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I've had trouble with BSODS and screen freezes on and of for a couple of weeks. Sometimes there is no dumpfile and sometimes there is nothing in event viewer. I uninstalled Avast free and the problem was gone for 4 days. I've tried almost everything. Cleaning out dust updating drivers sfc...

A couple of days ago I did something really stupid: I tried to download a game for free by following a tutorial which required me to install a Babylon toolbar from an ad. It didn't work, so I uninstalled all the babylon stuff and scanned my computer with Avira and Ad-aware, they came up with...

WAS CLEANING OUT AN OLD SECONDARY HDD-DELETED A LOT----WHEN I DELETED THOSE ITEMS IN THE RECYCLE BIN IT WOULD STICK ON ONE ITEM---COURF_1.FON, A FONT FILE--IF I RUN CCLEANER IT STICKS ON THIS FILE AND WON'T CONTINUE ON TO REMOVE THE OTHER ITEMS- HAVE TRIED TO DELETE, RESTORE IT ETC.:mad: BUT TO...

I would like to clean up my disabled entries in MSCONFIG BUT there is no entry for it in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\ on my desktop. there is on my laptop. When is MSCONFIG hiding these things??? How do i get it back????????

Describes how to troubleshoot problems that may occur when you install, uninstall, or upgrade a program on a Windows-based computer. This troubleshooter replaces the previous Microsoft Installer Cleanup Utility (msicu2.exe). More...

Describes how to delete the contents of the Temporary Internet Files folder from the computer. This article includes the "Fix it for me" option that can omplete the procedure automatically for you. Or you can follow the manual steps to complete the... More...

Troubleshoot problems that may occur when you install, uninstall, or upgrade a program on a Windows-based computer. This troubleshooter replaces the previous Microsoft Installer Cleanup Utility (msicu2.exe). More...

I have added the following to my 'Tips Compilation'... part of keeping things clean of unnecessary stuff that just accumulates w/ regular usage. In Safe Mode (can't empty this fully in Normal Mode) in Search type %temp% & delete the contents of the resultant folder. See full item @ Link...

Greetings everyone! Well my computer was infected with a strange virus recently which I managed to get rid of with help of various antiviruses and anti spywares, and my pc is all clean again. But the problem I have now is that great number of folders have disappeared! I have already checked if...

My little Acer laptop had it's old antivirus expire last night so I decided to add ESET Nod32 AV5 to the mix because I had it running on my big laptop. I uninstalled Norton IS2011 with the uninstall tool and re-booted. I installed Nod32 and noticed that it was doing some housecleaning right...

When downloading many free programs, you'll be offered the opportunity to install additional "piggy back" programs that are usually toolbars that you'll decide: (a) You didn't want to install. (b) You no longer use them. Antiseptic, a portable program from T-Tools will remove (at the time of...

I was thinking to remove unwanted files from regedit so it harmful to use this software?

Hi, I have just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit CZ + all updates including service pack Installation was done on empty (formated by installation) 60 GB SSD Result - used 37,8 GB, free 21,6 GB (out of 59,5 GB) - data provided by explorer Data provided by total commander 7.56a: C:Program...

Having recently (been about 6 months) switched from mac to PC, I have culture shock when it comes to spyware and viruses and the like. A friend recommended Spybot when I was having some problems after a download. So it seemed to help - and I did a disk cleanup. My questions are: 1) opinions on...

This article describes how to delete the contents of the Temporary Internet Files folder. More...

hie,i am using windows 7 64 bit , with 3.5 gb ram, 1 tb hdd slave and 160 gb hdd master, i recently found out that i had about 4 700 images (jpg) all from screen captures i did not do, amounting to 6 gb in C:\users\my username\AppData\Roaming. i would like to know what causes this and how can i...

TOKYO — Greenpeace called on Japan on Thursday to evacuate children and pregnant women from a town about 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant because of high radiation. The environmental and anti-nuclear group said its own data from Fukushima town roughly matched...

EPCO Fights Humidity in No 2 Reactor – Workers HospitalizedTEPCO has now released to the media that more than 9 workers have suffered from heatstroke, and at least two workers were hospitalized for dehydration. The weather onsite is beginning to heat up for summer, and this will make it much...

TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power Co said Friday radioactive water accumulated at its crippled nuclear power plant may overflow to the outside if heavy rain falls by June 15, fanning fears that radiation could further pollute the ocean and soil. The plant operator plans to start activating new...