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how to check recently copied files on my computer? can anyone help me? I just want to find out whether someone has copied files from my laptop...

I had recently updated my build 9936 to build 10041. But one of the problem that I got in this build was that I had been working in my computer for few days but today when I opened my computer, I got an error message as: Title as: explorer.exe - Application Error Message as: The instruction at...

Hello everyone First time using Forums here. I have had the bsod occur every day for the last three days and again three weeks earlier. What is happening when rebooting is my Trend Micro is turning itself on and off constantly since these events Have attempted to fix through Windows Hotfix for...

Today my computer is hijacked by omnibox, because i'm new at computer i follow what people said and use adwcleaner buat after i use it my YTD downloader got removed and i can't install it again. windows said that it cannot find the setup file (like the picture i attached). what's the cause of...

Hello guys, I need some help with my "Windows 7 professional" computer. My computer is suddenly not detecting external USB hard drive While trying to fix this issue I came across 2 further issues: 1) The command prompt window when opened closes immediately due to which I am unable to type in...

Hi I'm trying to get the drive (Disk 1) back to one simple basic disk. It shows as 2 drive D:\s now for some reason, I have no idea why it appears this way. I have eliminated that other partitions that were on the drive but it won't let me format of delete the D:\ partition. How do I get the...

You could possible save me hours, beyond hours of searching and getting malware/viruses I'm looking for full laptop windows 8 skins. That comes with backgrounds, cursors, custom buttons, ect. Like a totally knew interface. I'm more of a fan of abstract and 3D images. Where would I go and what...

Hi, i am quite a noob at computers, but as i was playing a game last night, and turned my pc off, i went to sleep, the next morning i turn on my pc. At start up i get a BSOD multiple times, but when i run safe mode, it works completely fine, could someone please give me a BASIC tutorial of how...

Made an account just for this. I randomly got a BSOD while my computer was on, but I was not using. I restarted the computer (as prompted) and attempted to access the dmp file; however, upon doing so, I am told that access is denied and I do not have permission to retrieve the file. I went into...

Hi, I'm a computer noob. I have a 12 year old retail-purchased PC that came with WinXP Home pre-installed on the 160GB hard drive. The original OEM hard drive squeals terribly loud and sounds like it's going to die. I'd like to replace it, but not sure how to get WinXP installed on a fresh hard...

I'm trying to wind down my days on my old XP. I had its original hard drive die. I replaced it with a refurbished one and got professional recovery from DriveSavers. On their advice I'm backing up the 500 GB Touro hard drive they sent me with the recovered data (which I've whittled down to about...

Hi guys, I recently purchased a new custom built computer from a local computer store. Everything was already set up, but I wish to do a system recovery. There is no system recovery option. I can't access the recover folder in my C: drive. I've asked windows support for help. It turns out my...

Hi all, I have to admit I have a problem I caused myself. I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my computer next to a Windows XP/7 installation. I had to install XP before I could install W7 on this system although it is a full version of W7, so no upgrade version. What happened? I had a running system...

Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next." 3. Click "Repair your computer." If you do not have...

Hi all, So I have had a small nightmarish time of updating my PC. I had bought a new GPU and a SSD harddisk. I could not get them installed properly myself, so had to turn in my PC to a professional to get them installed and working. I got my PC back today and the new GPU and the new harddisk...

so i was reformatting a computer and the backup i had of it went bad. I was able to use recuva from piriform to get all the pictures back, but what I didn't notice was that it found everything single picture, even from the temp file. So, now I have a 100> Gb folder with every picture ever...

please help me, whenever i log onto my laptop im prompted as other user then i am told password is incorrect. i then can switch to my proper account and i am fine. on user settings there is only my main account. why the hell is this happening.

I currently run windows 8.1. The computer is an Asus S400C. On startup it says preparing automatic repair then after a few seconds takes me to the BSOD where It says: Recovery Your pc couldn't start properly after multiple tries, the operating system on your PC failed to start, so it needs to...

I have a computer using XP, my wife had an older computer that had some hardware problems and we replaced it. The problem is, when I installed the drive into my computer, the icon shows it there but when I go to transfer files from my wife's drive it says the drive is not formatted. How do I...

This has been going on for a couple months, and it hasn't gotten in the way but now it is as it's preventing me from opening certain files and games i want to use, such as Skype, and games like Bioshock Infinite. Whenever i start up my computer or open specific programs, it says ...