Solved Strange drive in "MyDefrag" window
I use "MyDefrag" instead of MS "Defrag" My Toshiba laptop lists a strange drive in "MyDefrag" \\?\Volume{08416dc4-cbcf-11e1-83c8-806e6f6e6963] Attachment 263507...
View ArticleOccasional slow boot time despite using an SSD.
I have been using a Samsung 830 SSD for a few months for my laptop. However, occasionally the boot times tend to be slow, as it spins at the "Welcome" screen for quite some time. Is there any way to...
View ArticleCPU AUX temperature, wild fluctuations
It's been a year and a half running this PC and I've had next to no problems. In the past couple of days I've been getting some odd locks, some strange "digitized" audio while playing video, etc. So I...
View ArticleWindows Experience Index not working
Hello, I was checking my Windows Experience Index and it doesn't seam to be working after making a system restore a couple of weeks ago - only noticed now...:p. I have followed the procedure in here...
View ArticleFolder increasing explorer.exe cpu usage
Hey guys, I'm having a problem that when I open my Music Folder it makes my explorer.exe CPU usage go to 25% and only reseting my PC solves the problem. No other folder makes my PC behave like this....
View ArticleComputer is slow and freezes whenever it is loading something
Hi, I have been using my laptop without problems for about 1 year and a half. Recently, about a week ago, it suddently started to be extremely slow and freeze whenever it is loading something. When I...
View ArticleWindows 7 stuck at "Starting Windows" NO fix on these forums helps
My PC has been a little temperamental the last few weeks, but it has finally given up on me. Now my problem is different from others stated on this forum (that I've found). When I boot my PC normally,...
View ArticleVery slow startup and opening files and Internet
Recently my computer has been running very slow. It begins when I'm waiting for the desktop icons to appear to opening any file or application. It's also slow just opening the internet. Please advise.
View ArticleSolved Adding scanned files to "send to"
Have just bought a Skypix handyscanner, which is great to use. I'm using FreeOCR with it. How can I arrange to send scans directly to this soft-ware please.
View ArticleComputer HDD Low Disk Space Issue
Hi everyone, So my Laptop which has a 277GB HDD is currently 99% full. I've been constantly deleting things (I removed 50 GB of music, I've removed over 15 GB of pictures and video), yet my HDD is...
View ArticleWindows Media Player Causes CPU to run at 100%
Ok, so I'm currently on my computer, wondering why its running slow, when i look at my CPU usage, its on 100% for both cores, the culprit is WMP... Is their any reason on why windows media player slams...
View ArticleAsus zenbook ux32v long boot times, and when coming out of sleep etc.
Hi I have the above brand new computer which I have used for a few months. After the windows icon loads there is about 5 min of inactivity, before the HDD light shows activity, from which it boots...
View ArticleSystem Repair Not Working on Dell Windows 7 Laptop
My son just gave me his laptop and I want to reset it to factory settings because he has a ton of bad files on it and it does not work well. I have tried hitting F8 when it boots. I can get into the...
View ArticleSolved Safe to sleep with hibernate file disabled?
Hey all i currently don't use the hibernate on windows 7 my power setting is balanced so hard disk turns off after 20 mins then 30 mins it goes into sleep basically wanting to know if i disable my...
View ArticleSolved SSD upgrade for a laptop
Hello, I currently have two 750gb drives, both are 7200rpm. Is it worth me upgrading to a SSD? If so should I get one small capacity SSD just for my OS, or should I get two large SSDs. I was thinking...
View ArticleSilverlight 5.1.20125.0 plugin for Firefox needs a disc?
Before posting this, I searched on what I thought was relevant keywords & found nothing relevant in the way of answers among the 129 results I got. So I hope this isn't a duplicate or something...
View ArticleSolved Chkdsk reports file system id RAW
Trying tocopy some files to a disk and they would copy. After snooping around tried to run Chkdsk on disk. Chkdsk reports the disk as raw but I can see folders and files. anybody know what may be up...
View ArticleResource and Perfomance Monitor- failed
Resource and Perfomance Monitor I am not quite sure HOW to work this out Basic System Check - Tab System service Check - key word System Service Check: Test Result:Failed Description: Check for state...
View Articlea problem with hibernation
hi i have this problem when i click in hibernate it show me the login screen (like when cliking in switch user) the hiberfil.sys existing hibernation is enabled why this happened ??
View ArticleFailed Resize Partition -> Incorrect Use
Hello there. i have two partitions in my wd-mybook they are R (1,1TB) and S (750GB). yesterday i was intended to resize my second partition to smaller size then give the unalocated space to the first...
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