annoyance

A volume control pop-up box keeps appearing top left of my Acer laptop screen where it overlays everything. Nothing I have tried will disable it. Worse still it then sticks the speaker volume slider on 100%. I have uninstalled any likely associated bloat apps. It disappears if I restart, but...

Win10 closes File Explorer immediately when I right click a file, folder, or, drive. Thus, I am unable to eject USB drives and everything else. Very annoying!!! Any ideas?

After starting up, I get this error message box. The box header says RunDLL. Then the box contains the following message: Error loading C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\System\SYSPLA~2.DLL The specified module could not be found. What is it? How do I fix it? My computer seems to be working okay, but...

I have a question about running "executable" programs in Windows without having to type the extension. I've recently learned that, in addition to the command prompt and run box, you can also run executable files (.exe, .bat, .lnk, .vbs) from the Windows Explorer address bar. The only problem...

when im gaming or just browsing the internet and i click Esc it goes to windows and it is really annoying any help?

I am extremely annoyed with Windows. A week ago, whilst I was in the middle of work, Windows 8 just shut down. When I restarted, it began to install updates. It seemed to freeze and after a couple of hours there was no progress - I had to do a "Refresh" of Windows. Very inconvenient. When I...

I am using a windows 8.1 version. When I am typing in app (ms word or even mozilla) suddenly I can not press any input. It seems like I got kicked by the app to return to the desktop but not minimized the app. When I press any input it making the usual wrong input sound from windows. Please...

I have an MSi Ge70 0ND UK. This is a gaming laptop and therefore has a Turbo boost that activates when I open a game - it clocks the processor up to 2.4 Ghz I believe. The problem I have here that Windows 8.1 completely breaks this and if I launch a game for example Minecraft, it runs at 30...

Hi All I've just converted from Windows 7 to 8.1 and I'm having an Issue using Office 2010. In the last couple of days when I start Outlook or try to delete an email it's very slow. I see a message on screen saying that outlook is contacting google-analytics then that outlook is contacting...

My operating system has developed a strange problem. Every 10 minutes, it will randomly switch away to the desktop, and back again. This is incredibly annoying, and I would very much like it to stop. I have run both virus checkers and spyware scanners, and they haven't found anything. Any idea...

Once again, I got a BSOD after auto-install of (19) win 7 updates today (at restart after installation of the updates). I am always up-to-date so it must be the new Tuesday-update-day-Updates of yesterday. Had it a couple of months ago when it was announced that win 8.1 crashed after win...

Looks like I have another problem. Take a little time off and "surprise, surprise." It is annoying and as long as it does no damage, I guess I could live with it if I have to.

Dear readers I have been having a problem with my applications, where I lose control of my browser. It appears to fall asleep and to wake it up, i have to on moving my mouse or click the screen. This is extreme annoying especially as i type this. And when i open a game task keeps popping up...

How can I remove or change the start-up page which says "welcome"? I don't care to be "welcomed" by an unconscious thing, a machine, my computer. This has annoyed me for years and I want to put an end to it.

Today my partner unplugged a number of network cables, not realising their importance. Now for about three hours my Windows 7 desktop will not find one of the computers on my home network (a networked file store). Two windows XP systems on the network successfully find this machine and can...

I find it an extreme annoyance. I would like to find a file manager that "virtually" strips out the entire roster of about 30+ redundant and unnecessary folders, and simply leaves a minimalist file tree. I can create three or four sub-directories for my particular tasks without the insane...

I double clicked on the system sounds in the mixer and suddenly I got a beep sound ( one a second ) and it wont stop. I have removed my USB keyboard and mouse and it still keeps beeping. I have tried a system restore and it keeps beeping. I tried an earliar restore point and it keeps beeping...

I have Windows 8.1 Pro and I have a problem with the taskbar. Sometimes, maybe about a quarter of the time, when I click on a taskbar button to switch to whatever program I get a system 'ding' and nothing happens. If I click the same spot right afterwards it works normally, and it does not...

Somewhat to my surprise, because of the reputation of FedEx, I've been having some delivery problems with them. Of course, the degree of the problem varies, depending on the person making the deliveries, and it not always obvious who that person is, when they don't knock on the door, and leave...

Hi Everyone ! I am using Windows 7 ultimate x64. My sister plugged a memory card into my laptop some days ago. Since then, there is a folder "$RECYCLE.BIN" created in all of my hdd drives. I delete that folder but it reappears whenever laptop is restarted. Its really annoying me right now. Any...