reliability

Dear Forum, I am looking to buy a new notebook. In the shop I like there are 3 factors I am considering for the way I use my computer. i7 or i5 Hard drive 750 or 500Gb 8 Gb/4Gb ram I have discovered that where I get my notebook if I want i7 and 750Gb I cannot increase the ram to 8 Gb...

These updates (*.msu) provide a collection of performance and reliability improvements that are designed to improve the Windows Server 2012 experience. Link Removed

These updates (*.msu) provide a collection of performance and reliability improvements that are designed to improve the Windows 8.1 experience. Link Removed

First of all, hello to this forum! So, when using my computer today it suddenly crashed with a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen caused by some usb driver. When I was looking into this crash my computer crashed once again, this time with an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL message. A few minutes...

Dear Forum, I have long been aware of drive imaging. I once used Acronis, had a "starter disc" and drive images, but the restore was erratic so I gave up. I am wondering if someone will help me through setting up imaging or point me somewhere.. I have 3 partitions:- C contains windows and...

Microsoft have released Update 1 for Windows 8.1: Improvements This update includes the following new features and improvements: Enables a more familiar mouse and keyboard functionality for modern apps and controls. Improves the web application compatibility of the Internet Explorer 8...

I bought an external hard drive recently to serve as a backup. I'm using Windows Backup and Restore and have a few very basic questions about backups. Yes, I have no experience with backups. 1. I'm assuming that any file that is backed up will remain in the drive unless deleted, as in, it...

I'm familiar with the basic differences in these drives, as far as specs go. I'm quite familiar with the WD30EZRX drives, but am wondering if I can expect similar reliability in the 4TB green label drive, or if they have any kind of bugs that I should be aware of? I would like to get a 4TB...

These updates (*.msu) provide a collection of performance and reliability improvements that are designed to improve the Windows 7 experience. Link Removed

Since it appears that my old camera has gone partially inop, I'm thinking of buying another. However I used the old one so little, that I didn't learn much that is of use in buying something else. I want one that is reliable as possible with a good warranty of a good name brand, at a price of...

These updates (*.msu) provide a collection of performance and reliability improvements that are designed to improve the Windows 8.1 experience. Link Removed

I have two PCs: (1) An old Compaq tower running a dual-core AMD processor at ~2.2GHz. 1GB RAM (I had to remove a 1GB stick that went bad) Running Windows Vista (2) A Gateway laptop with an Intel i3 at 2.4GHz 4GB RAM Running Windows 7 They both have crappy graphics cards and have a ton of...

These updates (*.msu) provide a collection of performance and reliability improvements that are designed to improve the Windows 8.1 experience. Link Removed

Microsoft have released IE11 for Windows 7: Download: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie-11-worldwide-languages

These updates (*.msu) provide a collection of performance and reliability improvements that are designed to improve the Windows 8.1 experience. Link Removed

These updates (*.msu) provide a collection of performance and reliability improvements that are designed to improve the Windows 8.1 experience. Link Removed

I kind of hate breaking the jovial mood of this board, but I didn't know where else to ask a question I have. I bought a clock with both a temperature and humidity reading on it thusly: Link Removed It keeps time and temperature reasonably well, but the humidity reading is almost useless. I...

Need a solution for migrating all the data of Mac entourage 2008 over to Windows outlook 2010. I need a solution that is easy as I have loose hand in technical stuff as I have tried many step following procedures but the results were of no use. Please suggest some really good solution that is...

Another of my WDC drives is biting the dust (WD30EZRX)...not that it seems to matter what the model is, because I've now owned a number of WDC drives, and none of them has lasted through their warranty period. It seems to be becoming a vicious RMA circle. The drive that I'm now having to...

This is by no means a criticism of the existing moderators! The term "Moderator" has, over the years, come to mean someone who can give sound advice. Historically, it can be a misuse of the English language? On another, very old and established forum I frequent, they have two classes...