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    Windows 7 Random hard disk failure

    I was minding my own business yesterday, playing a bit of WoW and suddenly my laptop gets a blue screen of death, first time ever. It's a relatively new laptop so i was a bit shocked. I tried to reboot but kept getting the 0xc00000e9 error, i looked up how to fix this and most sites said to let...
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    Windows 7 Internet problems

    Hi, I purchased my new computer about a month ago. Wonderful, a bliss. Suddenly, a couple of days ago, both IE9 and Firefox, became slow; I mean really slow. What's more, in IE9, sites only open if I right click and open them on a separate tab. I have Spyhunter, that reported the presence of...
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    Anybody else experiencing slow page load times...it started yesterday for me and today it worse. It's happens in all browsers. All browsers have been refreshed and cookies cleaned out. Still nothing.
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    Windows 7 Really slow since windows update

    I changed the windows theme by unpatching. And the laptop usually pops up the message that bitmap fails to load every time I start up windows. Ever since I let the laptop update on shutdown, window's been running really slowly. It takes a long time for the start menu, folders, and programs to...
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    Windows 7 BSOD first when playing BF3, now all the time. ntoskrnl.exe

    I first got my bsod's only when playing bf3. Then I started getting them on firefox, and now it's anytime. I've ran dskchk /r /f. I only use Microsoft Security Essentials. I've restored to last known good configuration. I upgraded my ram because I thought it was the problem, but after buying...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Cpu Usage ;(

    Hello to everybody, i will try to explain my problem the ebst i can and if you can pls but pls help me :( Days ago i installed google earth on my windows7 and the cpu usage is always high and i have unistalled yet the program. I have done a clean install of windows and the problem stays, i...
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    Windows 8 NFS Mostwanted 2012 running slowly in win 8

    Need for speed most wanted 2012 running slow in windows 8 My PC configuration Core i3, 4GB RAM, 500GbHD, 1GB radeon hd graphics card Please support for me thanks in advance
  8. Windows 8 My computer is slow opening files and folders?

    Hi Something that has been bugging me is that Windows 8 on my new computer is slow opening files and folders. I don't mean that it takes forever but when I click on almost anything in File Manager or on my desktop the waiting icon appears and it takes a couple of seconds for anything to...
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    Windows 7 adding to the problem slow

    adding to slow runnig proble sometimes the boot stalls when the balck screen with the word windows as stated I have done the norma no virus , reg cleaned hard drive checked and defrag no hardware problem shows all driver updated running 64 with 6 ram no picturs on the main screen no...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 startup then says insert system disk

    Hola Everyone, Strange problems with my computer lately, and it has me completely stumped. For about the past 2 weeks my computer has been becoming slower and slower on startup, and just general usage. And so today I decided to take some actions to try to make it startup faster and just run...
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    Windows 7 Programs and files opening very slowly

    Starting last night, Google Chrome was taking longer than usual to open webpages. Now under an hour ago, other applications and files take up to 10 seconds to open. My laptop is running fine now because I restarted. I ran CCleaner to clean out my history, cookies, etc. I also ran scans with...
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    Windows 7 Trojan horse on a computer.

    Hello, Sorry if i posted it in wrong place. I have program that tells me that i have lots of bad trojans such as Trojan.win32/agent trojan-spy etc. Program is called Advanced system care 6 pro. I installed it today and when I ran scan it said scanning trojan.win32/agent trojan.win32/vunto...
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    Windows 8 Win8 VERY slow to access files -Green ribbon of slow death

    So I have just built a new computer and Installed Win8. The motherboard, processor, and system drive are all brand new Intel stuff; the media drive is a new Seagate. Programs get up and running just fine, but I have transferred my files over from my old xp machine, and Win Explorer is very slow...
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    Windows 8 Flaw in Windows 8 Causing Slow Web Browsing on Chrome, Firefox, IE?

    A couple of weeks ago I installed Windows 8 (fresh install from scratch, not an update) on my computer. I do a lot of web browsing and over the last couple of weeks I've been using Windows 8, I could swear the web browsing wasn't as fast at it used to be on Windows 7. I then noticed I was...
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    Windows 7 Photoshop CS hangs everytime I try to close it

    Hello. I'm new here, I hope is okay to post on this folder. Anyway, I've used Photoshop CS (8) for years now and always with Win XP. About a month ago I formatted my HD and installed Windows 7. Then I installed a few programs that I usually use, including Photoshop CS. Now, my problem is this...
  16. Windows 7 Need Help

    Whenever i start my computer when it starts normally but when i input my password it takes a long time to start windows and when it does start the screen stays black for up to 45 minutes(or it just stays black and i need to restart). Then every action takes like 30 times as long till i do them a...
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    Windows 7 Blank icons/white thumbnails + slow My Computer

    Blank icons/white thumbnails + slow My Computer [SOLVED by formatting] After some time on the computer the icons become blank and My Computer doesn't load. It all returns to normal after I end the task "dllhost.exe", and after some time the problem comes back again. I've tried these solutions...
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    Windows 7 Intermittent high memory usage

    I have a Sony with win 7 64-bit and 4 gigs of ram. About a month ago I started to notice my computer running slower. When I checked windows task manager (performance) it was using 3.5 gigs of my memory. I restarted the computer and it went down to 1.5. I have on occasion had to restart twice to...
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    Windows 7 SagarSehwag's Configuration

    General computer knowledge: Beginner Level of security risk: Low Operating system: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 OS architecture: 64 bit Non-admin account: No Real-time protection: ESET Smart Security 6RC {Maximum Settings} Firewall Mode: Interactive Mode HIPS Mode: Automatic Mode On-demand scanners...
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    Windows 7 I experience phpBB websites and Gmail not working correctly -- W7 and XP

    Starting today, my two phpBB forums and all phpBB forums that I can find on the internet load extremely slowly. When they do load they sometimes are not in full graphic mode. Additionaly Gmail loads slowly if at all. And when it loads, the gmail inbox list does not recognize the left mouse...