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    Windows 8 Metro 2033, and really any game crashes.

    Hey, so I've had Windows 8 since October, and whenever I play any game really, besides a few exceptions, they crash, leaving me with: VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (nvlddmkm.sys) after about 15-20 minutes. Any help is appreciated.
  2. Windows 7 Video card doesn't support Aero effects

    Hello. I have a problem with running the aero effect on my reinstalled win 7. It worked before. Troubleshooter doesn't help me. The message says, that my video card doesn't support aero effects... Actually the video card is ok I think... because I can talk with skype, I can watch films etc... I...
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    Windows 7 BSOD stop code 3b, unclear cause

    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...
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    Windows 7 Windows Photo Viewer loading.... and nothing comes up

    Ok, I am trying to open ANY image with Windows Photo Viewer. When I open the image, it just shows "loading..." and nothing comes up. Now, I can open with and choose a different program, like MS paint (or any other graphics program) and can see the image just fine. Its just with Windows Photo...
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    Windows 7 Experiencing Slow Computer Performance and Update Errors – Need Help!

    ever since yesterday ive been havng prob playing games, slow load times and freezing, i also noticed upon turning on comp the desktop icons load up slower plus other things load slower, the forums for the game i pla yreccomended i update my windows updater which i did except service pack 1 which...
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    Windows 7 Screen Resolution change, border around screen, etc

    Hi, for the past month i have had an issue where before the log in screen would show, it would be a blank screen with a cursor, that i could move. (It worked normal in safe mode) I normally would just ignore this problem and it seemed to go back to normal after a little while. Well yesterday...
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    Windows 7 Hard Reset, Not BSOD

    For the past few days my Windows 7 computer would reset to BIOS. No warnings, just BAM! hard reboot of the computer. I've unchecked the box under computer/properties that would Automatically Restart the system on crash. So that's just one thing I've tried in order to try to find the issue...
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    Windows 7 BSOD while gaming

    BSOD every hour even when idling Yesterday I started receiving a BSOD while I was playing Diablo3. I was having no issues with the game, everything was running fine and all of a sudden the screen froze and the sound got stuck so to speak. After a few minutes I then received a BSOD. I rebooted...
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    Windows 7 Crashes When Unplugged After Sleep Mode

    I've been having an ongoing (about 2 months) problem with my laptop getting the BSOD after returning from sleep mode, specifically when unplugging it. When returning from sleep mode, the screen will take longer than normal to turn back on and show the log in screen. After that, it seems like it...
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    Windows 7 HP Envy 14 Continues to Run While in Sleep Mode and then Crashes

    Hello there, so I've been having this problem where my envy 14 laptop will attempt to go into sleep mode (or i'll close the lid) when in reality the screen just shuts off and everything else continues to run. At this point I can't wake the computer up and I have to hard reboot. If i leave the...
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    Windows 7 Music playback lagging/scratching

    Hi guys, I bought an Acer Aspire 5750G laptop in October 2011, it's running Windows 7 Home Premium 64x. The music playback (in iTunes and Windows Media Player) is lagging and scratching, it sounds almost like the old gramophone getting stuck and then resuming. It usually scratches for up to 2...
  12. Windows 7 BSOD Battlefield 3

    Ive been having problems quite frequently while playing Battlefield 3. Sometimes i can play for while without getting a blue screen, other times it happens rather quickly. The game will also crash and NOT go to blue screen, just simply crash. I figure the issues with the game simply crashing...
  13. Windows 7 BSOD on new build at random points throughout day

    Help!! At least a couple times a day, my lovely new computer decides to BSOD. Usually at the most inconvenient of times, of course. ;) Attached is the Seven Forums zip file; any help would be greatly appreciated!! I have uninstalled and reinstalled graphics drivers and made sure everything...
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    Windows 7 blue screen of death when playing sims 3 recently

    I downloaded some new houses and at first whenever I moved to one it would flicker black a couple of times then blue screen. Then I deleted them, started a new game with no custom content and played for half an hour but was blue screened again. This is the error message received: Problem...
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    Windows 7 BSOD when updating graphics drivers

    Basically iv just bought minecraft, it says that it has failed to find the accelerator openlg mode. It says i have bad video drivers. Iv tried to update the drivers for my pc but everytime i do it bluescreens and restarts my pc. i need to go into safe mode in order to rollback . My pc specs are...
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    Windows 7 BSOD while play League of Legends

    For some reason only while I am playing league of legends, mid game I will get a BSOD. This doesn't occur while playing any other game. I attached a dmp file. Thanks for the Help, Kyle
  17. Windows 7 BSOD while playing battlefield 3

    Hey, this is my first time on this forum and i hope someone can help me. I have been getting random blue screens while playing Battlefield 3. They occur at different times, sometimes right away, and sometimes after hours and hours of playing. I have used blue screen view and it seems like it is...
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    Windows 7 Green Flashing Before Windows Loads

    After I turn my computer on, the screen will flash green and black until it gets pass all of the booting and has windows log in loaded. I recently clean installed Windows 7 and reinstalled my graphics drivers. i7-2600k Processor Asus P8Z68-V LX Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Dual Graphics 8GB Ram
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    Windows 7 Use second, external TFT through HDMI port to extend local desktop: second TFT becomes black

    On my notebook (max screen resolution: 1920x1080) there is a HDMI port. I plugged in a HDMI cable from a second, external TFT screen (max resolution 1680x1050). When I go now (under Win7) to Control Panel/Appearance and personalization/Display/Screen Resolution and select "Duplicate...
  20. Windows XP Question about Windows XP boot.ini file modification?

    Hi Guys. I haven't had a Windows XP question in a lot of years. My friend Paul asked my to come over and upgrade his Dell computer to 2 Gigs of ram. I did that and it booted and worked fine, but I noticed that only half of his hard drive was available. I said where is the rest of your hard...