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Computer freezes and makes a buzzing noise

My computer randomly freezes and makes a weird noise while watching youtube video's,playing games. I do not get a BSOD or anything. windows OS:Windows 7 home premium 64 bit Motherboard: Gigabyte...

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Laser Mouse - Oh not it's growing Icons

I've been having this problem for months, somehow it would disappear, lately it's not disappearing. Today I was trying to figure out what could be the cause, my only culprit is my laser mouse. This is...

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How do I unassociate a file type?

Hello, I am having trouble with running batch files. When I try to run them they open a cmd window, but the commands are no executed. I am not the administrator on my computer so I can't edit the the...

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Why is my computer overheating? How do i change my fan speeds and temp

Im using FanSpeed. And my Temps are high! how do i put them lower? I just downloaded Speefan and for some reason its not showing my RPM speeds iunno what to do. Is this good or bad? and how do i make...

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Resolution won't show Windows Startup

Hi, ever since I got a new Graphics Card I've been experiencing newer and newer problems. Whenever I boot up, it shows a blue HP sign (normal) but then when it gets to the "Starting Windows" screen, I...

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Core temp for core I5 2500k

Will it hurt my I5 2500k if the cores get to like 47-50c while under load?

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Not Responding when trying to save as/open files/insert attachments

Hi I have windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Service pack 1 on a dell studio i3core 4gb Ram 500hdd laptop and I've noticed that when I open Windows media payer it will play the first song and start hanging...

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Which of these can I uncheck?

_Quote (Originally by brentmaas)_ > Have you tried disableling startup programs in MSConfig? 1. Type 'msconfig' in the search bar and press enter. 2. Click 'Startup'. 3. Uncheck any unused startup...

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Uninstall never completes

I opened Control Panel to Program and Features. I scrolled down to Wise Disk Cleaner and clicked Uninstall. I think I got a couple of popup windows and clicked 'OK', but then nothing happened. I tried...

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Manipulating fan speeds on a laptop

My laptop gets too hot, sometimes the cores are over 75 C. I've gone into BIOS and the only option for the fan speeds was to allow it to run constantly and that is enabled. I've also tried SpeedFan but...

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Trying to re-enable pagefile, trying to free up SSD Space

Image: http://i.imgur.com/C0NC6.png My biggest folders are seemingly Network Service and AppData. My OS is on an SSD with 60GB, I have another 1TB SATA and a second 60GB SSD as well. If I were to...

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Memory Usage On C: (Where is it coming from?)

Hello, so I just checked my C: Drive for memory usage and it says that I am using 351 GB. I have 331 GB left, but I am curious as to where the usage of that amount of hard drive space is coming from. I...

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Windows Explorer has slowed markedly

In the past couple of months my win 7 Windows Explorer now takes up to 20 seconds of searching to finally land on the folder selected. This is much slower than it used to be. I guess I'm not at all...

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Windows 7 has become too slow suddenly

i have windows 7 ultimate x64, few days back it suddenly became very slow. it takes about 3 mins to show desktop after logging in. then another 3-4 mins before i can use the machine . then also it...

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Very Slow shutdown

I have been experiencing a very slow shutdown every time I shut down my PC. It takes about 4-5 mins to shut down. What can I do to make it quicker? I have attached the system specs. Thanks

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Extremely slow start

Hi, recently my win7 pro 32bit has some problem during the start; icons on desktop are white and are appearing very slowly; maybe it takes 5 minutes before the system is functioning. In few cases I...

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Delete a LOGICAL PARTITION to increase volume of C drive.

My hard disk was partitioned into 1 primary partition[C drive of 28 GB] and 4 logical partitions[19.5, 39, 39 and 107 GB]. I want to delete one of the logical partition [19.5 GB] to increase the volume...

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Computer slowing down, crashing more often lately

Am not too sure if the lsptop slowing down or it crashing more often lately is due to unnecessary software being installed on my laptop. Will appreciate any advice to which software I can uninstall...

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An interesting read about Native Windows Defragmentation

I found this from the TechRepublic newsletter however I had to login to get to this so it might not download but.... http://i.zdnet.com/whitepapers/7bESWNWDIE_toProductionwithRevisions-3.pdf I must...

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Solved cant get rid of conduit and bing

Some how I got conduit and bing search when I select explorer. I have deleted Conduit using uninstall. Also have removed bing search engine from Manage search engines in google chrome. Also have...

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