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My pc has better parts than my girlfriends but hers is way faster why.

I have had my pc for about 3 years. My pc specs are listed on the pc specs section of my profile. My girlfriend has had her computer for six months her specifications are listed below. Her computer is...

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Solved High System Idle CPU, but overall, low cpu usage

Hello, I know it sounds a little bit strange, but: When I open Task manager ->show process from all users, I notice that System Idle is uses about 95% of CPU. But the overall cpu usage is lower than...

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Solved CPU usage to high

Hello ! So,my problem is - my CPU usage is way too high. Im only watching my favourite series,and my CPU useg is : CORE 1 28 % CORE 2 67 % CORE 3 92 % CORE 4 32 % My CPU temp is 50 °C ...even though I...

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Solved Sleep function and system memory

OK so let me just state right off the bat that I'm not having any system issues but I found this odd. I started using the Sleep function on the computer instead of completely shutting it down (I still...

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Solved Boot up ok but my PC takes 10 min to connect to my WiFi

When I turn on my PC, Windows starts normally and the PC connects to my WiFi right away, but for only one minute or so, then it disconnects from my WiFi. As soon as it disconnects, my task bar goes...

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Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery

I now hope I am in the right spot to get some help. I am new at this stuff and I couldn't figure out how and where to post my problem. Now I implemented the tutorial about my problem and it worked just...

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Can't access control panel items, programs crash at boot.

So like the title says, when I try to access "System" in Control Panel, my taskbar disappears for a brief moment and reappears a bit later (it's just the explorer.exe process crashing and opening...

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PC makes weird noise when im not moving my cursor

So,yeah....I just have this extremely annoying sound comming out of my PC...I was searching some other threads, and I just couldn't find the fix for it...pls help :C

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programs won't use all of my memory before 'out of memory' errors

my laptop has 4GB of memory but *none* of my programs will *ever* use it all for some reason! *all* programs will *only* use up to 2GB until it gives me the program's error message that it is out of...

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How can I remove the UAC shield on desktop icons?

I'd like to remove the UAC shield on my desktop icons without removing the UAC functionality. Is there a way to replace the shield image with a transparent ico file, so that the shield would...

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How can I replace function of shutdown button with hibernate?

Hi I want my PC to hibernate when I press shutdown ( exactly shutdown button ) but I don't know how can I modify something like registry or group policy... to achieve my goal. Is there any way to do...

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Task Manager Missing?

I am trying to start Windows Task Manager and I am getting a message that states windows cannot find C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe. Make sure you type the name correctly and try again. Not sure how...

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CHKDSK cancelled at restart message:

When chkdsk would not start from Tools these are some of the things I tried, have been using chkdsk on computers for 20 years, but I am stumped on this one. Start_CMD_Right Click_ Run as Administrator...

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1st low disk space rmvd files then error remote procedure call failed

I started getting messages that disk space was low and so i went through with revo uninstaller and rmvd a bunch of programs and apps i really was not using but all the while my disk space was not...

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Solved Physical memory 16GB and 1800 free?! nothing Running HELP!!

Yeah the title says it all , I'm checking my Physical memory on Task manager and it says : total 16232 Cached 11023 Available 12465 _Free 1800 ?!?!?!?!_ Any help thanks P.S ( I play alot of games and...

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Which Startup Items Can I Safely Remove?

I'm trying to use video editing software but it's going incredibly slow. I've been advised to make sure there are as few background processes running at the same time and to uncheck everything on my...

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Advice on ChkDsk Results

Dear all I tried using windows backup but it kept failing - I ran CHKDSK on my HDD and got the following log details - some bad clusters were found. How serious are these issues please? Checking file...

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Whats slowing up my startup? Event Viewer shows lots of problems!

Hi Guys. The last week or so my Win 7 Pro 64bit has been very slow to boot into windows, once there it is business as usual but I would like to get an idea of what the problem may be. I am attaching a...

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Sony Vegas 12 Cpu render just as fast as Gpu render?? o.O

hi... So i have been playing around in sony vegas with some settings and found out that if you render with the cpu it takes 4 Minutes to get to 11% on a 15Min video (full video takes 34 mins ) And the...

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Windows 7 Pro New Install Freezes

I did a new install of Windows 7 Pro last weekend and I have had trouble with it freezing, It will freeze up and a then the screen turns black. After three to five minutes the screen will return to...

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