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In this guest post, James Ricketts explores EXE errors related to Symantec. Learn more about James at the conclusion of this post.

It is very likely that most computer users have experienced EXE errors or errors related to the executable files at one time or another. EXE errors are one of the most common categories of application errors that your computer is likely to encounter. This is simply because there are hundreds of applications on your PC and each one of them comprises several EXE files. When you consider the number of EXE files residing on a computer, it is easy to understand the likelihood of something going wrong with one or more of them.

EXE errors can crop up while working on any computer application and applications from Symantec suite are no exception. Symantec is a popular software manufacturer of Internet and PC security products. Symantec products help make our PC less vulnerable to bugs and errors. At the same time, like any other application, it too uses EXE files and some of them may develop problems.

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The winners of the ESET Smart Security competition are announced below. Thank you to ESET and mathony for offering the prizes. The winners have been contacted by email! Look out for more competitions soon!

1. Gagan
2. Chris Jarve
3. June Ketrick
4. manoj verma
5. Prasanth Chandra

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Windows Forums member, mathony, in association with Windows Guides, is giving away five (5) licenses for ESET Smart Security Suite (worth $59.99.)

How do I Enter?

To enter to win, comment on this post with the following:

1. Why you want to win this program
2. Your total number of entry points (see below)
3. Links to your tweet, blog, MyWindowsPC profile etc.

How do I accumulate entry points?

1. Comment on this post (1 entry point)
2. Retweet this post (1 entry point)
3. Blog about this competition (StumbleUpon, Myspace, Facebook etc. OK) (1 entry point)
4. Signup for/link to MyWindowsPC.com account (1 entry point)

If you attain all 4 entry points, you will get a bonus 1 point.

Note: Having 5 points does not guarantee you will win a copy of ESET Smart Security. Someone with 1 point has a chance of winning, but you will be 5 times more likely to win.

The competition will end on Friday, July 17, 2009 at 11PM MDT. Then, five randomly selected winners will be contacted by email.

Check back tomorrow for a competition for a chance to win one of five (5) licenses for TuneUp Utilities 2009.

Here are some highlighted topics from the last week over on Windows Forums:
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In this guest post, James Ricketts explores how to deal with EXE issues on your PC. Learn more about James at the conclusion of this post.

Solving computer problems on your own means less downtime, less hassle and no or low cost. However, it is important that you know what problems you can handle on your own and which issues are best left to professionals.  For example, it is advised that most hardware-related problems are best left to computer experts. Similarly, it is advisable that you try and analyze most software-related issues yourself, as quite often, they can be easily resolved.

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The winners of the ESET Smart Security competition are announced below. Thank you to ESET for offering the prizes. The winners have been contacted by email! Look out for more competitions soon!

1. Aviator365
2. leofelix
3. Bren Wager
4. JekyllandHyde
5. Kaitlyn Trubenbach
6. Danel R. Lehrman
   

Download ESET Smart Security

You can download a fully-functional 30-day trial of ESET here