desktop issues

My boss purchased a new desktop last year and transferred files from a backup drive to the new system. The new desktop has a folder where all of the backed up files are located. When transferring some files from the backup folder to the desktop, a message will pop up that says "sync all format...

I took some videos on my iPhone 4S which I wanted to transfer to my Windows 8.1 laptop. I did it in the usual way where I connect it to USB, go into the device on My PC and drag/copy the videos over to another folder. The videos won't play, however. Whenever I try to play them (default through...

Among other problems, the admin account on my computer is probably corrupted. About 7-8 months ago, when you signed on to the admin account, the wallpaper was black and all of the desktop shortcuts and icons had disappeared. Soon later, the password for logging on didn't work at all, so it was...

Downloaded a certain app on Ipad, Android phone, but cannot get it on Windows machines. Yes, it is indeed available to run on "all devices" and "all but the oldest Windows". I cannot access the Store on Win 8.1 Pro laptop at all anyore. When I try to download this particular app on Win 7 Pro...

The October 15, 2014 Windows update to my 64 _bit Vista home premium changed the desktop, removing folders. It also seemed to have affected installed programs (wanting me to re-register them), or removing them from All Programs. For example microsoft access is installed but the icon was...

Hi While looking for a way to solve the missing Windows 8 password in relation to a post on the support forum I found this video.... I decided to give it a try myself, since it seemed like something that could be useful. I made a CD and booted my computer to Mini Windows XP. I booted right...

My screen hanged and turned black, some desktop icons reappear when I move the mouse around. http://i.imgur.com/tZWSakr.jpg I pressed the restart button to restart, loading slow and waited at the 'welcome' and 'preparing your desktop' for a few mins and finally reached inside windows desktop...

hi guys , i have this wired mouse lag in my desktop and also while browsing internet it is so difficult to move the moues :cry_smile::furious: i installed to the latest update what is wrong here , please help me writing this post is so hard while the mouse is lagging :waah: , hope these...

Hi, recently i have been experiencing some problems with my recently upgraded desktop... BSOD occurs almost every time i try to play a game or watch a video... very frustrating, this is the last entry I obtained after BSOD occurred. I also uploaded my w7F file along with the file generated when...

Hello, can you help please, my reliability monitor is not working, it runs as per the schedule but does not produce any data, my problems started recently following a small corruption with the library docs, this corruption caused the R/monitor to run continuously, I rectified this error with a...

I use Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Frequently, new windows open BEHIND existing windows. If I can grab the top of the new window, I can drag it. However, I cannot bring it to the top. Any fixes out there?

I installed Comodo System Utilities 4 the other day to test it. I used Revo Uninstaller Pro to both install it and uninstall it. Revo found numerous leftovers and deleted them all. After removing it and rebooting (past the Windows logo), I noticed a brief message at the black screen just before...

My computer shuts down when it approaches desktop. i started it again and run it in recommended mode to fix the problem. Then, it shows a grey bar that spans the screen saying "Windows is loading files..." Next a green bar that says: "Microsoft Corporation" Startup repair automatically starts...

Sir I have Win7 professional pc with three partitions c:,d:,e:. I have two user accounts: Administrator and Admin. When i log into Administrator account, my saved files don't show up on the desktop although i can access those files manually through the path c:\>users>Administrator>desktop. I...

Hey guys, I'm having a problem with my Icons. They are messed up and I can't arrange them. When I move my icon to other place and then hit refresh it goes back to that place.. I tried with deleting IconCache but nothing happened.

I'm getting a BSOD on an acer aspire one d255e netbook running windows 7 starter 32 bit. It read "bad pool header" and occurs about 2 minutes after the netbook boots windows. Problem originated when the netbook was connected to a projector. When the projector was disconnected it crashed. The PC...

When I restarted my computer after running a check of the hard drive, I got a message that read "C:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable." The desktop had reverted to a default appearance and all the icons on it except for the recycle bin were...

I recently did a system cleanse using my anti virus software. i used it primarily to remove unneeded start up programs. in starting it up, my start menu has lost all programs, including folders like Accessories and Paint, Calculator, also my desktop was removed of all Shortcuts. to open a...

Hi everyone, I'm not quite sure how to describe this problem. I use alt-tab constantly to switch between applications. Sometimes I know I just want to switch back and forth between two apps, so that's just a quick punch of the keys, no visual aid necessary. However, there are other times when...

Windows Updates recently automatically installed two .NET 4 updates. Almost immediately my system began misbehaving: my Firefox Booksmarks toolbar disappeared along with all the bookmarks it held, the shutdown/sleep/lock/logoff button in the start menu changed selection each time the Start menu...