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Windows 7: programs stop responding-then respond repeatly I have windows 7 professional. Dell Latitude 5500, hard drive is only 40% full. All programs - including Microsoft Office 2007, Firefox, Windows explorer - stop responding, some times for seconds- other times minutes. This is starting...

I am having problems with Windows 7 Home Premium where it seems that the entire screen looks the same but I can't click on anything. It isn't frozen up it is acting as if it is not the active program even though it is. It will happen in any program. Once this happens I also can't click the start...

Hey, whenever i type something into the search bar on the top right in window explorer, nothing happens. It usually gives a bunch of files that has something related to what i typed in the box. Now nothing happens when i type it in. Even when i do enter. Please help

Hello, I have a program to simulate things like logic electronics which gives a result of the signal. (logicworks 5) Everything works fine except that I can't copy and paste the result, I'm unable to select the results. The result are graphical 1 / 0 signal lines. I can copy all the components...

Here is my problem, I am getting locks appearing on my folders. Before you say its a sharing issue, please read carefully. I'm using an animation program (Newtek's Lightwave). When I go to save a file I like to create folders to save them in for better organization purposes. So, I click...

I have a problem that seems to only effect the 32 bit version of my IE. When I run it, it automatically creates a file on the desktop. This file is unknown to windows and is differently named each time. Currently the example I have for you now is IÛt. The names that it creates are usually close...

I have a Dell 1747 laptop running Windows 7. All of a sudden Internet Explorer randomly pops up on my screen a half a dozen times a day. This happens even when I am not online.

I'm running a new version of Windows 7 on a new Packard Bell Quad Core PC (it's about 2 months old). The problem is that Firefox and Windows Explorer keep crashing -- well not 'crashing' exactly, they just stop working. They disappear with no warning and I get a report box saying 'Windows...

I apologize in advance if I post a question that has already been posted - but I'm kinda guessing that this problem has not solved yet but I'm hoping anyways.. [ My start menu bar - jump list tasks ] has been having problems recently. I've tried reinstalling (clean) windows and the problem came...

Recently I have been having a random problem that started about a week ago. I run Warcraft III windowed mode and I have not had a problem with it. It isn't just warcraft anymore so I posted this here. Anyways, when I click inside the window while things like Warcraft III or Mozilla Firefox are...

What am I missing? Just upgraded to Win7 and am having an issue renaming photos after I import them. I shoot both jpg and RAW depending on the circumstances so both file types can be on the card. To rename from the basic "DSC_0001" I have always just highlighted all the pics and then hit...

Windows 7 may be secure, but are Windows users safe? Windows 7 users got a nice surprise on Tuesday when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system last month. Of the 15 bugs patched, none affected Windows 7. When Microsoft launched Windows...

Hi, I was working in Flash CS4 when I had a BSoD (not the first one while working... but this a whole another story). After reboot I was asked to boot into recovery mode... after a brief scan in recovery mode I was asked if I wanted to restore to a previous system state which I accepted...

Hey everyone, About two weeks ago i started to have trouble with various applications in windows 7, up to that point everything seemed to work oki doki... The first i noticed was that some games, namely World Of Warcraft and Crysis had major issues when i alt-tabbed. World of Warcraft...

Sure, I know I'm going to get a lot of static for this, but here goes anyway: Left and right panes of Explorer windows are not synchronized. The inevitable result will be (and has been) that people will press the Delete key on the wrong item. This is a major design flaw which causes the loss...

Hello, I have this issue with some programs, but at this one really much, and I was wondering if you know a solution. The program is 3ds max 9. A description of the problems: old screens that are moved, and then closed or minimized; stay in the current view, even with 3ds Max only active...

I know this has been posted before, but no one really came to a conclusion that worked, so I was hoping that starting a new thread might help me out more. After I upgraded from 7000 to 7068 my all programs list was completely empty. I can't figure out why and its really bothering me.

Hello. I've been using Windows 7 for some days now. I have this annoying problem...When I have installed the Ati driver and catalyst control panel everything works fine. But after like 1 or 2 days they stop working. In Windows Media Player for example....I have sound, but no picture. In Media...

I am working on a project in Movie Maker and I have a small clip of a song that I have copied and pasted several times over. I copied and pasted about 4 times, then tried to play the project, and it didn't work. I clicked on the play button on the preview window, and absolutely nothing happened...

Right then, this is my second time typing this because firefox crashed the first time so Im going to make it as to the point as possible! I installed Seven 64 Bit on a test Pc last night using a totally new hard disk and started installing some stuff... less than 24 hours later I have some bugs...