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Hi, I have an N5110 laptop and it has detected two graphic card : Nvidia 550M and Intel Graphics and as default it uses Intel Graphic . So I have problems in runnin some games that checks system requirement at first. I want to force it to use Nvidia as …

Hi, I have many versions of Visual C++ Redistributable installed on my windows. I was wondering if I want to remove old versions and keep the last one, any problems will happen or not. (sorry for my bad English) thanks in advance...

Hello all, first of all I want to let you know that I tried to find the right spot to put this topic in...Anyways, I am finishing my new computer which is nothing but a gaming machine but right now I am using my other computer which contains the program …

Old PC, but hitherto very reliable, AMD Athlon XP 2000+, 2.5Gb RAM, 40Gb ide drive, clean XP Install on 10Gb partition (no progs loaded yet), dvd-rom drive, nVidia basic graphics PCI card, PCI sound card, PCI USB2 card. PSU renewed about a year ago. CMOS battery new. This problem only …

I have never knowingly updated the drivers on my PC since it was refurbished (if that's the word) some two years ago. Over the last year I have had 'blue screens' which have disappeared after a reboot. I just had another and it appears that updating the drivers on my …

Hi, Yesterday I had the worst possible nightmare; my 2 year old Sony Vaio laptop running on WinXP Home gave me an error dialogue box on start up, it reads: [B]Explorer.EXE - Application Error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000006)[/B] When I hit “OK” Windows starts up, however I …

Hi all, I'm in a trouble. I just formatted my pc. but after that there is no disk drive in my computer.(plz look the image) while formatting, i can't copy the files named ks.sys and sp2.cab beacase of damaged or old boot disk. And i can't install audio driver. The …

I brought an older system tower home from work so that I could wipe the drive and reinstall windows XP. I have reformatted the drive and when windows goes to log in for it's first use, it comes up with "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before …

Dear Experts I have got ASUS U31SD,,,,I installed windows 7 Ultimate for it , but I forgot to record what was the name of the wireless driver before formatting it [url]http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Superior_Mobility/U31SD/#download[/url] I downloaded the below two drivers (there is not third one to try it) from the official ASUS website …

I want to know how you would go about adding a GUI to a command line application. For example, I think uTorrent can be used in the command line? but it also has a regular Windows version.

Hi everyone. I'd like to ak for your help with a messed up partition (probably corrupted table as I understand it). I don't have much experience when it comes to this. Here's my problem: I have a probably corrupted disk and I wanted to create a partition avoiding the bad …

My computer right now have quite a handful of problems. Which isn't so bad for me, since I am a person that like fixing comps and whatnot. However time usually make it hard to fix it. What's worse is that this one is a really big problem with me, because …

Hi, my laptop suddendly crashed on me it would boot up but half way through a blue screen would appear for about 1 second then go and windows would boot up again. This cycle constantly continued without actually loading windows at all. So with this happening i thought i'd try …

How will Microsoft differentiate Windows 8 in an already crowded Windows OS user space? How about, for one, with the use of a photographic gesture security system for logging in? The idea of using a photo to identify and authenticate the user is not without some pretty obvious problems (ambient …

How much would I need to spend on a computer (desktop) that would be capable of playing BF3 at all the max settings?

I've bought a new laptop a few days ago. I repled the standard hardrive with an ssd and intalled windows 7 home premium 64 bit. Everything works fine. There is one problem: when you press the volume keys the volume goes down. But I want like most computers with oem …

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hey i need help my windows media player won't play any of my videos anymore it used to but one day i try playing a music video and it only played the sound not the video please help me!

The problem that I am facing is that Word 2007 is adding spaces in a mail merge when there isn't a value from an excel document. <<FirstName>> <<MiddleName>> <<LastName>> I've placed spaces in between the template place holders to seperate the names. However, when a record doesn't have a middle …

first off hello all great site been a great help for the silly things i find go wrong with the software on my computers . ok here we go ....... vista (hate it) but a young friend of my daughters has asked me to sort out her computer for her …

I've successfully developed a software using VB.Net and SQL server 2005. i have this problem. when i create exe, it can use to my computer because of SQL server is already installed in my computer. but if i want to use that software in some other computer, must i install …

I need to decrypt the files that contain information about the private keys.. Can any one guide what is their encryption method... These files are present at the following location... All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys Plzzz Help...

I'm working on a Gateway NV series laptop with driver problems. It shows four different drivers as having problems in Device Manager, and reinstalling the drivers doesn't help. It shows the error "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" …

Hello people, I have created a game for windows7 platform and want to put it on the internet and on cd for a small fee. I was wondering if anyone knows a good copy protection mechanism which i can use. I already find a few anti copy protection mechanisms, does …

When i go to a website or view anything with animation/video my computer goes to a blue screen of death, or internet will shut down (unexpectedly). Also I am not able to install many software programs. I have had this Acer monitor hooked up for about a year. About 6 …

On Windows/XP, I'm getting a module IHU99.tmp.exe being loaded. However, when I search my hard drives I do not find it anywhere. Does anyone know what this is?

Hello, Hi i have problem in copying the files in PC.my files is about 20GB and i want to transfer this into external hard drive.is there a way to copy my files faster without corrupting on it.please help me thank you in advance.

I am planning on getting a mother board but I cant tell how many graphic cards it can hold the description says: Expansion Slots PCI Express 2.0 x16 7 (4 x16 or 6 x8 + 1 x16) What does that mean? Motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188070[/url] Video Card: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130655[/url] or [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130751[/url] I am …

Hi all, I need to remove password prompt in xp startup. But how ?. And i need to disable some programs in startup. -vinod

Hi all, Would anyone be able to tell me how i could add Photos to the cover of folders on my windows 7 desktop folders? Instead of having them all the yellow folder or can't it be done?

Hi everybody, In Excell 2010 when a cell is defined as number we can round up the number with the round() function. The increase/decrease decimal should not round up but it does! A number of 4.7380 converts rounds up to 4.74 when I decrease the number of digits shown to …

Hey there. I take it that this is a windows setting, not an application on windows that has to be changed. How do i stop this damn computer form automatically filling in my second Qoute when i make the first one " and then i have to press space for …

I just reformat PC, but the PC won't shut down. All drivers installed properly.

1. When I go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Performance Information and Tools and click "Rate this computer," it crashes before it's done. 2. Desktop Window Manager Sessions Manager is disabled, not running, and the option to start it is greyed out. 3. sfc \scannow didn't finish, so I ran …

hi guys.i recently downloaded some mp3 files and they are playing fine. but when i try moving them yesterday on my USB flash drive and i start playing them on windows media player, they just stop playing and you only can heard this "raspy static sound i tried running some …

Hey... something I've always wondered. For some reason, one day, this stopped working for me. When you right click (or click drag upwards) an icon of a running program in Windows 7, you get a menu. By default, there is a section in that menu marked "tasks" which allow you …

GUYs, pls help me in installing openCV in win7 64-bit, i downloaded opencv 2.3 its round about 141mb and it has some cmake files. i got it from here [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-win/2.3.1/[/url] and i dont know how to proceed further?

I get pages taking a long time to load or they won't load at all. I can connect to my games, and ventrilo. Firefox and Internet Explorer both won't work. I get Problem Loading page. Connection has timed out. Server is taking too long to respond. It tells me to …

Hi, I recently built a new computer and everything seems to be running smoothly; however, certain games will give me the BSoD upon startup and I'm not sure what the problem is. I'm sure it's hardware but certain games will play. For instance, I'm able to play Skyrim without any …

When I try turn on my computer, it starts as usual until it gets to the enter password screen.. where it only stays there for a few seconds.. then a blue screen flashes with a lot written on it, but not long enough to read anything it says.. and the …

I am searching for the master key, that is used for encrypting the private key files.. The master key is present in the folder: RootDirectory \Documents and Settings\< username >\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect But the "protect" folder is not present on my machine... plzzz guide me why is this so... as all …

I was doing a 'search' on my winxp pc, and accidentally found this file folder C:\Program Files\MAV and mavinst.exe. i am baffled as to what this file/program could be. Anyone here..any ideas? Thanks for all your help.

Hi, I installed window 7 which is retail,can you help me plese to enlighten my mind what does a retail operating system means.? Thank you in advance.

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Hello, im having a svchost.exe problem, performance issues and my computer revs up like its about to take off...it is older and only has 1 gb of ram and 37 gb of hard drive space, and I know it probably has to be replaced, but im trying to get some …

I'm using Acer 4637Z, running Windows 7. When I turn on my laptop, it will unexpectedly turn-off at start-up. The hard disk light blinks normally prior to start-up. Virus scan is clean too. Please advice

guys i bought a new notebook HP probook 4430s which is loaded with free DOS. but now i want to install win XP on my notebook which is not going in right way. i inserted XP SP2 bootable CD in my notebook after loading all files instead of showing format …

I'm running a Dell XPS 15, OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Today I tried installing Linux Mint next to Windows 7, thought I might like it. When I booted from the live cd, and tested Mint for a while, I noticed that I couldn't connect to my wireless network. I …

Hello dear community Now i've tried to fix this error myself for countless of days. The error is following: My computer now and then doesnt recognize that i've got a ethernet cable plugged in to my computer. The internet work all times on all of the other 3 computers in …

I am trying to restore my laptop (studio xps 16) to factory settings using the recovery image. If I look in my computer, i can see C and D drives. D is my recovery partition with 7gb full out of 10gb. This is good and dandy except when i open …