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    Windows 7 My computer gets extremely slow when using any browser

    I can do anything on my computer and everything runs very smooth as long as I don't open a browser. I can open very large images, open any program like Photoshop or any other program that normally needs some time to load and it loads very fast, but as soon as I start any browser it doesn't...
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    Windows 7 Laptop acting up, virus? DLL isue? help please

    Hello all, I am new to this site so if this is in the wrong forum I apologize and move it is possible. Laptop has been acting up over the last couple of months. First off I run Windows 7 home pro on a Sager system (2 years old) and AGV antivirus a the time, now McAfee antivirus. I have ran...
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    Windows 7 Minimising Problem

    I'm still having problems with minimising of games, windows & full screen movies to small boxed windows at random. I know when this happens my mouse cursor has a loading circle so something in the background is causing this for sure but I have no idea what/ I have no spyware or adware as...
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    Windows 8 BSOD every hour on the hour - tried driver fixes - nothing :/

    Hoping you can help: Here are my specs: Link Removed Here is my bsod log: Crash dumps are enabled on your computer. On Sat 5/24/2014 10:00:00 PM GMT your computer crashed crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052414-22312-01.dmp This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe...
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    Windows XP Very unusual usage in Windows Task Manager

    I have an issue with Windows Task Manager in an XP environment. Yeah, I know, upgrade or get a new PC. This machine is actually a cast-off, from someone else who got a new tower, but I was hoping to use it as a dual boot machine and make it last longer. Anyway, I have an image to share, it's...
  6. Unexpectedly slow logon caused by large WMI repository in Windows or Windows Server

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  7. Event ID 502 and logon delay in Windows after you configure the "Network directories to sync...

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    Windows 8 .NET Framework installation utility running at start up and not stopping

    A little while back, my computer started telling me that over 60% of my CPU was being used up by something, even while nothing was running on my PC. I opened resource manager and it's the .NET Framework installation utility running and not doing anything but using up over half of my processor. I...
  9. High CPU usage during DST changeover in Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008...

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    Windows 7 Massive BDSO 0x000000007e Problems

    Hi! I have tryed everything now, i cant get rid of this problem since i installet windows 7 on my new samsung SSD. My last system was windows xp on the same Hardware (exept the samsung ssd) an i never had so massive problems with BSOD. The BSOD only happens , if i start up my pc after it was...
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    Windows 7 memory management bsod ongoing...

    Hi all, I have been battling a bsod since I moved my guts to a larger case and installed a EVGA GPU (which I have since uninstalled and believe I got all the drivers too. I have updated my bios and ran Driver Verifier for 48 hours w/o a bsod. I just disabled it, restarted and 1 hour later a...
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    Windows 7 Massive input lag issues with Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard

    Hello, I recently installed Windows 7 x64 for Christmas as an upgrade from Windows Vista and while playing a game I noticed that I was frequently losing control and having massively delayed inputs from my Sidewinder x4 I thought it was the game at first, but when I got out of the game, it kept...
  13. Windows 7 Sony VAIO VPCF2290X random BSOD

    Hi, I find myself in front of a very hard problem... random BSOD. I've had it for a long time now (changing HDD or RAM did not help). Specs: win7 x64 home premium sp1 avg free edition 2014.0.4259 ZoneAlarm Free Firewall version: 11.0.780.000 The funny thing is that I get the BSOD when doing...
  14. Windows 7 Can I use backup on old hard disk to restore on a new hard disk?

    The hard disk in my laptop Aspire V3-571G is faulty as I keep receiving error messaging warning me that my HDD is faulty and might fail anytime. Moreover the computer has really slowed down and for example takes like 20 mins to start up. I want to backup this current hard disk, buy a new...
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    Windows 8 2 identical PCs, 1 is unstable (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL)

    My brother and I built identical Windows 8 PCs earlier this year, we were both virgin system builders. His has been stable but mine has been crashing a lot, something in the order of 50 BSoD in 5 months. I've been trying to solve it myself but I'm running out of ideas. It has never been stable...
  16. Windows 8 Fk Windows "Automatic Maintenance"

    Let me introduce myself: I'm a programmer, and computer tech. I am anal about everything that goes on, on my computer. I don't like when it does things without my consent, much less without the curtesy of an alert. I spent 3 month beating windows into submission, and now that I've "upgraded"...
  17. Windows 8 Adobe Flash 14 % CPU time?

    I was on a thread and my system slowed down and became almost unusable. I checked Task Manger and it showed Adobe flash as taking 14 % CPU time. This is Firefox, so I ended the task for Adobe Flash Player and the system went back to normal. The Advertising in the large boxes disappeared and...
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    Windows 7 Just recently got this problem, has happened twice in the past week.

    Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.12.0002.633 AMD64 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\Minidump\112413-29983-01.dmp] Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available Symbol search path is...
  19. Windows 8 Radeon not working.

    I have a HP Pavilion dv6-6121se Link Removed i recently upgraded to windows 8 pro and my games got slower and in game options i could only select directx 9 until later i got battlefield 4 and it says gpu cant buffer frame and it said gpu was intel hd 3000 i checked system info and saw it...
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    Windows 8 Need any Disk cleaner?

    My computer system is windows8. When I try to download something or just run some programs, a warning would show up and said that I have low disk space. How can I clear my disk space? Also, I wonder a simple disk defragmentation could be enough. Many thanks.