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Facebook Chat doesn't work - can't trace issue

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Hey guys I really do hope you can help me. I am on win7 laptop, facebook works, but I can't send messages (chat and inbox- the latter doesn't even load it like takes infinity. Oh, and no chat conversation history usually too). I have a phone being fed from the same exact WIFI (wireless router) and it all fine and dandy, just my laptop.

I tried the following things: Different Browers, clear cache/history, reinstall java, system restore and frustrated just got to a hard format but to no avail, I still get this problem.

Things I noticed: Before and after the formatting, wI get an error syncing my clock to the internet windows time server. Action ran out of time or something. IDK if that's related to something. Also My browser required SLL certificates for secured sites so the ISP provided with the certificate files in its website which without them I can't surf HTTPs. I obviously already have that, So maybe it's not enough IDK.

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Installing Win 7 via Flash drive

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I am trying to install Windows 7 through a flash drive onto an hp laptop. I have no experience with this. I created an ISO file from the installation CD onto my desktop using burn aware free then I used rufus to put that ISO file onto my flash drive but when I start up my laptop and click install on the Windows 7 installation screen it says there is no device driver I am thinking I did something wrong in the process I am not sure what to do at this point any help would be greatly appreciated. I am not sure if it's clear enough what the problem is.

Edit I tried using Windows 7 USB DVD Download tool but it said that the file was not a valid ISO file so that may be my problem there I am not sure how exactly to format or create an ISO file from the Windows 7 installation CD

Moved TEMP and TMP files to external drive. But what if...?

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I almost always use my tablet with an external hard drive which I set up to spare the internal SSD the wear and tear of constant writes. I even set Environment Variables to write the TEMP and TMP files to the external drive, not the C drive.

But occasionally I might have to run the tablet without the external drive attached. What would Windows 7 do in such a situation? Would I get a BSOD? Or would Windows automatically set the TEMP and TMP files back to the original setting? And then when I connected the external drive again would I have to reset the environment variables for TEMP and TMP again?

And what would Firefox do? I set it up to write cache to the external drive.

Thanks for answers.

P.C. won't boot

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Hi guys

I have a P.C. that goes past the POST screen but then for lack of a better term freezes when on the screen just after the POST screen, with just a flashing stripe thing in the corner of the screen. I have tried connecting another hard drive and installing a fresh copy of windows but it doesn't even start from the dvd drive in fact it doesn't even get to any screen where i can select boot options (well other than the BIOS). ANy help would be appreciated ASAP

burning a video file to dvd

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hi.i am trying to burn a movie file to a blank dvd.but all i am getting is a grey screen.i have tried different types of dvd rw but get the same results.

recover of old window vista product key

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Dear,
Please suggest me how to get my previos version window vista product key? Now I am having product key of vista on back of my laptop, but it is not clear anymore,mean some of the digit are not visible, please give me your kindful advise that where can I see my previous version hp window vista home premium product key.
Thanx and Regaed
Rupam

Desktop: "The properties for this item are not availible."

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Hi,


At my workstation, I'm receiving this message everytime I try to acces the properties of one of my harddrives. Also, my workstation is connected to other local computers and they can't acces these drives, which they usually were able to.


At the moment I'm clueless, I don't know what to do at this point. Any help is appreaciated!


Thanks in advance :)

Windows Updates come and disappear

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Optional windows updates come and then they disappear from the download list. I have noticed this just in the past few weeks. Is it possible that they got moved to important or has MS withdrawn them because they were faulty or because I did not check them for download/install within a given period of time?

I have windows update set to tell me when an update is available but I will chose when to download and install it. I do not always check off the optionals until I have had time to check them out. There were about 6 there last week which I did not check off and today they are all gone! :huh:

I checked with a friend who has seen the same. It happened to him after he reserved his free copy of W10. He said the windows update screen just shows the msg: W10 has been reserved and when selects 'show all available updates', nothing listed and he said there were 4 optionals and 1 important that he had yet to download. He has the same setting as I do.

I have W7/64 Pro installed, my friend has the Home Edition.

Sony Vaio wont factory reset

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Hi,
I have a Sony Vaio running Win 7 Pro that wouldn't boot. I ran HDDREGEN and it showed the hard drive had failed so I've bought a new hard drive and fitted it, but when I run the recovery dvds I made from the laptop it gets near the end and says it need to restart, but when it restarts It gives this error message

"Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware"

Can anyone help please?

Webpages loading extremely slowly but internet connection is fast

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Hey,

This began in the afternoon today where I noticed a sudden decrease in speed of my internet browsing. Since then, nearly every webpage that I try to open takes ages to load as opposed to the mere seconds that it took before. I am currently connected through ethernet to my modem, but the problem persists on all devices and laptops connected through wifi as well.

I've tried resetting the router and modem, as well as changing DNS servers but nothing seems to be working.

My ping to google is normal as follows:



My internet is also fine when I tried loading into online game servers (cs:go, etc.), so it is just the browsing mainly.

I do not know what to do with it currently and have been searching the forum for quite a bit now. Any help would be appreciated

.video timer

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using w7 firefox
my question is a video one
whein i try to record with timer
i can put in the stsrt date and the finish date
come to put in channel
cannot do that
its got avi and av2 in the box
cannot put the channel number in there
help please
henry




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PC Kept shutting down after new processor installation

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Hello friendly guys and girls. I just bought a new Intel i5 2400s Quad Core CPU On Tuesday. Installed it today, it installed fine and loaded my desktop ok. But as soon as I started to load a game (in this case Star wars the old republic) my Computer kept shutting down.

It also shut down the first time without me doing anything. Things to know I did not apply any thermal paste to my Old CPU Fan as the new i5 did not come with a Fan so could be overheating or needs a BIOS Update as the BIOS is old. In the end I had to remove the i5 and fit back my old Shoddy Dual core Processor. My System Specs are below. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Motherboard: ASUTEK P8H61-MX USB3

Intel Pentium CPU G2020 @ 2.90Ghz 2.90Ghz

4GB RAM

AMD R7 Radeon R7 240X DirectX11

I also have a Corsair CX 500M PSU (Power Supply Unit)

Can I download a youtube playlist?

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I want to download my 200+ video youtube playlist to mp3s. I tried 4k downloader but that program kept crashing, and Jdownloader, but I have to go through all the videos and select mp3. Is there a better alternative?

Webcam

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Hey guys, first poster here, feel free to tell me off for posting in the wrong place/being a ****.
I'm having some real issues with my webcam. I have an alienware laptop from a friend, which has a built in webcam. It has been wiped several times an is running a counterfeit version of Windows 7 Ultimate. When he gave it to me, it didn't have any webcam program installed, so I downloaded on. The program does not pick up the webcam. I have checked in device manager and it appears to be showing up fine, and that the drivers for it are up to date. Yet no luck. I haven't been able to find a suitable answer in my searches, so hoping some legend might be able to help. Will reward with endless love and affection.
Cheers

Batch File assistance

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Hello all,
I have an issue I am trying to resolve. I have a text file that has several lines i need to take out of it for example:

123456 2015-01-02
ABCDEF 2015-05-02
D71J62 2015-02-01
.....

Out of the above I code (below) searches through and selects the ONE line i want.
Code:

@echo off
rem Let findstr to find the LINE you want (only once):
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('findstr "123456" input.txt') do set "line=%%a"
ECHO LINE: "%line%"
rem Change left delimiter by {
set "line=%line:<ORIGINAL>={%"
rem Change right delimiter by }
set "line=%line:</ORIGINAL>=}%"
ECHO STRING DELIMITED: "%LINE%"
rem Get second token delimited by { and }
for /F "tokens=2 delims={}" %%a in ("%line%") do set string=%%a
ECHO %line% >>output1.txt

now to my problem. I will need the code to search upto 2,000 differing "findstr"?

[SOLVED] Just reformatted my pc. Windows 7 Home Basic 32 bit "No Internet due to Driv

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Good day! I just recently formatted my pc. After the installation, I cannot connect to the internet due to the missing drivers or the drivers that are not yet installed. I need help guys!

MOtherboard:
MSI H61M-P23 (MS-7680)

Chipset:
Intel Sandy Bridges

What should I do? I hope to hear from you guys soon :D

Default Browser

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I know this is an silly question and probably a simple fix. I am running Windows 7 and my default browser is Firefox and I sometimes use Chrome but when I click on a hyperlink in an article or in an email, my computer opens Explorer to display the contents of the hyperlink instead of firefox. I can't find a setting anywhere to change this.

making backup on win7

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have a toshiba canvio 1tb external drive - nothing on it (have formatted) - went to "backup and restore", followed instructions, it was making shadow copy fine, then when finished it said couldnt backup due to window handle and there was an error number Ox80070578.

I've tried and tried to backup my laptop to this drive - what am I NOT doing right? I always seem to have trouble with backups - I'm using external drives, following directions, but always something.

laptop is giving me problems, so want to make sure backup is done before it crashes and I have to do a win7 reformat/restore (back to manuf) AGAIN!

dont know if there's a virus/malware, whatever causing some problems, but I've run everything! it just isnt acting right, oh, and my "fan" seems to be running a lot and hot. dont know if that might be a problem - toshiba laptop,, satellite 3 yrs old. thanks!!!

[SOLVED] Default Browser

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I know this is an silly question and probably a simple fix. I am running Windows 7 and my default browser is Firefox and I sometimes use Chrome but when I click on a hyperlink in an article or in an email, my computer opens Explorer to display the contents of the hyperlink instead of firefox. I can't find a setting anywhere to change this.

What happens if you delete a folder in C:/Users

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I often make new accounts and then delete them after using it. However, I recently realized that the account folders still appear in C:/Users. What would happen if I delete those folders, it shouldn't change anything should it, I mean I already deleted the account itself.

Edit: I can't delete the folders even if I want to, help please?
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