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Search function displays no results, harddrive error?

Hi. This laptop is only about 6 months old so I'm surprised to see this issue. I've found that if I go to search anything, it won't load. Icons also have an issue loading. I think this is best to...

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Seven minutes between Welcome and wallpaper, then OK

Windows 7, Home Premium, 32-bit I am a long-time Windows user and have a new problem neither I nor Microsoft Support, Level 2, can solve. Windows starts quickly on boot up, I enter the password and get...

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Accidentally stop sfc /Scannow but i dont see errors

IS drangerous? i interrupt sfc /scannow i run it as a routine affter installl all my software and i interrupt accidentally i run it again and dont see problems i use to check errors whith check sur and...

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Sleep/Hibernate not working after Ease of Access Change

I noticed after increasing my text size (new monitor, higher resolution) that my wheel disappeared and an hourglass appeared. I found this in a search and saw how to revert to the wheel. I was...

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Desktop Icons cannot be selected?

Can anyone possibly tell me why almost overnight that any of my desktop icons are now un-selectable? If I re-boot the PC and let it come back up, I then can select the various icons. Very weird.

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did you turn C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIADAP.exe off?

Hi about C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIADAP.exe did you turn it off? thanks

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Losing HDD space when running built in Disk Defrag

Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit, can someone explain why it is that when I run the "built in windows Disk Defrag" I am losing about 2 GB of HDD space, I am thinking it may have to do with VSS, never had...

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Wifi Dongle prevents Sleep State in Win7

Hi, I am new here and totally desperate. I narrowed down the problem to the fact that USB flash drives and WiFi dongles (these devices have been tested sofar) prevent the pc to enter sleep state...

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Req: How to lock down Visual Effects

I've unchecked everything except 4 items under System Properties/Advanced Settings/Visual Effects. Is there a Group Policy setting or some other way to lock down those Visual Effects settings so they...

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can I delete Windows Live Setup Folder

Trying to conserve space on Solid State drive. I see a folder under Appdata == Microsoft ==> Windows Live ===> Setup taking 290MB of space. I do not use Windows Live --- can I delete this folder...

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Solved hard drive losing space rapidly (170gb over past week)

I was baffled to find my main drive with 80mb space left after freeing up 170gb of space last week. This has happened repeatedly, WinDirStat can't figure out what's taking up all the space, I've run...

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CHKDSK time....

Hi there, My Sony Vaio started a CHKDSK approx 24 hrs ago and is 11% of stage 4 of 5...is this normal? Thx David

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Solved Is there any way to speed up my old PC?

Hello, I have about 7 years old PC and it's really slow in last months. I reinstall windows last year. Don't have any games, I'm using this PC only to Photoshop, Illustrator etc. Is there any way to...

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Help with DISM Log

Hello. 1st post :o Noticed dism.exe and dismhost.exe running yesterday. Had not ever noticed them before, so I did some research. I now understand what the utility is, but my question has to do with...

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Easy Drive Repair

Is anyone willing to test this? Zeatron Software (http://zeatron.com/) I've installed it and it claims to check drives for errors and fix them. States that the drive is locked during repairs then...

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Late startup sound/jingle on new PC

Hello and greetings to you all I have some "problem" with my new PC and Windows 7 home premium x64, looking for some solution. I have installed Win 7 home premium x64 about 2 month ago and my problem...

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Old restore points not showing up

Was having problems with my PC freezing up so I opted to do a system restore. When I tried to do this I could only find two restore points, both from today. What happened to the older ones and is there...

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Windows 7 Slow Boot (Sometime).

My Windows Boot Really Slow Sometimes. When Windows Boot Logo Appears (Splash Screens) After that Black Screen Appears and My Hard Disk Activity Light Just Stuck , After Sometime (1/2 of Minute Approx)...

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Msconfig Normal Startup or Selective Startup

My problem is that my shutdown and booting speed can get slow and my laptop often fails to connect to the wifi network. I heard that one of the way to speed up the shutdown and booting process is to...

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Solved Event log issues

*Event log issues * I like reading posts on various forums and getting ideas on future issues I might have. Alot of issues ask for the event log to be shown so I decided to have a look at mine and was...

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