First problem is that when ever I look up any website, sometimes it just goes to google says cannot find page. It doesn't happen all the time just when I am trying to load a page and it also doesn't go right away it takes awhile for it go there. Second problem is that randomly i'll get a Microsoft Windows message that says, "crack.exe stopped working". I have no idea what to do about this to...

hope this one fits in this category okey-doke, here's the story: Downloaded a program and then restarted my computer and it won't restart properly. Everytime I try to restart it, it goes halfway through and stops at a black screen and does nothing. HELP!!!!

I was trying to open a .rar file, and found I need a new winzip, but I couldn't install it as something was wrong in it chest. I was told to do a remove in uninstall, but it's not listed, there was something else too, but I forgot, as my short term mem is AFU, please help if you Grok. thanks greg:cry: -- fugitive

My old desktop is dying so I ordered this new HP tower to replace it. It seems it has a Phenom x4 processor, 4GB RAM and 640GB disk. Delivery is expected in a day or so. Re-reading the spec just now I am horrified to discover it will be pre-loaded with a 64bit OS. But I don't have any 64 bit applications. Use mainly MS Office, WMC, photoshop elements, CorelDraw and a finance package. Although...

I recently (within the last month) purchased a Dell Inspiron 531 desktop running Vista home basic. I have not installed any programs, games, etc. My computer randomly "freezes up" when the screensaver is running. A picture will remain on the monitor indefinitely, with all the keys unresponsive. I must turn the computer off when it happens, with the resultant "Improper shutdown"...

I have a 320gb hard drive and 150gb free. Whenever I look at my available restore points they are never more than 24 hours old. In XP, I always had a list of restore points going back a month or more. I haven't seen the same settings in Vista that allow me to change how much storage space is allocated to restore points. How do I get Vista to hang on to restore points older than a...

Hi there, i was using my laptop as i normally would, nothing i havnt done before on it, when i got the blue screen on death. Restarted my laptop and windows was failing to load, it still is failing to load. after trying to start in safe mode, i then tried the do not restart windows on failure option, and it turns out that some registry files are either missing or corrupt SYSTEM32/CONFIG/DEFAULT...

Why does Vista run OK on a smaller, slower dedicated HD than it does on a partitioned larger, faster replacement? My (3.2 Ghz Pentium4, 1 GB RAM) Sony Vaio PCG-K86P Laptop came with XP Professional I cloned the HD from the supplied 60 GB ATA/100 4200 to a 160 GB ATA/100 5400.

Windows Vista Business Edition 32-bit. Checking for Windows update never ends. Windows Update was enabled, and the system was manually updated a month ago. Since then no updates have been automatically applied. Checking for updates manually never ends. Turned off auto updates, rebooted and tried again with the same results. Interesting part is:

Lisa, can you give some info. of you laptop such as how much RAM, Processor etc. Your system resources may be limited and with this info. we may be able to better assist you. Make it a great day. -- Computer/Software Tech. Charles Richmond http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

I had been having problems using Firefox 3 (my preferred browser) with Vista Home Premium. On a regular basis Firefox would freeze up and not be available either to run or to quit running. I did not have this problem with Internet Explorer but really wanted to use Firefox for most of my browsing. I eventually found out the Ad-aware seemed to be the cause of the problem. I removed Ad Aware...

::my pc crashes a lot of times out of a sudden this week. Also my internet speed test is 4Mbps instead of usual 8Mbos. :: ::The last time it happened , i did a system restore to a earlier date and the problem disappear i.e. no crashes and speedtest is normal which is at 8 Mbps. I suspect something is running at the background. I’m not sure. :: ::This time i try system restore to the

This might be long as I've trying to research this on my own for a few days now. I got this error message a few days ago saying that my file or directory for windows/cursors was corrupt or unreadable. Please run chkdsk utility. The computer still boots into windows with no apparent issue and I can still use the comptuer completely without problems. The issue I'm having is that it wants me...

I have just built my new computer. Asus Geforce 9800GT P5Q Mainboard Intel Q8200 CPU 500W PSU 4G RAM @ 800 MHz After my computer reset itself i got this message

Dear Friends, I had purchase one Lenovo Y500 just 20 days ago which having windows vista home basic with it, while purchasing it i had upgreaded Ram from 512MB to 1 GB and after it all my dreams and courage has gone in to vein; when I start to use it as it's working too much slow, even for an application like in windows mail when I'm creating new message it`s taking at least 22 seconds to...

Hello all, I have a problem with the sleep mode. When I use my computer and when I shut it down, everything works fine, the computer turns off completely. When I use my computer and when I set it to sleep mode, everything works fine, the computer turns off , the fans aren't turning, the PC becomes silent. Pressing a key on the keyboard, or moving the mouse, will switch the computer on again,...

I have two problems with the Visual Effects in Vista Business x64. The initial problem is the following: Problem #1 Assuming I have all visual effects enabled, the computer boots, Vista loads, everything is pretty and fine. The first time I make a selection from a menu, that menu selection does not fade out. It persists on my screen. All subsequent menu selections fade out correctly. If I...

I upgraded (a so-called "clean install" on same partition... it made xp pro x64 unusable by renaming various system folders) to windows vista home basic hoping that PAE would work. I had assumed that 4GB RAM would be no problem (the intel e6600 core2duo in this system supports 64bit instructions, and as a result PAE works on linux just fine) though it is not doing what I expected. After...

I'm running Vista Business x86 and thinking of upgrading my single core CPU to a dual core CPU. Will this be transparent to the operating system or will a repair be necessary?

Ok, last friday I booted up my computer, but whenever I tried to do anything the computer would lock up. Then when I pressed Ctrl Alt Del I got the famous "Failure security options" dialogue box. Also, on one occasion I got past this stage, but wheneer I pressed anything I got a: "Instruction at 0x76f020d1 referenced bad memory at 0x76c6f200. Memory could not be written" dialogue box, although...