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Yesterday I came back to my PC and tapped the keyboard to wake my machine up from hibernation. Went online to do some web surfing and got that "No connection" screen that you get when something is wrong. My first instinct was the reboot the router. Which i did, to no avail. Looking down I...

Hi, I recently purchased a new PC which was shipped from France. Inevitably the initial setup was in French but I eventually managed to get it switched to English after a crash course in the French native lingo (not easy!) My problem is, even after doing this, yes my Windows 8 mainly displays...

Hi. I'm trying to wake my win 7 pc from sleep (not from hibernation) using task scheduler but I'm having some problems. The pc does not wake up. I have set a task that has an action to starts cmd.exe and argument is "/c "exit"". Windows runs as a shell and apparently running windows as a shell...

Hi everyone, I know for Windows, after XP, when you do an install, Windows creates two separate partitions. One being the System Parition (Housing all of the boot files, boot sector and it's code, and all sorts of decryption coding and the like) and it also creates the Boot Partition (housing...

Partition 1: Win7 on Home network: WMC broke & could not re-install/sfc/repair fix. Wanted setup a 2nd prtn/wmc/S'dust HDHR3 tuner h'ware without losing my recorded TV which will still play, but not from a 2nd prtn (copy protection). 2nd prtn Win7 is not discovering the HR3 device, & seems...

When a new PC is started for the first time, or when a PC is "recovered" back to factory conditions and started for the first time, a list of PCs that can be used to copy settings, apps and personal stuff is shown. A week ago I bought a new PC. The list of PCs had several that I have not owned...

I just got a new computer for christmas(ASUS Notebook) and it has worked perfectly since I opened it. However, last night while I was playing a small game online, all the internet connections disappeared. I had been playing the game for nearly twenty minutes when it happened, so I don't think...

Hey all, I'm in the process of organizing the data explosion that are my files and folders and until recently had been using the "Library" focused Windows 7. I'm working with a different PC now which has Windows 8.1 as its OS. I'm a little confused by 8.1's lack of "Library" filing structure...

Hi! I have a Lenovo y560 with its main graphic card (ATI radeon 5730) broken. Right now it's using its integrated graphic card (an intel HD 3000). I have read that the integrated graphic card doesn't allow my computer to use most of its installed RAM. The installed RAM is 4Gb. I followed the...

I don't have any experience with UEIF machines. My nephew is autistic and learning disabled and I got him a new HP Windows 7 PC and it is UEIF. I've been setting it up for him. I made the repair disk and figured out how to boot from it but it says disk error or not a system disc. I burned an ISO...

I have Win7 installed on one SSD that was used in one PC and Win8.1 on another SSD and PC. I would like to install both SSD on one of the PC to create a dual boot. How do I go about it? Thanks

So, I must say I'm at my wits end. I've been getting complete system freezes while going about my business, happening while doing various things. I could be simply browsing, playing games, watching video, and sometimes doing nothing. I don't BSOD, everything just locks. The mouse cursor won't...

Unable to reinstall Windows 8 with Error code: 0xc000000f "File:\Windows\system32\winload.efi" Original title: ask the community I have got a problem in loading the operating system, only the following details are shown on screen. My laptop is DELL VOSTRO, Model 3560, windows 8,64 BIT 3RD...

Very briefly :- I got my new PC up &^ running and installed extra SDD's & HDD's. In the process of setting up the computer I wasn't sure if I wanted to run 64 bit or 32bit Win7. In the event the guy installed win&64 but when I got the computer I fitted another SDD with Win7 32 bit. I booted the...

This might belong in some other section, but my question concerns the amount of connections to an Uninterruptible power supply. See, I have an older, WW2-era wiring setup in my house, so I worry about too much on one fuse. I have the CyberPower model CP 1350c, with details, here: Link...

I added an SSD to my PC yesterday and have managed to get windows installed on it. As I didn't remove my old HDD with windows on it before there was a little messing around to get windows installed on the SSD and I've somehow managed to end up with the 100Mb of unallocated space that would be...

I am using an old Dell computer and wanted to run Win7 (P4 3.0 / 3Gb Ram) and no Video card from all the ones I had laying around seem to worked... I checked online to watch a compatible one and the 9600xt seemed like a nice candidate and I bought one. When I plugged it in it will only display...

Hi there! I'm having troubles with my new computer and getting random BSOD while playing WoW. Haven't experienced any BSOD in any other game. Have tried LoL, Black ops 2, Left 4 Dead 2. And working like a charm:) Just when I'm playin wow it won't work properly. I'll write down my computer...

Hi I have a major problem with this board. I'm using it as a HTPC. I have set windows to automatic go to S4 Hibernate when the machine is not in use, when Ia scheduled record is to be started the machine wakes up record and hibernate again. OR it did so the first 3 days. On the 1st of August I...

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 3b BCP1: 00000000C0000005 BCP2: 0000000000000000 BCP3: FFFFF8800A05AD40 BCP4: 0000000000000000 OS...