frustration

HELP! lol If I'm running a game through the internet on Firefox and maximize it to full screen, it only stays that way for about 2.5 minutes before it automatically drops back to normal size. Not really a major issue, but quite an inconvenient pain in the @**. Also, when I'm typing, I notice...

Hello, I got some serious problems. About one week ago I accidentally cut off power of my pc while he was updating. When rebooting I got nothing but a blank desktop image, unable to give any input (mouse, keyboard, control + shift + delete). Control + shift + delete made the screen go black, so...

I keep getting popups of yahoo messenger and it is frustrating as hell. I don't even have YM on my computer, at least not what I can see. I have been googling it and no one seems able to get rid of it. You just keep getting pop ups of new people all the time and I cannot find anywhere to stop...

I've been getting a BSOD a few times a day for the last few weeks. The latest was around 3:30 today and so far it's been okay since then. The only thing I really do on the computer is go on the internet. I normally use Google Chrome but I do use Explorer for school work. I use Microsoft...

Working on school project all night when windows update pops up. I postpone for four hours. Four hours later I postpone again for four hours. Go to sleep for six hours. Start working on project without ever turning off computer. Work for 3 hours. Windows update shuts down computer without...

I registered so that I could record my venomous hatred for this crappy OS and all things associated with it. Sorry to interupt your forum with such negativity - but you have no idea how much I have screamed hatred into the air with this utter *****cks! Thank you, have a nice...

Hello. I have a question. I have a Shared Folder on my Network. And, it has 2 subfolders. 1 is for reading things only. Which works as I want! However, the other folder, which is supposed to allow users to drop things in it, won't allow the dropping of files in. I don't understand! What am I...

I am using Win 7 home edition 32 bits. I have 4 GB of memory. Two questions: 1) For some reason Windows only acknowledges 3 GB. I know it's there because when I boot to Linux it reports 4 GB 2) I keep on getting low memory warnings when I don't have that much stuff running. When i look at te...

I'm having a connection issue with my new computer running Windows 7 Professional x64. When I first set it up, the wireless connection worked flawlessly, and then the next day the internet cut out and has not connected since (currently 2 days). Note that I can still connect to the Network, it is...

I have an on-going problem w/ a Win-7 machine* for the last 3 wks. or so. Here's my dilemma: I don't turn the machine off, it runs continuously and whenever I have some sort of a S/W update, if required, it reboots, and I have a "Windows failed to start msg. / Can't find Boot Manager". I reboot...

I have recently (two days ago) purchased a brand new HP Pavillion g7-1365dx Laptop, with Windows7 Home Premium installed. I had never touched the settings for update..was set to automatic to begin with. Now for the good stuff. After uninstalling alot of "junk" they included with computer, I...

I have an issue pertaining to admin permissions and read-only files. It seems all my files and folders are read only, and when I remove read only it automatically reverts back to read only when I check again. I am administrator with full privileges. Sometimes I get a prompt saying 'i need admin...

Posted on other forum as well, there was a problem with the hl.exe proccess (counter strike 1.6) When i did all the steps here also received bsod when first started the ram program(thats why ram suspicious) this is all the information zipped: no cpuz screenshot, instead a speccy reports. your...

Hi All, In the explorer window, in the left (navigation) pane, I move the list of folders up to see what I need and when I expand a folder it moves everything down and opens with the folder at the bottom of the window So I can't see what is in it. I have to move the folders up again, expand the...

My W7 integral fax & scan installation worked great for years. All of a sudden it would only print to a PRN file (print to file is NOT checked.) I removed fax & scan from the installed components, and after six or so hours of fooling around, finally deleted REG entire entries...

Hi, I have a Gateway Nv79 laptop computer Windows 7 64 bit 500 GB harddrive 4 GB Ram Intel(R) core (tm) i3 CPU m330 @2.13 GHz My laptop frequently crashes and i hav e no idea why. It never satay on fore more than 30 minutes before it crashes. someone plz help me, this is so frustrating is my...

I hope I'm in the correct section. I was refered to this site by another. Great community. To the problem. I was trying to set up a guest user account for others to use my laptop for school work and I tried to block areas of my computer by editing the permission or security. Without paying...

Hi, i have windows 7 64 bit sp1, and when i check for updates it checks for updates with no results. I have let it run overnight and still nothing. It says checking for updates with the green line going back and forth, but never gets any results. Can someone help me with this it is very frustrating.

Hello. I'm not sure where else to turn because I've tried googling this for last few days and have had zero luck. I ordered parts from newegg.com and have been trying my first PC build. It's been a complete nightmare and pure frustration since I spent over $1,600 on it. When I try to install...

Hi all, I have a Sony Vaio VGN-AR51SU Laptop which was running Windows Vista 32 Bit. I purchased windows 7 and installed the 64 Bit version. Everything seems to work fine apart from my Matshita BD-MLT UJ-220S Bluray burining drive. The laptop only sees it as a CD Rom. the device appears with...