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Windows XP my deask top icons have dissappeared and sytem restore will not work Continue reading...

I write my password down every time yet when I use it you say it is wrong .I am getting tired of having to change it all the time Split from - https://answers.microsoft.com/thread/e870d4be-0d99-46b3-a84d-9d8edbb0af04 Continue reading...

I had an issue originally with my system freezing every time I left it idle for a period. I traced it to possibly an ATI error, incompatibility or problem. Chkdsk was ran but I was not able to fully diagnose this for sure untill the REAL, BIG, problem happened. I was going to update my bios with the Gigabyte bios flash utility and decided to reboot and see what version I had before I upgraded and I accidentally pressed 'Delete' trying to enter the BIOS right when it went to the next screen where it says DMI Pool data which activated the 'press any key to ....' start Gigibyte's ExpressRecovery2. I exited out of ExpressRevocery 2 and should not have caused any issues, and e…

I have a Win7 PC for daily use, and an older Win XP box in my home studio for audio recording. It worked fine for quite a long time. After not recording for 8 months, I did some work on it, it worked absolutely fine. Then when I shut down that day it had a truckload of Win XP updates, including the final XP updates. Every single time since then, one I start it, 5 out of 6 times it dead freezes either instantly upon loading the desktop, or within a minute. Hard lockup. No CTRL ALT DEL works. I have to hard reset it. I can't afford a replacement PC soon, and I need this box back immediately for recording work. Any good valid reason the final XP update wo…

So, my cat somehow made all of my icons on my desktop arranged in a list view. I cannot figure out how to get them back to the normal icons. Please help!! Below is a screenshot of what my desktop looks like. I should note that I have tried right-clicking the desktop to check through all of the sorting / arrangement options. My cat somehow pressed a specific combination of keys to do this. I can't find it in any menu whatsoever. Continue reading...

Hi, A few months ago I got brand new laptop for my 18th birthday to help with school work and it worked beautifully. It runs on windows 8 and had the latest synaptics programmes. However, somehow I think I must have uninstalled the device itself, not just the driver, and have downloaded several different drivers believing that this was the problem. Now I believe that it is the device itself that has uninstalled while my basic mouse functions work perfectly. I require some assistance on the matter because I am not massively computer-savvy but have some primitive knowledge. Any advice would be much appreciated because this problem has been bugging me for a while. …

my cyber link dvd player want play does not show icon on bottom of screen any longer Continue reading...

i got errors every day , i don't know from where and this the dmp file : https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=8A9423A35C1FA5A7!587&authkey=!AJyw-8uitR7jnzo&ithint=file%2c.zip my laptop is GT70 Dragon Edition 2 Continue reading...

For some unknown reason, my display shows the following message floating around the screen if I do not use the mouse or keyboard for 30 seconds " there are no pictures or videos in C:\usres/Arthur\pictures" How do I stop this from happening? Continue reading...

This offer is getting on my nerves. I have done 3 of them, and it still wont give me the activation code. Anyone know a alternate that does NOT have offers? Continue reading...

After Restart my PC. I clicked my right muse button for refresh PC desktop. but desktop right click menu take between 10-15 seconds to appear on the desktop. problem did not solve until today. It happen only on desktop. Continue reading...

I have been having BSODs every now and then and this is the XML view of the most recent error code details. No problems with memory whenever I do a memory test. Only known thing that could be the issue (but doubt it) is that when I put the computer together I mixed up the power cord cables of a different computer. Other than that I have no idea what could be causing these issues. - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> - <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" /> <EventID>41</EventID> <Version>2</Version> <Lev…

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Original title: Stuck in eternal Startup Repair loop! Hi everyone, Every time I start my computer the Startup Repair tool launches, does its business and then informs me that the tool cannot automatically fix the problem. When I look under "Problem details", I see a number of problem signatures, one of which is Problem signature 07: CorruptRegistry. This is enough to send me into a frenzy, but I kept cool (for now ...). I then looked under "View diagnostic and repair details". Each "Test Performed" entry indicates Result: Completed successfully. At the end of the list I see "Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of …

I keep trying to turn on windows defender and it keeps saying app is turned off and not monitoring this computer and I go to turn it on and it wont let me....what do I do? please help Continue reading...

i used to use Microsoft essentials now I have a new PC running Defender, I never see any history or the results of the scan...what am I missing. Also I attempted to use a downloaded version of Kaspersky that came with my new computer, and it totally corrupted the system. Anyone else have this issue. I took back one PC because that happened then bought another and it happened again? Has Kaspersky been hacked. It truly created the worlds biggest mess on my computer. It would go no where on the web telling me there were Trojans everywhere. It downloaded all sorts of malware programs. So that is why I went back to Microsoft Defender but as I said I cannot view the scan result…

Hi my name is Aaron. My windows 7 pc has recently started moving very slow. I opened my task manager and found that one Instance of SVCHOST.EXE is running almost 100cpu and is making my pc run slow as molasses. WHen right click, and go to service, THere is no service highlighted in task manager. When i Open file location on svchost.exe it directs me to svchost.exe in system32. I have tried restoring my computer to an earlier point but cannot seem to fix the problem. My iobit malware has not found any problems in my pc and i am stressed to the max. I have ended the process of svchost.exe but it continues to come back and takes up 50-100cpu. Please someone help me. Conti…

Also fell victim to ammy scam and they took control of my computer. Mcaffee have done a full virus scan and was okay. Also said I had lots of viruses and my computer would crash, and said Mcafee had stopped working and not scanning for viruses properly. Showed on the computer everything had stopped working. However still seems to be working okay. Luckily not paid anything. Is Mcaffee okay. Continue reading...

They caught me yesterday and I thought they were a ligit MS Windows support Centre since they knew my windows Reg. number. So I gave them access to my computer. Only when they told me I needed to pay R1500 to "renew my expired ssl Security Certificate" or words to that effect did I realise I had been had. I feel such an idiot. The thing is I have had dealings before with the MS Support staff from India and so it sounded authentic this time too. I quickly closed everything down when I got off the phone. When I tried to re-start my laptop I found i had to put in a password which I didn't have. So I restarted and entered the BIOS and changed passwords etc and then cou…

Could somebody tell me how to eliminate Megabrowse functions and programmes from my computer using Windows 8.1? Continue reading...

Using my IE Browser today, i noticed a flashing shield on my bar....apparently i accidentally opened it and next thing i knew, my computer was taken over by this thing. It identified itself as "Windows Internet Guard" and kept popping up windows on the right. As it progressed, it wanted a credit card number....to be used after the "trial period". I did not do anything with this...noticed that the word "automatically" was misspelled....kept trying to close it....then i realized, to my horror, it was blocking all my attempts to access the internet!!!!! Had to finally go to my system restore and restored my computer to two days ago. This thing....i am assuming is part …

Hello, im having CSF firewall with LFD. LFD allows connections tracking and temporarilly baning excessive conenction IPs. But i dont have idea on which value i should input so i ask there if there are any handly linux toold which can show me some stats on IP connections so i can see example when someone load certain webpage how many connections in average are used etc.. Im using Apache Keep Alive... thx Continue reading...

I've heard things about UFEI not working and so on? I was just wondering whether there were any checks that I should make prior to installing Linux onto my comp. It's Windows 8, I was going to partition it today and install onto it, thought I'd double check first. Continue reading...

Dear All, I have a server that is constantly losing disk space. What is the good way to find which files size is increasing and by how much. Will it be possible to find which files size is increased by how much?? Thanks in advance Continue reading...

Hello, i have been adviced to send mail from my scripts from email address of the domain of the script. Also provider adviced me i create that email account even its "noreply" email address. Is it necessary, and really increases chances not being marked as spam email? Continue reading...