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Hi all! My first post here. So, to be short, I'm getting the Critical Kernel-Power event. I've googled this for so long now! I've found many solutions but none of them worked for me. And only a few cases were exactly like mine, which I will explain further. I've got a brand new XPS 15 from...

Two users Turn on computer user #1 starts normal Switch to user #2 50% of times logs on as temporary profile Must shutdown and log on again. I've posted this before and have never gotten any help

Hi there people, this is my first post here and owing to my genral ineptitude its not likely to be my last :razz: I have been getting the BSOD for about 2 weeks now after i stupidly downloaded a keygen for an old game i had. unsurprisingly this turned out to be dodgy, i get constantly browser...

Computer just started blue screening a couple days ago, and every time Windows is unable to produce a minidump file. These are the errors: The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000124 (0x0000000000000000, 0xfffffa80088b7028, 0x00000000be000000, 0x0000000000800400)...

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate on a virtual machine on an iMac using VMWare Fusion. Everything went fine up to the moment I installed Windows Live Essentials 2011 some 2 months ago. When I tried to start a program such as Live Mail, my mouse froze and I had to stop the virtual machine manually...

Hello, I am using Windows 7 Enterprise OS (32 bit). I have an mfc application which uses SetLayeredWindowAttribute() api to display fading effect for a window. The window to be displayed is popup window created with attributes WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW | WS_EX_LAYERED and parent NULL. The problem is...

I have four nodes on my network, they are all hooked up to the same switch and all of the computers can see each other except for one. The three that can see each other states that they are on the network "Network" and the fourth computer states that it is on network "Network 2". We had it...

yeah, ok, ive been getting this while playing high graphics games like Dawn of War II and mass effect 2 on high... Event xmlns="Link Removed due to 404 Error"> - <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />...

Wierd problem here guys Quick specs Phenom II x4 3.2ghz 4gb DDR2 800 PC use to run flawless. Very fast. During idle it would use only 1gb/4gb of ram which is normal Now it uses 3gb at idle! At startup it will be at 1gb, but after I run a memory intense application (Starcraft 2 which uses 2gb...

This morning i logged in and used my computer without any problems, when i had to go and pick up my girlfriend i locked my computer. when i got back i wanted to use my computer again because it's for my work too. but i got a blue screen. it rebooted and i suddenly couldn't log in anymore, i...

In Group Policy there is a setting that deletes a user profile after a system restart. The setting does seem to delete/remove the user from the Registry; however, it does not delete/remove the folder for the profile's username in C:\Users. What does happen is the "Date modified" time stamp...

We have a requirement to change key board properties (Repeat delay, Repeat rate and Cursor blink rate) and Default Input language programmatically. Our application is run under user context which is different from the user who is currently logged-on to the machine. For ex: If User1 is...

I been getting stop 0x00000124 errors alot recently. Most of them occur while im watching videos on youtube, and some occur while im in virtual dj. And at some times(kinda rare tho) i get them on just normal websites. But the thing is that i dont get the BSOD, it just restarts the computer and...

ok so im runnin 64 bit win 7 pro. ive installed many games and only one never worked on this laptop which is warcraft 3. now, however, the same thing is happening to half of my games, one day they just stopped working ang i cant figure out why. here is what happens, i double click the shortcut...

Memory Usage Goes Up Gradually (Memory Leak) When I starting the Windows (in the first few hours) everything is normal But after 1 day or 2 (sooner or later) the amount of available memory gradually goes down and the physical memory usage increasing. This increasing, continues until the memory...

I have Windows 7 Home Premium and have been running it with no problems since last October. Suddenly this evening I can no longer drag/move application windows or move files through drag-and-drop. I can minimize and maximize windows but then they are frozen in place, I can't move them. It...

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I am having a very unusual problem with 5 drivers on my laptop. Alienware M17x Windows7 x64 Everytime I restart my computer, there are 5 specific drivers that don't start when the system starts. This noticeably started when several Windows Updates installed and required restarts. All driver...

Hello, I have been using Win7 since its official release. Recently, it showed a BSOD and restarted. Ever since that restart, it shows an empty logon screen. By empty, I mean that it doesn't show any users. The background+shutdown button+lang button is still there, just no users. My laptop came...

I Changed From W7 32-bit To W7 64-bit ,,, I Noticed That My Memory Usage Goes Pretty High ,,,,, For Example I Run Only Windows Media Player & Windows Live Messenger With Firefox Explorer For Example It Takes Up To 1.50 Gb Memory Usage O_o ,,,, I Dont Think That This Is Normal !!! ,,,,,, I Just...