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Windows 7 Windows update installations continue to fail
Please look at this image first: Link Removed I am running Windows 7 64bit. I have 15 updates that continue to fail. YES, I KNOW THE IMAGE SHOWS "1" - that's because I wanted to see if could actually perform one SMALL update. They're just a bunch of Security Updates for MS Office programs...- blacksaibot
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- administrator antivirus defrag disk cleanup error failure installation guide lag microsoft office performance performance issues security updates troubleshooter update issues windows 7 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 My Pc Crashes/Freezing/Restarting Randomly
Hello Guys long time no posting here, hope you are doing well 1- Random Crashes/Freezes and auto-hard-restart everyday 2- Blue Screens Of Death "with different details every time" also randomly 3- this begun when my old 9500 GT broke out 4- after i removed that card, i used the built-in gpu...- ZeraX
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- blue screen computer boot defrag freezing game crashes gpu hard drive hardware intel graphics malware memory issues pc crashes registry cleaner restart system performance tech support user experience windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Problem with external Hard Drive - can't access the files on it
Hi, I have some problem with my external hard drive and I would appreciate any advise you can give me to solve this. I have Toshiba 500GB hard drive that I bought just over 2 years ago. I am using it to backup my data from pc, and sometimes to play a movie from it. Recently I can't access...- Nekros
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- 500gb backup data recovery data transfer defrag disk maintenance external drive fat32 file access hard drive ntfs reliability storage issues toshiba
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 7 I didn't know that it worked this way...
Hi I posed a few days ago someplace that I found that defragmenting my C:\ drive gave me a real increase in read speed. From about 3 Mbs to 30. I defraged my B:\ drive (a partition of C:\) and today I tacked D:\ it was a long haul, mostly because it has the compressed back up of C:\ on it...- MikeHawthorne
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- b drive backup c drive d drive defrag drive speed external drive fragmentation optimization performance read speed storage
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How much difference does fragmentation make?
Hi I know that fragmentation makes a lot of difference. I've had times when the difference between having fragmented files vs un-fragmented files would determine whether some processes would complete or not when generating 3D video. If the files were fragmented it would just hang up after a...- MikeHawthorne
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- 3d video backup c drive computer help d drive data management defrag drive transfer efficiency file system fragmentation hard drive performance speed improvement storage tech tips user experience windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 boots and shuts down very slow
Hello All I use Windows 7 Pro on my Sony VAIO Laptop and I have noticed in the last few weeks that it has became slower and slower so I did the defrag, virus check, disk clean up, windows tweaks and tips un-checked most of the start-up programs and it did make the computer faster except for the...- Jale6676
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- boot speed defrag disk cleanup performance slow shutdown sony vaio startup tweaks virus scan windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Please tell me what is wrong with this command
"C:\Program Files\Contig\contig.exe -a c:\pagefile.sys" .....where -a is a switch. This program (Contig) should perform a defrag on the page file.- Nisko
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- command contig defrag page file switch windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Filw deletion issue!
Hi, I am having an annoying problem that I would appreciate some help in resolving. I have deleted and reinstalled a game program, now, three times. Prior to the last installation I went thru and defragged and used disk cleanup. I got the same results: Instead of installing new files from the...- rpsmith
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- defrag disk cleanup file deletion file recovery game installation mod recognition mods software installation update issues windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Auslogic's BootSpeed, review.
Hi I've been running a copy of Auslogic's BootSpeed for over a month now. I have to say that the software works well and doesn't cause any problems. In addition to the normal functions like scanning the registry and looking for junk files it has built in apps to clean up and configure your...- MikeHawthorne
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- auslogics backup boot speed ccleaner cleaning configuration data management defrag disk issues duplicate files internet junk files malwarebytes optimization performance registry review windows windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 A few Tips - A (Potentially) Useful, Valuable Compilation
A few Tips - A (Potentially) Useful, Valuable Compilation Many people miss Quick Launch in Windows 7. Although the new/redesigned Taskbar is what it is it can still be felt that there is a worthwhile purpose served by Quick Launch. It is (still) really a nice place to have certain items... in...- Drew
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- administrator browser ccleaner customization defrag disk cleanup gadgets keyboard maintenance malwarebytes quick launch recovery security shortcuts tech tricks tips update virtual machine windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Windows 7 Imp. Folder Lost & when using Run to reach it, it open Recycle Bin.!
Hello, i was the Auslogics Disk Defrag Tool to defrag my Partition, and then i went to check a backup folder, i was trying to change the icon of the folder, i dont know what went wrong The Folder just disappeared !! while it was still showing at the defrag app its working on that folder. i...- LeitoSR
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- auslogics backup drive data loss defrag file properties file recovery icon change partition recycle bin windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 PC suddenly runnign slow
I need some help with my PC. Over the past 3 to 6 months it has gotten weird. I have a HP I purchased at a store just over a year ago. I am running Windows 7 64bit. Specs: OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 System Manufacturer...- bc320
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- amd processor automatic updates cpu usage defrag driver update game issues hp pavilion malware performance issues performance optimization performance tuning physical memory process management ram registry cleaner system specs troubleshooting virtual memory windows 7 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Multiple crashes related to Windows7 shut down and sleep.. URGENT
The story goes like this: My laptop lost power and died - but I had not shut it down properly for 2 or more weeks. This has happened before so I thought it would be OK. I restarted the computer, everything worked fine EXCEPT when I put it to sleep again it crashed/hung with the screen all...- Joey Wong
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- backup ccleaner crash defrag fan noise hotfix performance power loss qosmio f60 registry shutdown sleep mode sp1 startup system hang system repair tech support toshiba troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Don't have administrator access. Want to defrag and install new program
Don't have administrator access. Want to defrag and install new prograI am using a laptop with following sepc: ThinkPad lenovo laptop, T410i Windows 7 Professional 64bit This laptop is companie's one and I am using at home. I don't have administrator access and neither I have the password...- yabi
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- access issues administrator corporate policy defrag home use installation it support laptop lenovo maintenance programs remote assistance security software installation tech help thinkpad user account windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Issues shrinking volume in Device Manager...
Hi, this is my first post, because I really cannot work out what is going on! I have a recently bought 500GB external hard drive (NTFS) which I want to partition to have a 100GB partition formatted to either FAT32 or Mac Extended Journaled. I have 228gb free on the drive, but when I go to Shrink...- Xcellerator
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- defrag device manager disk management external drive fat32 mac extended ntfs partition shrink volume storage issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Third-party disk defragmenter tools for Windows
All versions of Microsoft Windows include a tool for disk defragmentation. The Windows Disk Defragmenter tool is a limited version of the Diskeeper program from Diskeeper Corporation. Disk Defragmenter does not include all the features available in the... Link Removed- News
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- defrag diskeeper microsoft performance software third party tools utility windows
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 7 Win7 frequently hangs
So I've finally snapped. For over a year now I've been enduring this god forsaken problem, dismissing and ignoring it as much as I could whenever it reared its ugly head. I can take it NO MORE. My patience has run out! Now, as much as I like to think I'm good with computers, there's quite a...- valou999
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- bios cache defrag drivers error event viewer firefox gaming malware overheating performance photoshop reformat registry repair slowdown system hang system specs troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Defrag: 3TB limit, Forced Shutdowns, Optimizing Win7 for Netbooks
Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...- News
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- 3tb aero settings boot issues defrag explorer restart file search hardware malware netbook optimization performance shutdown tech support tech tips troubleshooting usb user guide windows 7
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- Forum: Live RSS Feeds
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Windows 7 Defrag: SSD Questions, Tagging Files, Mirroring Drives, Hardware Hacks
Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...- News
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- backup bad sectors crash data recovery defrag device hacking file management file types hardware low level format mirroring performance sleep issues ssd tagging tech support tech tips trim troubleshooting windows 7
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Windows 7 Defraggler pc imbicil help!
hello everyone.Can it be dangerous to use Defraggler and other cleaning tools,I meen what happen to the files you want to keep?.Does it simply clean your harddisc for unnessesary and corupted files i hope so because its working on my system right now.I know its a little late to ask these...- casi
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- cleaning tools corrupted files data recovery defrag file security hard drive mcafee software approval system performance tech support
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support