Hard drive partition: adding free space back to c: drive
Hi everyone, I installed Ubuntu on my computer a few months ago and created another partition for it on my 1TB hard drive. I didn't really care for Ubuntu so I decided to delete the partition it was...
View ArticleWindows 7 Sleep question something weird going on. Help
Hi all new here and nice to be a member. I was wanting some help for windows 7 sleep option as theres something weird going on. I have my windows 7 server computer set to go to sleep after 20 min and...
View ArticleWindows 7 64bit - mmc cannot open the file eventvwr
All of a sudden I cannot run the eventvwr.msc! I have searched everywhere and came up mostly with solutions for winxp. regsvr32 msxml3.dll didn't do the trick (most common encountered solution). Could...
View ArticleCPU Very slow suddenly? CPUZ results
I've been having issues with the speed of my computer, it isn't a virus, I know this. So I've been looking into it and on CPU-z my ram is at 665 MHz and my cpu is at 3392 MHz My ram should be at 1600...
View ArticleComputer Slows down after a couple of hours of use: No more info
Hi, This has been baffling me for at least a month now, my PC will randomly start to slow down after a few hours (2-4) of being used. This began to happen randomly and after no new software or updates...
View Articlechkdsk runs on startup
Hi, I just started up my Toshiba laptop after it overheated and shut down, and Windows showed the Starting Windows screen, then I got a black screen with chkdsk running on it. Does anyone know why that...
View ArticleVery slow startup 5 min+ Windows 7 ultimate 64bit
Been having an issue lately with windows 7 taking a huge dump beginning at the "starting windows" screen after wards it can take upwards to 5-7 min just to get to the log in screen. I have done a diag...
View ArticleDeleting some files, are they save
I am looking to clear up some files on my computer, not so much to save space, rather because I like my file systems to be nice and neat :P. Here are the files in question: *C:\AMD* - This one appears...
View ArticleSolved removing program compatibility assistant changes?
Microsoft's Program Compatibility Assistant popped up and made changes to my system after a photoshop cs6 crash. Since the PCA, according to MS, is designed to make older programs compatible to MS's...
View ArticleSee what background programs are running at a given time in Windows 7?
Is there a way to check directly and see what all background programs are running in Windows 7 Home Premium?? :geek::confused::geek: Thanks in advance!! ;)
View ArticleWhy are two gigs of memory being used?
Hi i don't get why 2 gigs of my memory are being used i have 4 gigs and when i am not running anything but google chrome my laptop is using up 2.50-2.00 gigs of memory and i only have about 4 tabs open...
View ArticleSolved Overclocking..Need a little help
hey guys right now im stuck and ive seen video's about getting there Intel Pentium duel core E5700 processor overclocked from 3.00ghz to 3.4ghz..i was wondering how do i go about this as im a complete...
View ArticleDisk Defragmernter doesn't check C:
I've used the Win 7 built in Disk Defragmenter since day one. Noticed about two months ago that it is not checking C:. It checks the other included drives (an external HDD and a Recovery drive) on...
View ArticleComputer updated during defrag, what to do next?
Last night I set my computer to defragment my hard drive, forgetting that earlier that day I had enabled automatic updates due to a university policy that forces you to enable automatic updates to...
View Articlelong boot....unlocked system file by accident cant remember what file
well i unlocked a system locked (pad lock symbol) folder by accident looking for something else and since than the following issues are observed. and i don't remember the folder =( when the system...
View ArticleCan't Save or Export msinfo32
I can run msinfo32 OK but when I try to save or export, it hangs at a page that says "refreshing system info...printing". I let it run over an hour before I stopped it. I have saved msinfo32 in the...
View ArticleWhy is so much of my ram being used?
I have 4 gigs of ram and for some reason 2 gigs are being used for no reason im not running any programs but chrome and utorrent i don't get it i used AVG to lower the start up programs but since then...
View ArticleSolved Improve Windows 7 performance
Can anyone supply me with the link to Brink's Improve Win 7 performance? Thanks In advance. Ich
View ArticleCan't boot into Windows 7 Repair Disc
Hello Seven Forums users, I just created a system repair disc by clicking "Create a system repair disc" on my computer. The disc was successfully created, then I went to boot it up in VirtualBox and I...
View ArticleSony Computer randomly changing brightness.
I got a Sony Computer about a year ago and it's been randomly changing my brightness out of no where. Generally it moves it two below whatever I set it as and then changes it back to whatever I have...
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