common problems

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What to do if speech recogntion just won't work QUESTION Speech recognition will no longer load on my Windows 7 PC. Unless I first switch off User Account Control, I get the error message: ‘C:\Windows\Speech\Common\sapisvr.exe. A referral was returned from the server’. According to my online...

I have a Sony Vaio running W7, which works absolutely fine when in my own home wireless network. However when I go to a friend’s house, I keep getting an error message saying: “Windows cannot communicate with the device or resource. (Primary DNS Server)” I am able to connect to their...

Hey there, Let me start by saying that I don't know much of anything about computers as far as the technical part goes, but this is what's going on... My laptop, it's an HP Pavilion dv6000 Entertainment PC with Windows Vista (was, then I installed Windows 7) and randomly wouldn't boot up...

VERY DISAPPOINTED! Bought a new laptop from Staples. It arrived yesterday. Worked fine all day - added some programs and customized laptop to our like. Went to boot up today, and it's hung at the "Starting Windows" screen. Sits for hours with no change! Any solutions to this, what I hear...

I've heard this is a very common problem, and I do have an Nvidia chipset, but whilst installing Win7, my video will cut out during the "Expanding Files" stage, at 30%. I was part of another Win7 forum, but those people over there couldn't distinguish their ass from a hole in the ground, so I...

Everything works fine when burning etc, But no matter what setting i set it too (ie. 4;3 or 16.9) the dvd comes out as a very narrow video with large black borders on either side .Ive burnt mutiple dvds and had the same problem each time. never had this problem with dvd maker for vista ,is...