pc problems

I had created a network with my XP machines. I'd shared files and the network was working both ways. Today it just disappeared in the middle of the day. The other machines can't see the 7 machine. It can't see the XP machines. The Networks still appears in the control panel and...

Hi We bought a new PC in January, and it's been fine until now. Suddenly last week we started having problems. Every now and then dialog boxes flicker when you try to click on them and you can't select any options. The same happened with the Start menu - the only way to turn the computer off...

Just joined as I seem to be having a major PC problem (probably why most people join!). I've been running Win7 since last October without any problems, then in the last couple of weeks everything seems to be going wrong. I first noticed that the DVD drive wasn't working as it should - when I...

Here's my problem. I downloaded Windows 7 from a special college deal for $30 I upgraded from vista, but it screwed up my computer. I would get blue screens at random times while I was using it. I decided to clean install instead, but then I realized the stupid file they gave me only works...

I have two PCs - one with Win 7, Pro 32 bit and the other Win 7, Ultimate 64 bit. On the 32 bit machine I can easly provide Remote Assistance to others via a request coming in from Windows Live Messenger (ver 2009 - build 14.0.8089.726), but on the 64 bit machine I can 'accept' the incoming...

I'm running windows 7 (Release candidate) and I have a usb that is requesting a format and certain occurred as a result of the usb getting an electric shock. How? I had the usb plugged into my laptop while it was switched on and I plugged in an ethernet cable to the laptop. It happened as I...

Firefox on Windows 7 had been behaving...oddly. The app would simply stop working and exit to the desktop. Yet, parts of the Firefox kernel would remain in memory, making it impossible to restart the application without firing up Task Manager and manually killing the process. It happened a half...

Hi, I don't know what happened, but when I turned on my PC this morning I found out that the following fonts are missing from the Windows/Fonts directory: Arial, Tahoma, Times New Roman. Maybe others are missing also, but I can't tell. Everything is Italic and/or Bold. So my questions are...

Hi everyone - I recently completed my first PC build and attempted to clean install W7 Home Premium. My PC spec includes: mobo - Sapphire AM2R3790GX cpu - AMD Phenom II x4 940 3ghz gfx - Sapphire HD4780 1gb GDDR5 ram - Corsair 4gb (2x2gb) DDR2 800ghz hdd - Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB I am a...

hello guys i was wanting to know if anyone has had any problems with s3 sleep with windows 7 . somtimes when i put my pc into sleep mode and then resume it it starts up ok then after about a minute it locks up and then goes into a blue screen of death the internet icon on the taskbar has a...

Hello All, Am using Vista home edition of 32 bit, for the last few days my system was going to sleep mode automatically and its not starting for another 20 minutes. In the EVENT VIEWER i got this errors most of the time. EventID: 101 EventSource: yukonwlh. Desc : Driver has encountered an...

hello folks, since i started my pc this morning, my computer logs off everytime i press the left shift button. i have no idea where there's a setting for disabling the key or disabling the shortcut to log off. i cant really use my pc now so a quick response is very much appreciated :( -...

1. Go to Start > Run, and type msinfo32 2. Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and look for any entry that has a yellow flag beside it 3. Download |MG| SIV (System Information Viewer) 3.36 4 Please fill out your computers specs in the User Control Panel here on the site as well. It will then...

First of all, Hi. I'm new. Here's my problem. I've installed the RC version of Windows 7 kind of out of desperation because of continuous STOP:0X00000124 errors with Vista, 6-10 per day, and couldn't find any solution, or real pattern, to my problem. With 7 they're less frequent but still...

Hello guys, Im writing here because this is my last hope , i really pray that you can help me!! Something like 2 months ago i started having problems with Vista...my PC is brand new and haven't had any problem , but then all of a sudden things started going wrong: My operating system ( Vista...

Okay, when the official Windows 7 RC came out, I wanted to try it, but I wasn't sure how things would work so I kept my original XP and put Windows 7 on a second partition on the hard disk. After trying windows 7 I decided I liked it, and after transfering my files I decided I didn't need...

Hi all, I got alot of problems with windows 7 that I would like if anyone could "fix" for me. Here are my problems: Network problem: - Live Messenger is not working because it says there is something wrong with the keyports (proxy/network options) - Uploading things is impossible, I just...

Hello all .. Today I have formatted my Pc and re-install fresh Windows Vista Ultimate .. after I finished installing everthing (Patches,Programs .. etc) .. I got 1 problem which is : When I press right click (mouse) on my computer then choosing (Properties) .. Then when I press Device Manager...