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I am using a Dell Dimension 3100 with an Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz with 2GB RAM. Also, I am running Windows 7. I am currently using WMP 12 to play DVDs and AnyDVD to help Iplay DVDs I buy when travelling. Recently, in England, I just bought a Star Trek: First Contact DVD. When I put it in my...

Occasionally when I try to log in, there's a long delay before I can type in the password. By long delay, I mean 3-5 minutes. During this delay, the login screen is completely unresponsive. I can't click on anything on the screen. The keyboard appears to be responsive - caps lock/num lock lights...

I have had several times in the last while where my system 2/3's freezes up. Can't get back to the desktop just after minutes, but still able to reboot. Wondering if it is this B75M-D3H Gigabyte board..?

I have been getting this schannel code 36887 fatal code 40 in the windows in event viewer and with windows freezing for a few seconds to a minute and then clears up and started more often. I have read a problem is caused by the faulty nov14 update kb2992611 to fix a Schannel security...

Hi All, So I've been having a strange problem with my Toshiba Satellite laptop lately, running Windows 8.1. Been having random BSODs, usually with a DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE message. I took a look at the dump files using BlueScreenView, and in almost every occurrence, it flags the...

I recently set up a new computer. I tried playing a few different games and the results are always the same. The menus work fine but when I start a game, it plays great and looks great for about 30 seconds. Then my computer suddenly shuts down, and freezes when trying to restart windows...

soo ive been getting these very constant BSOD with various errors attached while browsing the internet, downloading things such as adobe flash it would just freeze up as it was finished and send me straight to the BSOD. Please someone help. I've ran sfc/scannow = No problems memorytest86 =No...

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Hi. After shutdown and a long disuse (a month or so) the 7 will do this: It will go all the way to the theme background, but will hang there. No icons, nothing, just background photo. 1. Will boot to safe mode. 2. Several times (discovered accidentally) I was able to put it to sleep (or is it...

When I attempt to play solitaire the screen flickers and solitaire freezes? Windows7 installed on a SSD, Asus P8777-V LX mb, Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40 GHZ 8GB ram, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Dell S2340M (analog monitor Any suggestions? Frank

So, I must say I'm at my wits end. I've been getting complete system freezes while going about my business, happening while doing various things. I could be simply browsing, playing games, watching video, and sometimes doing nothing. I don't BSOD, everything just locks. The mouse cursor won't...

Hi everybody In the last few months i've been experiencing some real issues with my computer (specs are below). It randomly freezes up when I'm playing games, or even when I've just closed the game and want to open a 2D application: every time I start an application just after I've played a...

I have made sure my drivers are up to date, run memory tests, and disk checks. Went on another forum, and was told to uninstall Virtual Box. Uninstalled virtual box and the drivers associated with it. That seemed to fix it, until I got back home after a week away. I've experienced around 5...

I get a Driver_power_state_failure with a stop : 0x0000009F(0x00000004,0x00000258,0x8658F020,0x8397CB24) Yesterday i was working with my computer and i was running a game and fix my pc and it was very slow it got stuck and i forced it down and when i start the pc i get that error. I have...

My Win 7 PC seems to freeze a few minutes or 10 minutes after resuming from sleep (not hibernation). This has only started to happen in the last 3 weeks or so. Up until that point it has been fine (PC was bought in 2008). Any help would be much appreciated Win 7 EVGA 750I SLI nForce 8 G ram 1...

Hi, i have a folder which is totally locked, so even as an administrator i cant do anything.(screen 1). inside the folder are some data which apparently belongs to netframework 4 (screen 2). i had an error while applying updates(i think so) yesterday (totally system freez, nothing worked...

My windows 8 pc is hanging so often for last 2 months. Previously, it worked without any problem for some 6-7 months. Now it hangs just like that. While I am working, mouse cursor stops responding, keyboard keys stop appearing on screen, the power led on cpu cabinet remains red without blinking...

Everything was working great for almost 6 months but 3 weeks before while my pc was idle suddenly some graphic display glitches came up and my keyboard and mouse froze up, so I had to do a hard reset by pressing the power button. There used to be GSOD when windows login screen comes up. If I...

Hi Guys, Im having some BSOD issues with a custom build I did for my grandmother recently. BSOD seems to mainly happen on start up/wake up and sometimes while shes in the middle of writing an email in thunderbird. I currently only have remote access to the PC. I ran a 12hr/stick memtest and...

Core i7 3820 ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard 16gb Samsung 30nm RAM 2x Diamond AMD HD 7970s in XF 2x Samsung 830 256gb SSDs Seasonic X 1050 PSU Custom Liquid Cooling loop Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Lately I have been crashing every time I start up a steam game, specifically Metro: LL, Borderlands...