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| | Hi, I have an old hp laptop, it's an HP Pavilion ZD7010US Notebook PC, when I plug in the power cord, i have to fiddle around to get a (for lack of a better word) connection between the laptop and power supply I was wondering if anybody could point me … |
| | Where can I get one and how much cost in the UK WHY did it fail after 1 year and 2 months since new. The reasonable expectation (basis of UK law) of lifetime even of plain sleeve bearings is 35,000 hours Many thanks Any suggestions or ideas John |
| | My Gateway Laptop is acting very funny. About 2 months ago I reformatted it, and itwas running perfectly. Then just the other day, I turned on the machine, watched the "gateway" screen, then watched the "Windows XP" screen (where there is a blue status bar or whatever) then....the screen went … |
 | I am running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1. I had an NVidea 7600 GT PCI-E card with 256 MB and my performance rating in Vista was 5.9. I recently upgraded to an NVidea GeForce 9500 GT PCI-E with 1GB and now my performance rating in Vista is 4.8. How … |
| | I have a 320GB signature mini. It has pictures and music on it but I am unable to access them. What can I do to get these back?! |
| | Does anyone know what type of motherboard the Vostro 200 Slim has? If I can Figure that out, i can find a compatible video card, any help? thanks, Asian .:EdiT:. if it's a PCI Express, does that mean its compatable w/ all PCIE cards? sry, i haven't messed w/ hardware … |
| | Whe the power button is presed on our Dell desktop, nothing happens. Everything else is still on, including monitor, printer, etc. |
| | hey guys , i got this problem and searched all over the forums to find a solution but no luck here it is My desktop computer wont start its abt 2 years old... was always working fine.. then one day, after i ran all my antivirus for the day and … |
| | Is it possible for me to change the case for my Dell XPS 400? I want to buy a new case but I'm not sure if I'd be able to. I have 2 GB of RAM, an Nvidia 9600 GT, and a 2.80GHz Intel processor. |
| | Hello! everyone!.. I am probably the oldest poster on this forum!. Besides a few others that I belong to!. I am herein joining in an attempt to find out why my darn CD-ROM and my DVD-RW all of a sudden disappeared from my XP Explorer. BIOS sees it fine. When … |
| | Hello, I have a Dell inspiron 600m and I ran into this issue last week when I suddenly cant boot up my laptop. A cranky noise from the compartment made me believe that the HDD had crashed and I therefore replaced it with a new WD - EIDE, PATA, one … |
| | I bought on e-bay a second hand compact desktop pc case, this was advertised as being without its psu. It arrived in the post and I discovered that the psu is no ordinary format. The special psu for this case has a narrower case to clear the processor heat sink. … |
| | My PC boots normally under light load for nearly 1 hour if I keep my PC OFF for nearly 1 day. It may run smoothly for more than 1 hour but I never checked it. (I can play songs, movie, browse internet simultaneously).If I restart the PC, it freezes. And … |
| | As of a few days ago my computer has been running ridiculously slow taking atleast 10 minutes to open up a single Firefox browser and sometimes longer for other programs. I've tried Spybot S&D, my McAffee service, and Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware scanner and none have fixed the problem or picked up …  |
| | my personal laptop is full of virus like trojan and some other virus, please help me to remove these viruses. thank you. roggertare |
| | I'm attempting to connect to my LinkSys Administration Interface as i have done many times in the past. [url]http://192.168.1.1/[/url]. However in all my browsers (netscape, opera, iexplore) it says page can not be found!? None of the browsers are going through a proxy. I can ping the router successfully and … |
| | Yesterday my computer crashed, showing a blue screen that said there was a problem with the hardware, to restart and try again. Well, I restarted and now the computer only makes the sound of the Cooler constantly, the leds of the pc and disc drives turn on, but nothing appears …  |
| | I'm getting geared up with a server at home to go live on the net as soon as my connection gets hooked up. I've always been oblivious to hardware and networking. My setup right now... I have a cabinet with 2 servers in it, and 3 PC's. One of the … |
| | I bought a closeout of PC barebones, several GX270 and GX280s, the 270s are harder to figure out when not working, however, the GX280 appear to directly suffer from bent PGA775 pins on the motherboard, unlike the straight pin on CPUs past, these appear much harder for a user to … |
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| | Hi I'm currently stuck in an infinite loop because of the code I've written and i can't stop the code, close excel etc. Basically the code runs after a cell change, displays a msgbox and then causes itself to run again, and while this is happening i can't do anything … |
| | I purchased a new laptop with Vista and am waiting for my free upgrade to Windows 7 to arrive. I also recently purchased Office Professional 2003 and am wondering if I need to wait to install it until AFTER I upgrade to Windows 7. It could be several weeks before … |
| | I have a Dell Inpiron 1150 with the 14.1 in screen. The hinges over a periood of time broke and eventually the LCD cable was partially exposed. After several more weeks, the cable finally tore some and display worked at times depending on how i position the screen. Now I … |
 | Hi I have tried to find a way to have IE8's Add to Favorites option work like IE7. Using IE7, when one adds a website to Favorites one can continue to add other sites to the same folder. This is very useful for researching a topic and keeping links to … |
 | We've been hearing about an Apple Tablet for such a long time now, it feels like it should exist, yet it doesn't. With each Apple event, the rumors are so vivid, we actually believe them. Then the announcement comes, the shiny new ipods and Mac Books and other equipment are … |
| | hello a friend recently told me that bridging your network damages is by causing your wireless network card to dull down in connectivity with each time u use it. is this true? and is there any harm done to the card by bridging your network? |
| | I am running Vista. I recently had the computer in the shop and a new video card was installed. (HP) Once it was returned all was well for about 1 week. Then my printer would not be recognized. I unplugged the usb cable and it would work for a while … |
| | My friend handed me his laptop today claiming it was dead and that it would not start and work. i turned it on and found that it was in the middle of a fresh windows installation of windows xp home sp 3. i called him and asked what he had … |
| | Hi all! My computer is getting a bit slow... does someone know how can i get me computer faster and more RAM |
| | Hy guys, I'm new on this forum and I'm hopping you can help me. I'd like to change my radio ripper cause it kinda made me some problems on my PC and I hope that you can give some suggestions. Thanx |
| | [my computer used to work brilliantly but just the other day as i was trying to boot the screen was blue and nothing else please if someone knows the solution to my problem kindly help] ikhabi |
| | I cant seem to re format my computer. Every time I try I get a blue screen error Stop 0x0000007b. How can I fix this? Anyone |
| | What is the shelf life of cartridge?Does any one have idea on this ? please suggest me.  |
| | my father bought one p4 computer from our family friend for my educational purpose. the computer has worked only for the first day next day computer's keyboard stops working after some hours windows doesn't start then the our family friend came and we also put earthwire. then he installed new … |
| | You might not think that a 12,000 square foot data center would be anything for the environmental lobby to get excited about, but this is no ordinary IT facility. The Green Data Center ([URL="http://syr.edu/greendatacenter/"]GDC[/URL]) has been built by Syracuse University in partnership with New York State and IBM in order …  |
| | Can anyone help me with information please? I am looking to set up a surveillance system with 2-4 cameras to monitor outdoors at night. Ideally it would be motion detected and record to a dedicated pc. Only problem is I am not sure where to start looking for what I … |
 | I just recently tried to turn on my laptop (Compaq Persario F700) and going a rather upsetting message. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2. Choose your … |
| | I've had a web site for six or seven years now and everything was fine until this morning when I tried to access the site and got an "Unable to connect" error message. I tried accessing my site's files with my ws_ftp program, but I receive two error messages: "Can't … |
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| | Conflict with disc emulator software detected. Greetings all! This little problem is really starting to annoy me. It's happening when I try to launch the game Deus Ex: Invisible War. I googled the error message and from the results I'm guessing the CD has some copy protection software on it. … |
| | Hey guys, is there any program out there that will scan a directory of files and record its file size on disk and its name? I've been searching and can't seem to find anything. |
| | Hey all, I'm about to switch to Windows 7 from Vista via an HP upgrade disk, and just had a few questions. First, should I first restore my notebook to factory Vista settings with system recovery disks (there's quite a bit of crap on the system, as well as a … |
| | hello there.... i'm new here... i just found this web yesterday... i got the question... can i change the extension of windows vista from vista starter to the vista home premium? if can... could u teach me how can i do it? |
 | Do you need a reality check? Freedom isn't free. You have to work hard, and possibly even die, for it. Fortunately, free software doesn't require you to sacrifice anything but restrictions. Unfortunately, the powerful marketing machines constantly bombard and tempt you with semi-clever TV commercials, discount offers, inexpensive upgrades or … |
| | I am having the same problem. However I have ran several virus and malware scans with MBAM, Symantec Corporate, and PCTools Spyware Doctor, and they have located and either removed or repaired all the infected files. Yet I am still having the issue of the search results window popping up …  |
| | Please help I cannot run my machine smoothly for more than ten minutes after I restart it!! here is my log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 16:28:08, on 03/12/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: … |
| | at the weekend i decided to tidy my computer area. I unplugged everything from my computer positioned things where i wanted them and then plugged it all back. Just because i was sick of having wires showing and looking a mess. Anyway. When i turned the computer back on every …  |
| | I suddenly am unable to receive email sent from my friend from her primary email address and when I try to send email to that address it bounces back. Yet when we both use her alternate email address the messages are received. It's as if something is suddenly blocking access …  |
| | All of a sudden my windows corrupted. Now whenever, i start any application, my pc restarts and then message is displayed that "windows has recovered from serious error". How to solve this problem? |
| | this problem pertains to my other laptop, We are in the UAE and have been using the computer without a problem until I tried downloading aol. I no longer have access it seems it erased Internet explorer and I don't know what to do to reload it without the site … |
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