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Thank you all. Getting access to his desktop is not what we do here. He bought it with his own money, he's 17. We respect each other's personal property. There's no way I am going to take it away or log in to install anything. He bought it with his own money and installing something on it is...

Ok. My son is grounded from the internet. He now "all of a sudden" has a project due that requires the internet. Surprise surprise. SO.... I want to allow internet access for "research", like Google or whatever. BUT - I don't want him sneaking in games, which I know he will. Here's what I...

Saltgrass--> I knew what you meant, but even that folder is no where to be found, yet somehow the EXE file opens up when I click on a photo to be opened. Mike--> Already tried it. Windows Photo Viewer does not operate in safe mode. No idea why Bill Gates made it like that, but it doesn't. So...

I guess its possible that it may be an Anti-virus program holding things up.... but I can't close out of it. My customer uses Windows Security Essentials, and there is not an option to close out of it. I tried checking task manager to close out of it, but can't even see Windows Security...

I went to sample pictures, and see the thumbnails of the images there. When I double click on any picture, Windows Photo Viewer comes up, with just "loading..." and nothing more. Any folder, any location, does the same thing. Even pictures from the desktop.

Mike, Thumbnails preview works just fine in the folder. Its when I double click on the file to open it, in Windows Picture Viewer it just shows "loading..." and nothing else. The photos will open perfectly with any other viewer. Thanks!

Ok, I am trying to open ANY image with Windows Photo Viewer. When I open the image, it just shows "loading..." and nothing comes up. Now, I can open with and choose a different program, like MS paint (or any other graphics program) and can see the image just fine. Its just with Windows Photo...

Problem solved on another forum. It was a FONT issue. Just installed fonts from my Windows 7 computer. Thanks!

Thanks for replying. Yeah, that's what I think - its a font problem. No browsers work properly. Everything else is 100% fine. Although, that solution didn't work. That sfc /scannow thing. I rebooted after running that, and problem still persists. There are no additional fonts showing that I can...

I don't even know where to start. Or how to search for this one. I am using Vista Home Premium. Everything boots up 100% fine, navigation through files & folders - perfect. The computer is not slow. The only program is going into Internet Explorer, getting out on the web. When I open...

Thanks. I will give this a try today.

Yes. Well, kind of... I have run each command separately. FIXBOOT, and then FIXMBR. I can't run a fixboot /mbr, there is no option for it. I don't think this is part of that new virus. Any other assistance?

Hi! I am working on a customers computer, Windows XP home. It was hit with a nasty virus. I have removed the virus with AV software booted from a CD. It removed many many viruses. Now, when I try to boot, it doesn't even make it to the Windows XP screen. It just keeps rebooting, and asking...

Installing Windows XP new & fresh, with a sata WD5000AAKS. Windows of course won't detect my drive cause its SATA. I searched everywhere and can't find the necessary drivers. I know to hit F6 to load drivers upon Windows XP install, and the system does have a floppy, but can someone lead me to...

Ok, problem now solved. I was poking around in BIOS, and found out there is a battery problem. (Yeah, the battery only lasts 5 minutes, not sure if that mattered), but apparently it does. I removed the battery, booted up, and rebooted. It reboots! It was the battery all along. Odd. So now I...

Hey! I tried safe mode and it shuts down!!! Does this help?

Yup, with the old OS, it shut down properly. I think a model 6730 is the same thing. I have done bios updates before, but kind of hate doing them. Argh. I'm stuck?!?!?! Just great :(

I used SlimDrivers. Amazing, totally awesome program. It found 7 drivers out of date. I updated each and every one, and still the same problem. I also reset bios to defaults, and still same issue. So basically to narrow this problem down, when I either go to standby, restart, or shut down, it...

Its set to "off" for both plugged in and on battery. But now the fact that we know its not just the sleep, its the shutdown... doesn't that change things?

I don't see Allow Hybrid Sleep. See snippet again, the right side is power options. The left is where I clicked on "Advanced settings". Also, I just did a shut down.... the laptop does not go off fully! The power button is still lit blue! If I push it to turn it on, it won't turn on. I have to...