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At first I tried to simply copy a CD containing about 280KB of photos. I tried an internet explorer drag and drop and I tried using Nero 10. It would not work. I am using a Lenovo T450 with an external Samsung SE218 R/W CD/DVD drive. I then copied all the photo folders from the CD to the HDD...

I have 4 older desktops I run older stuff on - 2 running VISTA Home Premium, 1 running XP Pro and a Dell GX620 running Win7Pro. The first 3 boxes all have PS2 input sockets for mouse and kbd and no issues connecting with the KVM box. However, the Dell - although about the same age as the other...

I have a Windows 7 pro computer that several friends and guests use for email etc. They logon as Guest and I have the administrator logon. I would like to create a script, change security access, and/or use a proprietary software or freeware package to modify the setup so Guest input files...

I have run out of ideas/options. I went to the local mall where there is a Microsoft Store (coincidentally right next to the Apple Store) and had their local guru look at my Genuine Windows problem. He tried everything i tried and ran analysis with his software tools but came to the conclusion...

I figured out that the "local System Account" has tobechecked in the service Windows Update properties > Logon - after that I was able to click start and the service indicated it was running. To confirm this I went to Task Manager>Services tab and verified that the service wuauserv is running...

I downloaded MGADiag.exe today from MS and ran it and it confirmed I was Genuine - here are the first few log lines below. Then I rebooted - but my other problems still persist: 1. DVD-CDRW is disabled in the device mgr - so I my DVD reader not recognized and I cannot read a disk. This is a...

It seems like the real problem is the fact I cannot turn on windows update - I cannot get my drivers to run the cd/dvd drive to read the windows installation disk

I have been a registered student in a multi-year university night program. One of the benefits to students is that MS Corp arranges with many universities and colleges for students to order a MS software product disk and/or download with key directly from a website run by MS. It does not get...

I had another T61 that I installed it in to replace XP which developed a bad mobo. So I bought a used T61 on the internet and swapped HDD putting the HDD with the retail version into the newly acquired T61 - this one. Up until a few weeks ago I never got these validation msgs, and my System...

It was a retail purchase.

Also - I am getting these popups that questions whether my Genuine Windows is really genuine. I assure you it is.

PS - the AV program is current and detected no problems today.

My newer Lenovo laptop is being repaired, so I dragged out my Lenovo T61, my older previous laptop, which was my prime machine about 18 months ago. Bsck then I had a good running copy of win 7 pro and the machine served me well. Shortly after I started using it again a few weeks ago I...

I bought a terabyte size external hard drive with the Buffalo brand name. I was using it for backup using its proprietary software and then one day for no reason I could no longer read/write the disk - and it gave me error msgs from the proprietary software - I was never able to get anything...

I followed the first link from cdogg and - so I went to start > Configuration > Properties > System Protection > Protection Settings > Configuration and found there were 4 options in the Protection Settings window SYSTEM_DRV Windows7_OS C:System LenovoRecoveryQ: Windows7_OS (C) (missing) All of...

Is there a question here? How do I reactivate System Restore? you can't go back to a restore point 4-5 weeks ago, but fail to say why, is there an error if you try? THe "why" of why I cannot go back to a prior restore point is the OS gives me the message that Restore Point is deactivated - it...

FYI - this is a 64bit install of win7 pro

thread1726-1678773 On my Lenovo T430U laptop with 4gb ram and win7Pro - system restore is deactivated and I cannot go back to my last restore point of 4-5 weeks ago. No clue how this happened. I maintain an active Webroot license and have not experienced any virus issues. I bought this as a...

Suddenly 30 or more emails per day started arriving in gmail email account which appear to be written in Chinese characters - occasionally some of the emails have Roman alphabet words including the names of cities in China. How can these be filtered out in gmail? There is no reason for this and...

Our home is a levittown cape style 6 room home on a slab built ca. 1950 - but we completely rehabbed the house in the last 15 years stripping the walls to the studs and remodeling using wall insulation having no aluminum foil under sheetrock and skim coat plaster. All the electrical, plumbing...