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Unable to use the Internet on Windows 8.1, "Internet Access Blocked" displayed everywhere
I'm having a really strange issue on a Windows 8.1 machine. If I open Chrome or Opera, they say "Your Internet access is blocked", followed by "Firewall or antivirus may have blocked the connection". ...
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Windows 8.1 - "Chrome is out of date" Malware?
I've recently started getting a suspicious window appear in chrome which suggests chrome is out of date even though it isn't.
The window isn't part of chrome and can be closed using altf4 when it ...
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How to install Chrome extension through windows registry in Windows 8.1?
Used the following tutorial:
Using the Windows registry
Find or create the following key in the registry:
32-bit Windows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Chrome\Extensions
64-...
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How do I get Chrome to remember the passwords?
I go to a work website (inside the company's firewall). I connect to my work network via VPN. I am greeted with this popup.
I enter user name and password and everything is fine. However, if I ...
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Certain Windows 8.1 desktop apps will not start
I'm using a 64-bit Acer laptop running Windows 8.1.
When I try to start certain desktop apps, I get the error message (translated:)
This application could not be started because the Side-by-Side
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Chrome doesn't do anything when trying to update
My Chrome bar has been nagging at me for a week now, wanting me to update to the latest version of Chrome. If I click the hotdog menu (or is it hamburger menu?) and hit the Update Google Chrome button,...
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How to remove Buzzdock ads from Google search results?
Everytime I search for something on Google, I get this block of Buzzdock ads, as you can see on the screenshot. I am trying to get rid of this.
I've already unistalled a program called "Buzzdock 2" ...
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Chrome keeps installing a second copy of itself
I'm running Windows 8.1 and Chrome v40.0.2214.94 m. For some reason, every other day Chrome installs a second copy of itself. My profile and everything stay the same, no problems there, but if I ...
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Opening downloaded programs on Windows 8.1 VERY slow
When downloading files from the Internet in browsers such as Chrome it seems that they set a flag of some sort on the file telling Windows that the file was downloaded form the Internet and that it ...
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How to change default program to open magnet link in windows?
Recently I installed BitComet. Now when I click a torrent magnet link from chrome it opens with BitComet though I changed the settings of BitComet to not to be the default program to open magnet links....
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Ctrl+Tab not working in any programs
Visual Studio, Sublime Text, Chrome, Firefox, you name it. All the apps with tab-cycling on Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab are no longer working on my Windows PC - that is, Ctrl+Shift+Tab still works, ...
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Installed Google Chrome 64 bit, but am I launching the 32 or 64 bit version?
I installed Chrome 64 bit, but am I running the 64 bit version?
I went to Control Panel\System and Security\System to confirm that I'm running an 64 bit version of Windows on an x64 bit processor.
I ...
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Chrome suddenly lowers sound volume [duplicate]
When I use Chrome to listen to music, sometimes the volume suddenly goes down. Other sounds are just normal. This is the Windows Sound mixer shows:
The volume meter on Chrome has 2 indicators. I have ...
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Google Chrome Missing from Volume Mixer
I have Windows 8.1, and Google Chrome is missing from my Volume Mixer (it does not show up on it). I cannot hear any audio from that program. I've tested both Flash audio (e.g., YouTube) and HTML5 ...
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