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Hi, I hope someone can help me. I required a second copy of win7 for testing purposes. I created a bootable virtual hard drive with win7 installed on it. However when I restart my pc, there is no boot manager present. I always have to press F11 to enter into the boot menu and then choose the...

Hi, I have been having strange issues recently. Since september or so I have had 4 BSODs when using Windows Media Center Live TV, I thought it was related somehow to the tunner, but today I also got BSOD when not using live TV (although I was testing a different, external tunner when it crashed...

Everything I've found, as far as SATA cable testers appear to only be for testing the power cables, not the data cables. I know that cables are cheap, thus not making testing an absolute necessity, but I hate buying new cables when I'm not certain it's necessary. Is there an inexpensive tester...

Testing a atx 24 pin power supply out of the computer. Are there pins that can be shorted to turn the power supply on while its out of the computer?

Original release date: November 13, 2013 | Last revised: November 16, 2013 Systems Affected Windows Operating System and Components Microsoft Office Internet Explorer Overview Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to address...

Okay, began getting some BSODs, and by the time I realized it was more than coincedence, System Restore window was passed anyway. BSODs kept coming, so I formatted. After format, BSODs continued. Checked HDD, tests were fine. Memtest86'ed for 16 hours, no errors. Tested Ram Dimms individually in...

Original release date: September 10, 2013 Systems Affected Windows Operating System and Components Microsoft Server Software Microsoft Office Internet Explorer Overview Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to address these...

Occasionally I got bootable *.iso images which contain a Linux system with some additional software. Ok, I could burn these ISO images on a CD/DVD and boot from them in order to test the software. But I could imagine that there is something like a Linux boot emulator (similar to QEMU under...

I was looking at the switches for the powercfg utility and noticed there seemed to be a new one in 8.1, /sleepstudy. When I try it, the message says it will not run on my system. Has anyone tried it yet?

Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of seven bulletins, six Critical and one Important, for July 2013. The Critical bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Internet Explorer and GDI+. Also scheduled for inclusion among...

While I do not suggest that this article is in any way the definitive authority regarding Internet Security Suite choices, it looks for the most part like their testing process that they employed is sound and relevant. And I do endorse two of their top ranked products, both Kaspersky and Eset as...

Today we’re providing Advance Notification of 10 bulletins for release on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. This release brings two Critical and eight Important-class bulletins, which address 34 unique vulnerabilities. The Critical-rated bulletins address issues in Microsoft Windows and Internet...

Original release date: April 10, 2013 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Microsoft Remote Desktop Client Microsoft Antimalware Client Microsoft Sharepoint Overview Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to address these...

In celebration of spring’s onset, today we’re providing advance notification for the April 2013 release of nine bulletins; two Critical and seven Important. The Critical bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer, and the seven Important-rated...

I've been posting over in the BSOD forums, and I've downloaded CPUID Hardware monitor in a bid to find out what exactly is wrong. Only thing is, I am not certain what I should be looking out for, so I've attached the monitoring data file to this post if anyone is able to help me make heads or...

Original release date: March 12, 2013 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Office Microsoft Server Software Microsoft Silverlight   Overview Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to...

My Lenovo laptop had been working fine without any issues for about a year. All of a sudden, I keep receiving a BSOD every few minutes related to the win32k.sys file. The BSOD happens randomly, sometimes within a minute of restarting the computer or sometimes within an hour. Because of this...

Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of seven bulletins, four Critical and three Important, for March 2013. The Critical bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Silverlight, Internet Explorer, Office and Microsoft Server Software. The three Important-rated...

Original release date: December 12, 2012 | Last revised: January 24, 2013 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Microsoft Server Software Internet Explorer Overview Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released...

Original release date: January 08, 2013 | Last revised: February 06, 2013 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Microsoft Server Software Microsoft .NET Framework Microsoft Developer Tools Overview Select Microsoft software products contain multiple...