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I have a computer running windows 7 that is having internet connectivity problems. AOL desktop is loading and connecting to the internet fine. Internet explorer will load the home page most of the time (Google) then not connect to any other site. Fire Fox (recently installed) will also connect...

I watch a great deal of Netflix on my PC. I have noticed lately that while watching a program a great deal of buffering goes on. I run Auslogics defragmenter. Does disk fragmentation have anything to do with my issue? I must connect to a VPN as i live in a country where Netflix is not supported...

Not sure what is going on here. I had firefox running and suddenly this browser has taken a turn for the worse...adverts up the ying yang. Now it appears I have lost functionality of Windows IE9 browser. Browser says I have IE10 installed...I hit the home icon and I am taken to Firefox. What...

Hi Every few days I get a message in the Action Center that says I need to update and Run Defender. I have real time protection and everything else turn on, why doesn't it do this on it's own. Also I don't see any options as there used to be about when to run scans i.e. time and how often...

Hi ,, Although I Am New here to windows7forums.com Community ,, I Wanna to share some useful tutorials with all Windows Member .. Link Removed Why We need to Backup Windows 7 : When your computer Become useless . You get infected by virus . You can’t Access your computer due to...

I have a Win7 install - clean install, about 6-7 months old. Only being used for work purposes (web development) no gaming anything like that. Randomly as far as i can tell, my computer crashes. There's no bluescreen, no error log. The only thing to indicate something happened is that fact that...

Hi, Please, I have Kapersky Internet Security 2012, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro and Windows Defender installed and I scan regularly with all three respectively. Is this too many scanner programs? I am worried there may be conflicts between the programs which will leave my computer more...

I just got an Acer Predator. I transferred settings from XP using Windows Easy Transfer. The Internet connection was working perfectly. I installed Comodo Firewall, Avira AntiVir and ThreatFire. Then it could not connect. I plug the Ethernet cable into the XP computer and it connects no...

Dell Inspiron 1545 W7 SP1 Intel T6600 Core2 duo 2.4Ghz 4GB PC2-6400 RAM I have included all the dumps, CPU-Z snips, RAMMon copy, a screen shot of my W7 updates, and a HTML log of my Dell PC scan. I have tried reading some of the other DRIVER_IRQL threads and tried some piece meal fixes and...

Guyz, Need a info on WIN8.. pls help me.. "Does Licensed version of win8 allows pirated software to install in our system?" n i heard it automatically deletes contents of a pendrive which has virus wen plugged in? "IS THESE ARE TRUE?????" If so temme the steps to shut dese off n to hve...

I purchased my computer , (Toshiba Satellite L505 64 bit system ) two years ago , and I have been told they are good for approximately 50,000 hours before trouble may start . First is there any truth to this ? Secondly , is there a way I can check the number of hours on my computer .? I...

Hello, I recently got some help with a BSOD problem on my machine. It appears to be solved, however Windows Update does not work. I get the message "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer." Needless to say...

I am visiting my grand daughter at my other daughter's house. Of course my grand daughter says, "Grandpa, can you look at my PC. It keeps going to sleep when I'm working on it. It has been working fine until I arrived here" Some may recall this is a new PC (approx. 7 months ago) that I bought as...

I am new to Windows Live Mail and I have questions. This morning it said it was blocked because junk E Mail was being sent out. I had to change the password (for Live Mail) I guess. I know the mail was not sent from my computer. How can I keep the Live Mail Account safe? Also the Live Mail page...

Can anyone help me? My version for ESET NOD32 Antivirus has expired. Does anyone know a very good antivirus that can last for life?

I'm running windows 7 ultimate and am trying to install some software off of a secure server at a remote location to my hard drive. The install fails every time because the my user account (an administrator) does not have full write permissions to the program files directory. I have tried...

Once you're sure the PC is free of malware, create standard user accounts for each user and install an arsenal of free security programs and activity monitors to enhance the machine's as virus-resistance. Originally posted at How To More...

I'm a single user not concerned about external access except for the usual virus and scamming issues which I think I have covered. I've just shifted to a new computer and from XP to 7. I'm confused about about all the different accounts i.e. system, owner, administrator, user groups, users...

I know of the option to back up your data on an external hard drive, at intervals, but in the past few years I've heard of "constantly backing up" which is basically that whenever something is downloaded on your computer, an exact copy is made on the external drive. All downloaded...

Hello I have recently built a new computer, unfortunately it has mostly created BSODs so far. So I was hoping for some help with the dumpfiles: Link Removed And the result from CPU-Z (only one memory stick in place): Link RemovedLink Removed And a little history: I've just built a...