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30+ minute startup, can't do a thing once it does

Hello, My 5 year old Windows 7 Lenovo T420 Laptop suddenly decided to take 30+ minutes starting up. Last night I was on Skype with a buddy of mine, but I forgot to plug my laptop back into the charger...

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Solved: Constant BSODs for any 3d application!

Hey everybody I have been suffering from constant BSODs from the same two files which always happens during gameplay of any games (it happens for some games faster than others). I know it is a driver...

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Solved: Sleep/Stanby Modes Grayed Out

HP Touchscreen IQ506, Win 7 Home Premium (SP1), NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS Display with driver updated from HP site only yesterday. The only thing I have done since upgrading the driver is to change...

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C drive full compuer runs so slow please help me im clueless on a computer

hi everyone, so we recently bought this computer from a kid who needed the money said he spent a lot of money building and we figured it was a good deal but now all of a sudden the c drive is pretty...

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Recycle bin no longer deletes files

Windows 7 - 32 bit Desktop I set the recycle bin to a maximum of 5GB (meaning when I place a file/video etc into the bin over 5 GB the recycler would delete it immediated giving me more HDD space),...

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Windows 7 boot problems

This started about 3 months ago when I installed Kali Linux dual boot with windows, both were running fine but I installed a few Windows 7 programs for Kali Linux using Wine and I guess since the...

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Mysterious computer hanging

My computer is several years old, and I built it myself from components purchased separately. Maybe about 6 months ago, it started randomly freezing. I hadn't installed any new hardware recently....

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Laptop issues

This is my 1st time posting a question on any kind of forums or whatever so yeah. Okay about a month ago I tried installing Ubuntu on my Acer laptop. My laptop already had Windows 7 Home on it. When I...

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Forwarding email to myself to change a sent date

Hi, Can someone edit messages in a chain of emails to make it look as if a message was sent when it wasn't? I've received a chain of emails that have been sent back and forth from myself to someone...

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split screen

I have a vertical split screen and I need to restore to a single full screen. It is not a full screen and I am unable to see all the icons.

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Keeps restartimg???

I have a Dell Inspiron running windows 7. After having a virus infection I could not resolve myself I took my computer to a shop for repair. When I first got it back all was "almost" normal again....

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Assign Local Admin Rights without local Admin Group

Hi We upgraded our desktops from Windows XP to Windows 7, with Windows XP we used the resource kit’s CDROMLOCK.EXE to lock down CD and DVD. Once installed a user had to be in the local administrators...

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Compaq Factory windows 7 reinstall does not work

I did a factory reinstall on a compaq presario CQ5300Y PC which resulted in a slow machine. I can't get into control panel to remove excess programs and desktop junk to hopefully speed up the computer....

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buying and installing Windows 7

We have a spare HP PC that came with XP but a year ago Microsoft was selling W8 for a special price and I bought it and my friend installed it. Now after using it, I really don't like it and I would...

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Scan With

Ok I like to save software to the desk top then right click on that folder and scan with malwearbytes ; then scan with to check the folder for any malwear before before I install. I just right clicked...

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No drivers were found. Click Load Driver ...

I'm getting an error when I try to install windows 7 onto my Samsung ultrabook, here's a link to the laptop: http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-...owto#/howtoTab The error reads "No drives were found....

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Low Disk Space

Out of Disk space on HP tools E never done before step by step please

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Solved: Moving from XP Alas

Continuing the great saga of transition from Win XP 32-bit to Win 7 64-bit ... I have been using MS Publisher 2000 for nearly ten years to produce a club newsletter, and have been very satisfied with...

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Asus laptop won't start windows normally

Hi - I have an Asus Zenbook Ux31 running Windows 7. Today I was checking my email when it suddenly shut down. It was plugged in, so I knew it wasn't a battery issue or anything. On starting up again,...

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System can't find vc_red.msi from 2008 c++ Windows Redistributable

Thank you for clicking my topic! From what I understand, there was some kind of permissions error in the c++ 2008 Windows Redistributable x86 package before a certain date. This may or may not be...

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