protection in window defender

can someone please tell me how to turn on real time protection in window defender

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy
asked 2016-10-20T04:16:19+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

Shrink Partition Access Denied-both cmd and diskmanager

As Vista is soon no more supported and I still have an old buggy vista standing around in the house, I hope to shrink the D partition and put OpenSuse on it. It says 99gb available and it would let me shrink it in disk partition manager tool thing by…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2017-01-05T13:34:24+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Set the default program to open text file attachments

Split from this thread. Surely Windows Live Mail has a facility somewhere to set the programme which opens text attachments, rather than just Notepad?  How do I find it?

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications
asked 2017-01-11T18:00:03+00:00
Anonymous
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Continuous Blue Screen with Microsoft Logo in Microsoft Lumia 950

HI, I remember I had scheduled my phone for Software Update in the morning time. But When I woke up, while trying to switch on my Microsoft Lumia, I encounter a Blue Screen with Microsoft Logo, this Blue Screen & Microsoft Logo keeps on repeating.…

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers
asked 2016-08-20T02:54:18+00:00
Anonymous
4 answers

What is OnDiskSnapshotProp? Found in D:\ drive...

What is {36dfaeaa-e628-461e-9634-361c72afa0v}_OnDiskSnapshotProp? (Found in my D:\ drive..?) ***Post moved by the moderator to the appropriate forum category.***

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2016-09-29T15:21:26+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Blue Screen When Under Load

Hey Guys! After recently building my new PC (Specs are at the bottom) I have installed windows 7 home premium. Please note I don't have a keyboard yet. When running games, sometimes the computer would freeze, but most times it would give me a bluescreen…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2016-11-24T08:28:47+00:00
Anonymous
8 answers

No Sound - No audio output device is installed Windows 7

Hi All, As per the title I have no sound and other threads and you tube clips fail to correct the issue. I have a Toshiba Satellite P750 with windows 7 and have tried the following to correct it- I have tried to update drivers- they were up to date. I…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2016-08-04T07:14:00+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Server 2016 Essentials - Eval Product Key doesn't work

Good afternoon to some of the users here, and good morning to the rest  I have just download server 2016 essentials to upgrade my current server/plex media server upon trying to enter the product key giving with the evaluation copy from the eval page, i…

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers
asked 2016-10-13T11:13:21+00:00
Anonymous
7 answers

Direct X/Minecraft story mode

Ok, I have a little bit of a problem. So I was on the windows store and decided I was going to buy minecraft story mode so I clicked on it and it said This tittle has hardware your device doesn't have. No big deal, It said that it needed Direct X 11. So…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Gaming
asked 2016-10-02T20:42:11+00:00
Anonymous
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Details of Viruses Detected via Windows Defender

Hello experts, I want you to explain a little about following things detected my my Windows Defender (Pictures attached).  Please explain me some details about each of them, I wanna know how much they infect my laptop and how they get into my system? So…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy
asked 2017-01-06T21:15:57+00:00
Anonymous