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Hi folks, I've been having these hard crashes for roughly 3 weeks now and i'm not too sure what the cause of them are. It seems to usually be when my computer is playing a video file or running a game or multi-tasking. When it happens it's very sudden, the whole computer completely freezes...

A couple of weeks ago I installed Windows 8 (fresh install from scratch, not an update) on my computer. I do a lot of web browsing and over the last couple of weeks I've been using Windows 8, I could swear the web browsing wasn't as fast at it used to be on Windows 7. I then noticed I was...

Hii am facing a regular BSOD problem from past few days.actually everytime when i play high graphics games or do multi tasking and use much of RAM size.Then everytime my gets restart, sometimes long time use of pc also makes my pc restart.so i entered msconfig, and there i disabled some start up...

A rather interesting article over at Informationweek.com tells of Windows 8 being demonstrated to run Windows 7 virtually amongst other things.. Link: Windows 8 To Run Windows 7, And Vice Versa - Software - Windows 8 - Informationweek

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Channel 9 has arrived in Barcelona and Brandon Watson took some time to chat with us about all of the announcements Windows Phone 7 is making here. One of the biggest pieces of news is the Nokia announcement and he shed some light on what that means to developers. We also talk about: IE9 on...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Parrots, like humans, choose to use one side of their body more than the other, with more of them left handed -- or, more precisely, left footed than anything else. Some species even try out both before deciding on one side. Australian researchers found...

I'm learning via tutorials and I don't want to shift through too many windows then is more than necessary. How can I strap two (or more) open windows together. i.e. two sets of set information files on a drive (let's say D) and then operate between an application and a media player. I don't...

I am trying to figure out how to make flash players stay in full screen mode when they loose focus (I click somewhere else). I am using dual monitors, google chrome (though I don't mind switching if necessary), and am watching videos on youtube or something while trying to work on my other...

Hi Guys, I have just switched from a desk top running Vista to a laptop using Windows 7 Home Premium. From day one the cursor, mouse or touch-pad has done its own thing, one minute its a scroll cursor and scrolls the window up and down or side to side, it will close/resize windows if I let it...

Hello, hope someone can help me! I've recently started using Windows 7, and am having an annoying sound issue. If I'm playing music or listening to an internet radio station either through Windows Media Player or through my internet browser, if I then get another sound come through in...

I use a wide screen monitor as most of you do. The monitor has enough space to accomodate two screens (files). Is there easy way to resize two or three screens automatically when I open two or three files together? I hope that Windows 7 has such a hidden function.

Hi, I've recently set up a dual monitor configuration (picked up an extra 15" on ebay for £5 :D) and it would be good if I could do gaming on one monitor and browse on the other, without the game on the other monitor minimizing. I know you could do this by pressing control and clicking...

As the thread title says.. Is running memory in dual channel mode really that much faster than running it in single channel mode? Situation is this --> I have 2 1GB sticks of DDR2 667MHZ ram installed in my mobo right now, what I'd like to do is add a 2GB stick of DDR2 667MHZ ram with it. so In...

I have Windows 7 on a dozen home, office and family computers but wanted to try a lite version on an old HP 510 laptop and Gateway 700 with limited 528 ram. I downloaded the popular Windows.7.Beta.Build.7000.LiTE (1,43gb) from the web, it activated with MS Win7 key and works perfectly on both...