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icon for desktop shortcuts to folders refreshes only once

Before any content is put into the folder, the desktop shortcut icon is the generic 'folder' style. Once graphics are put into the folder, the icon changes to show a 'folder-with-contents' - so far so...

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Sony Vaio VPCEB3E1E Overheats

So hi everyone, my sister has a Sony Vaio VPCEB3E1E and the laptop over the years has sadly gone into overheat when it runs too long and even when it doesn't, well, it still gets pretty darn hot....

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sfc error, component store on wrong drive - is D: and SB on C:

I can't run a sfc /scan now ...get a windows protection error. *The following error is from CSB log:* (error in red.) 2015-09-06 20:11:31, Error CSI 00000007@2015/9/7:00:11:31.953 (F) d:\win7sp1_gdr...

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my cpu temp is 90-100 is this normals

my cpu temp is 90-100 and the only thing thats open is firefox and chrome. Is this normal

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Win7 Chkdsk = An unspecified error occurred (766f6c756d652e63 3f1)

When i run Chkdsk C: /F in Windows 7 i get 'An unspecified error occurred (766f6c756d652e63 3f1)' This has been covered on here before and many solutions have been offered. Remove recently installed...

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Win 7 Home Premium and AUTOPLAY on USB drives will not STOP "Starting"

In the last couple of days, my Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium has gone APE in starting the AUTOPLAY on all my USB drives, over and over and over, about every, 5-10 sec and it never STOPS. The web says...

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laptop freezes periodically after removing battery

Greetings, I recently downgraded from windows 10 to windows 7. After the update, whenever i remove the battery, my computer freezes periodically. Whenever i put the battery back in, it works absolutely...

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What is wrong with my computer?

Help! I do not know anything about tech stuffs and this computer belongs to my father. It is custom build. My computer has had these black screen moments and the problem was with the video card/graphic...

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svchost.exe takes all cpu power from time to time

hi, i noticed this's happening regularly recently, especially after boot. it generally last for 1-2min. after opening process explorer, i can see it's related to "netsvcs". since it's happening on my...

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Upgrade from XP to Windows 7 - Problems !!

Dell Inspiron 630m laptop. Converted to Windows 7 Home Premium SP 1 32 bit, from XP. Ram 512 MB; Disk C -41.6GB free of 55.7GB. Things worked reasonably well since I received the laptop 5 days ago....

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Desktop Window Manager / Graphics Issues

Hey guys so I've scoured the internet for the past few days trying to fix this problem by myself but to no avail. So I did a clean reinstall of Windows 7 Professional 64. I got some nasty malware and...

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TrustedInstaller.exe -> system32/config/COMPONENTS

Hi, I have a problem with a computer running Windows 7 Pro 64bit. A couple of seconds after windows has booted the process "TrustedInstaller.exe" is started and accessing the file...

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Computer loading very slow after windows update

My sister's laptop is currently having an issue loading after a recent windows update. She restored it before the update, but the issue still persists, even in safe mode. It's like a snail's pace to...

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Problems after installing win 10 and then rolling back to win 7

Hi guys Tool the plunge and rolled back to windows 7 after having huge problems with win 10. Problems now are as follows - that i've found so far: Various updates won't install and just keep failing....

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Task Scheduler is corrupt

I upgraded to Windows 10 (on a PC), but I was unhappy with it and downgraded again to Windows 7. After a few days I got the error 'GWXUX has stopped working'. I believe GWXUX is to do with the Win 10...

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Having performance issues after reinstalling windows 7

I was having some issues with my built PC. the largest of them was it would freeze and make audio loop incredibly loud noise if i was playing a game. I decided to reinstall windows 7 ultimate. after...

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some programs don't start after some time the windows is logged on

Hello I have windows 7 ultimate 64-bit on an ASUS k45-vd laptop. there were no problems, until about a week that when I log in to windows, everything works well, but after sometime some programs don't...

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Extreme performance problem - svchost > 90% CPU for hours

Extreme performance degradation over the past few hours, on an otherwise long-stable Windows 7 machine. Symptoms: Resource Monitor shows 90%+ CPU utilization by svchost.exe (netsvcs) ... but the...

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Solved Re-set computer to yesterday

Pulling my hair out here. Can I reset my computer to yesterday when everything worked fine. I was monkeying around with recording software settings and things began to go funny. Yesterday all was well....

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MsMpEng.exe - Microsoft Security Essentials: Can't disable

Hi, So MsMpEng.exe has been eating a lot of my memory lately by using around 180,000k. So it's been sluggish, slow, and web browsing has since been delayed by a lot. So I tried to end process but an...

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