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My computer is running Windows 7 Home Premium and I use Windows Live Messenger to chat with friends. For some reason, Messenger no longer sites in the Notification Area, instead appearing in the task bar like other apps. How do I correct thing?

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I have just got a new PC running Vista Home Premium. When I try to download an install one particular package, a message appears aying the installation has been blocked by “Data Execution Prevention”. What does this mean?

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I’ve been using Vista for a few weeks now and all of a sudden my volume indicator seems to have disappeared from my System Tray. I used to use this quite often as my laptop doesn’t have volume buttons. Is there any way I can get it back?

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I’d prefer to put my Vista laptop into Hibernate mode rather than shuttind it down completely, but I don’t have a Hibernate option in my Start Menu. Where is it?

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I occasionally take portrait-styled photos with my camera rather than the landscape. When I copy them onto my Windows Vista computer they’re on their side. How do I turn them around?

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In the Notification Area to the right of the Taskbar, there is a pointer on which you can click to show or hide the icons place there. Sometimes, my pointer just disappears, leaving me with the icons on display permanently. How can I get this pointer back?

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I have a new computer that works fine, except for a small problem: some of the keys on the keyboard display the wrong thing on the screen. For instance, when I type a double-quote (SHIFT-2) I get an @ sign instead. And when I want an @ sign, I get quotes instead. I can’t seem to get a £ sign either, I keep getting # instead. How can I fix this?

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I’ve purchased a brand new Windows Vista machine but I want to install Windows XP on it as well. I’ve heard that to dual-boot Windows XP needs to be installed first – is this true?

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