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What is this?

I went into help and clicked on Performance information tools and this what came up. No matter what Windows links I clicked they all looked like this. What is my problem?...

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Cannot turn on error reporting

Looking for solutions to a number of crashes, cannot get any 'cos error reporting is off. All the options in Action Center/Problem Report Settings are greyed out - with 'never check' selected. 'Change...

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http://fastcontent.conduit.com/ti.html?

I just downloaded CCleaner and now I am seeing the above message all the time. How do I get rid of this. Seems the all these so called fix it programs just make my problem worse.

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Battery meter (only) not updating

I have recently installed a new battery on my 5+ year old hp compaq laptop. I'm not entirely sure, but assume the behaviour with the battery meter started then, though there have been some windows...

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processes in question while updating

There are 3 processes that caught my eye, which I haven't seen in recent memory: ClickOnce (microsoft) Windows Driver Foundation- User-mode NVIDIA Driver Helper Service I may have never noticed these...

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dxm.exe causing random spikes of high CPU usage.

Hi, recently I've been experiencing random spikes of lag in my laptop. I use AllCPUMeter gadget to monitor my systems. The symptom was that CPU usage would increase highly without any major programs...

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WIN 7 - Taskbar loading cursor everything in windows window is jammed

Hi, I've been experiencing bad Windows 7 operating system for the past month. I have placed a link (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7h4qrnvpm0lnbeh/IqESyQThTp) in this thread in RAR which contain TWO files....

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New SSD -- delete Sys Reserved Partition or Not?

I know how to delete the System Reserved partition, I've done it before with HDD installs, but this is my first SSD, and I want to squeeze every drop of performance from it that I can (Samsung 128GB...

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performance

Since I reinstalled world of warcraft, I've been receiving the attached message. Given my specs I don't see why this is happening. My performance under task manager seems ok, so I'm not sure what...

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SFC and Trusted Installer? Is this normal?

I have NOT been able to run a SFC for a long time. I uninstalled some programs last night and tried today with success. I am not familiar with Windows 7 but I don't think Vista ran SFC via Trusted...

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D3D11.DLL error

Hello everyone, I have started getting this error recently, and it started to give me headaches, so I am looking for your advices,the error is on the attachment image, thanks in advance.

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100% CPU usage and intermittent freezes

Hello, my brother's laptop since Friday (the 13th) has had slowness with something 100%ing the laptop CPU and up to a a minute or 2 before normally resuming. I'm not so sure what it is and am trying to...

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"searchprotocolhost.exe" is locking files

Hi, recently I've been having an issue with cut/paste taking forever for files in my 2nd internal drive. When I select those files and I first run Unlocker it lists the process "searchprotocolhost.exe"...

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Windows 7 suddenly very slow, tried systemrestore, msconfig,sfc,chkdsk

Hi I have an Acer Aspire 5742G with Windows 7 Home Premium. A few days back, after what I thought was a recent Windows update, Windows booted very slowly and was slow/unresponsive upon booting. Even...

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Explorer.exe not loading after Java update, error code 0xc0000142

This is my first post here, so I'll try to be as specific as possible. It started when I tried to play Minecraft. It crashed right as I opened the launcher. I had recently updated Java, so I thought...

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Can I repair only?

I ordered and received the recovery disks from HP for my particular model computer. My PC works but is very slow in starting and I was hoping that these disks would help "repair" my PC, not do a...

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Computer sleep settings

I have all correct settings to allow computer to sleep and wake up for WMC recordings, etc. Most of the time it works correctly, but lately (occasionally) the comp will not go to sleep and if I go into...

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Windows 7 high CPU and RAM usage.

Hey I am new to these forums so if I have made any mistakes please forgive me. Ever since this morning my CPU and RAM usage have been very high. ( 70 - 80 percent) While not running anything in the...

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windows 7 chkdsk won't run on c: drive on startup, sfc produces error

I'm trying to run chkdsk on my C: drive to resolve file allocation errors. I tell it to fix errors and recover bad sectors. It says the disk is in use, so I schedule it to run on next startup, but it...

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Virus Deletion Now Makes Internet Access Impossible

My main desktop PC (configuration below) worked fine accessing the Internet via Firefox, I.E., and Chrome until yesterday morning when AVG found and deleted these "dangerous" infections that had to...

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