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Hello all, I apologise for the length of this first post but I want to give as much information as I can. Whilst I would never call myself a nerd I have what I would assess as maybe being an enthusiastic amateur knowledge and experience with computers. This afternoon I wanted to move my...

The screen on my Windows 8.1 laptop is broken, so I connected my old monitor to it to use instead. I tried to set the correct resolution by right clicking on the desktop and selecting "Screen resolution", but none of the options listed there are correct. Is there a way to manually type which...

im 16 and normally i can fix everyones pc probs there having...well this time my friend brought me his laptop (toshiba satellite L655 win7 home premium) and when i push the power button to turn it on only the power supply, hardrive, and fan come on...no processor activity at all... no boot...

Hi, So, I'm currently running a laptop hooked up to an extra monitor, using them as separate screens. Basically job involves reading a lot of text on one screen, then writing key info into the other screen. I want to do this without having to continuously flick the mouse across the 2 screens...

After the 8.1 windows update that happened last week, my control panel is gone for Nvidia, card works properly but I cant not see the settings, when I try to open it says " You are currently using a display attached to an Nvidia GPU , settings are not available. I am using an external monitor...

Win 7 Pro x64 NVIDIA Quadro K1000M For the six months that I've owned this Lenovo W530, it's worked this way: I bring it home, put it in the dock (closed), and I use my external keyboard and display. Yesterday, for no reason I know of, I couldn't get any video signal to the monitor. In an...

I have been getting a BSOD every couple days. The error is a system_service_exception with stop code 3b. (STOP: 0x0000003b (0x00000000C0000005, 0xFFFFF9600010D010, 0XFFFFF88E011B40, 0x000000000000) To explain further, I have had this exact same error on TWO different computers, one of them...

Hi, I have an HP pavilion entertainment PC (hp pavilion dv4). Well my lap top needed and update one day and i pressed okay but the problem is that once it shutdown it would not even turn on. I mean the laptop would turn on but not the screen I tried doing the power option meaning i held the...

I originally had to send in my laptop to get the hard drive replaced as it was failing when it came back i had to re-install windows. after re-installing I restored from my back up, the back up was the entire c drive any way when i try to play any game i can hits as low as 2 fps this does not...

Hi everyone! Now here is my problem: first of all I checked as many "black screen of death" threads as I could during these past few days. There seems to be many different versions and solutions for this but none of them worked for me so here I am. Now when I start my laptop, everything goes...

Hi All, Sorry if there's a similar thread on here and also sorry for such a noob question. I have a laptop on my network, it's monitor is messed up so I can't really see the screen. Fuzzy lines etc. My question is basically, there are files on the laptop I need to get off, how can I access the...

I just upgraded to Win 7 HP 64 and know nothing....yet. Previously my external monitor (SyncMaster 203B) 16/32 bit connected no problem with the full display showing (previous OS Vista HP 32 bit). Now...a 2" in. black border surrounds the window. Samsungs Auto-Adjust made no improvment. Samsungs...

I have a Dell Inspiron 15r laptop connected to an external monitor. While installing windows 8, I had my external monitor as my default monitor. Now, in windows 8, the only monitor that I am able to use is my external monitor. The other is turned off. I have tried to extend the desktop through...

Hi In general I use my laptop in one place, so I use external keyboard and monitor. Most of my stuff I do only on external monitor, but when i work (code and stuff) I like using both monitors (external as main + laptop monitor as secondary). The problem is with switching between views...

In Windows 7 you have a higher resolution external monitor attached to a notebook and Explorer running full screen on the secondary display. If you disable or detach the secondary monitor, a line will appear on the right hand side of the Windows... Link Removed

Hello, Lately I have been experiencing a BSOD when I shutdown my laptop. The computer tries to shutdown for about 5-10 minutes before finally blue screening with a DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE error. This problem does not occur every time I shutdown my laptop, but it seems that the longer my...

Hello, It's my first time posting! I've been browsing this forum and many sites on google trying to find the solution to my problem, but I can't really understand what is going on, even when taking a look at the dump file. I ran memtest, did all the usual things, but no sign of source of error...

My windows7 ultimate laptop currently doesn't present me with an option to access dual monitors nor will it connect to my external monitor. I try win + p and nothing happens. The monitor works, and was tested successfully this morning. Yes, is it plugged in and connected to my laptop. Yes...

Recently I've been having issues with my laptop and dual monitors. I have been plugging my laptop into the DVI port of external monitors. After a few days, my external monitor would lose signal if I selected to show the desktop only on monitor 2, but now, whenever I plug in my second monitor...

Hello everyone, I have problem with laptop. It worked well before it happened suddenly. It craches and shows bsod (attached image) When I restart laptop vertical discontinued lines are shown during bios hardware check. Then if I choose normal Windows mod bsod pops out, if I choose safe mode...