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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...

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...

Hello. I need help from someone who knows what I need to do.... My Compaq CQ60-615DX Notebook has just all of a sudden started running really slow for the past week. It all started last tuesday when I tried to log off and it had to install 22 updates. After the updates I uploaded some Zumba...

I booted my computer today, but when I click any program in my taskbar, or int the start menu, they dont open. In the task manager they are there, but their working set is only 40-90K. Some programs can be started from file->new process, with run as administrator checked, but I cant see any...

Using the options available from the command line version of the Windows 7 defragmentation utility you have much more control over the maintenance of your storage devices. Link Removed

What can I do to lower the Physical Memory Usage in my Laptop? For information, I am using Windows Seven Ultimate (build 7600) with RAM 1 GB, Intel Core i3 M350 @ 2.27 GHz. When I hit task manager, the Physical Memory: Total : 941 Cached : 85 Available : 81...

Ok, i had this problem before & didnt get much help but i didnt really give much info about it & i decided to do a repair install which messed everything up n did a fresh install, anyways its been like 2-3 weeks since then & now the problems back & i have more info to give you...

Is defragging necessary in Windows 7 or does Windows defrag continually?

I have a new HP desktop running Windows 7 Home Premium and wanted to set up a schedule to defrag my disks. My machine came with one HD and I added the second HD which is my J drive. When I launch the defrag program all my dirves show on the front screen. When I go to create a schedule and select...

Hi i have lately been having a few blue screens such as Memory_management System_Service_Exception System_Thread_Exception_Not_Handled_M Kmode_exception_not_handled also at the begginning of the year i was getting Driver_irql_not less or equal and bad_pool_header. My systems Specs are...

I wasn't sure what topic to use as this is a strange one i cant seem to fix so here i am. The problem is programs not loading when i click the pinned shortcut or start menu links or even going directly to the exe files themselves & clicking, it looks like its loading as the loading icon appears...

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...

On a brand new, freshly installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 i get the following error when resuming from Hibernate: "Your computer can't come out of hibernation. Status 0xc000009a" No other info, no reference to any file such as hyberfil.sys..... I have tried to "powercfg -h on/off", reboot...

I have W-7. When I run the analyze portion of the disk defrag program, it says my fragmentation is 7%. But it does not advise whether or not I should defrag. Is there some rule of thumb? Mel

Here's some advice on upgrading to Windows 7, defragmenting your hard drive, and handling Data Execution Protection warnings. More...

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. Starting this week we have an email address setup that you can also contact us with, it is DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will still be checking comments...

If you're a PC gamer, you probably use Steam. Maybe originally it was because Steam was the only way to get at juicy morsels like Half Life 2, but these days Valve's online marketplace is pretty much the best thing going, with a huge library of titles, hyper-competitive pricing, and a strong set...

Piriform Software has released a new update for its free Windows defragmentation utility. Defraggler 2.03 is now fully compatible with Windows 7 Service Pack 1, and it includes a number of interesting new features and fixes. More...

I bought my HP Pavillion dm4 about a month ago and until recently, it had been working great and really fast while on the internet. Then lately, it started to load normal pages at half its speed, taking time to even load google. When playing MMOs like World of Warcraft, I was a lot laggier...

Hello there I am attempting to shrink my C:/ drive in order to make another partition for Linux Mint. When I try to shrink the drive in Disk Management, only about 7gb are shrunk, while I have 50gb of free space on that drive, and I even defragmented it. I unfortunately do not have another...