Posts by caperjack

Run the ChkDsk utility ,i have fixed many a bsod with a chkdsk over the years

Click on the Start button in the bottom left corner of your screen
Click on Computer
Right-click on the disk you want to check for errors and click on Properties
Click on the Tools tab in the window that opens, then click on the Check Now button(this is the ChkDsk utility)
In the window that pops up select Automatically fix file system errors
You can select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors if you want to perform a deep error check. This scanning takes longer but it is a good way to really check your disk for any error.
If you can get an error saying "can't check the disk because it's in use" you can click on Schedule disk check to schedule the ChkDsk utility to perform an error check when Windows boots

If you follow these directions you should end up with a few BSOD events recorded and a place for us to start looking -

Please download BlueScreenView http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html (in zip file)•Extract (right-click > Extract all) the contents of bluescreenview.zip.

•Double-click on the BlueScreenView.exe file, to run the program. (No installation is required.)

•When scanning is done (usually complete by the time the interface appears), go ...

•Edit > Select All

•File > Save Selected Items, and save the report to your Desktop as BSOD.txt.

•Close the BlueScreenView window... ... ...

•Open BSOD.txt using Notepad and go ... .... ..

•Edit > Select All

•Edit > Copy, and then paste the entire contents of the text file into your next reply.

check to see if you computer and software/hardware are compatible Click Here
download the file and run it on your winxp machine to check for compatibility

you can do it by buying a copy of win8 at your loacal computer store

sorry i don't have an answer to your 2nd ?? i don't know what cs5 is

one more common cause if driver conflicts .i would boot to windows disk ,choose recovery and at the prompt run "chkdsk /f"

http://www.squidoo.com/touchscreen-laptop

just info from the net ,i have not current knowledge of touchscreen myseld as i have never used one

I think what i saw was something different but seemed like there were two passwords for the same windows 7 account. Is there a way to somehow have multiple accounts sharing the same filesystem, desktop and other settings?

it is not possible with windows never was possible to my knowledge. .it isn't even logical ,what would be the point in have 2 different passwords to the same acct , if it was just going to acces the same filesystem, desktop and other settings

,i need something new but cant find anything

if you could find it it would not be new ,to be new you wpuld need to invent it .lol

maybe you could do someting related to saving time ,as you don't seem to have enought to even do your own school work .
signed
sarstastic jack .lol

after 4 years i woyuld think you would know what to do yourself ,that what i keep telling my Daughter after 6 years in University , anyway

Be sure your laptop being serviced every one or two year usage.

i agree with this but i would shorten it to 6 mnt to 1 year ,depending on the dust in you home

those are 7 of the best tips you'll find on the net

Microsoft needs to quit trying to be everything to everybody,

so what does that mean ,really , make it so it only does office work like computers were orignally meant for ,only office work and surf a text internet, so we have no browsers with 20 different plugins to make the internet work for everyone , and be a gaminf machine for those who want to play those high end games and not just solitare

your welcome ,happy computing

I am wondering if I should try running one or both of those.

waht can it hurt, i would try one and if no change' try the other

just remembered another place , go to start /search and type in HELP

first thing i would do is remove it from computer and hook it to another computer to see how it reads and maybe get the data off it ,if you can get the data off i then would try seatools and try to write the drive to zeros and start over

you woule need to give more info on you computer and its sound device ,
computer make and model will help some .and info about your surround sound even ,helper cant guess this stuff

Where do we get computer tips easily?

i get mine at www.google.com ,help forums like this one and others like it is a good spot ,i buy the odd computer magazine ' there is so much to know about computer that there is not just one good site for info ,you need to google what you want to know and go from there ,remember not every site yo ugo to is uptodate ,example= this site is saying internet explorer 7 is the lates version ,and we all know it IE10
http://www.easycomputertips.com/

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about 700-800 gb of data
i regularly accessing the data (playing mp3s and videos mostly.

the money it must have cost to buy that much music and movies ,is sure is worth the investment of a very large harddrive to store it all on and put away in a drawer for years to come

thanks for what ,we did nothing ,you did it all ,thank you

Thanks and Regards
Vicky Milza

hope it fixes the problem, good luck

i to would do as the other posters would do .start over ,quickly
i say it depends more on what content you download load or more specific content you don't download, from the net .you likely installed the virus /trojans hacking helpers ,ect ect unknoweling of course ,

i have been using my family names and pets[same pets actually ] name since 1997, and have never been hacked ,not saying im right ,just sauing im luckey maybe .

hi, never used the program actually never heard of it ,but if its on you 2 computers you must have put it there ,
if it were me i would go to there website on the computer thats not working and download it and reinstall it.
http://www.xmarks.com/

I help out in my local computer shop. We have had many people come in with their brand new windows 8 laptops and paid us to install windows 7 on them. An install of windows 7 with license key isn't cheap yet we get more and more each week. I sure wont be wasting my cash on windows 8.
The complaints range from "I can't get the hang of it" to "none of the programs I use work with it".

The complaints range from "I can't get the hang of it" to "none of the programs I use work with it".

i do that to sometime at a local computer store,also ,haven't see any people in to get back to win7 ,but then again most of the computers they sold at Christmas stil lhad win7 on them ,but have benn fixing cpmputers for years at home and in a small shop i had in town a few years back ,and people have always used those excuses ,most are to lazy to learn or just don't have the capasity ,as for program not working ,thats allways been happining ,i recently install some old programs i had laying around ,like cool edit 2000 and it worked just fine a few othere i don't remember the names of ,most worked ,but a few installed but would not run ,so whats new .i use win8 and have appsolutly no problem with it ,but i did havbe to do a lot of …

windows 7 mode ,i assume you mean the desktop ,all versions since win95 or even win3.1[kind of] ran from the desktop,and thery were all considered advanced OS'ES

there is no commands like %temp%

there is on my win8.
if the run comand doesnt work check this address .
C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Temp

it could be that your harddrive is having problems ,or your windows install is missing some needed sys files .

go to run and do a check for corrupt or missing system files ,go start/run and and type in sys /scannow ,note the space between the sys and the /

what programs did you stop with msconfig ???????

don't know what else to say ,i would have thought for sure Autoruns would show it in logon section .

did yo ulook in msconfig for it ,if not have a look .
Try going to "Run" then type in
msconfig hit enter. Look for the program or something that looks like it might be from the program it has t obe in there or in Autoruns somewhere

maybe a scan with something like malwarebytes will find something ,download from link below if you wish
malwarebytes direct link

no is the correct answer i think , laptops don't have pci ports so you can add a pci vedo device ,

I have an X401A do i have a pci-port i need to get a new graphics card how can i tell if i can i have right now intel HD graphics 2000 integrated.
Thank you!!!

im sorry im lost as to what to tell you ,autoruns should find it ,autoruns is showing registry setting for software ,akso when i google Performersoft i see suggestions to use Revo uninstaller program to delet it you could try that Revo can be downloaded as a 30 trial

check this out
Click Here

.first place to look for something from that program would be Start/allprograms /startup folder

did you look in the above palce i suggested

jumper settings are on the power end of thehardrive and have to be physically be change ,so if the drive worked and jsut stoped working it not likely the master /slave setting ,or a bios setting for that matter! its a dead harddrive

OEM=orignal equiptment manufacture, the maker/builder of the computer

hi, download and run rkill ,then see if you can scan with malwarebytes in regulat mode .
Click Here

malvare bytes quick scan did not found malvare

run the full scan ,for bes results

try running this program to scan and clean the computer
Click Here

hi, years ago i use to use generic driver for old 98 laptops ,like the one in this link ,you could try it .good luck
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

doesn't matter what operating sysem you try ,its the computer thats not detection the harddirve not the operating system [but wouldn't hurt to try it if you want, but don't install anthing on it as you could overwrite the files on it ] if its not working it will not show .the freeszer trick dosn't work ,all its suppost to accomplish is if the drive is overheating it might give you a chance to run it long enough to get some file off ! ,if the drive is broke it broke,sorry

or take it to a pro data shop ,if you data has value ,it could cost lots of dollars to retrieve

well for starters stop trying to use it ,as this will overwrite the lost data ,its possible your hard drive just up and died and it may not be possible to get the data back with out paing thousands of dollars to a recovery lap to retrieve the data .

you need to hook drive via a usb device to a working computer to see if you can access the harddrive
then if you can ,you need to try recovering files ,i have use Recua for this with some success ,but if windows cant see the drive in diskmanager then no software you try will see the drive either.

recuva tool

recently i have installed oracle 11g and internet download manager.

so are these programs you bought ,or programs free from shady download sites .

also did the slow boot start after the install of thes programs ,if so uninstall them

stop typing to fast ,i dont see how it could be possible to fix something that not a problem but an accident

some good info here on all core cpu's ,just scroll down to the I3-5-7 's not sure how upto date it is ,also scroll down near the bottom for SEE Also links
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I have tried on an external monitor and it doesn't work, any other advice?

so that should mean that the laptop is not working ,not just your lcd ,it might be making sounds and stuff but its not booting into windows or it whould have shown on the monitor

Any Idea why decice discovery might be blocked?

never heard of it ,when do you get the message

make sure to hold the power button down for a full minute ,and try agin ,if not it time to check if it still under warantee ,or have it checked by a computer tech

The keyboard backlight still works and the fan is still running quite loudly at times because I haven't shut down Minecraft yet

in the middle of you post you say waht i have in quotes ,and then you say you have check the ram and hdd and you removed the battery and held i nthe power button .so is that just a mistake, i assume it is .

when you removed the battery and held i nthe power button did you also remove the power cord from the laptop

then i would sort of lean towards you having a virus on you computer but i could be wrong

first check device manager, right click on [my]Computer go properties ,you will see device manager on the left .open it , hit the + by network adapters , in there you should see at least 2 device one for wired and one for wireless ,the wireless one should show WIFI in the name .if it not there then you will need to install drivers from Advent website ,you will need the exact model # for this ,usually found on the bottom of the laptop

@caperjack: just a general windows box,

is there an options tab in the box that gives option to save the file and not delete it , i don't use vista nev have really ,but i do get this type of message with win8 and i get the "more options tab" and click it and say save anyway .

if it was only happining in one Browser i would it was a browser security setting , you could try going to the browser option/tool section and resetting security to defaults security

Net/G Wan 300Mb(N) Wl Dual Band Router. All-in-one—High Speed ADSL2+ Modem (built-in) and WAN Gigabit Ethernet port for cable/fiber.

that info is very generic and could belong to a lot of different models of NetGears routers ,you will need the model # from the router to be exact

I always get the message that the attachment 'contains a virus and is removed

any indication in the popup as to what program is making this decision . or is it just a general windows box .you removed AVD did you replace it yet with an antivirus program .
I just uninstalled AVG from a win7 computer and boy did it take long to get rid of it all ,check control [add and remove]PROGRAMS to see if there is any rementanta of AVG