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WASHINGTON — A commission created to help resolve the impasse over the disposal of the nation’s nuclear waste will propose establishing one or more sites where used reactor fuel could be stored in steel and concrete structures on the earth’s surface for decades, members of the commission said...

A few weeks ago I read somewhere that I can completely disable the swapfile(s) in Win7 if there is enough (=4Gb) physical memory. So I gave it a try and disabled all swapfiles.....and it works! Even better I feel a little speedup (especially at shutdown). So why is this recommendation...

I just got a new computer with Windows 7. My old one was using XP and I had a Linksys USB adapter for it, but it's not working on 7, and I guess it probably shouldn't. So I'll need a new one to connect to my router wirelessly, right? Can any of you suggest a good one?

My husband, mourning the impending death of his Palm device, is looking for a new non-phone PDA (remember those?) compatible with Windows 7 / Outlook 2010. I can't seem to find anything developed in the past year or two. I saw the Ipaq 111 but it runs Windows Mobile 6 and I assume that one...

After seeing a YouTube video on bare metal backup with this program by a "Mike" from this forum, I downloaded it and created the recovery disk. But my screen when booting from the recovery disk does not look like that in the YouTube video. I cannot select my entire hard drive like Mike does, I...

Hi I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials for a while along with AVG Anti Virus software. In the last two weeks 3 people that I help out computer wise have gotten the Fake Antivirus Trojan, all of them using only MSE. I've never gotten any of these things while running both...

Hey all, Penumbra. Bloody Penumbra. For all of you who haven't played this series, you have too. I'm not usually one to force games upon people but YOU HAVE TO PLAY THIS SERIES!! This first person psychological thriller is one of the best games I have ever played (my best games I have ever...

How about closing old threads automatically after some period of inactivity say 30-90 days. I've noticed a few revived ones lately started back in 2009. I see a lot of forums do that. Over a long period of time the thread can change a lot from original post. Joe

Freeware verses crapware: Optimization programs. Hello everyone, Starting today, I’ll be writing a series of articles on the comparisons of freeware, crapware and commercial software, and how freeware often times comes out on top. For my first article, I decided to compare the...

Hi, all. I'm having an issue with a computer that just ran the SP1 update for Windows 7. I can't post any pictures of CPUz or anything else as it will not boot into anything, normal or safe mode. Only the recovery console. I saw a similar post with a similar issue, but he could boot into safe...

i'm on the hunt for some wifi speakers for our house which will play music from my computer (win7 etc). - wifi with a reasonably easy to connect USB dongle - aux in - and its a bonus if they or it has a built in battery have looked at the creative t20w and the veho mimi so far with the...

Have problem with no sound Windows 7 Pentium 4, 2GB Ram, 1 TB hard drive. All of sudden I have no sound. The connection are the same as when I had sound the day before. Nothing has changed that I am aware of unless an upgrade from Microsoft change something. But I do not remember a recent...

Revision Note: V1.2 (January 11, 2011): Added the workaround, Prevent the recursive loading of CSS style sheets in Internet Explorer, and revised Executive Summary to reflect investigation of limited attacks. Summary: Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of targeted attacks attempting...

Hey guys, My laptop: Sony- E Series Win7/ 64-Bit / i3 processor/ 4GB/ Hard Disk: 500 GB Current anti-virus: Microsoft Essentials I dont know which anti-virus to use. Everything for my pc was fine however yesterday i received: Win32/Cycbot.B, and MSE cant do much Can you please...

Hot Apps will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this episode Laura takes a look at: Gaming Health Care Art Movies Shopping Please leave suggestions for hot apps that should be featured in the comments section, thanks! Link Removed Link Removed

I Thought this might be interesting I in the last 3 years working in the IT industry I have incounted a common Computer problem. and tis is what I see most off Blown or faulty Power Supply Units or (PSU's) Not only do they Toast your hardware like your Hard Drives, CD/DVD Drives, fans...

Virtualisation of desktops can possibly speed up process of moving users new Windows 7 machine Microsoft is continuing its Windows 7 marketing push with a recommendation that all customers examine desktop virtualisation before moving users to the new operating system. Link Removed - Invalid URL

When I click on a hyperlink in my browser and a few other programs, the window opens, but just stalls there and nothing is loaded into that new window. I have "reset" my IE browser, but the problem is not limited to the browser. I have Quicken and there is a link that opens up my data, and it...

OK so i am wanting an Apple device to cater for my Digital Photography work. I can't decide between the 21inch Imac of the 15inch Macbook Pro. The Imac obviously has a bigger screen which is benificial but then the Macbook is portable!! Now portability is not really an issue that i am fussed...

I have searched and the answer is probably available but I didn't find anything probably because I didn't use the magic keywords. ---- When I'm online my connections quit working more often than not (I suspect Comcast). I am looking for a monitor that would reside in my taskbar that I...