computer repair

Hello, Windows 7 went south on me and is now completely unbootable. I used the repair tool on the install disk and nothing. When I told it to stop on BSOD it said that the volmgrx.sys was messed up. Also, It wont even boot in safe mode. Fortunately I had imaged this hard drive only a...

I recently did a clean install of my system. I had previously used the Family Pack key 3 times on 3 separate computers. I did the clean install on one of those three computers but now it won't recognize the key, even though it is legit. Is this a known issue? and is there a way to fix it?

One day my computer decided not to load windows 7, and instead whenever i open my computer it gets to setup repair, which checks for problems automatically, and then gives the following message: Setup repair cannot repair this computer automatically Problem Event Name: SetupRepairOffline...

Good afternoon folks! I've been looking around to find advice or help in regards to the recent and abundant BSoD happening on my system since doing some fairly minor changes to it. Below are my current system specs Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64-bit Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600 Gigabyte...

Hey, I have two machines, both running Win 7 Ultimate. Today I discovered that neither will read a CD or DVD. Both will show the icon of the disc loaded, show the proper remaning space, but not let me open the drive contents in explorer. I can scan the CD with my AV and see the files being...

I have four "upgrade stickers" for Windows 7 that I received when I bought Vista 64 Ultimate earlier this year. Unfortunately I did not install the stickers to Window 7 stickers to the various computers (or put them on the case sides and used the same case so they are all mixed up now that I...

FixShell.exe file released by Prevx yesterday shows nothing obviously malicious. It contains a valid XML manifest, and a code certificate backed by VeriSign. And in fact, on our test system with Sophos anti-malware installed, not only did the file not appear to run any process of its own on...

Hey, So i recently reformatted my computer and installed windows 7. Initially i didnt have my graphic card driver installed so the taskbar thumbnail previews would not appear as graphics but as tiles. once i installed the graphic card driver i went to this website to walk through re-enabling my...

I've got a fair amount of computer savvy. But when I migrated to 7 last month I guess all that was useless. Anyway, I'm running a newer HP with enough power to handle anything, so far. I installed 7 and then put my apps on and about a week later upon rebooting I get the message that I can't...

I really hope someone can help. I installed windows 7 as an upgrade - everything seemed to be working ok for a few days at least. Went to bed one night, got up next morning and no computer functionality although the computer power light was on. I couldn't even power the computer down using the...

So my Desktop computer died and I pulled the HDD out of it to get files, but in order to do that I had to take ownership of them through Win7 on my laptop. Now if I were to plug that HDD back into the Computer, after I get it fixed (I think it's the Power supply unit or the motherboard) will it...

Hi all, I've been running Win 7 (Home Premium) fro 2/3 weeks. My motherboard died last week and I've had a new one installed at a local computer shop. I never returned it to the original supplier as it was six days out of it's warranty and they wanted silly money to fix it :mad:. The PC is now...

ok i've of this little netbook that has no optical drives and windows 7 which is of course... on a dvd. now last time i needed to install XP on it i used syspart because there was no option to boot from USB. here is the how to i followed: 1) Install the hard drive as a slave in a working...

I amrunning Win7 Ultimate. When I try to do a Systm Restore, it seems to run to completion, reboots the system and then issues the following message: "System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed. System Restore could not access a...

Tech Service Specialist Offers Five Reasons Not to Upgrade to Windows 7 [10/29/2009 06:14 PM] by Anton Shilov Microsoft Windows 7 is here and available for purchase, but even though Windows Vista can be annoying in some cases, tech support experts do not recommend to upgrade to the novelty...

I have been trying to get a friends computer running reliably off and on for over a month. The issue is an incompatability between vista, the mother board and video card. I did find a work around but it left the machine hamstrung. I had hopes a clean install of windows 7 would resolve the issue...

Suddenly one of my hard drives (E: so not the boot drive) started behaving oddly and suddenly becam inaccessible. So I tried to format it. Rebooted and the computer would not start. So I took the drive out and put it in an external enclosure and connected via USB and it works a treat. Put a new...

Hey, I am having an issue with my Windows 7 install that just popped up last night.. The issue seems to be that it’s "stuck" in sleep mode. The PC was on this morning when I checked it - all lights, fans, HDD seems to be spinning up etc. but no video output signal. The machine looks...

512 mb ram Dell dimension 5000 there is a PC in my house that is totally messed up.. there are two main problems: First of all: When it is on it ranges from 2 minutes to 1 hour, but the screen just freezes. nothing you can do about it. it just freezes no mouse, keyboard or screen works. now i...

Hi all, I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my Dell Dimension 9150 a few days ago and applied the Microsoft language pack to translate it in French. Since the beginning, I have the same problem : randomly, the system partially "freeze" during about 10 seconds. I can't open any new window, can't...