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If you're sure they have no use you can use a Linux Live CD like Ubuntu and delete them that way. Just boot up the CD and access your file system that way.

I recommend this; Speccy - System Information - Free Download. It will tell you about all of your hardware. :)

Ansaf1234, have a look here; System requirements - Microsoft Windows I had difficulty even running Linux on a P4. OTOH, it hurts nothing to try.

I just fired up Windows 8.1 Calculator. The only things I see listed are Windows Calculator under processes and calc.exe under Details. No numbers.exe. I hope this helps.

Amen to this last comment. I have an 82-year old friend who was running XP, very slooooowly on a 20th century machine. I put Lubuntu on his computer and he's been quite happy. He likes the speed and the lack of malware. Yes, I know there are viruses out there for Linux, but in 20 years I have...

You can check for heat-related problems. My PC was shutting down when playing flash videos and it turned out that my CPU fan was not attached properly causing the CPU to overheat. I use this program to monitor CPU heat Core Temp

Have you tried eM Client? It's a nice, fast alternative to Outlook. If you have a GMail account it will auto-magically import your contacts, calendar and so on. eM Client - the Best Email Client for Windows | Email Client and Calendar Software for Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP

There isn't one. You can install the Nightly version for which there is a 64 bit Windows version. https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/

What does this mean? Are the fonts ugly, pics wrong colors? Be more specific.

You can't upgrade to a 64 bit OS from a 32 bit OS. It would require a clean install.

Or you could give eM Client a try. eM Client - the Best Email Client for Windows | Email Client and Calendar Software for Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP I don't know if you have a GMail account, but if so it's quite easy to set up and will pull in all your contacts, calendar. etc.

I had the same problem a while back while playing flash videos, games. etc. It turned out that the fan on the CPU was not fully engaged to the motherboard thus causing it to overheat. I recommend this little program to monitor your heat levels. Core Temp

I'm taking a shot in the dark here, but I recall having this printing problem in Windows 7 and it turned out that I had fiddled around and made IE 64 bit the default browser by renaming IE in the 32 bit folder. Then WLM wouldn't print. So I put things back and it worked. Since Windows 8.1...

You're my hero! It was the Windows/Temp folder. I changed the permissions on it to administrator and all seems well. Thanks!

Beat you to it, already tried it. No luck... :(

One more tidbit; this only seems to happen with .msi files.

OK, I can install that way. That's a nice work-around. What do you think is causing the problem? Permissions issue?

Hi, this is on Windows 8.1 Pro, 64 bit. Anytime I try to install something I get that installer error, 2503, and then the install exits. I've searched quite a bit for this but no love. :cry: Any ideas?

Error codes ?0x80070643? or ?0x643? occur when you install the .NET Framework updates Installation Error 0x80070643 - Microsoft Community Installation error 0x80070643 or 0x800706d9: You need to turn on Windows Firewall Error codes ?0x80070643? or ?0x643? occur when you install the .NET...

wizthis, I assume you're running chdsk? I have a one TB drive as well and it took several hours to complete. For me it was stuck at 27%. How long it actually took, I don't know as I walked away and left it alone; it was several hours at least. I found no way to stop it so I just let it run.