spoolsv.exe reverts to spoolsv.exe.org after every reboot
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop that I am running windows 7 professional 64bit on. It came from a lab of thirty other machines that are identical to it. I recently discovered the print spooler would...
View ArticleUSB drive no media
Hi there,we're having an issue on 1 Windows 7 PC that won't recognize whatever USB flash drive we put it. It does show under disk management and device manager. It will either be 0 bytes/no media/no...
View ArticleUnable To Execute Files In The Temporary Directory. Setup Aborted. Error 5:...
Hi Everyone,Whenever I install some new software in my new laptop I get this error:-Unable To Execute Files In The Temporary Directory. Setup Aborted. Error 5: Access Is Denied.I have tried...
View ArticleCould not start PsExec service on target machine. Access is denied.
Hi,I am trying to execute psexec command to remote machine.My command ispsexec -u domain\user -p password \\machineName -c abc.batI am trying from windows 7(64 bit) machine. The remote machines are xp...
View ArticleRunning FixIt in safe mode
I'm posting this in Windows 7 Security as well. Does Microsoft allow FixIt to be run in Safe Mode, or allow it to be run on a hard drive connected by an external hard drive enclosure? The issue...
View ArticleNeed to restore Win 7 BACKUP to a different machine
I have a backup from a previous instance, but I only want to restore a subset of the files. How do I do that? All old Backup sets do not show up as an option, or are rejected if I select them directly
View ArticleWindows defender offline
I think my laptop has a virus it wont let me download anything and none of the safemode/repair options are working. I downloade windows defender offline from an uninfected computer and burnt it to...
View ArticleIn windows 7 , IE 11 I cannot-enable-or-disable-any add-ons via tools , there...
There are no malware or virussesI am the administartorI have re installed IE11 several times via tools advanced etc.Security level in IE 11 is normal. Enhanced security is off.I even installed Local...
View ArticleSOA***.tmp Files at Root of C:
We have one client who is getting several SOA***.tmp files in the root of C:\ The files are 0kb in size and contain no data. I've turned on file system auditing on C:\ and it did not help. When...
View ArticleEnvironment variables missing and can't open advanced system settings
Hi all,I'm using a windows 7 32 bit system and have had this problem for several weeks. The problem started after I installed a GTK+ 2.6 file (gtk-win32-2.6.10-rc1) that messed up my environment...
View ArticleFolder Permissions, I cannot use Inetpub
I recently installed IIS software on my windows 7 machine under my user that I created during the installation process. I have checked, and this user does belong the group Administrators, however I...
View ArticleDisk Manager/Virtual Disk Manager Problem
I have an apparently working NAS drive that I can see, read. write to, and whatever as normal.However backup/restore software cannot find the drive while Disk Manager shows it as "unknown" and "Not...
View Article256MB of memory addresses assigned to 1GB GPU?
Hello,Looking at my GPU in Device Manager and the hardware resources that have been assigned to the card, it only shows that 256MB worth of addresses have been assigned to the card (screenshot taken...
View ArticleEvent Viewer Error Report ID: 23
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog Date: 06/04/2014 06:39:34 Event ID: 23 Task Category: Service startup Level: Error Keywords: Service availability User:...
View ArticleBlack screen after POST and Windows Logo
I have a Windows 7 x64 Dell computer. My computer went into hibernation, as it's done many times over the months. Would always wake up with no issue. The other day, it had an issue - so I powered...
View ArticleHow to restore XP Mode from backup VHD file?
Hi, Please can you give us some steps on how to restore from these backups? I have Windows 7 Professional, 64-Bit . I have XP Mode looking nice now, with my legacy game installed and running nicely I...
View ArticleInstalling additional languages
I have recently had to replace my hard drive after it died. I had Windows 7 Home Premium before and that was what was installed with the new hard drive. Before the change I had been able to install...
View ArticleCannot create a system restore point [service cannot be started in Safe Mode...
Is there a solution to years old error message "Cannot create a system restore point [service cannot be started in Safe Mode (0x8007043c)]" I have been trying to create a restore point or image on an...
View ArticleError: mDNSPlatformReadTCP-recv:10053
I have windows 8 and am getting an unusual amount of errors in my event log. One of the most common is ERROR:mDNSPlatformReadTCP-recv:10053. I was told by a tech that my laptop is heading towards a...
View ArticleSync Center on 2 win 7 computers syncing to same network server location are...
Computer A and B are the same, both sync to the same server location. Both should have the same files on them, but do not. Network location shows same content as computer B's cached files, but computer...
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