system configuration

Let me begin by saying I think Mint 12 is a terrific OS, which I am using on several computers. But I have computers on which I use Music Bee in Windows 7 for my music files and want direct boot to Windows without any disk space devoted to Mint. I spent several days looking at complicated...

Why does my laptop use around 2-3GB of physical memory for NOTHING. I know my skype, Msn, and TS3 lauch on laptop start, but that should be just about it. Atleast form anything that takes much memory. Even those 3 dont take much. i just turn it on and it instantly uses that MUCH OF IT. How do...

Just installed W8 32-bit on an Asus F8P-X1W laptop with Intel I7/ 2 Gb mem + 150 Gb disk. The O/S installed perfectly & Windows update works fine. However, when I try to install apps such as "Ashampoo FX", "Finance", "Solitaire", "Maps" etc., the install fails: The sequence is...

FYI: This is due to folks asking about changing things in a duel-boot scenario. An OS was installed then, another, hence the dual-boot... we'll call them 1 & 2. NOW, they want OS2 to exist and boot w/out OS1 The following is a way to do it: I had a dual-boot, Windows 7 x86 & x64. x86 was the...

Hey, This might be a complicated question, because I have already followed a specific process to move my users directory. It worked, and it worked well! But I am now concerned because I think Windows sees my Users directory as belonging on both the SSD and the other hard drive that I have it...

I would like to clean up my disabled entries in MSCONFIG BUT there is no entry for it in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\ on my desktop. there is on my laptop. When is MSCONFIG hiding these things??? How do i get it back????????

I installed first WinXP in partition C:, then created partition D:. Both NTFS. Then I installed Win7 in partition D:. When I open Win7, it nevertheless starts with "C:" and accesses WinXP files under (now called) "D:"! When I open WinXP, it also starts in C:, but has no access to the Win7...

Fixes an issue in which the Explorer.exe process crashes when you close the Display Settings dialog box in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when Windows is configured for many display paths. More...

Hi. Since yesterday my PC is giving me BSOD`s (Mostly on startup/logon, but some of them are random too.) The error codes seem to be 7a and f4. All the files you ask for in the how-to thread are attached. About my PC: Win7 x64 Ram: 12GB Corsair Vengeance triple kit. HDD: Western Digital...

hello, My laptop was on hibernate mode for last 2hrs, when I came back, I found it Turned off :confused: When I Turned it on again I got this msg: Unexpected Shut Down Problem Name: BlueScreen Files to help solve problem: -> WINDOWS\Minidump -> other was Users/Me/AppData/Local.. something...

I have an Intel Motherboard which I am changing to a Gigabyte one. If I were to do this myself, I would take proper steps to insure that Windows will boot with the new hardware. I would update my Intel Sata controller driver to a Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller. Then, SHUTDOWN the...

I am working on a Dell Inspiron 2205 all in one touch screen running Win 7 home premium 64 bit with 4 gb ram and 500 gb hd. The original problem was lock ups on an irregular basis. Of course I eliminated virus and malware infection. I ran several diagnostic programs including memtest and...

Describes an update that enables the hotfix installer to selectively disable the Core Parking feature in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. The Core Parking feature is disabled if an AMD FX, AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series, or AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series... More...

Right now I am running on Windows 7 home premium 64-bit. There is a legalnoticecaption and legalnoticetext enabled in the registry, and when I delete these values and restart, they re-appear! I've even tried deleting them altogether. I'm guessing there is some sort of script enabled that...

Hey guys, A while ago, I had a triple boot system, but now, I'm using one of the hard drives for something else, so now it is only dual-boot. However, for some reason, I cannot get Windows 7 to see the new boot file. I constructed the original boot system with EasyBCD. Absolutely no problems...

I am setting up a brand new laptop with Windows 7. I have not used Win 7 before. I have set up two user accounts, both "administrator" accounts. I have downloaded Google Chrome using one of those accounts, but when logged on as the second user, I cant see the Chrome shortcut, or find the program...

Hi, first post (and I have searched for an answer) so be gentle! I have Windows 7 Ultimate, and I use my PC for general use, gaming, and web development – each of these currently done through a separate admin account -> simply so that I can personalise them for their purpose, i.e. desktop...

Hi ! Another 'lost' soul found his way to the forums. Pleased to meet you. So, Im doing a clean windows 7 install. Here are the facts: Disk is 2TB, partitioned into 3 (in this order): 1480GB, 300GB & 105GB. (Partitions also show in this order @ the point where you select what disk to install...

I just installed a WD Caviar Black internal as a second drive with no OS on it. It works fine but when I boot up there is a message right after HP splash screen the pops up and down and has something about drives. It's black background with white print. It goes down to fast to read. I don't...

Hello, I have this issue with my system randomly restartings and BSOD'ing. I went into my event viewer and this is the data it gave me. I've tried an entire system whipe, i fully reformatted my drives, updated my BIOS, performed a system FIX/ disk check, no viruses, all drivers are up todate...