system updates

There is an app for my webcam (CyberLink You Cam) that requires this update on my HP desktop. But on this Dell, I've yet to run across a component that requires this software. The NET Framework 4 takes a bit to install, not counting the numerous updates to it that takes quite some time to...

Hi, my g5 laser mouse on windows 7 causes a massive cpu spike. As a side note, when I click and drag, it can cause full usage of cpu. Also, although I can play videos, after some time, my computer can only hear sound from youtube videos, and not see visuals. I recently installed from windows...

I am receiving updates through Windows Updates. I received Windows Defender updates each day, and over 11 system updates. It is dood to see this. I have read that MS will be pushing numerous updates as they become available to fix bugs, make available new apps and add features. This might just...

My husband's laptop has Win7 Home Premium 64-bit on it. We were traveling all summer so when we returned home this week I went online with his computer to download and install all of the updates that had come out since we'd left in early May. These downloads included SP 1. Everything appeared...

There are as many potential solutions for interminable PC shutdowns as there are potential causes, so it's best to start simple before resorting to Registry tweaks and complex diagnostics. Originally posted at How To More...

Hello, Today we published theLink Removed due to 404 Error. You'll notice it was a fairly brief webcast; all the questions we received concerned installation specifics, which we especially appreciate as a sign that customers are updating their systems quickly. We invite our customers to...

It seems odd that MS has totally disregarded SSD drives by incorporating 'indexing' in windows 7. Anyone using windows 7 with SSD drives is sure to drastically decrease the life of the SSD drive unless the Indexing is disabled. Since the new GUI requires mainly the use of search as a means of...

I don't know whether this is the right place to ask this question but here goes: I've installed Windows 7 Ultimate on a notebook which previously ran Vista. No problems there ..... I've now installed Ubuntu (now updated to 10.04) so that it can boot to either OS. It all works fine and when I...

Hi All, I hope you can help me with these problems. I have 2 problems that seem to happen around 2 months after clean install of W7. All my images in folders stop showing as images and only show as blank icons. My other problem is I have to wait for my drives to show in my computer,most of...

The topic should pretty much explain the problem I'm having. When I turn on/restart the computer, the desktop itself has two hard drives in it (250GB and 1TB, 1TB is not the one the OS is on) When I put the computer to sleep, and then wake it up, the 1TB is not active, and to access it I have...

I'm running Windows 7 beta 64-bit build 7000 on my desktop. Everything worked OK up until this morning, when I started my computer. I couldn't access the Internet. So I uninstalled my network card driver (Atheros AR8121/AR8113 version 1.0.0.24) and reinstalled them. Now it works. Very annoying...

Further to my ongoing problems, windows 7 is proving to be a complete and utter waste of time. first probelm, is the mouse/cursor responds incredibly erraticly and stutters all over the screen, despite downloading windows 7 beta drivers from microsoft, likewise for the keyboard, hich is...

This page refers to the release of a new service pack although it doesn't say exactly when. : Information about Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2