pc maintenance

I just changed out my MB and now have a MSI- B75MA-P45 board. Since doing that I have trouble the first time I go to start up in the morning. When I turn my computer on my monitor is just a blackscreen. If I manually shut down and then restart everything works. During the day you can shutdown...

I unwittingly purchased a dodgy copy of Windows Ultimate a few months back - Microsoft just informed me a week ago. So I have now purchased a good copy of W7 Pro thinking I could just replace one with the other but on researching this, it doesn't appear to be the case. I have backed up all my...

I have to use 'System Restore' from time to time to restore my computer. The instructions says: System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files, such as...

My wife's computer has an issue that just started a week ago that's driving me nuts. The PC has been running Windows 7 Home Edition (64 bit) for over a year. She sat down to use her computer and tried to open IE (IE9). When she clicked on it, a window popped up that says "Internet explorer has...

Hi all I'm trying to help out some friends of mine who're not overly PC savvy & who've run into a problem that I'm equally at a loss to help them with. I appreciate, before I ask, that it may be equally tough for anyone here to know how to track down the problem, but hope that perhaps the info...

Alright so I just did a clean install of Windows 7 and want to keep my Link Removed (I am very obsessive about keeping my laptop as clean as possible). As seen in the title I use programs such as CCleaner, Remove Empty Directories (it is a program), and Glary Utilities to achieve this...I also...

Hello, My daughter's PC, Windows 7 32 bit, all of a sudden started running chkdsk everytime it is booted up. How do we stop this behavior? Her antivirus is up to date and very efficient so we don't know what the computer is checking for. Please advise as it is driving her crazy. Thanks, pvanc

Hi, my system is: Dell XPS 420 Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 8GB RAM @ 667MHz Bios A07 Windows 7 home premium 64 (SP 1) 2 x 256GB hitatchi drives in RAID 0 this system was purchased in 2009 and has not been upgraded with new hardware (apart from RAM immediately after purchase). I have recently experienced...

I have a Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit with SP1 (OEM). I have already installed the Windows and activated online. Also i have installed all my motherboards drivers such as audio, lan, raid and gpu. The whole process took me around 1 hour 30 mins. Next month i'm planning to format my hdd and...

Many of us, who like to futz around with our PC's, not just appliance operators, like to get into our Control Panels every once in a while. But Win-8 doesn't make that as easy as it was in XP. However there is a way to get to the control panel in Win-8. Here's one way: From the Metro screen, ...

I'm having BSOD while playing Battlefield 3 every 30 minutes, it is realy anoying . I keep my drivers updated , i cleaned my whole PC and defragmented hard disk and cleaned regist files . well it did increase my performance but BSOD is still there, i stll expiriencing BSOD while playing...

After reloading the laptop (ProBook 4310s, Win 7 Home Prem) 3 times the problem keeps coming back. Firstly its slow and every 30-60 secs it jams for 5 secs at a time. On looking at the event viewer you can partly see why. Error 07/02/2012 22:25 Service Control Manager 7023 None The Windows...

Hello My PC has decided to do a check disk every time it boots up, can anyone please assist with finding what is causing it.

System Info: OS - Windows 7 64bit Version 6.1 (Build 7600 CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ RAM - 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz MB - ASUSTek M4N78 PRO AntiVirus - Microsoft Securities Essentials I just installed another 4 Gigs of RAM and now my Windows Update is not working. I don't know if they...

There are as many potential solutions for interminable PC shutdowns as there are potential causes, so it's best to start simple before resorting to Registry tweaks and complex diagnostics. Originally posted at How To More...

Installed MS Office Enterprise 2007 (708mb) on my PC, thinking it would overwrite my current application, Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrongPage (468mg) but that didn't happen. I still see the MS Office XP in the Uninstall or Change a program feature of Windows Vista. I want to...

I am having major issues. I bought my Compaq Pressario desktop this past Feb. It has 2 gig ram, amd anthlon II processor 2.00 ghz, and a 500 gig hard drive running Windows 7 Home Premium. It didn't have service pack 1 which a friend installed from a disk he had as I can't access the Windows...

Yesterday I got this virus, I went and bought trend micro titanium and cleaned it up (was using a free30 day trial of something else) but I'm still having a problem. Whenever I go to shut down or restart my computer, it starts doing it like normal, but right at the end I get this blue screen...

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. This article is not responsible if you turn your computer into a massive paperweight after trying one...

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...