technical issue

so i'm upgrading from xp and windows 7 installation keeps freezing at expanding files (36%)........can anyone help???

Hi my name is Baz im new to this forum first post lol:D. But sadly not a good one. OK I am having multiple crashes playing arma 2 OA and Napolean Total War. the game would freeze and then black screen, then blue screen of death. some times it would just minimize the game then it would take...

The PC randomly BSoD. Sometimes, it happens during mid night when the computer is idle. Sometimes, right when I edit a file. There are four instances in the attached file. Thank you very much! Windows 7 Enterprise Dell XPS 8100 Intel Core i7-870 processor(8MB Cache, 2.93GHz) 12GB DDR3...

Hi everyone.. I'm fairly technical and was a network and tech Director for a few years so have some familiarity with prior Windows versions but Win 7 is a bit new to me. I went to login today, and my login picture had been changed. Looking in Windows Event Viewer under Security, I can see it...

Hi. My problem is the following : I've got 2 computers connected to a DIR-600 router.One is a PC with WIN XP and one is a laptop with WIN 7. Sometimes i'm playing a MMO game and if i play it on the PC everything's ok,no disconnect for hours-days and when it does dc me it's because of the game's...

Hi. I have Win 7 installed on a laptop with a standard English (United States)-US keyboard. As I need to use other languages, I installed the English (United States) United States-International keyboard. Until recently it was working fine, but for the past week or so, some of the keys started...

Well I installed Avira antivirus, updated it and then restarted my pc. Then I got a BSOD on the windows logo. Happens everytime. I installed Avira about a week ago on the same pc and then the same problem occured (I didn't realize it was Avira untill now) I formatted it, but my DVD rom does...

Hello, Every now and then while I play a game in full screen, I get this very annoying search box thingy (see screenshot). I'm guessing I'm pressing some sort of key combinaison for this thing to appears? It's so annoying, I don't know what to do. Say I'm playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 in...

So there i was listening to music on msn etc... and suddenly i get a pop up in the corner telling me that i need to activate my version of windows i found this odd because it has been activated for some time i tried to enter the product key from the side of my pc and its no longer valid...

Hi. I've had this weird problem ever since i reinstalled Windows 7 some weeks ago. If I search after a program in the start menu search bar, it'll find anything but program-files. E.g. searching for "notepad" will bring back pictures with notepad in name, readme-files, logfiles from messenger...

I upgraded Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate with no problems - except for an annoying problem that the window size and location is not remembered for an app on the desktop when I restart the program. Even when I simply minimize the program, e.g. IE or Outlook, when I restore the program...

I recently bought a new laptop with Win 7 preinstalled. When using my hotmail account on the laptop, I'm unable to attach photos to emails using the usual photo uploader tool. Instead I'm only given the option of attaching a file to my email, which is very slow. I'm wondering whether it's a Win...

Hello, Firstly, I'll tell you what I've tried: -Run without SP1 or 2 - No success -Run in compatibility mode and as admin - no success -Reinstalled numerous times. The game will freeze for 5-10 seconds before saying "Microsoft Flight Simulator X Has encountered a fatal error, windows is...

hello ! I have White Box on my Desktop In the middle of my screen that I cannot delete or otherwise remove, the box is there on the desktop when I run my PC and pops in about every 10 mins when I am working on somthing else. I am using windows 7 and MacFee anti-virus, can someone help and...

So in every game when i take a screenshot without fraps are completly black is there any fix for it? thx for any answer and sorry for my bad english ;)

Hi, I have an Acer TravelMate C200 which I just installed Windows 7 on it. In Windows XP Tablet Edition, I could change the orientation of the screen just by tilting it the way I wanted. I would have the lid closed and prop it up and the orientation would change. Ableit it would BSOD me half the...

[RESOLUTE] Technical issue for one program and one game. Hello all a have a technical issue. i didn't exactly know where i must post my threat cause i have got a game problem (Battlefield bad company 2) and a program problem (Logitech G-serie key profiler). When i push on server browser, or...

Okay. My friend bought a laptop Windows 7 home Premium. (HP) After playing with it instaling few stuf. We got this. (im only writing down the Technical code) *** STOP: 0x000000F4 (0x0000000000000003 , 0xFFFFFA80055E7B30 , 0xFFFFFA80055E7E10 , XFFFFF80002D8D240 If anymore info is needed plese...

I'm running windows 7 (Release candidate) and I have a usb that is requesting a format and certain occurred as a result of the usb getting an electric shock. How? I had the usb plugged into my laptop while it was switched on and I plugged in an ethernet cable to the laptop. It happened as I...

Hello, I thought, maybe you can help me with my problem here. Well, at first, I have ASUS K50AB and I recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate. My problem is, that when I press the Fn+F7 (it turns off the monitor) and then press that combination again for the monitor to reapear, my taskbar is...