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I bought a bottom of the line Dell about 2 months ago. it is pretty slow. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions. would more memory help? I am a NOOB. I think it has 4gm memory, 500g harddrive and a 2127u processor. I think it has 2 slots for memory. it has windows 8 all ideas are...

I recently installed Windows 7 OEM on a Dell XPS M1530. Everything works fine except Internet Explorer (Firefox, Chrome work). It's a blank screen with a couple empty tabs, with no text at all anywhere. I upgraded from v9 to 10, but still same thing. F5 refresh has no effect. When I was...

I have been using Windows 8.1 ever since it became available. I am running it on a VM w/ 2GB RAM assigned. There are, certainly, (new) things in 8.1 which, people will like. Personally, I, still use 8.1 the same way I use Windows 8; i.e. still use an Applications windows @ the Taskbar...

Okay, well here is my new issue. In Windows 8 I started just getting BSOD's for random reasons, meaning the cause or error code, whatever that thing is called is always something different. I'v been trying to find the root of the cause for sometime now but I can't narrow it down. Here are my...

Hi I have an old ati firemv 2200 dual monitor card which was all I needed until I upgraded to W8 I have re installed the card and connected the monitors but all I get is the same image on both screens...when I checked the device manager it doesn't even show up there. the win7 driver and catalyst...

Hello, i'm building my own gaming PC. List of the parts: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition VGA: AMD Radeon Sapphire HD 5850 1024MB RAM Memory: DDR3 16GB (2x 8GB) 1600MHz Motherboard: Gigabyte 970a-d3 AM3 Psu: PowerX3 Pro Edition 800W Psu Hard drive: WD HDD SATA 500GB 7200RPM...

Which one's newer computer of these two similar SONY VAIO laptops? This one (R505): Link Removed Or this one (V505): Link Removed 1. Which one has the better processor? 2. Is it possible to remove the ancient processor and replace it with a modern one? 3. Is it possible to plug in a 1TB HDD...

Hi, computer: Motherboard: P5Q SE / R Processor: Pentium dual core E3300 Memory: 2GB DDR2 dual Drive: Seagate 250 GB SATA I upgraded system with an assistant to the version Windows 8 The update was successful but the system is no longer stable. Freezes during games, web browsing, file...

Hello Windows 7 Home premium, i5, 1T, 3.30 GHz, 6 GB Ram. I was recently reading a Windows tutorial and it said to click; devices and printers, right click the pc, and select 'device installation settings'. Then be sure the choice is default or have Windows automatically...

With its new Start screen made of live tiles and its bold redesign, Windows 8 will have a challenging time getting consumers to embrace such radical change. Link Removed

I have an AMD 955 computer and its 11/2 years old and havebeen giving be nothing but problems. Internet Explorer does not respond alongwith a lot of other programs about half the time and I have to close it andre-open it. I get error messages all the time. I can’t get sound on just oneprogram...

After reading the info on downloading the $39.99 upgrade offer I have this question. For upgrading several systems would I have to do separate downloads and purchases on each computer or is there an upgrade path for this situation with Windows 8 pro during the promotion period?

Hi I am new to Windows7 and have already used WinXP. I wanted to know that what exactly is the difference between WinXP and Win7? How do we check SP on Win7?

Hi, everyone. I had Windows Vista and I upgraded using the 'clean install' to Windows 7. I had been experiencing BSODs (blue screen of death) and I thought a re-install, or an upgrade would solve those issues. However, I continue getting those BSODs now with Windows 7 as well. I can't quite...

Hi, ACER 6530G I seem to have read a bit about this, and it seems to be a problem on certain Acer machines, with the SONY "Optiarc BC5500-S" BD-ROM and Acer Arcade Deluxe Software. "not sure of versions" Some folk say use a certain version of Acer's software,others say flash the firmware of...

The infamous update KB2677070 keeps failing to install and everyday repeats. Anyone else experiencing this?

Hi all I just bought a new case for my pc (CM Storm Trooper) and in the top front there is 2 USB 2.0 ports and 2 USB 3.0 ports build in (plus some other stuff) so i was wondering if there is a way that i can get the 3.0 ports working on my ASUS M4A77T Motherboard, which i don't think supports...

Hi, everyone... I am receiving the same bsods on my PC even after I have tried upgrading every possible hardware that might of been the culprit.. Please scroll to the bottom for tl;dr. I've had this pc for about 2 years now (got it from a friend) and it was working fine until I connected it to...

I have to admit I don't know much about how Ram works (didn't think anything over 6GB made any difference) ..but, was just looking at some matched kit's on Amazon & came across this explanation of why over 6GB of Ram isn't pointless: "I concur with the other reviewers, in that this RAM is a...

Hi, Recently me computer seems to be locking up also having constant crashes with video driver has recovered message and lately BSOD has popped up a couple of times. Im not sure if they are all linked I thought it was a issue with graphics card so i purchased another one then I thought it was...