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My Week For Video Card Problems
This on my main Windows 8 machine this morning. Sat down, pressed space bar to wake up computer and was greeted with the screen in the first picture.
LesJul-08-13 04:39 AM
by Les
6
Dell Windows tablet
After seeing acommercial for a Windows tablet, I ordered one last Thursday, receiving it yesterday. It looks like the iPad, but is much thinner and
Snixe2Jul-05-13 06:16 PM
by John M.
3
USB 3 Question
I have a 1 TB USB 3.0 WD My Book Esentiels External Hard Drive. The hard drive has failed. I'm unable to format the drive. My question is: I have d
TV Man 436 163Jul-05-13 12:18 PM
by TV Man 436 163
5
Ubisoft Hacked
Received an email with the following information: Dear Member, We recently found that one of our Web sites was exploited to gain unau
bobboJul-04-13 05:39 AM
by Bob G
2
Spybot S&D.Exe Trojan.
Hmmm. I remember a recent thread here regarding how bad the latest iteration of Spybot S&D is (I even think I started it) but a search didn't find it.
SidJul-03-13 07:47 PM
by Sid
2
Laptop PC Support Q&A
My laptop recently crashed while I was watching YouTube. I reached out to a firm "Omnitech Support" who charged me quite a lot of $$ to clean and opti
AFASJul-03-13 12:14 AM
by Ttech
6
Assoc Press article re Win 8.1
I found the attached article from the Associated Press to be interesting both to topic and since it gets wide distribution. Particularly interesting w
randybedoreJul-02-13 09:10 PM
by PlainJoe
6
Acronis TI and Win 8
Folks. I have win 8 as my primary OS and I just installed Acronis TI 11 on it. It installed correctly and I made an image of C to a separate partitio
PlainJoeJul-02-13 02:50 AM
by PlainJoe
10
Video Card Strangeness
I have a Sapphire HD4850 video card installed in my Windows 8.1 computer. I kept hearing a fan that would start and stop and I finally found it was t
LesJul-02-13 02:07 AM
by Les
12
too many popups??
My wife has a fairly new touchscreen Lt running windows 8. It is giving her a ridiculous amount of ad popups etc. to the point it is almost unusabl
John M.Jul-01-13 10:35 PM
by Paul D
4
New UASP USB ---170% Faster than USB 3.0!
This is interesting. Two USB 3.0 ports on the back of my new ASUS motherboard (the new build) didn't work with a USB 2.0 thumb drive. A little researc
SidJun-30-13 09:16 AM
by PlainJoe
1
Windows 8.1
Anybody game to try it? http://window s.microsoft.com/en-u s/windows-8/preview
LesJun-29-13 04:07 PM
by MSU
18
multiple problems
This pc ( acer desk top vista home premium) loads windows with no task bar or icons. When I do cntr,alt del, the page comes up and I select the Task
wings515Jun-29-13 12:16 PM
by wings515
10
SSD Install Of Windows 7
I got my son a new Corsair SSD. He installed Windows 7 and now every boot it black screens first with stuff about RAID. I went into the Dell Bios and
uffbrosJun-29-13 05:25 AM
by uffbros
16
Dead machine
My desktop seems to have died. It boots past the BIOS screen, lists PCI devices, brings up "Verifying DMI Pool Data....." a
Paul DJun-28-13 09:22 PM
by Paul D
7
Win 8 at desktop exclusively w/Win7 Style Start Menu vs...
I am just curious, what can you not do with a Windows 8 computer that boots to the desktop with a Windows 7 style Start Menu that never goes into the
DocJun-28-13 08:31 PM
by Les
6
How Much is Your Gmail Worth?
here is an interesting article from Brian Krebs the value of hacked email accounts. http:// krebsonsecurity.com/ 2013/06/how-much-is- your-gmail-worth
HoratioJun-26-13 09:47 PM0
Hard drive problems
When attempting to do a hard drive backup (Drive C with Acronis or Windows 7 Pro) I'm unable to finish. I get a message of bad sectors. When I run chk
TV Man 436 163Jun-26-13 06:14 PM
by TV Man 436 163
10
Spybot S&D.
Whoa, Nellie!!! I just downloaded Spybot S&D (version 2.1.18.0) on my newest build and can't believe the massive changes in the user interface. Tot
SidJun-26-13 05:37 PM
by Acadia
20
SSD infant mortality II
http://www.zdnet.com /ssd-infant-mortalit y-ii-7000003945/
daniellJun-26-13 02:43 PM
by Acadia
1
SSD in a 6 Yr Old Laptop?
I probably know the answer but I'll ask anyway. Would it be worth installing an SSD in my Dell Inspiron E1705/9400 with a Intel(R)Core (TM)2CPU T5200
buzzmagJun-26-13 02:03 PM
by buzzmag
11
XP SP3 computer slows down and then speeds up
Friends machine will slow down so much she can hardly use it and by the time I get there it is running good again. I have run malware bytes and super
IRnTXJun-25-13 06:52 PM
by Chickenman
6
Update Ccleaner 4.03.4151
http://www.filehippo .com/download_cclean er/changelog/ CCle aner 4.03.4151 Change Log Comments - Added command line option to reboot after clean
jujet84Jun-25-13 04:11 PM0
This is odd
I posted a few days ago that after Windows Updates, I was pushed to IE 10 and that eBay's appearance was all garbled. Well, my Acer netbook and my To
Snixe2Jun-25-13 04:58 AM
by Sid
5
New MB "quality"???
Been reading on newegg user reviews of mb in $150-$200 range. The norm is 15-18% completely fail the user evaluations. What gives? And this includes a
randybedoreJun-24-13 04:12 AM
by PlainJoe
6
Looking for high end laptop
Hi all, The laptop that I have owned the past 5 plus years (a 6 year old model) is starting to show wear on the cable going to the screen. I can g
DocJun-24-13 01:25 AM
by dtellier
5
Once again, lost internet connection - FIXED
After a brief power outage, I lost my internet connection again. Described in earlier posts,i.e. http://pcqanda.c om/dc/dcboard.php?az =show_topic&f
bobboJun-23-13 11:10 PM
by bobbo
15
AV Question
Hi guys and gals. Got a quick question. My antivirus subscription will be up next month. I am still using NOD32 version 4.2. It is clearly time
DocJun-23-13 11:48 AM
by Chickenman
11
Services and Processes Questions
Earlier, as everyone knows by now, I posted with subject of GAOD. I was merely wanting to know what I could shut down in task manager. Without g
SparhawkJun-22-13 08:29 PM
by MSU
9
How to Tell if Laptop Hard Drive Crashed?
Recently My laptop will not boot up. It is a black screen and I hear no noises except a long beep when hitting F8 to bring up BIOS. I know how to tak
DaylilydayzedJun-22-13 06:38 AM
by Daylilydayzed
15
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