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Thanks in advance for looking into my issue. I've used these forums before on a previous build a few years ago and everyone was very helpful in identifying my issue and helping me correct. I hope that the problem I have for you today is not critical but it is definitely annoying to me. I've...

I just picked myself up a used Thinkpad T410 with i5core at 2.4ghz and 4Gb of RAM with a standard HDD & W7 x64. I don't do VMs I don't edit Video I don't process stupidly large RAW files (not again) The machine is primarily for processing a small work database that needs to be 'mobile'...

Today, while visiting my mother-in-law, after I did her routine maintenance for her (MBAM alone found 271 bad items, including 33 trojans), I got a surprise. She gave me a Dell Dimension 2400 (the one I used to keep up for her), & it's in great shape. It has XP Home, but I plan to install a dual...

Describes an update rollup for the printing core components that are included in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. The release date for this update is March 14, 2012. More...

I recently built i new pc for myself and after two or three weeks it started randomly shutting down while gaming. So i went into the event viewer and i got this error "6008 The system shutdown at *** on **** was unexpected. Link Removed Specs: Motherboard: Asrock z68 Extreme4 CPU- Intel i5 Sandy...

When you try to install an update to Windows, you try to install a Windows component, or you try to install a Microsoft or third-party software program, you experience one or more of the following symptoms: You cannot view Windows roles or features. A... Link Removed

Hi guys/girls! I started to get this BSOD error this evening, and it appears to happen every 30, maybe 40 mins when I'm doing something on the PC. I've looked at a few other threads to see if any fixes would help there but I still have them pop up & restart my PC. I will say that almost all of...

I was getting some random BSOD's when I started using my desktop PC again a couple weeks ago. It has fairly new components and I update the drivers regularly. I tried all I could to diagnose the dmp files and fix it myself, but after many continued BSOD's I gave up, wiped my drive, and...

My W7 integral fax & scan installation worked great for years. All of a sudden it would only print to a PRN file (print to file is NOT checked.) I removed fax & scan from the installed components, and after six or so hours of fooling around, finally deleted REG entire entries...

Hey, I bought a broken second hand laptop for parts to fix my computer, and once I had finished switching the parts, I thought I would try and boot the broken computer. To my surprise it booted flawlessly into my older windows 64bit hard drive. However, despite brilliant performance, when it...

Hey all, I have just had to purchase a new system as my old trusted system capitulated, well certain parts of it did! Obviously spending hard earned cash on replacing broken components on an already dated set-up would have been foolish to say the least, so I have therefore purchased a...

An update to the activation and validation components in Windows Activation Technologies for Windows 7 is available. More...

Describes how to reset the Windows Update components Link Removed

Hi, I will list the specs from my computer at the bottom of this post. What I am wanting to do is see what options would be best for upgrading, and what I can upgrade that would be the most beneficial to me. I like to do a lot of video editing and I just got the sony nex-5n camera that shoots...

Provides step-by-step instructions for how to use the Windows registry to disable IPv6 or certain IPv6 components in Windows. More...

Hello. I'm not sure where else to turn because I've tried googling this for last few days and have had zero luck. I ordered parts from newegg.com and have been trying my first PC build. It's been a complete nightmare and pure frustration since I spent over $1,600 on it. When I try to install...

An update to the activation and validation components in Windows Activation Technologies for Windows 7 is available. More...

Resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a legitimate rich text format file (.rtf), text file (.txt) or Word document (.doc) that is located in the same network directory as a specially crafted... More...

I have been building my own machines since 1980. Over the years, probably 40 to 50 of them. Since about 1990, I have purchased the components at Fry's Electronics, most recently in Roseville CA. In December, I started converting to Windows 7. Over a period of six months, I have purchased the...

I'm looknig at buying a new PC pretty soon and was looking at either an Intel 2500k or 2600k. I can't really decide between the two. I basically just want the PC to hadle anything i throw at it, not necessarily anything major. I want it to be fairly future proof too. I'm also having difficulty...