Recent content by slowtype

Just wanted to say I am a fan of the new themes included with the RC. Those backgrounds are so crazy.

I've got a usb to serial adapter but can not find a working driver for it. When trying to install the supplied drivers it says they are not digitally signed. I asked the manufacturer and they linked me to the drivers I already had claiming they were digitally signed. Also installation...

Can't find any hyperterminal software in Windows 7. Can anyone recommend a good one to download? I need it to record data from a accelerometer which connects to my laptop via serial. Thanks

I was trying to CHKDSK the wrong drives! I was able to perform the CHKDSK from the "repair my computer" section. Thanks

Windows wouldn't let me delete the directory, so I didn't. I did uncheck the boxes under the start menu settings. The little flag (action center) still recommends I run a chkdsk. It says reboot computer to run chkdsk. But it doesn't work. How can I manually run a chkdsk?

So first I get something like this. I just randomly got this message as I was using the tool to get picture for this thread. I get them randomly all the time now but for different programs So I try to run CHKDSK and get this message. So I reboot and after rebooting windows starts...

I want to run chkdsk because I am getting some corrupt file errors. But I can't figure out how. I have run it from the command prompt as admin. When i perform a read only test it finds many errors so I try a test that writes as well. It says it will complete the test after reboot. but when...

So I bought a battery off of EBAY from a seller with great feedback rating. I even researched the battery and found it was made in America, whatever that is worth, but the manufacturer looked credible. less than 20 days later my battery will no longer take a charge. charging light on my...

I had/have some problems with my dell touchpad. I downloaded the latest drives from synaptic which helped for a little while. I ended up having to use the Dell synaptic drivers from another model laptop that comes with 64 bit operating system. But still occasionally when I boot the computer...

No I don't have another computer to test it with. I don't think it is bad ram because the system does recognize that I have 4096 installed. Possibility though. I suppose it could be allocated to video. My two thoughts on this are My video card is one that claims 256 but really only has 64...

I upgraded from 2 gig to 4 gig today on my laptop and I have a question. When I go into my BIOS it states Memory installed 4096 Memory Available 3327 Where is the other 769? That's a lot of memory to be not accounted for. In windows 7, I have the 64 bit version, it acknowledges that i...

I'm using the Kaspersky anti virus software recommended from the Microsoft Site. The windows action center (the icon with the flag) says I need to update the Kaspersky software even though the software says I am up to date. It's been like this for a couple of days now. Anyone else...

I know its not the intent of the video but I would rather have that rotating desktop feature similar to Ubuntu's.

So i think i solved my mouse problem. The Story: with fresh install of windows 7 touch pad scroll function didn't work. Installed 64 bit synaptic touch pad drivers. At first it worked fine, scroll was fixed but sometimes after rebooting the touch pad did not work. If I attached a USB mouse...

Approximately every other boot up the mouse does not work. If I reboot the system it works fine. Anyone else have this problem? I have a laptop with a touch pad. Thanks