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Hello, I am working with a Lenovo V570. It has Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (64-bit). Has an Intel Core i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30 GHz and 6 GB of ram. I left my computer running when I went to work yesterday only running "Team Viewer 7" program so I'd be able to remote control my pc from my phone if...

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HP laptops/AMD processors/Windows Update freezes at 12% Yesterday at work we ran into issues with 2 HP laptops freezing at 12% when doing Windows Updates. A search of the web suggested that it may have been due to several things. We found a workaround that seems to work for us: - a...

Hi all. I installed the IE 10 preview yesterday and immediately started getting BSOD whenever I launched IE. I then uninstalled it and went back to IE9 Whenever I open up IE now I get the BSOD everytime. I tried a restore and clean boot and that has not worked. I have attached the file dumps...

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I'm in desperate need of help! Windows explorer crashes with the error message "Windows Explorer has stopped working" whenever I click on any folder that has a RAW image file (.CR2) or a TIFF/PSD image file in it. It then shuts down and restarts. It only happens with these large image...

I was recently changing a network printer but the PC seemed slow when adding a new printer. I removed the unused devices and restarted the computer. Now when I try to open devices and printers I just get the green bar at the top and nothing shows up. On a side note (I assume it is related) at...

a few days ago my laptop started to act weird. Programs would be slow to start up and i would get not responding errors on most programs for a few seconds and then the program would run normally but whenever i click on something in the program or do anything else it would not respond for a few...

I have had this problem ever since my dad built this computer and even he has no idea what has happened. I am not a computer genius but I came across the windows helps forum so now I am deciding to give it a try. This blue screen occurs most when I am playing games or when I am trying to rate my...

I am back home for the holidays and brought my desktop back with me that runs Windows 7. After I got it all set up I realized I could not access the internet, and that I was connected to an "Unidentified Network". After looking into it more I found that I was getting a 169.XXX.XX.XX IP, and I...

Hey, just got myself a new laptop and windows explorer is constantly crashing/restarting when I browse or use the explorer in any way. Examples are when I browse around, click save as (which crashes also the program, a big issue for me) or even when I installed the windows SDK just now it...

The Window Updates fail with error 80070308 System: Win7 x64 + SP1 Updates that failed: KB2570791 KB2536276-v2 KB2539635 KB2572077 KB2518869 KB2586448 KB2556532 KB2560656 KB2552343 Things that I've tried but failed: (also good for others to try these first) 1) Reset and re-register Windows...

Every time I start my laptop it gets past the welcome screen and then goes black and a window appears stating that Windows Explorer has stopped working. I use task manager to get to Run. I attempt to start explorer.exe but the task manager crashes as well. The same thing happens in Safe Mode and...

Yesterday, I installed Foxit Reader, then decided I didn't like it. When I attempted to re-install, I received the error message that "the windows installer service could not be accessed." It was listed as running in the services applet of administrator tools, but would not work. While then...

[SOLVED] explorer.exe high CPU usage - tried everything I can think of Hi, My explorer.exe is constantly using 30-45% of my 4-core CPU. I have determined after MUCH testing that the cause is likely not a virus / malware / rootkit. I have also: tested booting into safe mode (explorer.exe is...

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Connecting to Comcast cable modem finally fixed! I am trying to help a lady with Win 7 Home Prem 64 bit on a nice DX4822 Gateway. She had internet connectivity for almost a year, then it faded and stopped. I can connect to the cable modem with no cable connected (not provisioned) and see the...