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I have 2 installs of Windows 8, one Pro, one Enterprise. I am having an issue setting the screensaver to display my photos. I get a message stating: There are no pictures in c:usersmy user namepictures. I have a bunch in there, and the photo app sees all my pictures too. If I chose a single sub folder under my pictures, the screensaver will work, but it will not work when the pictures(my pictures) folder is selected. Anybody experience this issue or found any kind of workaround? Randy Oster View the full article

I recently downloaded the Window Pro update to my Windows 7 laptop. I was not aware that Windows 8 would lock down my account. I am the only user of this computer so I never created a separate user account. Now when I attempt to open IE or many other applications, such as the 'Store', I get the 'Application Can't Open---Store can't be opened using 'built-in administrator account try logging on with a different account'. Well that would be fine except all my last two years of work are not available to any other account. Windows 8 turned my user account into a restricted admin. Is there a way to change this set of restrictions? Can I enable this account to have access like before? Richard Tamboli View the full article

microsoft fixit detected a problem in systems update componants but ı dont know how to fix that.If you know please send the solution View this thread

I have tried to update while turning security off and it says update successful but then it says it failed on the windows update list. I am thinking of reformatting my computer but that is a pain in the butt. Any advice would be very helpful. Plus I have a stuttering problem on audio and visual players. ARRRRGGGHHH! View this thread

Got myself a second hand Toshiba Satelite laptop this last week, previosly owned by a school so was cleaned of all their programs and info before being sold. I thought it best update but upon doing so once the microsoft webpage has started scanning my computer it displays a message stating it couldnt complete the search... and in the right hand corner is the error code 0x801901F4. After searching the internet i discoverd there were a few download tools which after downloading and using to scan the laptop found a varying number of problems... from 165 to 475 and of course they all wanted a certain amount of cash to fix. So another search found different settings i could change in order to fix the problem so microsoft could fully check my laptop and update and install service packs (currently on service pack 2 windows xp) but all changes didnt work. Just wondering what are my options to fix this problem, will buying and installing windows xp again or windows 8 fix the problem. Thanks for any help. View this thread

I have a problem others have had with wermgr keeps coming up under processes. I then went to event viewer and saw 1000s of events: Message: Fault bucket 1946462660, type 5 Event Name: WindowsWcpOtherFailure3 Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: 6.1.7601 P2: basewcpidentityid_baseidentity.cpp P3: Windows::Identity::Rtl::Implementation::CRtlIdentityBase::CRtlIdentityBase_Initialize P4: 1263 P5: c0150017 P6: 0x7ef10c11 P7: P8: P9: P10: Attached files: These files may be available here: C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsWERReportArchiveCritical_6.1.7601_7ba7ae28e08446dd4cd0db1c7b8e71d41885841_14923ceb Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: 633f797b-5429-11e2-87b6-5404a64a7b42 Report Status: 0 I ALSO NOTICED THIS in CBD.log 1000s of times! 2013-01-01 10:28:23, Error CSI 000002eb (F) STATUS_SXS_INVALID_IDENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME #65382145# from Windows::Identity::Rtl::Implementation::CRtlIdentityAuthority::IRtlIdentityAuthority_Parse(flags = 0, string = [l:358{179}]"Microsoft-Windows-IIS-ISAPIFilter-Deployment-LanguagePack, Culture=en-US, Version=6.1.7600.16385, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, ProcessorArchitecture=am$64, ver3ionScope=NonSxS") [gle=0xd0150017] 2013-01-01 10:28:23, Info CBS Failed to get CSI store. [hrESULT = 0x8007370b - ERROR_SXS_INVALID_IDENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME] 2013-01-01 10:28:23, Error CBS Failed to initialize store parameters with boot drive: and windows directory: [hrESULT = 0x8007370b - ERROR_SXS_INVALID_IDENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME] 2013-01-01 10:28:23, Info CSI 000002ec@2013/1/1:15:28:23.877 PopulateComponentFamiliesKey - Begin 2013-01-01 10:28:25, Error CSI 000002ed (F) Invalid attribute name found: [l:24{12}]"ver3ionScope"[gle=0x80004005] 2013-01-01 10:28:25, Error CSI 000002ee@2013/1/1:15:28:25.923 (F) d:win7sp1_gdrbasewcpidentityid_baseidentity.cpp(1263): Error STATUS_SXS_INVALID_IDENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME originated in function Windows::Identity::Rtl::Implementation::CRtlIdentityBase::CRtlIdentityBase_Initialize expression: pBAI != 0 [gle=0x80004005] HELP! I have tried resetting windows update (every way possible), i have tried everything that people have posted about these problems in every forum you can imagine, nothing has worked! ALSO WIndows update hangs on (checking for updates) ALSO there is an update attempting to install if i shut down the computer there is a windows update symble on the shutdown button, i dont know if this is related. This computer was off for 6 months, so was missing all updates since July. Everything started to go haywire when i attempted to use windows update to check for updates. View this thread

I have already purchased the original windows 8 pro via the upgrade assistant but unfortunately I am facing serious difficulties while downloading it, it always (except the first time which completed until 10% and then cancelled) gives the "unspecified error" so I am wondering if I can download the software through other sources using third party software such as the internet download manager and then activate it with the code but I have some questions: 1: is it legal to do so? 2: If it is where shall I download the software from without having a security risk? 3: the version of windows that I have bought the activation code for is "widows 8 provisional 64 bits" how can I choose the right file to download? View this thread

I am having a issue while connecting my Samsung kies with my phone. The Samsung kies does not detect my phone. So I contacted Samsung customer center for the solution. I informed them that I am having the windows 8 pro on my laptop and the latest version of Samsung kies but the kies is not able to detect my phone. So after I gave them additional details of my phone they mentioned that for win 8 we need to install "Media feature pack" from Microsoft site and after I successfully install it the kies should be able to detect the phone. So I went to Microsoft site link is http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30685 And from here I downloaded the Windows6.2-KB2703761-x64.msu file having size of 78.8 MB. after saving the file I tried installing the same and right came the answer that "this update is not applicable to your computer". I then tried the other file i.e. Windows6.2-KB2703761-x86.msu having size of 57.9 MB and the result was the same "this update is not applicable to your computer". Please help me install the media feature pack for windows 8 pro. I have installed the media player also on the windows 8 pro. I have the Samsung metro duos GT C3322 phone and wish to sync my contacts with Samsung Kies. Regards Sabir Hundekar View this thread

My new desktop - Windows update is showing 'failed' messages which relate to 'Intel Corp Storage Controller - Intel ® 7 series / C216 chipset family - SATA AHC1 Controller.' Is there a way of resolving this problem, please? I have Windows 8. (Dell Inspiron Desktop 660) View this thread

i can not make updates on my computer. i get the following codes. can you help. i think i may have been infected somehow. most of these are noted as important security updates.... i get tons of error messages, such as TWCScreensaver update exc has stopped working, symantec service framework stopped working & was closed, Antispam OE Hool launcher has stopped working, Agcp.exc has stopped working, internet low-mic utility has stopped working, run once wrapper has stopped working . can anyone help me out. View this thread

Happy New Yera, Dear Microsoft Friends! When I attempt to save a film edited in Movie Maker 6 while using the "DV AVI PAL" save mode, my WMM keeps crashing. I am using VISTA business and I successfully saved a much smaller WMM file (High Quality VIDEO) without any crashing issues.I have lots of disk space and work memory. Why is this happening? Is there a simple fix? If so, please be so very kind as to explain in laymans terms--I'm not a computer whiz, unfortuantely. :-) If not, is ther a WMM version that supports Vista Business and supports a plug-in for color saturation. Any help is greatly appreciated! Have a nice day.Betty Botter View this thread

hello..i just had a problem with windows 8.whenever i go to the app store and download an application,there is apparently no progress in download.It keeps on displaying pending or cannot download error 0x8024011 i guess....really need your help..Because of this my apps are not getting updated and somehow the applications got deleted from the start screen......apparently because it needed an update.. I didn't upgrade to windows8..just a bought a new laptop with it View this thread

Running on Windows 7 Ultimate, updates started failing a few weeks ago, then when I looked at the laptop just before Christmas I noticed ALL updates have been removed, even though it is still running SP1. If I try to check for updates I get the above error. Similarly if I try to go to IE10, that fails because of missing updates, if I try to install them manually then I am told they are not relevant for my computer. I have run the MS Fixit utility, which identifies a problem, tells me it has fixed it, but in reality it does not make any difference Norton 360 is the AV product, hav etried turning this off but it makes no difference iTunes has been removed as I read this may cause issues, makes no difference I have searched the various forums over the last few days and tried all options found, nothing works Hardware is a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop, with 4Gb RAM I thought I may fix it by going to Windows 8, but without the fully updated Win 7, the upgrade fails Any helful suggestions will be much appreciated View this thread

I have had a few problems while setting up with Windows 8 mainly with the wireless keyboard and mouse not working at all but some of this appears to be working at the moment ! My main issue now is that I have no keyboard or mouse during boot up which means I cannot access my bios at all or enter safe mode or other options. Once I get to the home screen/desktop the mouse and keyboard work again, I have tried a wired mouse and keyboard but it still does not work until I get to the start/desktop. Any idea why this is and how can I get to my bios or choose safe mode etc if I have no control ??? Also during boot, I am seeing a screen with a choice of windows 8 or Windows 7 XE which I do not have a clue what it is, there is no other operating system installed or should not be. Again as I have no control I cannot click on the Windows 7 XE logo to see what happens and I have to wait the 30 second countdown before the system automatically loads Windows 8. Where can I delete or find any reference to this Windows 7 XE thing, whatever it is. Thank You View the full article

As of the last day, I cannot save any webpages or turn on windows defender in Vista. Please help me if you can. Any help will be very much appreciated. Have a very safe, prosperous and happy NEW YEAR!!! Many thanks, Julie View this thread

This may be a bit of an obscure one, but hopefully someone else is running WSUS on their server and has the same issue.... I've upgraded to Windows 8 Pro and am having an issue with using a live user ID as my login. However, this is a slightly different issue from the normal one: I have WSUS installed on my WHS2011 (2008 R2) server and I finally managed to get the RSAT tools to install on my windows 8 client (I only have a couple of real clients, but use quite a few VMs as I am studying for Microsoft Certs, and I like to keep my VMs up to date!). However, the WSUS remote admin console won't connect from the Windows 8 Client to the WSUS on the server. I have saved a windows credential for my old local account so that file shares work, and they do work fine. When I check the security log on the server after trying to connect the WSUS console, it shows that the full live ID (my_name@hotmail.com) is being passed across as the user name, so this is why the connection is being blocked. I'm not really sure how to get around it. Of course, I can remote desktop into the server and administer WSUS that way, but it's nicer to be able to do it from my client PC. Please note that this is a Home Server so it's not a Domain environment! Any suggestions gratefully accepted. View the full article

Hi guys, How do I locate the actual file from the link in the start screen? For example, I just installed the netflix app. The big netflix logo now appears in the start screen and allows me to use netflix. However, I want to see whether the executed netflix program exe is digitally signed. To this end, I have to locate where the file is located and if there are multiple netflix files in my drive, WHICH of those files is pointed to by the link on the start screen. How do I find out? Thanks. View the full article

I am trying to install MSXML 4.0 sp3 in Windows 8. It starts then stops with &quot An error occured during installation of assembly component {74974f83-779E-3983-A06B-D6B9ABF34537} HRESULT: 0x80073712 &quot Hunting on the MS web site I found there was a msxml4-KB2721691-enu for 64 bit versions. However this (even running as administrator) gave the same error I have spent days hunting for answer on the web so obviously it is not a common problem but has certainly cropped up a few times but with no answers Do I reinstall windows 8? Is there something to look for that might be missing? Is there a setting I have to make. While I am not computer trained I can find my way around and usually solve my own problems. However at 71 yrs and having made the move from XP to Win 8 with all ties cut, I am feeling a bit out of my depth here. Any help appreciated bussoz View the full article

I have an Acer Aspire 5516 with an AMD Athlon™ Processor TF-20, 1600 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 1 Logical Processor(s)The processor is supposed to be running at 1.6 ghz. But it is only running at 800 mhz. What steps can i take correct this issue? Thanks View this thread

Since 3 weeks my sent messages do not appear in the Sent Folder. I checked the corresponding tab in Tools, and it is checked. i checked all the other folders, and the messages are nowhere. How can I fix this problem? View this thread

RUNDLL32.EXE is corrupt. I downloaded a replacement version. Windows won't let me delete the old one or copy the new one to Windows/System32. I've tried all the solutions in these posts, but I'm not granted permission change names or delete this file. I've tried to change the permissions for this file, but I need permission to change permissions. Help! View this thread

I'm having trouble copying music from windows medea player to my sc card in f drive.... View this thread

Does the Window Explorer of Windows 8 contain a field showing date and time of a last music file played? I know that I-Tunes has that, and I could not see that in Windows 7. Oliver View the full article

My WMP can not play DVD movie and it gives me this message: Windows Media Player cannot play DVD video. You might need to adjust your Windows display settings. Open display settings in Control Panel, and then try lowering your screen resolution and color quality settings View this thread

I insert the SD card to my computer, but I can not see the photos. Please help me . Thanks! View this thread