software conflict

Please excuse me if this has been covered - a search on "Explorer freezes" didn't get me any answers... I have been having frequent system freezes (completely frozen - requires forced power-off) when I use Windows Explorer. I use the Windowskey-E combination regularly, as well as Right-click...

Okay so obviously I have a Toshiba X205-S7483 laptop, year and a half old. The problem I am having is that from time to time, sometimes much more frequent than others Windows 7 will temporarily freeze. The freezes vary from single programs to the entire computer hard locking. I have tried and...

I have had to re-install 7 twice already and am about to have to perform a third fresh installation. Each time the following has occurred. Installs fine, works fine, then mysteriously I get BSOD (bad pool header) on boot that cannot be resolved with system restore or repair. The first 2 times I...

A bug I hope? Everytime I reboot I get the above message, in the system tray - 'Solve PC issues'. When I click it, I get the above message to switch back on 'Windows Security Center'. The only software that could be doing this is Sunbelt's Anti Virus software VIPRE. Could this be the culprit...

This one has me stumped. Something I did today caused what can I only assume to be programs that need to run as administrator to fail. Anything with that little shield next to it. Examples: Right clicking on My Computer > Manage wont open but typing manage then clicking on Computer Management...

I'm at the moment dual-booting Windons Vista as a primary OS and Windows 7 RC 7100 as a secondary OS. I'm facing problem with iTunes library. iTunes itself works fine, but cannot find a solution how I could use the same iTunes library with both OS's. If I point iTunes to use the Vista's...

Hello, I installed the Windows 7 RC as a fresh install. I also used the beta version and upgraded it 4 times. Everything was installed and worked, but now i have a problem with virtual pc. I installed the XP mode to try it, but my laptop doesn't have hardware virtualisation, so the XP mode...

Hi, this problem has been killing me all day/night. I'm running Windows 7 build 7000, the 32 bit version. I tried to install Daemon tools yesterday, but that failed. I continued to install Alcohol 120. I noticed that the SCSI virtual driver installer kept freezing and crashing during my...

...And suddenly...start menu is no more... I am running W7 on a Xeon with 2G RAM, a quadro FX 5500 and a Creative SB X-Fi. I noticed the problem after installing a driver for a usb dongle (hardware key for Quest3D software). Now, when I click on the start menu button the usual start menu window...

Here is the scenario: My computer has one internal harddrive, it's split up in two partitions. On the first partition, I've installed Windows Vista (32-bit), and on the second drive I have various files stored. So, not wanting to overwrite the Vista install, I chose to install Windows 7...

I have SpeedFan installed in W7 and it works fine. The problem is, that each time I power up and boot into W7, the icon is no longer visible in the Taskbar area. And, each time I go into "customize" to get it back, there is one more instance of SpeedFan in there and I have to choose "show icon...

I have an HP PSC 1219 printer and am having problems with it, the scanner doesn't seem to work. Any time I try to scan, no matter which application I use it comes up with an error. When I try to preview it tells me there was an error setting scanner properties and to check if any other...

Shortly after installing Windows 7, my control panel began returning an error upon trying to open it. Now, every time I try to access the control Panel, I get this: "Runtime Error! Program: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe" I press ok and get "COM Surrogate has stopped working" and it sits...

The title to this post sums up exactly what has happened to me. I installed Windows 7 beta on a private partition of my hard drive. It was my first time installing a secondary operating system, but I had confidence I knew what I was doing. When I rebooted, I entered Windows 7 and it worked...

I installed windows 7 and both my nic adaptors (attansic L1, and realtek 8169). The computer was working wizbang. I then installed norton 360 and started seeing the BSOD w/tdx.sys error message. I tried couple different dated drivers with both adaptors and still received the tdx.sys error. I...

Ok, this not not a post asking for help or anything, think of it as more of a reporting a bug, or find out why this would interfere. I have windows 7 build 7000 installed, all hardware works fine on my Toshiba tecra A9 laptop. after installing java SDK , the windows previews(on the taskbar)...

Dear Friends, I would like to have your advise on this issue of mine I am stuck in. I had installed Avast antivirus a couple of months back, but even though the program was working and on, about five viruses happened to make roots and the system was unstable. I was advised to try avira instead...

Anyone has an idea, why it can't recognise my external hdd (WD2500JB)? I plug it in, I hear the sound, and then nothing. It's trying to install a driver, but it fails. Then it will show in the device manager, as "USB Mass Storage Device" In the safely remove wizard it's an unrecognised USB...

I have Vista Home Premium, fully updated. I'm using a Dynex wireless USB mouse on a Dell Inspiron 1720. It was working fine until I was looking through the mouse settings and I clicked "Snap To" to see what it was all about. Not liking it, I turned it off. But it didn't turn off. It turns off on...

I have windows vista on a dv9000 17" laptop, and my computer starts up normally, gets to the login screen, and then when I type my password and hit enter, it comes up with this message: "Windows Security: The system could not access the VeriSoft server. If the problem persists, please contact...