Laptop wireless problem [View all] I have two laptops, a fairly new Toshiba AMD A10, 1TB HDD, 12GB RAM running Insider Program Windows 10 pro and an older ASUS laptop with lower specs r
Ransomware [View all] In the last several days, I have been hit with ransomware popups. My procedure is to perform the three finger salute, close the browser, and then run
Free conversion of word docs to PDF [View all] Are there any truly free programs that will convert word docs to PDF without signing up for a 30 day trial version etc.? Need to covert some Mortgage
no internet access [View all] I have Time Warner cable.
I had no internet access this morning, but after I rebooted my Firehawk router & modem & restarted my tablet (MS Surface
UEFI Boot from USB/DVD [View all] I have a Toshiba Satellite S755Dt-A7330, AMD 2.5GHz CPU,12B RAM, 1TB HDD running 64 bit Windows 10 professional version 1703. Unfortunately it has a U
Unique Anti-Virus: VoodooShield [View all] Just wanted to alert folks to an excellent security product that I recently discovered even though it has been around for a few years. It took me abou
Windows 10 Pro [View all] I made a boo-boo
When I start windows 10 Pro
The first screen I see is System administrator with a log in box.
If I click the box I get a promp
Can't keep default browser [View all] I have reset FireFox a dozen times as the default browser. It lasts for a couple days, then the message "Firefox is not your default browser" Click o
Ransomware [View all] I tried to do a search for this and it did not complete. This problem comes on a friends PC. Only using M/S Edge. He has run CCleaner, both scan an
HD to ssd [View all] I've done it before, but forgotten the steps. W10 with 500 GB HD, to be replaced with 240 GB SSD. I have at my disposal, Partition Assistant, Macrium
Annual PCQandA Fundraiser [View all] Hi all,
It's that time of year. Time for the Annual Fundraiser. As you may or may not know, a site such as PCQandA requires a bit of money to run.
I think my laptop is fried! [View all] My oldest son needed to use my laptop for homework. No big deal. He and his brother have used it many times. Suddenly, he called to me that the comput
Product Key [View all] Checking my W10 Product Key, MS Toolkit gives me one key, and the software program, Produkey gives me a different one. How can this be?
Epson WF-3540 [View all] OS = Windows 10 Pro
I have a problem using EZink ink cartridges.
At first the cartridges worked OK.
Now my printer won't accept the new EZink c
Wireless Printer Connection Problem. [View all] Bought my wife a Canon Pixma MG6820 Wireless Printer like the one I use and didn't realize that I'd have trouble connecting it to her desktop. Because
Recording Part of an MP3 file. [View all] Hello Folks
I bought a teaching series online in MP3 format.
I like the teaching. The file is about and hour and a half long
and I do listen t
Trying to restore to different computer [View all] My W10 Pro machine went completely belly up. I have only salvaged a Macrium Reflect image on an external usb hard drive. A friend donated a decent 3 y
Apple iPad question [View all] I know absolutely zilch about Apple but I inherited an iPad with a lot of icons on it. It seems to be in good working order except for one thing. I ca
No Desktop Icon Labels [View all] I've got a really weird problem. Running Windows 10 Insider Preview version 1607 OS Build 15025.1 on a HP 64 bit laptop with 4GB RAM. System is dual b
Can't Start Windows 10 Firewall [View all] So far for me, this appears to be a problem without a solution. Notified by W10 that my Windows Firewall needed to be started, Tried to do that but no
Switched from ssd to hd...what next? [View all] ssd imaged to an external hd. I then replaced the ssd with a larger hd, and restored the image to the new hd, using Aomei Backupper, Universal Restore
chkdsk question [View all] Yesterday I restarted WIn 7 from Win 10 and it recommended to scan D: where Win 10 resided. It started the disk examination, then started deleting fi
Web page not displayed [View all] This interesting 'problem' happened yesterday. I went to the Best Buy web site using MS Edge to look at an order. Went to order Status and it wanted
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