software problems

Hey, I have been having some problems with my Windows 7 Professional x64 on an Asus N71Jq (bought 2 months ago or so). (with an Atheros AR9285, Driver 8.0.0.351, Running Symantec Endpoint Protection) Like a month ago I encountered several random lockups/freezes where my screen freezes. Meaning...

Hey everyone Seeing as how I'm in the BSOD forum, you won't be surprised to hear me say it, but BSODs and me, we go way back. Ever since the first day I purchased my laptop, I've been having them (no refund and 2 exchanges for the same model at the store, they wouldn't agree to anything else)...

It seems no matter what I do, Windows 7, obviously my superior, won't let me. I wrote an app in VB6 for a client. It writes data to text files and creates pdf files. If it runs on Windows 7 (and apparently Vista), it throws a 'file/path access error' and won't complete the job. This is a...

On my Win7 Pro 64 bit I have somehow picked up a ghost account. The splash screen and the account manager show the same three accounts: Administrator, [me] & Guest. But the Task Manager and other tools shows that "mishmash" is the user and [me] never is. This causes some obvious issues in...

Win 7 was installed on a brand new PC about 3 months ago. This week my screen saver stopped working for no reason at all. I have tried every known fix, all to no avail. Has anybody else had this problem? If so did they find a solution

Not cool at all. First let me say I have been a Microsoft fan, fanatic and apologist since the mid 80s. A professional computer user. But I think Ive finally reached the end; I'm going to start saving money for a Mac. My brother had been using PCs even longer; now he is a Mac evangelist. Since...

Windows Ctrl Alt Del. My taskbar on windows7 is prone to intermittent freezing,I can open programs from the desktop but once they appear I can't proceed any further,even though the mouse works.I can't open the task manager from the taskbar so I have to open it via Ctrl Alt Del,then click on...

hi, so i installed Office 2010 BETA. When i try to connect to the .pst folder, this is possible for everything except the .pst file, saved from Outlook 2007. When i click adress book i get: contacts-jeff@.... but i never made that ...... The machine works for over an hour.......and when it...

First of all, if you don't want to hear me bitch, please leave now. 1. when I leave my CPU on for a while (around 2-3 days?) and it has an update that installs during shutdown, whenever I pull it out of standby, it AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS DOWN, INSTALLS UPDATES, AND RESTARTS WITHOUT SYSTEM...

Hey Yesterday i was forced to make a clean install, and for some reason im having troubles with some programs. Before the clean install i was using Stardock Fences but now a cant use it. When i try to open Stardock Fences it open a process in the task manager Link Removed due to 404 Error But...

Hey all, Sorry I'm new to the forum, hopefully this is the right place to put this. I've just upgraded my Dell XPS 420 to windows 7-32bit Home Premium from vista and now any time I try and install a program from the internet (even things like iTunes or Firefox) I'm running into problems...

Hi----I'm having som issues with my media player 12. I'm running windows 7 home premium 64bit. The problem is that everytime i scroll in my library I get this annoying crunching sound, and at the same time when I scroll the media player either way, up or down it slows the music i listens too...

Hello, I recently upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista on my PC. I have all my media files on a WD external HD. The problem I am having with media player is in the libraries.. When clicking "organize" then "manage libraries" and then "music" it just disappears and does nothing. If I follow the same...

I'm using Windows 7 Premium Home. I can't sign in yahoo messenger. I tried to install other older versions but it still did not work. Everytime I sign in ym, this table appears: I don't know what wrong is it. Can anyone help me pls? And one more thing, my laptop doesn't have a CD ROM...

I have recently made a very long video with Camtasia recordings, text, pictures, and effects and it only saves the first clip off the timeline when i click render! I have tried most of the settings and none of them save more than the 3 second clip! I know a bit about Sony Vegas from what my...

I have Windows 7 RC installed on my laptop. When I upgraded from Vista, IE8 was included in the install. IE started to act up, would not start, etc. I uninstalled it and now I can't reinstall it. I have tried IE8, 7, & 6. They all say the same thing when I try to install them, "This version...

Hello there, Maybe someone out there can help me. I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. It was a clean install, and it went smoothly. One of my most often used programs, however, is only showing a generic icon. I've tried reinstalling the program and confirming and resetting the...

I recently installed W7U 32 from Vista and everything works fine except IE. I've tried to open it a dozen times and I always get this, " IE has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Window will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." It...

I installed windows 7 about a month ago and windows media player 12 has been working fine. Just barely however, it stopped working. It refuses to open and gives me an error message that says- "Server execution failed." -whenever I open any file. It has never done this before and I have no idea...

I installed win 7 recently, and have used both gadgets and rocketdock. I have set all 3 of my gadgets, and rocketdock to stay on top. However, they don't always stay on top. After a restart, and every-so-often, other stuff takes over (eg firefox). If I click on them, they then stay on top...