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• Could not find photos and documents after reinstlling windows

  I have rInstaller windows with the provided installation disc with a computer, after installing all my programs, photos and documents had disappeared. How can I find them?

  Depending on how you did the re-setup, they may or may not be recoverable.  The recovery disc that comes with a computer generally makes a boot that erases the hard drive clean of EVERYTHING before you reinstall the system to the factory conditions.  If all of your data and programs are gone, then a new installation is almost certainly what happened.  When you have made you we gave the option ot repair/upgrade your system or only to install it?  Check your C:\ Drive and see if there is a folder named Windows.OLD.  If so, there may be a way to recover your data, but your programs and your settings are gone and needs to be reinstalled or reconfigured.

  I hope this helps.  Let me know if you have a Windows.OLD folder and I will provide assistance to try to recover your data.  If this folder does not exist, then I am sorry to say that your data too has been deleted and disappeared.

  Good luck!

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• Find files and etc after a race a full system restore.

  I had problems with my computer and I ran the "full system restore" (with backup). How to make the backup of files, etc. back to where they were? When I go to search and type something in this use to be on my computer, I see a file or several files that say MyBack and the file I'm looking for, but I do not know how to restore it back to where it originally was.

  hamntre,
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• Impossible to copy and paste after the installation of updates

  Installed the updates this morning and now unable to copy a Web page and paste it in microsoft works. Can I use another program, but I'm not a happy camper. It tells me that I should not always immediately install new updates due to problems of this kind. I got burned by updates in the past, but it has been awhile. Everyone must wait at least a week or two before you install these updates.

  Hi Edw276

  Thank you for visiting the website of Microsoft Windows Vista Community.

  Sorry to hear that you are having problems after an update.  In order to help you further, we would require a bit more information.

  What you are trying to copy and paste in the works?  What steps do you take to do this?

  When you try and copy, the copy function appears if you right click on the selected text?

  Do you receive an error message when you try to copy and paste?

  You can copy from another application, such as Notepad in the works?

  Let know us the answers and we can continue to troubleshoot from there.

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• Codes error 646 and 8007652 after trying to download updates for Microsoft Office Home and Student.

  Just bought new HP Pavilion dv6 laptop w / Windows 7 (x 64).  Installed Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007 with no problems.  Now, every time I sign off - computer same tent 9 implemented to date.
  When I go to windows update and try again to install individually - I get repeatedly failed attempt and following error codes:
  Code: 646
  Code: 80070652.
  There are several sites that have downloads for solve the problem - but require Windows Vista operating systems or less - no designated Windows 7.  How can I solve this problem?

  Hello KimSM,

  Thank you for using the Microsoft answers Forums.

   

  Solution for error 646:

  Disable all Firewalls and try to install the updates and the stand-alone installation (download manually).

  Reset the Windows Update components

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971058

  Restart the computer after the update is installed.

  Also check with

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistawu/thread/6e716883-7af4-4A9F-8665-2f4dd57eee8d

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/822798

  That should solve the problem.

  Thank you.

  UDAY $012 please let me know that whether the solution worked or not, I thank you and appreciate your comments. URGO. C

• HP help and support after Windows 7 SP1 update

  HP DV7-3079wm notebook running Windows 7 home Premium

  When I arrived to start and help, we help HP & support.  After that update Windows 7 SP1 has been installed the HP help & support is not there.  Is Windows help there in its place.  Does anyone have ideas how I can ger the back version of HP?

  Thanks to 200 tons

  200ton wrote:

  HP DV7-3079wm notebook running Windows 7 home Premium

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• After the last automatic update, I can't receive any email to any of my 6 email accounts?

  I have been using Thunderbird without any problems and just after the latest Automatic update, happened the other day, I can not receive or send e-mails to all. I checked all the settings of accounts and find nothing has changed. I think it's a problem with the update? I don't see any way to update or install the program without losing emails or information. Does anyone else have this problem?

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• The Finder and windows after restarting, the browser windows

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  System Preferences > General - uncheck "Close windows when you exit the application.

• I downloaded Adobe Creative Cloud and asked After Effect.  They received my payment, but did not send me the activation code.  Where can I find it?

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• After I troubleshoot my update of windows, the update history disappeared and it said I didn't install any update before.

  I have several updates that had fail, so I went to troubleshoot and find if there anyway to reinstall the update but after I troubleshoot my update of windows, the history of the update has disappear, and he said that I did not install any update before.

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• Update of the "couldn't find any output device" after the Sierra

  I've updated my iMac (model 14.2) of OS X El Capitan with macOS Sierra yesterday. The update went smoothly except that once the complete update, the Office and I logged the volume in the menu bar icon is grayed out. I immediately opened settings, assuming that the update had deselected somehow my default audio output device (a pair of external speakers, in this case). But when I went on the audio menu, I was surprised to see "not found any output device.

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  This should have your internal audio device showing as it should be under your settings in the system preferences. Please use the Apple Support communities to post your question.

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• Get the message "This Mac cannot connect to iCloud due to a problem with my Id, open Preferences to solve iCloud iCloud" after entering my password which is accepted and then after a minute or two messages is.

  Get the message "This Mac cannot connect to iCloud due to a problem with my Id, open Preferences to solve iCloud iCloud" after entering my password which is accepted and then after a minute or two messages is.

  I'm your pain ptapp!

  Through my research for an answer that solves this problem, I have found that not even Apple knows how to solve this problem of password to iCloud.

  All 4 of my devices constantly ask my password because of some problems with xyz account.

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  Then after several repetitions of this I get locked and have to go to the site apple id to change my password.

  I didn't spend $6 000 on these beautiful devices so I could spend countless hours dealing with support (with no positive result) and find themselves just beyond myself in frustration. I have a Mac Pro, 2 iPads, 2 iPhones and an iPod touch. All are behaving this way, no matter what it is I'm doing at the time.

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• problem with the Finder - files and folders displaying incorrectly

  After acquiring a new iMac, I noticed a problem with the Finder - files and folders are displayed wrong (see table).

  This is what happens always after the files have been transferred from one folder to another. I was reminded of my days of using Mac OS in the 1980s when automatic setting of files was not so "automatic." I use Mac OS for decades and I don't remember the last time I had to think about GUI problems like that.

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• Windows 7 update failed after freezing on farm and would not install through Windows Update or installation manual

  Hi, once windows 7 installed successfully 5 updates I tried to restart the computer, but it would not be closed after that some time I did a cold longer closed. After booting even once, Windows 7 does not recognize the updates, as it is installed and I tried to install them again through Windows Update, but also install the updates manually and they all fail to install.

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  Hi msbubu,

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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

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  Follow step 1 in the link below,

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  Update security for Windows 7 (KB979309)

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  Update security for Windows 7 (KB979683)

  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ff58d80c-33ce-4d9e-AAA5-0b1841458931

  Update security for Windows 7 (KB981332)

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  Hope this information is useful.

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• When you try to reinstall the printer I hit find now and choose / click on the printer, but then he says: I mistyped the location

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  HTH,
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