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Will Windows 7 Home Premium receive security updates after mainstream support end (January 13, 2015)?
Most of today computers are bought with Windows 7 Home Premium operating system licensed and installed. But Microsoft Product Lifecycle states that its mainstream support will end on January 13, 2015, ...
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What could be causing this browser display issue inside a user account?
LinkedIn support has hit a wall on this problem which has been affecting me for a couple months, and is starting to impact my business. When I am logged in most pages (groups, jobs, contacts, etc) do ...
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Online Web Site Support with Video Chat Feature [closed]
I am looking service which is online support chat with video feature.
Can you give me a recommend ?
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Get (nicely) rid of computer support for friends and family [closed]
I think everybody knows this situation:
Family members, friends and friends of friends of family members come to you with every computer problem they have.
Sure i would like to help everybody, but i ...
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Does Netbeans support hints, auto include, etc.. for C++ like it does for Java?
I'm using Netbeans 7.0.1 and last night i installed cygwin so i could see how netbeans behaves for c++ programming.
I noticed it lacked many equivalent features it had for java.
For example
with the ...
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i7 -2630m, 6GB RAM, 750GB 7200 rpm, nvidia 555m - Supposed to be slow?
I've purchased an Alienware m14x laptop for $1,400.
It's slow. Quite slow actually. My other laptop that has a celeron is going faster than this and it's xp and this is windows 7 home.
I'm not sure ...
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What is a good hosted software for FAQ [closed]
I need something in a form of Knowledge Base/FAQ/Wiki to deliver FAQ to users over web. Preferably hosted solution. What are my options?
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remote support via ssh
I want to provide remote support for some linux boxes via ssh. I have no passwords on these machines and they are behind a nat, without port forwarding.
My idea was, that whenever a client needs my ...
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What is h264 and what is it used for?
I have been hearing that google chrome is either stopping support for or has already stopped support for this movie thing called h.264. What is h.264, and what is it used for?
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I can't type an open parenthesis but I can press 9
When I hold shift and press 9 to type an open paren I am unable to. If I hold it down the computer starts to beep. This happens with all keyboards. No other key combo produces the beep. I haven't ...
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Notebook Operating System with extreme support cycles/security updates
after reading the announcements about Mac OS X "Lion" and Apples political decision, I've had enough. I'm a longtime Apple User since 1992, have always felt at home there, but am trying to switch to ...
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IE6 on XP showing “Could not load page” error, while connected to the internet
I was remotely logged on to a client's computer using TeamViewer, and I opened up Internet Explorer to run Windows Update. I couldn't connect. (I got the "Could not load page" error.)
It's IE6 on ...
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What does KB mean in the context of support bulletin?
What does "kb" mean when it's used in a URL for a support website? (Not kilobytes)
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remote linux support service [closed]
after struggling with a wireless adapter installation for a few days, I am wondering if there is some service that will do it remotely.
I am not talking about an enterprise type remote support ...
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Microsoft to cease support for Vista, any options for a laptop just purchased?
According to an article today in The Register, Microsoft will no longer support Vista from the end of this month.
I have a laptop that is not even a year old using an operating system that will not ...
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OpenGL support no longer available
I've been using OpenGL hardware acceleration in programs such as Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe After Effects CS4. I've noticed that recently the options for OpenGL previews are disabled because my ...
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Official end of support date for Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
If I read the docs on Windows Service Pack support policies, and the specific Internet Explorer lifecycle support page as well as the Wikipedia page I've deduced that:
IE6 support ends/ended at:
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Does the GDDR5 ATI Radeon HD 5870 have DVI-D support?
Does the GDDR5 ATI Radeon HD 5870 have DVI-D support?
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Trouble with installing VMWare-Player 3
After downloading the VMware-Player 3 from the VMware-Site I wanted to install it; because I used an older VMware-Player the system wanted this to be deinstalled this version first.
After starting the ...
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How do I enter the BIOS setup on an HP P6210T
I hit every Function key, but that just got me into the "Recovery Manager".
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Any way to use a playlist as alarm signal on iPod touch?
With my iPod nano 3G, I could use the alarm to start a playlist at a given time (e.g. for waking me up).
With my iPod Touch 2G (FW 3.0.1, not jail-broken), I can only choose from a list of ...
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How to get support for a Dell Monitor (2408WFP) in the UK?
I have just spent an hour trying to find out how to contact Dell support regarding my 2408WFP monitor. I have trawled the website, followed all of the 'contact us' links, and even phoned the tech ...
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Tips to prevent becoming the local IT support guy? [closed]
Somehow it happens that I fix one small thing for someone in my family, and then all their friends and their friend's friends suddenly are phoning me at 2:34am for support of a million computer ...
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What's in your opinion the best way to support Open Source projects? [closed]
There many awesome open source SW with active and positive communities. I tried to contribute in some way in the past to some projects with small donations and bug reporting, but probably the most I ...
