Recent content by Drew Nolen

I've read of the laser in clear-base mice being able to sense light changes and simulate movement which causes the computer to wake, but the base on mine is black so I'm pretty sure that's not it. It's not vibrations, it happens when other things are used too (ceiling fans in another room...

Darnit. Well, thanks anyways :/

C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -lastwake Wake History Count - 1 Wake History [0] Wake Source Count - 1 Wake Source [0] Type: Device Instance Path: USB\ROOT_HUB\4&3a327dae&0 Friendly Name: Description: USB Root Hub Manufacturer: (Standard USB Host Controller) That's what I...

I have a very unique problem. My computer will be in sleep mode, and any little change in electrical current on the circuit will cause it to wake up (lamps, lights turning on or off, plugging things in, etc.) My question is, is there anything I can do to prevent the power supply from waking my...

I'm not looking to monitor traffic, but to track a device somewhere on the internet by it's MAC address. Is that possible?

Hi, I was looking through my router connections earlier and I spotted a new entry. I have an internal IP address (192.168.1.10) but I know that won't help me unless they are active on the network. I also have the MAC (physical) address of the device. What I'm wondering is, is there any way to...

I've tried in safe mode and it still tells me the processes fail to start. I can run a scan in MalwareBytes without safe mode, but it doesn't allow me to activate the automatic threat protection service. It acts like the service doesn't exist. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and no luck.

Hi, I came down with a serious virus a while back, which would cause my computer to randomly restart and not allow me to do things or start programs to beat this virus. I would try to run Microsoft Security Essentials and it would tell me the service would fail to start and when I would try to...