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My internet has been working fine for the last few years, but todat my internet as suddenly stopped working and i haven't changed anything. When i try to use a cord to get internet i get Local area connection doesn't have a valid Ip configuration and when i try to use wi-fi it says dns servers...

Hey, people of Windows 7 Forums. :) I wasn't really sure where to post this question, but basically, I've had a Gateway desktop for about a month now. I've had no problems with it until today. I put the computer on sleep for a couple hours, woke it up, it said I had 11 updates...I shut down the...

Hello everyone!I purchased a new laptop over Christmas, and it's an Acer Aspire 7560 with DDR3 PC3-10600, DDR3 PC3-8500 RAM, 640 GB HDD, an AMD Radeon HD 6620G graphics card with 512MB of graphics system memory, and an AMD quad core A8-3500M processor. Since the day I bought it, brand new, I...

I'm not entirely sure what info is required for this request, but I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. Whatever else you need, tell me, but my profile has a lot. Anyways, my issue is that Windows Explorer is being really frustrating. I'm pretty good with computers, to the point that even my...

Link Removed i have reset problem. I can not solve the problem. My computer sometimes get a blue screen error and reset itself.I update the bios.In my opinion it does not get error as much as it used to after bios update. I need help!!

I am try to help my friend with her computer. I know some about computers. Her problem Is that the other day she went to sign on to her computer and the computer would not let her In. It was just her user profile. She has a admin account and I have a admin account. I was able to logIn but she...

So, my electricity fluctuated today, causing my computer to do a semi-boot. Power on, nothing happening, sort of thing. I hard booted it, loaded Windows as normal, logged in, and everything was peachy...until I opened my web browser. I use Firefox, latest version 13.0.1. This is what it looks...

Okay, I'm screw, ever since last night, my HP ask me (yes she did) if I want to switch my graphic (I have dual graphic one is intel and one is ATI mobility Radeon), I click okay to switch to power saving graphic intel, and so the screen blacks out. It never respond after black out, I made hard...

I've had about 40 or so BSOD over the last few days and i havnt been able to keep my computer on long enough to do anything. i managed to get a list of a few of the blue screens. Can anybody help or at least get me on the right path?

Hi there! As you will see, English is not my first language (by far :tongue:) Some days ago I noticed after a couple of minutes I start mi PC, my CPU usage goes to a constant 100% , so I checked for viruses and such but MSE gave me nothing and neither Malwarebytes. Here's the weird thing, I...

Hi everyone, So I installed Windows 7 on my HD. The installation process went well. I chose my Username, password, etc, and then Windows prepares the Desktop for the first use, and then the PC automatically reboots. The problem is that when the pc reboots after the final stage of the...

Hey guys Link Removed - Invalid URL Well, I have a really annoying problem with my computer. It's a laptop, a Sony Vaio. Here is the some SysInfo: OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz, Intel64 Family 6...

To explain a little better, I have file extension .sfk that I'd like to have the files hidden by default. I can manually hide each file, but that'd take forever. I'd like it to be hidden by the "Don't show hidden files, folders, or drives" option. I'm completely blanking on this whole thing so...

I have a PC with 4 hardrives. Three with Linux: Ubuntu, Debian, and for other distros and one that had Windows 7 running on it for 2 1/2 years. It had an on board nvidia 6100 and I upgraded to a nvidia geforce 8400 card, which works well with Debian and the new Ubuntu 12.04. But when I tried to...

So uhh, I'm new here and I am in need of some help. I just want to make something clear that I'm a major computer noob, so I might be a bit dumb when it comes to some things. Just now I tried to clean install my 32 bit windows 7 into a 64 bit and reformat my computer.Unfortunately, when I put in...

Hello, My daughter's PC, Windows 7 32 bit, all of a sudden started running chkdsk everytime it is booted up. How do we stop this behavior? Her antivirus is up to date and very efficient so we don't know what the computer is checking for. Please advise as it is driving her crazy. Thanks, pvanc

I'm far from a computer expert, other than games I don't know much at all. I was trying to get a file for a game to work so I turned to google for help, It looks like I've gone onto something I shouldn't have. The instruction on the website was to click start and type "Shell32.dll" into the...

Hi. This is my first post here and I hope you guys can help me. I am not very good with computers but I know enough to get around. Recently my computer has been acting weird. When I try to put it in hibernation mode it will look like it has, but when I go to start it up it tells me my computer...

First post - please be gentle :) My desktop PC (Win7 Pro, 64 bit) has 2 SD Card readers. One built in to the PC itself, the other, a slot on the side of my Dell monitor. Both of these - until last week - would read and write to my SD cards with no problem. Cards ranging in size from 1 to 16Gb...

Hi, so i've got this virus that i recieved from an infected .exe file that i downloaded. My bad, i should've known as it happened before when nothing happened when i clicked it. Well, i've tried a bunch of stuff to remove it, but here's basicly what happens: It makes files in my...