windows problems

Hi I have installed Windows7 in the last few days, I duly picked a nice desktop picture as the windows one is drab. All was going well until the computer rebooted and now I have no theme on the screen witch the screen is now black and the theme folder looks like it may be corrupt. Pictures of...

My desktop goes suddenly blank and toolbar disappears during sessions. Ctrl-alt-del opens tasks and gives the option to start the explorer. I can work on but the desktop goes blank again after some time, Anybody have encountered this at all?

I am trying to upgrade my HP a1719n from Vista SP2 to Windows 7 Home Premium (using the upgrade DVD) without having to do a clean install. Before the installation starts I get this message. The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task...

Hi, I am new to the site, and I must say there is some very useful information! I was however unsuccessful in finding a solution to my problem, so I was wondering if anyone could help me?? My problem is basically when I select start, all programs then click say "Microsoft Office" which will...

Today i went to bestbuy and bought my parents a new Hp p6230y desktop. I got home and started up the computer and everthing went as normal. After all the updates and the computer was setup, i browsed the internet and it was fine. As soon as i installed Norton Internet Security 2010, the internet...

Alright i have a new new laptop and everything trust me the specs are more than good enough for win 7 im running win 7 64bit i was on utorrent and my whole laptop froze, nothing i could do, i had to hold the power button to power down then when i turned my pc back up after a couple of minutes...

This is very aggrivating. especially since i usually run disk clean up almost everyday. when i run disk clean up it allows me to choose which partition i would like to clean up. i select the appropriate disk(c) and about half a minute later it shows the small box showing that its calculating...

Hi, an eror message has been bugging my lately, rather since I started using programs which use the remote access connection manager. one of them is songbird (the fire-foxy media player) which cannot listen to shared music, and SecondLife which uses it to make http calls, both of which make up...

hi guys I'm new here. just wanna ask and share some problems and questions. bug find: 1. When opening jpgs or any other picture files, Windows Photo Viewer opens at the background.. arghhh! It happens 4 times out of 6. Anyone encountered this? 2. mini-lag when opening and closing windows

I using windows 7 (Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Original MS ISO x64-GRP) I had problems with 2 much ping (100+ normal is 30) in call of duty 2 ONLY on windows 7 I try on windows xp it's working the best so it isn't problem by my side but it's by windows so I had 10/1 internet connection when...

I have an older Sony Digital8 Camcorder, Model DCR-TRV350 NTSC. When I connect it to my PC via Firewire, Windows 7 recognized it and installed a driver which shows up in Device Manager under Imaging Devices as "Sony DV Camcorder". However, if I try to capture video from it using a program such...

When I try to safe remove an SD card, I click on it and it does nothing. I never get a message that says it's now safe to remove, and it doesn't unmount. There's no error message involved, it just does nothing. Does anybody know how to fix this?

I have recently upgraded my system with some new hardware, and installed Vista for the first time. It turned out to be a disaster. My computer freezes up seemingly at random, requiring a reset from the front switch. This freezing has occurred as soon as the login screen loads up, when...

Hi I have a hp dv2000 which has vista. Problems begun when i installed kaspersky anti virus. Messages always come up saying that i have a counterfeit verson of vista when i dont and that it cant update. As soon as i turn the anti virus off the messages dont come up. Have emailed kaspersky and...