background processes

I've always wondered if background tasks continue to run while the PC is in sleep mode or hibernation. Are there actions that I can take to wake it up? What happens if I'm running a scan and the PC goes into hibernation or sleep mode? Please help me out........

My son's laptop is stuck in the system repair screen and just stays there. Here's the background. His laptop was dog slow when he came home from college. The only way to boot it was in safe mode. I suspected a virus and ran multiple AV checks recommended on the Windows 7 support forum. No...

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I'm hoping someone from Redmond sees this message and will open a defect ticket. This needs to be addressed promptly. Brand new HP 600q TouchSmart system running Windows 7 64-bit. Everything works normally until Windows Media Center is started, especially when it is started in maximized...

I've just upgraded the OS on a workstation, from Vista ult 64 to win 7 pro 64. It has all the latest updates installed. I also used the opportunity to install Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2011. The latest hotfix is installed. My problem is that windows 7 goes to sleep after the specified period...

Hi Guys how ru?:) (windows 7 ultime, X32) well I have this problem on my laptop. my laptop is on 24\7, at night I just put it to sleep, then in morning I turn it on again. well, my problem is the start menu writing! after sometime it becomes really blur or even sometimes u can't even see the...

honestly this thing is a monster but it seems crippled lately.. heres the specs OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name JUAN-PC System Manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M...

Work PC: Windows XP, Dual Core E5200 2.5Ghz, 2GB RAM Home Desktop: see Link Removed The PC at work, although much slower than my desktop, seems to launch basic programmes like Google Chrome and MS Word much faster than my faster home desktop. I have no idea why. Originally, I thought it was...

Hi guys. I'm using a MousePen 8x6 tablet. I figured the running background driver affects my laptop's performance especially when I'm playing games. That particular day I was playing PES 2010 and it suddenly lagged after updating a few drivers here and there. I launched the Task Manager to see...

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I have just started receiving an error message which I had not previously encountered on boot up. It says, 'There is already an instance of Pidgin running'. Pidgin is my IM program and I have placed it into my Startup folder. I also run WinPatrol which shows that there are two instances of...

Hola, For Win XP Pro I was using Traffic Shaper XP, its free and as long as installed on each individual machine and setup properly I can limit each PC on my networks bandwidth usage at any given time. It just runs in the background. Dont get me wrong I have like a T2 Down stream and a T1...

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Hello, I just updated from Vista 64 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. Everything worked fine for the first couple of weeks and then things began to act funny. I'm not a computer wizard so I'm turning to you for help. Here is my situation. I normally leave my computer on and only turn it off when it...

Hey Guy's I'm hoping someone here will be able to help me out with this issue Build OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit Laptop Model: Gateway p-7811 FXCPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz RAM: 4GB DDR3 Viedo Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS Problem After about 30 min of running Window live...

I tried 5 installs(upgrades) and nothing seemed to work. My first attempt I ran the upgrade adviser and was told to uninstall iTunes. I did that and the install froze (black screen) after a reboot after "installing devices and files". I then had to re-install VISTA. I then did some research and...

Hay Question: I have Win 7 (ultimate x64) on my laptop (HP Pavilion). When I start the Win. something is “burdeningâ€Â￾ the system and because of that the computer is loud (cooler). Whole thing comes down in appx.4 min. and than computer runes smoothly – quietly. What could be...

I just installed Win7-RC to my new Intel SSD. It went well. BUT, where the heck is the email program? I can't find it...DUH. And, for now I'm using Cox webmail...YUCK... Also, here is a 'HighjackThis' logfile of my startup items.... what's up w/ some of these? I want as few things running...

I just installed Win7-RC to my new Intel SSD. It went well. BUT, where the heck is the email program? I can't find it...DUH. And, for now I'm using Cox webmail...YUCK... Also, here is a 'HighjackThis' logfile of my startup items.... what's up w/ some of these? I want as few things running...

Just raising this for other ArchiCAD users. Freezing Issue, but work around after The stats first ArchiCAD V12 (2675 AUS FULL) Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional 8.1.6 (I know 9 avail, but waiting till next time I have excess money in pocket) Windows 7 Eval Build 7100 Intel Q9400 2.66GHz Quad Core...