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Link RemovedI have been getting the Blue Screen Of Death on many occasions. After days of tweaking and adjusting, re-installing windows a few times, still no luck. The BSOD seems to happen randomly when I am doing basic work, watching films, browsing internet or when the computer is idle...

A lot of people here asking what is the best way to secure ones windows PC, what is the best antivirus out there etc. There is no best for a single person, since we are all different and so are our needs. There have been many threads just showing you different security products, but i...

Hello buddies. I have been plagued by a bsod errors on my windows 7 home premium 64 bit (sony vaio laptop AMD core 4GB RAM) for the past 4 months namely by the title "kernel_inpage_error". The error codes are usually like 0X00000F4 or 0X000007A. I have been banging my head for days regarding the...

I have been getting these bluescreen errors since I have had my PC for 1 year. Most of them went away and some came back now. It only happens when I play games, like COD4 or Bad Company 2. It might have been direct x stuff I messed with the other day, but other than that here is the info...

Hello, recently I used a software AVG PC Tuneup and it has never been a problem for me until a couple of days ago when I decided to install it on my DELL. Now, I went to system advisory and did a system scan on recommended settings, I pressed 'fix selected' and my Wifi was disabled, I tried...

Hello. I'm wondering what you think is the best anti-virus software. Right now I am using one of the more popular brands but am not very happy with it. I have found twice now that this software package not only didn't stop a virus but didn't even detect it when I did a full system scan. Could...

Customers PC running 7 Home Premium, runs for 2-4 minutes then BSOD. Scanned memory and h/d no problems found. The PC runs fine in safe mode which leads me to believe a drive. Scanned for malware and viri's nothing found. Windows Forum zip attached. Any help? Link Removed due to 404 Error Thanx

Microsoft has recently debuted the Fix it Center, a software/online service combo that is set to help Windows users quickly identify and resolve various operating system issues. Mainly targeting newbie Windows XP and Vista users, the Fix it Center, which is available in beta form, can be paired...

So last night I couldn't sleep and decided to log back onto my Acer to surf the web when I found 32-bit IE didn't work. It locks up instantly and can only be closed by ending the process from the process list in the task manager. 64-bit IE still works. Firefox and Opera both don't work. I'd be...

Is it possible to detect if there is a program running on my machine in stealth mode? Specifically if i suspect a keylogger (eg eblaster) has been covertly installed on my machine is there any way to detect this?

Tonight, after unplugging my mouse from the USB port and while re-positioning my laptop, I noticed some pop-ups that suggested I get a higher performance power adapter (my laptop was plugged in and 100% charged). The popup appeared and disappeared 5-6 times, then I noticed the flag in the...

I had no problems with the first two computers that I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7, both were 64bit systems. I'm having post upgrade problems with my 32 bit machine (Sony Vaio VGN-NR430E). THe machine did fine with the compability check for Windows 7. Problems: 1) Some icons on the...

Hey guys, hope you can help me out here a bit. I reinstalled win7 two days ago- like the previous version it was working grate, till now that is. While instaling Photoshop this morning, the desktop icons flashed twice and completely ...changed. The texture for them seems to be gone...

I have Windows 7 Home Premium and have been using it on my Del 720 XPS with no issues for a month now. Today, while browsing, the screen flickered and the resolution dropped to 1024x768 and my sound stopped working. I have installed, un-installed, and re-installed all of the drivers from...

Whenever I attempt to start Windows normally the login screen doesn't show, it's just black. Then when I login it just shows the backround but none of my programs show up nor does the task bar. If I ctrl-alt-del the screen goes black once more. I know everything is there because it all shows up...

I have been having several persistent issues with my xps 1530... #1 persistent issue: when I boot up it will take up to several minutes for the device to logon to a wireless AP (whether running secure or not). This is very annoying as you can imagine. #2 - the device will lose web access at...