Hello, this has happened twice already. My laptop (A Sony VPCCW21FX) is around a year and a half old. I would be gaming normally when my screen freezes up, and I would be presented with a BSOD saying "Operating System not found". And I would be forced to force shut down my laptop to get rid of...
Hi,
I am new to the forum and apologise if the information I am providing is insufficient - please let me know and I will gladly complete the same. I appreciate your help.
I am getting random BSOD's with memory management being shown as the culprit (or atleast the malaise). I have a new M11X...
alienware
avast
bsod
cpu-z
diagnostictools
fan issues
forum community
gt540m
help request
i5 processor
internet explorer
memory management
ram issues
random crashes
software issues
system performance
technical support
troubleshooting
user experience
windows 7
[SOLVED] explorer.exe high CPU usage - tried everything I can think of
Hi,
My explorer.exe is constantly using 30-45% of my 4-core CPU. I have determined after MUCH testing that the cause is likely not a virus / malware / rootkit. I have also:
tested booting into safe mode (explorer.exe is...
clean boot
cpu usage
diagnostictools
explorer.exe
high usage
malware
performance
processes
rootkit
safe mode
sfc scan
system configuration
system performance
task manager
technical help
troubleshooting
user experience
user support
virus
windows
Hi guys,
hopefully someone can help me with this as it is starting to drive me crazy
I have built a new system and components are as follows:
Core i3 2120
Asus P8H67-m-pro B3 revision
OCZ3G1333LV4GK ram (2 x 2gb sticks DDR3 dual channel)
Samsung 1TB HDD
CoolerMaster case with...
asus p8h67
bios settings
blue screens
bsod
compatibility
cpuid
diagnostictools
drivers
explorer crashes
graphics card
hardware fault
installation issues
internet explorer
memory diagnostic
software conflicts
system build
troubleshooting
voltage issues
windows 7
windows updates
Just yesterday, as I was browsing the internet, my laptop randomly shut down. I restarted it and what I was faced with was the startup repair.
It didn't work, a box showed up saying 'startup repair cannot repair this computer autmatically'. I sent the information.
The problem details said...
I have this problem for a while now, I honestly do not know if this is a problem or not or a bug or god knows what.
From time to time, the hard drive makes a weird noise, like its blocked and when I look at the event viewer looks like this: The device, \ Device \ Harddisk0 \ DR0, Has a bad...
bad blocks
boot issues
computer problems
data recovery
diagnostictools
disk check
drive failure
error
event viewer
hard disk
hardware issues
motherboard
reinstallation
scandisk
storage
system freeze
system restore
technical support
windows 7
windows installation
Hi Windows 7 users.
I have an urgent problem with my custom built desktop. My custom built has been acting up like mad only a month after creation. It worked perfectly at first, but then I suddenly found that half of my services were disabled randomly.
As well, my computer kept...
boot issues
computer repair
custom build
diagnostictools
error message
hardware problems
internet issues
limited access
panicking
reinstall os
service failure
software problems
startup repair
system failures
system restore
troubleshooting
user support
windows 7
windows updates
wireless connection
Starting to occur more frequently then usual.
Also the last one had something to do with NTFS.sys or something like that.
Anyway to determine if it is a hardware problem.
Cheers for the help.
I recently purchased an Acer Aspire 7741Z-5731. It came with Windows 7 installed, which all was fine for the first few days, then Windows Update decided it was time for an update. Ever since then I have had issues with Windows. Immediately upon boot up it goes into Startup Repair, which of...
Hi All,
I'm having problems with my computer I built some time ago now. From time to time it will completely stop responding and need to be reset using the power switch (sound also hangs if there is any at the time). This will happen very frequently when the RAM is in a dual channel...
While gaming today, I got a blue screen of death.(mass effect 2, by the way) Well, it actually crashed the game for a moment, and windows told me there was a problem with game. this isn't unheard of for a game to have a problem, so i checked temps on computer just verifying this new game wasn't...
Let me preface this by saying that I'm I'm not very computer literate so any help needs to be worded simply like for a child..I have installed WIN 7 64 and it has developed a problem..It wont boot to the desk top. It will post and go to the starting Windows screen sometimes and stops there..It...
Windows Search (and/or Outlook 2007 Instant Search) does not index emails from Outlook PST files
Hi Gang....so I'm having a similar problem trying to get Windows Search to index my emails.
I am currently running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and Outlook 2007. Upgraded from Windows XP Pro (SP3) and...
I am experiencing this annoying problem and I can't figure out why. My computer will randomly get the Blue screen of death and the blue screen says it's due to MEMORY_MANAGEMENT. I am using a custom built PC: Pentium i7 @ 3.33ghz, ASUS Rampage II extreme motherboard, ATI Raedon video card, 6gb...
asus rampage
ati radeon
blue screen
boot issues
custom pc
ddr3 ram
diagnostictools
error messages
hardware issues
heat management
memory management
overclocking
pentium i7
performance
random crashes
software conflicts
system specs
system stability
troubleshooting
windows 7
Hello all,
Receiving very little help on this on other forums I frequent, I thought I'd try here. I hope all of this information does not overwhelm.
Here it goes:
Hello,
The past couple days I've noticed SVCHOST.EXE start going +50 CPU. For the most part it is sustained. I have linked a...
I've done a fair amount of reading and searching on CPU Usage in Windows 7 (both Beta & RC 1) and haven't had any luck with this issue yet.
The machine I'm using contains:
Asus P4P800 motherboard
Intel P4 2.8 GHz dual core
2.5 GB of ram
GeForce 7800 GS 256MB
Clean install of Windows 7...
aero
asus
audio issues
beta
cpu usage
diagnostictools
geforce
hardware
high usage
laggy
multitasking
nvidia
page file
performance
process explorer
rc1
sound drivers
streaming
video playback
windows 7
I have been using Windows 7 build 7000 for a long while without any drive issues.
Today i did a clean install of build 7127, and now i randomly get this message:
"Windows detected a hard drive problem"
It shows the details as H:/, witch is one partition, on one of my drives.
If there is a...
$10 REWARD NOW: "Driver Power State Failure" BSOD -> Now hangs on startup
Aargh? Halp? This is crap...
Okay, so my laptop (Acer Extensa 4420, "designed for Vistaids") has been running Win7 x64 ever since the RC came out. It's all swell and all except for when it comes to drivers. Video driver...