boot manager missing
I was in the middle of doing a system restore with 4 recovery disks on an HP pavilion, windows 7. I had put in disk one, then sup disk, then disk one then sup again, and then somewhere in there it just...
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I was messing around with my PC primarily downloading and installing FSX aircraft when for some reason most of my Desktop icons appeared with the Notepad logo. When I click on it a window shows with...
View Articlelog forwindows unexpected shutdown
Hi one of my pc's is making "unexpected shutdown and recovering" error ie it restarts on it's own. is there some place i can find a windows log to maybe help someone here find out why it is doing this...
View ArticlePair of problems at startup
I own an HP Compac Presario CQ5210Y PC, obviously b een long in servicerunning Windows7. But I have run into a couple of things that trouble me. They are specifically: during bootup a defrag operation...
View ArticleInstalling 3rd OS.....
Hi all, I am currently running Windows 7 64bit dual with Ubuntu. I have a 1tb drive that I shrunk to 900gb for the windows drive then 100gb for Ubuntu. I want to install Windows 8.1 for myself (my...
View ArticlePC Crashes and BSOD
Hi, im new to these forums and not so good with computers. If i have posted in the wrong section i apologize for the inconvenience. I'll give some basic info on my system below and then try as best as...
View ArticleDell Inspiron
My sister uses a Dell Inspiron netbook with Windows 7. She uses only Internet Explorer, but when she launches it, a message box appears saying, "Your last session closed unexpectedly." Almost...
View ArticleReplacing windows XP with Windows 7 or other
Dear all I will have to do something about the above, not sure what. As far as I can see the only thing I will need to save is my Hotmail account, at least initially. Therefore, I believe I will need...
View ArticleSolved: IE9 Toolbar is missing
Hello Everyone, I recently upgraded to a new computer with windows 7. After I installed AOL on the computer, I have noticed that the IE toolbar is not at the top of the explorer page. The only toobar...
View ArticleYoutube videos will not play
Hello again, OS Windows 7, 64bit, IE 9, AOL 9.7 I cannot play youtube videos on my new computer. Either in AOL or IE. I get the same problem in both browsers. The problem is that the video will appear...
View Articleword disappeared from context menu
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 37...
View ArticleUSB Audio Codec issue with Allen & Heath ZED 10-fx mixer
Hi Tech Support guys I am running an Allen and Heath Zed 10-fx mixer on a my Samsung windows 7 laptop. Lately, the sound cuts out after about 60 minutes or so and I cannot get it to start again unless...
View ArticleRenaming User folder
I wanted to rename my user profile folder in Windows 7. To do this, I created another admin account. Under the new admin account, I went to the user folder and was able to rename it. Now, the account...
View ArticleDell Latitude D630 is down and out for the count?
I recently acquired a Dell Latitude D630. It only had one issue, the battery was bad. I can deal with that. After having it and using it, working fine of course, for about a month or two it shuts down...
View ArticleCTRL+P and CTRL+F no longer functions
My colleague's pc suddenly would no longer respond when she pressed ctrl+p, then a day later she discovered that her ctrl+f no longer works. We tried to reassign it, but it appears that ctrl+p and...
View ArticleLoading Window 7
In anticipation of MS non support for WinXP next month I'm installing Win7 Home Edition 64 Bit. I'm debating whether I should do it myself or have a PC shop do it for me. I've read enough regarding the...
View ArticleMultiplying instances of Explorer.exe -> 100% CPU Usage-> BSOD
Hello, I'm trying to fix my dad's computer. It started happening recently (<1 week), where his computer would BSOD after 10-15 minutes of use from startup. I investigated the issue in task manager...
View ArticleWindows 7 Printing Problem
I read an earlier post which is closed already from someone who is having the same issue as me. I go to the irs.gov site and try to print tax forms and they print with small verticals lines across the...
View ArticleDell saying diagnostic policy service isnt running
I found a past question on diagnostic policy service not running and did what you said (make sure its set to automatic), which it is... I also got the error when i tried to start the service... Windows...
View ArticleWin 7 slow to boot, then runs ok afterwards
My Windows 7 system has started booting real slow, taking almost 10 minutes to load everything up. Once ready, it seems to run okay. Running a check with AVAST Free and Malware Bytes does not show any...
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