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Help for a friend by
Alek
A dear old friend called me in a panic -- "my computer won't boot".
Windows 10 on an 8-year-old PC.
I walked him though all the repair/restore/reset options...
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What is ... by
Alek
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide
What is this?
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Hosed computer? by
Alek
My niece dropped her Acer laptop in my, uh, lap and it's a mess.
She can log in and it brings her to her desktop.
Pressing WinKey bring up a window that...
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I have two external HD holders... by
Alek
With a known good HD plugged in to one and then to a USB port, it shows
up on my computer as O:
It shows up as having 5 partitions, etc.
When I plug it into...
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Cannot import into Google Contacts by
Alek
There are new dialing rules where I live so I thought I would try to
edit my contacts.
Opened contacts.google.com
More Export
All contacts
Outlook...
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BAD SYSTEM CONFIG INFO by
Alek
I got this error message when booting.
Where is that info stored? Nothing on the net.
Thanks.
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PREPARING AUTOMATIC REPAIR by
Alek
Got this error message, too!
Expected it to eventually display the Win10 login screen but it didn't. ???
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July 26th 19 04:44 PM
by Alek
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initialize? by
Alek
I pulled a good HD from a failed PC and put it in an enclosure.
I connected the enclosure to my good PC and powered it up. It did not
appear as a drive in...
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Task Scheduler Error by
Alek
I set up a task to be executed every night at 10:30 PM, and clicked OK.
I got a popup that says enter user account information...and displays my
first...
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June 26th 19 05:35 PM
by Alek
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Task Scheduler Puzzler by
Alek
I found to my surprise that task scheduler executed an old backup script
at the time in the task schedule setup.
I'd like to change that task.
However, when...
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VPN by
Alek
I see three ways to get a VPN
My browser has one
My router has one
I can install one on my computer
Which is best?
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Files from CT/MRI by
Alek
I have a couple of CDs containing images and supporting software.
However, I cannot get the program to run.
There's a file called start.hta. Double-clicking...
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Transfer files? by
Alek
I have two Win 10 computers on my home network. One (call it "1") is
connected the router with an ethernet cable, the other (vall it "2") by
WiFi.
On 1,Â* I...
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I'm pulling my hair out! by
Alek
My Win10 desktop is frozen!
The desktop has all the icons it is supposed to have but clicking on any
one of them does nothing.
The taskbar has the Windows...
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