Cleaning a PC is more than just uninstalling a few apps and wiping off the case. Here's how to defeat dust, gunk, and other unmentionable material that gets lodged inside your desktop system.
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I have a windows 7 machine that I use as a 'server' for SageTV (playing DVDs) I dont dirrectly connect to it and the software is stable as far as I did install much software at build and I have changed little recently as far as software.. I recently swapped the CPU out for a quad core and...
Do your case and/or PSU fans suddenly become noisy when you turn on your PC and do they eventually quiet down, in most cases, the fan is not going bad, just a little TLC is needed.
This quick guide will show you how to quiet down those noisy fans.
Tools needed;
1. Phillips head screwdriver
2...
Hi, I am having serious problems with my PC at the moment.
It started a couple of days ago when an error appears on one of my hard drives (second drive) during bootup, but after the first encounter I logged into windows fine and thought nothing of it. A while after my desktop froze and I was...
Hi Guys,
Been having very sporadic BSOD's for months now and I've tried everything I can think of and more. The BSOD message just says check for recently installed hardware and the error codes is just a load of zeros but up until a few weeks ago I had not replaced any parts.
I've updated all...
Only recently have I made the effort to start being a part of the online community in terms of support forums. Previously I held them only to be resources for searching for information, but at this time I feel I can provide some insight so I might as well when I can. I also like to read so why...
QMy Windows 7 PC recently downloaded and tried to apply various updates. When it reached 67 per cent of updates installed, it seemed to stall. I waited for over an hour and then turned off the PC, despite it displaying the ‘Configuring Windows updates… Do not turn off your computer’ message...
You know how it is, you're the only person in the family who knows what's inside a PC, has a reasonable abilty to resuscitate a sick OS and the right tools to strip and rebuild a printer.
Hence along the way I've ended up with drivers files in the drivers folder, entries in the registry, but no...
Yesterday my PC was running very slowly so I rebooted, only my PC has never fully rebooted since then. Every time that I attempt to use Win 7 it crashes after I reach the desktop.
I can run in Safe mode with command prompt, and I have backed up all of my files this way on an external hdd. I...
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before installing I had windows xp ,but a new pc (1,5 years) and all were fine .I decided to install windows 7 .Always appeared on my screen blue screens .i understood that the problem was caused by the memory ,I have 3gb or ram installed on my pc ,which is 2gb +1gb.When i uninstalled the 1gb i...
Popped into my local ASDA last night and nabbed some 400ml cans of "Air Duster" used for blowing out all the crap n dust from inside desktop cases etc, absolute bargain at £3 a tin (normally £6), lucky to get 200ml size for that price so get 'em while they on offer folks.
Well I have dropped the ball on my own general PC maintenance of my home network. I have spent the last two days cleaning out pc cases as well as running all maintenance software on my pc's on my network. It's just a family home network of 4 desktops and two laptops, two routers...
All right so i'm usually pretty good at figuring out any problems with my pc but this ones out of my league, plus i think theres a wide range of things that it could be.
I have a somewhat old hp media center 7580n (pos, bout 3 years old) upgraded it to windows 7.
This problem appeared when...
I have Vista Ultimate and had Office 2000 premium on it and about six months after Office 2007 came out i bought the Prfessional Upgrade version of it and installed it. since then we have moved and also have a ton of boxes from storage.
Outlook 2007 had a problem and I can't get in there at...
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I used to have windows xp. While using it my computer would occasionally freeze up for a second and then go back to normal. It usually did this about every 10-20 seconds. If I jiggled my hard drive SATA cable the problem would go away and then come back about 1 to 2 weeks later and I would just...
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bought samsung R519 250gb excellent laptop with free windows 7 just ordered an upgrade vista home premium £17 registration pap found out paretologic products antivirus and privacy control no longer compatible except driver cure and xoftspy also reg cure are OK they are updating the rest...
Soon I will be switching from RC to Retail version of Windows 7 both 64 bit. Right now I am dual booting and all my software works in both. Is there any practical reason to keep Vista My PC it just went out of warrantee? I want to wipe 7 format it then resize partition for the new install.
Joe
Computer stats
Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit
Gigabyte Socket 775 Mobo
Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 CPU
Nvidia 8800GT
4 GB DDR2 Ram
MSI TV Anywhere PCI TV Tuner
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
I have recently beginning with last Thursday been experiencing after a good 4-7 hours of the computer being on a massive spike...
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Hello,
I'd had a fully working PC when I had XP SP 3. My vcard is a 8800 TS 512.
Since I installed Win 7 32bit I've been experiencing this annoying error:
"The display driver has stopped but has recovered"
I've read through forums and I found that it was a common issue. using older / newer...
Hello all,
I've created a new task through the Task Scheduler to reboot my PC weekly. It appears that I created it scheduled it successfully, however, I can not get it to appear in the list of "Active Tasks".
Has anyone encountered this?
I'm not sure if I'm missing a step, or if it is...