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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...

Hello As my school project I, with help, have created a remotely controlled real-time closed circuit TV system for the school so that teachers can post messages on TVs, sort of like an information board system. One way to leave a message is through a website with a java applet. The applet we...

I've just started to encounter a problem with Win7. My PC is fine until I connect to the net using wireless. I use a dongle and can connect it to the PC without issue and everything works correctly. However when I connect to the internet my pc freezes and thats it I need to...

My husbands vista laptop won't download files. The go into firefox and disapear. We tried downloading Avast because he has the crap avg but it won't download that either. The internet exlporor will not open. I asked on another forum but both my account here and the account on vista forums...

Sorry for the long post but I wanted to give as much info as possible. I recently built a new system and installed Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Ever since I built it the system has had a problem where it will freeze at random times. When it freezes the mouse simply stops moving and the...

OK, so I have recently wiped my hard drive (7 pass process) and I have reinstalled Windows 7 Home Premium. I then proceeded to update to SP1. Everything is good so far. Then, I found a page on here that had useful programs to download (Located Here). "SWEET!" I thought. So I downloaded a...

I have a Hibernation problem, It's like it since last June when I built the computer and installed windows (From the moment I Installed Windows 7), But it is annoying me now. Everytime I go to hibernate the computer, I doesn't Hibernate, It seems to, but when I push the power button, the...

On march 6 2011 suddenly it stopped working. It is stuck on KB32483614 and KB82479943 with error 80070643 and several other errors. It says 'failed' at the end of the install process for every update. I contacted Microsoft by email and tried everything they have suggested. Clean boot does...

I am running Windows 7. After "exactly 60 seconds", when I search using Windows Explorer search box, I get the following message: "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library. This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for...

A few days ago my system began crashing with a video tdr error. The screen would go to black, and a few seconds later the system rebooted. I ran WhoCrashed and was told that the crashes were related to nvlddmkm.sys and dxgkrnl.sys. I began to troubleshoot these issues. I first removed the...

Problem Description After booting, the computer freezes at the welcome screen after logging in as any of the users. Sometimes it will restart automatically, other times it has to be "hard shut down". It freezes at the same time, consistently. Occasionally, through an unknown set of steps, I...

[SOLVED] Temporary unresponsiveness after startup Hi all, I recently bought a refurbished laptop and after fixing most of the problems I've encountered, this one doesn't seem to want to go away. For a quick run down of specs, I'm running Win7 Home premium 64-bit on an Advent Roma 4001...

After doing a clean boot in an attempt to use my Adobe PS5-64 software (successful), I have been unable to use my networked online, audio, tablet and other needed drivers. Restore is no longer accessable. I do have the Window's 7 Restore Disc but I do not know if it would solve this problem...

I have: Win7 Home Premium (since October '09), 64bit Dell Inspiron 518, ASUS 24" monitor. I use Avast! "protection" For about 4 days, I've not been able to invoke any screensaver, display OFF or SLEEP. I've changed all settings for these actions and changed back. I've started up (with) Clean...

I am trying to upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Win 7 Ultimate using a DVD bought at retail. The upgrade process hangs while Gathering programs and settings, always at the 86% mark. Yesterday it hung at 6:00 PM and I let it run overnight -- at 9:00 AM next day it was still hung. No error...

I bought a HP desktop computer with Windows 7 x64 installed on it a few months ago for the kids. Yes, it has the Nvidia video chipset built in. I am using a Linksys WUSB600N WiFi adapter since that is what the HP website suggested. The computer connects to my Linksys WRT300N router on start...

Hello all, I just found your site and figured I would give it a try to solve some problems I am having with Windows 7 Home Premium. So I recently tried to open up the gadgets menu on the desktop when and error message appeared stating: "Settings.ini is being used by another process. Close...

Hi, using above mentioned tools playing music causes Windows 7 after 2-5 to crash with a blue screen (Memory_management). This behaviour is reproducible and happens whatever palyer is running. -I tried to run pc in clean boot environment the same is happening - i tried sfc /Scannow utility (some...

Every time I attempt to enter something into the Windows Explorer search bar in the start menu or when browsing folders I get an error stating "This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information." A...

I have an unusual situation. On a clean boot my ATI Remote Wonder works just fine, BUT alfter about 10 minutes, it stops working for some reason and without notice. It is like the transmitter just got pulled out of the USB. A reboot fixes the problem and again 10 minutes later, same thing. Any...