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any ideas what all these icons are they keep popping up on a friends Windows 8 pc

So I called the number. They said to take my computer to Best Buy and have them do an OTR, run an infection sweep, do a malware removal and a full system tune- up then buy Stopzilla for $99.00 and have that installed because my MacAfee is worthless. He said it would cost about $350.00. My...

I have a seagate 3tb hdd that i got about a year ago and have noticed that i can only use 1.27tb of it. After some investigation i learned about partitions but i can not extend the volume to use the rest, when i try to i get the error:"only the first 2tb are usable on large mbr" can anybody help me?

Hey guys, I really need some help. Whenever my computer starts up on the normal mode, I can do anything until after about a minute or so, then it completely freezes and the only way to turn it back on is the shut off button. Even after I shut off and on it still freezes after a minute. I am...

Attaching a zip file with everything requested and would appreciate some help. Blue Screen Viewer seems to point to raspptp.sys as the cause. I never really had this problem but recently I have installed a new Logitech webcam and headset (have updated the drivers). Also a few days ago there was...

Hi This is a weird one. I posted a while back about internet searches not working as well as they used to. Well today I was looking for the address of some one I haven't seen in a long time that we are going to have lunch with. I typed in, (the names have been changed to protect the innocent)...

Hello there I really need help. My computer was undergoing and optional update and this update is on the graphics and when it's start to restart my computer was stuck on the start up logo section I thought it was updating so I let it be for 2hr but after 2 hr I went to press and hold the power...

My computer cant make no sound it reproduce music and vídeos but without áudio,the green áudio meter on the mixer goes up but no sound is played,my áudio devices are the following AMD High defintion áudio device and IDT High definition áudio codec and both of them are connected according to HP...

I was trying to reset my computer which is running Windows 10 but about half way through the reset it said something like it failed to reset and then just turned off. When I turned it back on I tried to boot it from the "choose an operating system" boot menu as always, but once I chose Windows...

Hi guys, I have a friends vista pc that i suspect the hard drive has semi caped out on him, I can view it as an external on my mac, But when i go to create a disk image it takes 5 weeks, When i boot it up ''I've tried it in three different pc's'' It comes up with ''diskette 0 failed continue...

Hello I have a Windows 8 PC and my 500gb C: drive is showing that it is nearly full all of the sudden. It was around 195 GB yesterday and now it is showing 465gb. I looked in the drive to see where all the GB were, but the numbers don't add up. The Windows folder, Program Files, Users, ect all...

Hi All, Thanks so much in advance for your help on this -- My computer has this incredibly gaudy look to it. Just appeared one day and we haven't been able to fix it since. Here's what it looks like: If that picture looks normal to you I'll assume it's a hardware issue, but just knowing...

Hey guys.... :) Today I want to present to you a solution for lagging people...... ;) Although many of you have good computers, there are some that have terrible computers and never really have the enjoyment of playing your game as much as I do.... And trust me, I know what I'm talking...

Hello all, I just recently got a new HP 23 g010 all in one desktop. I'm not into gaming anymore so not too worried about that. I just wanted something reliable and decently quick, so I got this for $290 and just added 4GB to make it a total of 8GB. It came with windows 8.1 and I hated it so i...

I have windows 8.1 and am quite happy with it. Don't want to upgrade to the "free" Windows 10. But getting a bit po'd about the GWXUX cropping up on every re-start. (no hurry to get win10). Don't give me some crazy amount of steps to get rid of it. Is their a REG to just kill it...??? (or...

I bought this windows 10 computer the first day it came out. Haven't had any problems with it until today. I woke it from sleeping and it gave me the BSOD and said it had to restart. It showed me a code of hiber_iastor.sys I'm not a computer guy. I use it for emails and radio...

Hi Yesterday I helped my friend upgrade his Windows 7 computer to Windows 10. Everything went smoothly except the sound. Even though he has a different model of Sound Blaster card, (a SB X Fi Fatality Pro) he has the same issue that I did when I switched to Windows 10. After the update there...

good morning please help as i am going to loose my mind I am running windows 10 although my problem started while running windows 7 I have Avast security installed on my laptop and every time I access the web it pops up a thread from gnw.cisection dot net 1996....... for the love of computers...

I need some help with my computer I had windows 7 home and I have upgraded to 10 and it's doesn't work at all it's starting but the screen is frozen and it's flashing all the time What should I do?

This afternoon my wife was doing something on the computer, got stuck, and rebooted. Once she rebooted a screen popped up into a repair diagnostic screen and said it was diagnosing the error to repair it. Only problem was that it didn't repair anything and the options that were available were...