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Hi there, i run windows 7 on my laptop. Unfortunately my sound constantly disappears when i play games. it also wont play sound on a 3rd program (e.g. skype call and youtube open, then the game will have no sound). Sometimes when i set it to sleep or close the program the sound comes back...

I am completely lost here. When I try to do a windows update, I get this m- windows cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer. When I use the windows update troubleshooter, it detects problems, but will not fix them. I...

I just put together a brand new PC build with all new components. In the middle of a custom install of Windows 7 on the HDD (the system only has one 1TB 7200rpm toshiba HDD), the installation screen went blank and the computer restarted. After restarting, the monitor displayed bootdisk mgr...

Ok, to start this off I'm going to provide some backstory into my problem. This is from a thread I created here about a month ago. Ok, so for a brief overview, every user account on my home computer has internet access but mine. I have Windows 7 (64 bit), my computer is a gateway, and I use...

Normally Recent Docs list is showing. Suddenly nothing. I went to Tools, It was still set to show 10 docs but I reset it. OK. Turned off computer. Then computer on, opened a few docs to test. Computer on and off again. Nothing. Office Word 2007 Any ideas how to fix this? Its a real nuisance.

Hello. When I was trying to update my Windows 7 for Windows 8, at the end of the process appear a error and my computer restart. Now, when I turn it on appear the logo of the Windows and the circle that indicates it is loading, but the screen turn black and takes a while when appears the...

Hey all I'm new to the forums. Just rebuilt me a new computer have a new mobo and new processor kept my semi old other parts I installed windows it was working fine but then my screen went blank and it said no signal dvi on my monitor and my computer restarted itself and it was doing several...

I need some help and i cant seem to find the problem. Occasionally my shift key will act like it held down (caps lock is off) and typing is like im holding the shift key down, numbers will do their alternative symbols ( for example !@#$%^&*() and clicking on a pinned button on windows task bar...

New external HDD won't show in "Computer" l Have searched a lot, but only find comments directing me to Disk management and Device manager. The Ext. HD is not showing there either. Power light is on. This is a Lacie 2 TB Minimus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive...

I try to add a second internal SATA 6 hard drive to my computer. On restart, Windows 8 gives a message "Preparing for Repair" and after few seconds it restarts computer and again the same message and continues to restart. This SATA was already working smoothly with Windows 7 and Windows 8 RP...

Hi there. I have an Asus G50VT-X1 I bought off of craigslist with a clean install of win 7 enterprise 64bit. Ive hadd it for about a month. It wont let me create a system restore point AT ALL which concerns me. It says i have insufficient storage space and I have run the applicable vssadmin...

Hello everyone, I was trying to install the Win8 RP/Beta or whatever its called, and the .exe version says that my CPU is not supported, and using the .ISO inside of VirtualBox or VMWare results in the "Windows" text popping up, then after about five minutes, I get: Your PC needs to...

Hello this is CrazyKilla About 1 day ago i wanted to install windows 8 beta, after a couple restarts, everything working fine, windows 8 begins installing, i wait a while and it finally reaches 100%, and then the computer restarts, this time its different, it first starts at: PNY Geforce GTS 450...

I have a very new system in terms of hardware (6950 graphics, Core i5 processor, 8GB DDR3 RAM, etc), yet I get consistent stuttering in games. By stutter, I mean a 3-5 second freeze, that happens every few minutes. These only started up about 2 months ago (have had the computer for about 8...

Hello, Sometimes when I am gaming and others times when I am not, my monitor gets red lines/squares on the screen and then causes my computer to restart. It also has continued after the reboot during the bios phase. I have attached some windows provided information of the crash. I have...

Link Removed POWER_DRIVER_STATE_FAILURE STOP: 0X0000000000000003 0XFFFFFA80114F6060 0XFFFFF800046F53D8 0XFFFFFA8018D0E010 I have already ran the test from the start menu (that requires a restart) and it said hardware malfuntion detected, contact computer manufacturer. HP isn't really seeming...

Hello, I recently wiped my hard drive and installed windows 7 home edition but I've been having alot of issues recently, if my computer boots up at all. Sometimes it just loops the sound of the fans starting up for as long as 20 minutes. Sometimes it just has graphics errors on the boot up...

EDIT: Here are my minidump files: Link Removed I am running windows 7 32-bit Intel Core i5 750@2.67GHz 4 gb RAM NVIDIA GeForce 470 graphics GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 thank you for your help! I just re-installed windows 7 to my pc after a recent update caused it to completely crash. Now, about an...

Hello. I am trying to run a System Restore but have a problem I think with the ZoneAlarm firewall I am using. I also use Avast anti-virus, the free one, and Malwarebytes. I can disable the Avast, and I right click the ZoneAlarm symbol and select shutdown ZoneAlarm, then go ahead with my System...

every 2 days i get this irritating message: "system error code 8, not enouge storage...." this happens when i try to close programs , when i try to open a program or even to open a browser. therefore, i need to restart my computer everytime and then it works fine for a day or two..... i have...