Defragging..............Either It Is, or It Isn't!!
So many conflicting opinions about defragging! I've heard opinions from computer techies, from one extreme to the other. I've heard some say it's actually harmful for your hard drive and completely...
View ArticleNeed to Clean a laptop Inside?
I took my laptop in to Best Buy because I was getting a message that the computer cooling system was not working properly and then the computer would shut down. Best Buy said I need to have the inside...
View ArticleBSOD whenever running Win7 Backup
New and fairly clean system... but whenever I run the Win7-64 bit back up its goes to a bsod after about 10 mins the boot [C drive] is an SSD about half full the drive receiving the backup files is a...
View ArticleHP Site can't read my drivers
HP has a link for automatically checking your computer and then updating your drivers. It says it should only take two minutes or so. I hve let it run 3 times and cannot get an answer even after 30...
View ArticleBlack screen after the windows logo.
Here we go. My laptop is hp-dv6-3122tx with ATI 5650 and intel hd switchable graphics. Recently my laptop started giving me a black screen after the windows logo. I was having some issues with my GPUs...
View ArticleBest Windows 7 Edition for my PC
Hi, I got a used IBM pc from my uncle as a gift. It has a pentium 4 2.80Ghz processor and 1.50Gb of RAM. And for the OS it has Windows 7 Enterprise. But I kind of find it low in performance. What is...
View ArticleWhat About a Cleaner??
What about a cleaner? I know many use CCleaner but is there any that is reputable/trustworthy, and only removes what its supposed to?
View ArticleFlash drive password protection
I was wondering what the best way to password protect my flash drive is. My sandisk 8gb flash drive came with the stock sandisk software that supposibly password protects my data. This didnt seem so,...
View ArticleSync offline files to a new server or hard drive
Hi everyone. First post here although I've used the forums before. Hopefully someone can help. I had two hard drives in a NAS that I kept my media files on. Between the drives I had about 1tb total...
View ArticleUser accounts and security in a work domain
I recently got my personal laptop connected to my work domain. I don't have much experience with the domain environment & wanted to find out some more info about it. My local user account has admin...
View ArticleWindows 7 Ultimate x64 Genuine issue - ''vbscript.dll''
After reading multiple topics and trying lots of different solutions for the 'Windows Genuine problem', I am following NoelDP's request by starting a new thread. Since 2 days I'm getting a message,...
View ArticleTask Validation Task Error Message
I never to into the Task Scheduler but today I did and got the following: "Task validation task: The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with" Seems to be a fairly common error from from what I...
View ArticleTwo monitors and identification
I have two monitors set up. Under Control Panel and Display, my primary monitor is shown as monitor # 2. I supose this is normal. However, under Color Management and Devices, my primary monitor is...
View ArticleSolved Icons on toolbar are rectangle instead of being square
Icons on my toolbar are square instead of being square. I had a virus on my dell laptop and I removed it but it messed up al my original and default settings. I am trying to set it back to the normal...
View ArticleNearly a third of all computers are infected with malware
---Quote--- PandaLabs released its annual security report which details an extremely interesting year of data theft, social networking attacks and cyber-warfare. The most devastating news? 31.98...
View ArticleResearcher warns about critical flaw in D-Link routers
---Quote--- A security flaw in D-Link's DIR-300 and DIR-600 routers could allow remote attackers to inject execute arbitrary shell commands via a simple POST request without being authenticated to the...
View ArticleBanking Trojan posing as Avast AV
---Quote--- A banking Trojan masquerading as the popular free AV solution from Avast has been spotted on computers of Brazilian users, reports Kaspersky Lab Expert Dmitry Bestuzhev. ---End Quote---...
View ArticleHow do i change SID / cloned ssd not working
Hi. i have just made clone of my current HDD and put it onto SSD (both are 250gb). first of, my hdd is 100% encrypted using truecrypt, so please dont start giving me stupid ideas like "oh just...
View ArticleCan I get some help with my start up programs?
Yeah I just bought an Alienware m14x and I have lot's of start up programs that I am not sure that I need nor want running at the Start of my windows 7. I know I need like my basic Nvidia and other...
View ArticleWindows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1
I am trying to load Windows 7 Pro the are 2 Partitions when i select any of the 2 i get the same massage that Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1 or 3 depending which i choose i then...
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