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I have Windows Vista Home Premium. Always have had trouble with the mail program (I've only been a computer user since December 07). When I started, I was on MSN dial-up service because I was also on web-tv. I've since cancelled web-tv and now am on high speed internet, cable modem, Grande Com. I've tried deleting everything having to do with dial-up, but i still GET a pop-up telling me to connect to my dial-up ACCOUNT when I try to use Windows Mail. I don't have one in the accounts SECTION. What the heck am I missing this time? It always defaults to Windows Mail when I try to forword a pic or something similar.

JimYour answer: http://ask-leo.com/why_does_my_computer_keep_wanting_to_dial_a_connection.htmlDid what the link says. Still getting the pop-up. Quote from: jtmt on September 01, 2008, 04:46:41 PM

... i still get a pop-up telling me to connect to my dial-up account when I try to use Windows Mail. I don't have one in the accounts section.

It always defaults to Windows Mail when I try to forword a pic or something similar.

Which flavor of XP are you using?( Home edition, media center, Professional)

Quote from: chad on August 24, 2008, 07:32:10 PM

Quote from: Zylstra on August 24, 2008, 06:24:23 PM

Log into that account, can you still access your photos on your own account while logged in as the limited user? If so, something must be a bit off with your setup.

Yes, I can definitely still see every file and folder from that second account... I have set it up as limited, and I have passworded mine as protected. hmmmmm...

Which flavor of XP are you using?( Home edition, media center, Professional)

Quote from: chad on August 24, 2008, 07:32:10 PM

Quote from: Zylstra on August 24, 2008, 06:24:23 PM

Log into that account, can you still access your photos on your own account while logged in as the limited user? If so, something must be a bit off with your setup.

Yes, I can definitely still see every file and folder from that second account... I have set it up as limited, and I have passworded mine as protected. hmmmmm...

Did you log out of your account before acessing the new one?

Right click the file you don't want her to see and select properties.

Click the Advanced button and put a check mark next to "Encrypt contents to secure data"

This should make the file unreadable to other users.

Make sure by logging into her account and trying to access the file from there.

Hope this does it for ya.

Try Magic Folders - it's an awesome, easy program. Folders that are 'hidden' just don't show. Period.

http://www.pc-magic.com/

Warning

I know nothing of Magic Folders - BUT

I have used a folder hiding programme to hide a folder on my external hard drive.

I accidentally discovered that what was hidden to my operating system was NOT hidden to any other computer to which that external drive might be attached.

I believe this is a common limitation to folder hiding programs,

Regards
Alan

Sorry to cast a slur on Magic Folders - I just wanted to warn others of an unexpected possible pitfall.

Removable drives
You shouldn't use Magic Folders or EMF on removable drives. Although the files and filenames would remain encrypted and scrambled on other computers (if you're using EMF), the folders and files would not be hidden, for EMF or Magic Folders.
In addition, Magic Folders and EMF don't mark hidden folders, they just filter file requests against your list of hidden folders. Therefore any removable media with folders with the same name as the one you hid would have their folders hidden as well, and in the case of EMF, their files would be encrypted too. We may in a later version include the disk ID or volume name in the hidden folder list, but we haven't done that yet.

Quote from: joefido on August 24, 2008, 08:09:33 PM

If you have a limited user account for the House Sitter why not just Hide the files you want privite? Right Click the Folder or File that you want privite, select Properties, and select Hidden from file attributes. Unless she logs in with your password, she won't be able to see the Hidden folders or files.

Unless, you simply go to:
Tools> Folder Options> the "View" tab, and select "Show Hidden and System Files"

After the usual power-on start-up sequence I can apply may password and log on.
About 5 seconds later I get my desktop background, and another 4 seconds later the task bar complete with the clock icon arrives, and all the desktop shortcuts appear.

During the next 10 seconds - sometimes stretching to 60 Seconds, the Clocks neighbours appear ( "Volume", Safely Remove Hardware", etc. ) - or perhaps they don't.
After this the P.C. is ready for me to use.

My son tells me that this is a known issue with Windows XP. I believe him but am still not yet ready to follow his advice and use Vista.

Is there any advice or known fixes that you can suggest for this known issue ?

Additional information :-

I have XP Home edition. Whilst using SP2 it had a 90% chance of a full house upon start-up, and typically on the 10% when it failed there were still at least a random choice of at least 3 of the 5 that should arrive.

This week with SP3 there was only a 50% chance of a full house, and a 40% chance that some of the icons will appear, with a 10% chance that nothing will come and sit next to the clock.

I have significantly improved the chances of success by removing ERUNT from my start up folder, and arranging that it only performs its 50 MByte Registry backup AFTER all the icons have appeared.

My remaining problem could be my Antivirus ESET NOD32 version 2.7. On the few start-ups since I removed ERUNT from the start-up processing most of the icons appear and the system is ready 15 to 20 seconds after I log on, but twice it took up to 60 seconds with few if any icons APPEARING BESIDE the clock, and each time I got a message from ESET that it had downloaded AND INSTALLED a new virus signature update. Whenever the start-up was reasonably quick and most icons appeared it was because ESET found it was up to date and there was nothing to download and install.

I know that ESET problem will go away if I prohibit automatic updates, but that is only a partial solution should there be other things on start-up that are also variable.

I do not want to endanger my virus protection with what could be only a partial fix.

I would much rather do something to PROPERLY fix this, even if I have to hack the registry - just please don't tell me to install Vista !!!

Regards
Alan
do you see a large arrow pointing to the left near your clock? Something like this.... <

If you click on it you should see all the programs that you are talking about.

If you want them to be shown all the time right click on the task bar and pick properties than uncheck the box called "Hide Inactive Icons"

No - no such arrow.

Did as you say, and found the "Hide Inactive Icons" was already unchecked.

This evening I had a fairly quick start-up, and ESET NOD32 found nothing to update,
BUT I still suffered loss - the ESET icon and the Power/battery icon failed to appear.

The bottom of the screen now appears as attached

Regards
Alan


[recovering disk space -- attachment deleted by admin]It looks like you have another tool bar above the task bar. Can you tell me what that is?

Also you can try to right click the task bar ....properties and than next to the "Hide the Icons" box is a custom button. Click it and than pick what icons you want to show or just click restore defaults.

Thanks. You may be on the right track here.

To the right of the "Hide the Icons" box is a "Customize" button which I never considered because it was greyed out. I have just checked the "Hide ..." box and that has enabled the button.

Upon clicking I see a lot of items
Under Current Items it shows
Volume,
Comodo Firewall, and
Safely Remove hardware.
This correctly identifies what is sitting next to the clock right now.
Past Items has 23 members, including my absent friends
ESET NOD32, and
ON AC power

I was very excited to see that each were set to "Hide when inactive"
and that setting could be changed to "Always Show" or "Always Hide",
and thought that by using the "Always Show" option it would give double certainty
that together with UN-checking the "Hide ..." box these icons would have to appear.
Unfortunately upon closer examination only 25 of the 26 items were set to hide,
and the one item set "Always Show" is the ESET NOD32 icon,
and this is NOT showing even though task Manager can see both the ESET SYSTEM and ESET User interface processes - I am still protected - it is only the icon that failed.

So I think this is not much better than a no hoper after all,
but now you have introduced me to this facility I will set what I need to "Always Show" before I return the "Hide ..." box to unchecked state.
I will get back to report success if it works.

There is no tool bar above the task bar - what you can see is the bottom corner of the Firefox browser which was in use at the time.

Thank you for your efforts

Regards
Alan
Hi

The icons were better behaved and appeared correctly at start-up for two days, but I think that was just luck and/or no overnight anti-virus updates for ESET to catch up on.

It is now just as bad as it was previously, and I have seen only the Volume icon appearing beside the clock.

Further suggestions to fix this would be welcome.

ALTERNATIVELY :-

I could paste icons on the bottom right of the desktop immediately above systray,
and these icons could be short cuts needing a double click to launch whatever HAPPENS to be missing from systray.

I know what and how to do this for my anti-virus and Firewall.
I would appreciate help with the relevant path and file name as short cuts to :-
Safely Remove Hardware;
On AC Power
Volume

I could alternatively/additionally try adding such shortcuts to the conclusion of my supervisory batch file, and I would appreciate advise upon any additional option switches/modes etc that would avoid giving me a second set of the same icons when the INITIAL start-up has provided all that I needed.
Is there any way that my supervisory batch file could detect which icons are already in place, and which have not arrived ?

Regards
Alan

Hi all,

for work every day, I copy and paste BITS of word documents into a private website. Except today, when I LOGGED on, I can't even click my cursor into the text space on the website. Aaaaaargh!!!

It's as though my computer settings have changed overnight. And the problem is OCCURRING with both Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Can anyone HELP me?? Thanks!!Quote from: papinade on March 07, 2011, 06:14:26 AM

for work every day, I copy and paste bits of word documents into a private website.

i install WINDOWS 7 home BASIC from dvd but its date has been EXPIRED so how to SOLVE IT,RC expired,THANKS for comments.You pay with money.

Hello,

I would like to be able to take some THINGS off of my
"right click on My Computer ContextMenu"

I would like to delete these 7

Analyze with DiskAnalyzer Pro
Run Sandboxed
Control Panel
Map NETWORK drives
Disconnect network drives
Create shortcut
Delete

If you don't have the time to go step by step
with me at this time,
I would really be happy enough if you could just
tell me where these items are located in "Registry Editor"
this would be good for now, might be able to FIGURE it out from there.

Thank you all so much

if i LEAVE it on for ABT 15 min i get a black screen and no matter what i click it WONT come bak i NEED to restart my system why?

fariya enterprises

Hi, NEW to this, and hope some one can help?

I'm publishing a load of AUTOMOTIVE data on CD for FREE distribution. I have one main file on the disc containing lots of PD F's with internal Hyperlinks, that work just fine on any computer the disk is loaded to. Outside of the file is a ADOBE DOWNLOAD, a (Read me First) TEXT File, & a Shortcut targeted to the main Hyperlink page in the File.

Problem is, my Drive is E: , on other PEOPLES computers I've had F: , and no doubt ther's more CD drive designations. Of course the shortcut fails to recognise other drives. IS THERE A WILDCARD or SOMTHING TO FIX THIS? that I can write in Target: & Start in: . Many thanks, Please feel free to emailSolution: Don't use shortcuts. You could use a batch file instead.Thanks BC, havent got a clue how that works, but I'll look in to it, CHEERS

hello
i have a problem: i need to CHANGE my ACCOUNT to administrator, my account is in a domain (work domain).

so now how do i change my domain restricted USER account to administrator on win7 ? You don't


If you need it then ask your Domain admin for HELP

I have an hp 1410 all in one printer and it takes forever to print a para graph..
DukeHas it always been slow, or is this a recent PROBLEM?What''s a para graph ? ?Quote from: patio on March 04, 2011, 06:27:02 PM

What''s a para graph ? ?

Has it always been slow, or is this a recent problem?

Hello! I hope this hasn't been asked before, but if it has i couldn't find it. I am buying a new PC, which should arrive tomorrow. It will have WINDOWS 7 64 bit. I currently have a machine running Vista 32 bit. I would like to take the Hard Drive from my old computer and add it to my new one as long as there is ROOM for it. I've seen people online talking about a "Dual Boot" machine, which isn't what I want to do. I would actually want to uninstall Vista from the old Hard Drive.

Can this be done? If so, how? Also, how dangerous is it? I'm not a computer expert (obviously) and don't want to attempt to do something over my head and lose all my stuff! Thanks for your help.Are you PREPARED to lose EVERYTHING on the drive? If so, simply format it. Install the drive in the new system, boot up, open disk management, find the drive you want to format, right-click on it, format. Simple process. And don't worry, Windows will not allow you to format the drive to which you have booted.No, basically what I'm trying to do is avoid transferring all my files and re-installing all my games. New PC has a 1TB hard drive so space isn't the issue.Can't be done...all APPS need to be re-installed.

I have an HP pavilion dv5 laptop and I am experiencing vertical lines on the screen which do not go away, and return after rebooting. I have read some other threads with similar issues; however, my laptop becomes completely unusable after these lines appear. This same problem happened REGULARLY about 1 and a half months ago, but went away following a system restore. My battery is PRETTY much shot, and I don't know if that would have anything to do with this problem. When the lines appear I am FORCED to shut the laptop down and restart it, only to have it happen again. I took my battery out for most of the day yesterday, and I was able to use the laptop for an hour or two today before the lines returned. I have no idea what to do, and I have system RESTORED like 5 times in the past week, but nothings has worked. Please help.

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OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (original)
Manufacturer: Dell
Model: Inspiron 15r (N5010)
RAM: 6GB
CPU: Intel i5 M460 2.53 GHz
RAM: 6GB
Video card: Intel HD Graphics
Sound card: IDT High Definition Audio
HD: Intel 5 series 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller, 500 GB
Ethernet: Realtek RTL8103T Ethernet Controller
Wireless card: Mini WLAN half size DW1501 Wireless-N/Broadcom VIRTUAL Wireless Adapter
Antivirus: McAfee (before formatting), Avira Antivir (after formatting)
Firewall: Zonealarm

Problem: BSOD only when connecting to a specific, unprotected wireless network in a matter of minutes (may vary between 1 minute to 15 minutes).

What I have tried: Before formatting: tried some free registry correctors and restoring system. After formatting, I updated the BIOS, and reinstalled/updated the following drivers: chipset, video, sata, ethernet and wlan. Minidump files from 3 BSODs are attached.

Safe mode with network: no BSOD so far (it has been 1 hour since I connected to the wifi network).

What says the BSOD: "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer"
3rd BSOD STOP code: 0x0000007F (0X0000000000000008, 0x0000000080050031, 0X00000000000006F8, 0xFFFFF80002A8C798)
5th and last BSOD: 0x0000007F (0X0000000000000008, 0x0000000080050031, 0X00000000000006F8, 0xFFFFF80002A3A798)

Description: For 2 months since I got this laptop I had no problems using wired and wifi networks. But just when I BROUGHT my laptop to mom's place, where I will be living for 2 months, I'm getting
BSOD everytime I try to connect to the wifi network here. The last 2 BSODs occurred 1 minute after I connected to the wifi network, but the OTHERS time varied.
When my wifi adapter is on, but not connected to any network, everything works fine. I get no BSOD or any other errors.
Before formatting, and after the firsts BSODs I've got a file called mfewfpk.sys corrupted, that seems to be related to McAfee antivirus. No viruses were detected by it and Malware Bytes Antimalware.
As I couldn't find any solution, I formatted everything, but the problem still occurs.
Other laptops and computers connected to the wifi network, each with different OS (like the one I'm using, which is WinXP Home Edition SP2), work fine.
What should I do now?

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when connecting to a specific, unprotected wireless network

Whose network would that be?

is there any way to update my COMMAND PROMPT from a 5.1 2600 to the 6.1.7600???Those numbers, 5.1.2600 and 7.1.7600 are Windows version numbers for XP and Windows 7. Not command prompt versions. I am not sure what you are asking for.

I have a 4 core 32 bit machine RUNNING Windows 7. The software I am using is Pinnacle Studio 15 (Movie Maker ) EVERY time I try and open Pinnacle I get the error message
`Importer has STOPPED Working` Windows is searching to find the problem, it never does. Pinnacle say its not the programme and should try re installing Windows 7 !!!
Can't get any sense out of Windows any ideas would be most welcomeI have the same issue and am still looking for a solution. I opened it once and then it would not finish loading. Studio 12 now also has the same problem.Thank you for your reply. After a very frustrating backwards and forwards to Pinnacle they still would not acept that V14 & V15 are prone to lose Importer files, or can not access them.

I bit the bullets last weekend and reloaded Windows 7. I have to say that the Pinnacle is working OK. I have had another go at Pinnacle but they are not replying to my Emails.

It would be good idea to get someone to load Windows via BIOS it MEANS pressing F5 on start up. My computer friend then changes the start up drive to CD Rom this stops Windows picking up all bits it leaves behind when you just format the C drive in normal mode.

Sorry I have no quick solution to our problem.

cheers loedlucan

i got this pop-up last night and do not know what it means or what to do

it says it will make my pc quicker

[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]I think it means if you plug your USB device into specified usb ports, you should be able to read/write from it faster.

For example, if you have a USB 2.0 device, and you plug into a usb 1.0 port, usb device will still work fine but at the slower speed of the older port.


That's my take on it, if anybody else got any other ideas... thank you for that , but i need someone to tell me which port ( or other ) to plug it into USB (Universal Serial Buss) has two versions: the older 1.1, 12 megabit per second standard (mbs), and the newer 2.0 capable of 480mbs, Both USB devices, and the interfaces you might plug them into, are either version 1.1 or 2.0.
Windows is telling you: you have a 2.0 device plugged into a 1.1 interface. As a result it'll perform slower than it could. If you were able to plug it into a 2.0 interface then the device would be able to operate at full speed.
The difference between 1.1 and 2.0 is a difference in hardware
If you have a machine with USB 1.1 interfaces the only real alternative, SHORT of upgrading to a newer machine, is to purchase a USB 2.0 add-in card. The USB ports provided by that card will be the higher speed 2.0, while your older USB interfaces on your machine will remain 1.1.
Or try the ports. So as not to see the messagethanks moro, can you tell me where to GO in the pc and find out what i have , harryThe recommendation on the pop up says you are using a USB hub. Are you? If you are, what happens when you by pass the hub? You might use a direct connection for devices that need high speed connections, like an external HD, and use the hub for cameras, printers, etc.Quote from: rthompson80819 on April 06, 2011, 04:37:45 PM

The recommendation on the pop up says you are using a USB hub. Are you? If you are, what happens when you by pass the hub? You might use a direct connection for devices that need high speed connections, like an external HD, and use the hub for cameras, printers, etc.

I don't know why windows would think you have a hub if you don't.

it says it will make my pc quicker

Are you plugged into a front or back USB port? If you are plugged into a front port, try a back port. I've read about some front USB ports that are wired differently than the back ports and act more like a hub than the back ports. Other than that I don't know why windows would think you have a hub if you don't.

Most External USB drives are "composite USB devices" which are the same as USB hubs. Basically if something screws up while it's being detected it can be seen as a Hub.

Given Harry's system appears to only have USB 2.0 (Standard Enhanced PCI to USB as opposed to just PCI to USB controller) I think the message can be ignored.
No it doesn't...

I would like to INSTALL both Windows XP & Windows 7 on the same PC, clean, vanilla, from scratch.

Problem is the setup.
Should I install XP in the first partition 0, then Win7 in partition 1 afterwards? Will Win7 put some boot files/folders into partition 0 in order for it to work/boot properly? I prefer if Win7 doesn't put boot files into the same partition as XP, since I want to IMAGE the partitions after installation and maybe swap about with XP & some other OS (linux or 98 or something else).

Should I CREATE a BOOT partition 0 first then install XP into partition 1 and Win7 into partition 2?

If I did this, then I could install my own boot loader (GRUB4DOS) in partition 0... and don't have to worry about Win7 boot files lingering in XP partition etc.

How to manage all this? Please ADVISE... ALWAYS install the older OS first. The bootloader will be taken care of with each subsequent OS installation.

my toshiba satellite A210 says on start up, smart failure predicted on hard disk 4, i only have 1 hard disk on this laptop as far as i know.
please help
I've googled it and ALOT of PEOPLE seem to THINK your hard drive is going to fail.

Do a BACK Up as soon as possible

I have just purchased a hp pavilion dv6 with WINDOWS7 on it,and when I installed thunderbird it insists that I use a password for my server(optusnet). I have never had a password for this account but I can go no further. Any body help with this please. Quote from: tedder on March 07, 2011, 12:58:49 AM

I have just purchased a hp pavilion dv6 with windows7 on it,and when I installed thunderbird it insists that I use a password for my server(optusnet). I have never had a password for this account but I can go no further. Any body help with this please.

So this is my problem. I am running Windows 7 ( A bought copy) with 4 GB RAM and using Nvidia GEForce 9600 GT as a video card, not sure about some other stuff though. My computer got stuck while playing a game so I restarted the computer, then it asked me if i want to launch startup repair or to start windows normally, if i choose "start windows normally" it would get me stuck on "starting windows" and show me the windows logo. The "busy" LED on my computer goes red and my computer gets stuck, and I cant do anything. If I chose startup repair it would go through some loading procedures and get stuck on a black screen, again I cant do anything and the "busy" LED goes red. I used NOD32 TRIAL version and I did scans pretty much daily. So I formatted my computer and reinstalled windows, This time I installed Kaspersky Internet Security (Yes, I did buy it), to make sure I dont have a virus. And after 1 day I turned my computer off for the night and on the next morning I got the same problem again. Im pretty sure its not a virus and my computer isnt so old, I bought it about 1 year AGO. Please help me!

Update:
OK this just happeded: I left my computer running for a few hours while its stuck at "Starting Windows" and it suddenly stated a disk check. The disk check failed, im not sure what was the error because it diappeared a few minutes later and a black screen appeared. Ofcourse Im now stuck at that black screen... Can anyone help me please? The symptoms you descibe, and ESPECIALLY this...

Quote

The disk check failed

being stuck for a few hours on "Starting Windows"

deleting index entries

Is this normal?

If anyone has an easier/cheaper solution please tell me.

Checkdisk comes up every time I boot up my computer even after it's been run. Any way I can turn this feature off?That's autocheck, and it's running because it has detected a dirty bit. Unfortunately, it does not run with the repair switch, so it serves no purpose (don't ask).

Right-click on a command prompt icon and open as administrator. In the command prompt window type:chkdsk /r (then PRESS ENTER). You'll be told the disk is in use and asked if you want to run checkdisk on the next boot. Say yes, exit the command prompt window, and reboot.
chkdsk /f is enough for most purposes, unless one is having severe hard drive problems.

particularly since the only reason you would ever want to run /r (it's for Recover, Not "Repair") is if you suspect bad sectors, in which case you either waste 2-5 hours determining that- no, you don't have bad sectors, or you find that you do have bad sectors and should replace the drive. /f on the other hand fixes the file system errors that prompt the message in question. interestingly the default chkdsk that runs in this case with XP and later uses the /f switch by default.

/r should only be used if one is having serious issues with a drive- refusal to boot,strange noises, files that take a long time to access,hang or even reboot the entire PC when accessed or give a bluescreen in NTFS.SYS. Using /R in any other circumstance is just a gigantic waste of time. The only real checks that would need to be done would be those that are performed by /f (fix) which involves security descriptors, File Records, indexes, checking for recursive hard-links in directory trees (which can hang badly written programs).

/R MERELY adds an additional (and overly long and arduous) phase to a set of checks that are already performed. without /f or /r, chkdsk runs in read-only mode, where it will tell you about file system errors but will not open the volume for writing and thus will not open them. This Serves a purpose quite plainly since opening a entire volume for write access requires that all handles to that volume be invalidated (force closed) and the volume essentially being "dismounted" from the system. Since not all people will have the PRIVILEGES (user account wise) nor the desire to do so, running without switches can be used to determine if a more thorough check needs to be done. the boot-time autochk does open the volume for writing and fix errors, though.

Autochk and Chkdsk are functionally identical.

Whatever the case, chkdsk always runs through at least 3 phases. In The first phase Chkdsk states that it is "verifying files" and counts a percentage completion. During this time, it examines each File Record segment in the Master File Table. All files and folders/Directories on an NTFS volume are uniquely identified by a FRS in the MFT, and the percent completion that is displayed during this phase is the percentage of those records that have been verified. Verification of each record entails chkdsk examining each FRS for internal consistency and builds two bitmaps- one representing those FRS's in use, and the other representing what clusters on a volume are currently in use. When chkdsk is finished with this phase, it now knows what space is in use and what space is available both within the MFT and on the volume itself. NTFS keeps track of this information in bitmaps of it's own that are stored on the disk; chkdsk compares what it has determined to be true and what the on-disk bitmap metadata says and corrects any issues it finds in the on-disk bitmap (of course it merely reports the discrepancy without /f). Issues of this sort are in cases such as if an FRS that had been in use is found to be corrupted, the disk clusters formerly associated with that FRS will end up being marked as available in CHKDSK's bitmap, but "in-use" according to the on-disk bitmap that NTFS maintains.

It's task still only just begun, Chkdsk displays that it is now "verifying indexes" and repeats the 0 through 100% progress. During this phase, it examines each of the indexes stores on the volume. An "Index" is essentially an NTFS directory and the percent completion that CHKDSK shows during this time is the percentage of the total number of directories on the volume that have been examined. It Examines each directory(index) on the volume for internal consistency and also makes sure that every file and directory represented by an FRS in the MFT is referenced by at least one directory. Since it's in the neighborhood it also CONFIRMS that the various timestamps and size information associated with the files are up to date in the directory listings for those files. When it completes this phase, CHKDSK has ensured that no "orphaned" files (files that exist on the drive but have no directory and thus are inaccessible) exist and that all the directory listings are for legitimate files. Orphaned files can often be restored to their rightful directory, provided that directory is still around. If the directory that should hold the file no longer exists, CHKDSK will create a directory in the root directory and place the file there (found.000, found.001, found.002, etc anybody?). If directory listings are found that reference FRSs that are no longer in use or that are in use but do not correspond to the file listed in the directory, the directory entry is simply removed.


The third phase verifies security descriptors. I imagine this merely makes sure there are no crazy values or corrupted entries.

All three of these phases take place regardless of the switches passed. /R does not need to be specified to invoke "repairs". /f is required for it to open the volume for writes and make the appropriate changes, otherwise it merely reports what it found.

/R only adds a fourth phase. The surface scan. Basically this simply finds bad sectors in the volume's free space. This is accomplished by chkdsk reading every single sector on the volume to confirm that the sector is usable. Sectors associated with metadata and FRS entries and so forth were read in the natural course of run chkdsk without /R; Sectors associated with user data are read during earlier phases(when convenient) if /R is specified. Either way, when an unreadable sector is located, NTFS with add the cluster containing that sector to it's list of bad clusters and, if the cluster was in use, allocate a new cluster to do the job of the old. If a proper Disk driver is being used, the new cluster is written with data that is recovered from the driver for the associated cluster; otherwise chkdsk just writes a bunch of 0xFF bytes. Note that this is hardly a function that is only unique for chkdsk; NTFS performs this exact same function during the course of normal operation and remaps them in exactly the same fashion; /R should therefore only be used if a volume is suspected of having bad sectors, not just because so many fallacy filled sites ascribe that "it's a good maintenance procedure". Bad sectors don't just appear out of nowhere; disk performance slows down as the disk itself has it's own remapping that is otherwise invisible to the operating system. As the hard disk uses up it's "reserve" space for remapping bad disk areas, only then do disk errors start becoming visible to the operating system, So if a modern drive has a single bad sector detected by /r (or any disk scan utility) you are almost guaranteed that that drive has tens, if not hundreds more that the disk itself had remapped during it's lifetime. Each time the disk itself has to remap some information there will be a perceivable delay- the entire system may even become unresponsive for a few moments. Performing a chkdsk /r at this time will tell you you have "no bad sectors" (after several hours of doing nothing, of course) which is patently false. So aside from being entirely unnecessary the /r switch can also give people with hard drives that are slowly failing a false sense of security that the drive is perfectly fine.

I ran Startup Repair and everything seems to be okay for now.BC: If autocheck continues on every boot the /r switch needs to be run to check for a physical issue and will, more often than not, solve the PROBLEM. Quote from: Allan on March 10, 2011, 05:48:49 AM

BC: If autocheck continues on every boot the /r switch needs to be run to check for a physical issue

Hello!
I just formated hdd and installed WIN7 instead Vista. Now, I can't install DRIVERS and utilities from Asus Driver&Utility DISC that I got with new LAPTOP. Disc is created to work only with Vista, so as Win7 USER I can't use it, my laptop is not useful now without thousands of drivers . I have been searching for it but couldn't find free. Does someone have this disc content or? The drivers if available will be at the ASUS site...

ASUS m3n78-vm motherboard

my is problem after i installed the new mother board my pc freezes and locks up at random time, sometimes affter boot some times after 15 mins and sometimes after an hour or hour and a half. I checked the graphic card in my frends pc it and it works fine, we tested it for like 3 hours and it works fine. I can presume that the motherboard is eaven not compatible with my system or it has a manufacture failure cause with my previous motherboard that still works, only the pci-e slot doessnt this issues didn't happen my father stil uses it on his pc so it has to be the motherboard or memory. Any SUGESTION is welcome.

Windows 7 64 - bit
ASUS m3n78-vm
AMD socket AM2+ / AM2 for AMD Phenom FX / Phenom ? Athlon / Sempron processors.
AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 - bit and 64 - bit computing.
Supports AMD cool 'n' quiet Technology.
NVIDIA GeForce 8200 (MCP78S)
Dual - channel memory DDR2
Quad Core
Firstly, I would recommend running a VIRUS scan, just to make sure that there's nothing infecting your machine. Following that, I would ALSO see if a system restore (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/system-restore) would bring your machine back to the capacity that you're used to it working at. At the very least, you can try to rule out that it's a software issue if it keeps happening.

-- Ryan
Windows Outreach TeamFeel free to ignore the above post. It clearly has nothing to do with your problem.

Was the new mobo identical to the one it replaced? If not, you may NEED to reinstall the OS.

Action center SAYING security center is not TURNED on, when i click on the button turn on it gives me an error message Windows CANT turn on security center. When i check it on services.msc Security Center is not in the list. What should i do?Click start > all programs > ACCESSORIES. Right click on command prompt and choose run as administrator. At the command prompt type sfc /scannow and press enter. This will run the system file checker. SEE if that makes any change.

Can anybody help? I have been TRYING to geton my WIRELESS internet and it doesnt WORK!!!!!!!!!!!Maybe just a little more information might be helpful

Hi all,
I'm really in a pickle!
My PC is running Vista Home premium, 32bit operating system.

I have spent the past 7 days trolling this great site and OTHERS for answers, but even though there is some great help, it doesn't seen to help me

Here's my problem

I have been streaming music, films & pic's to my xbox for over 2yrs. about a week ago this all stopped. The computer sees the xbox but not the other way ROUND...
I have tried everything from firewall to turning the reg' items to automatic. The xbox & PC are wired through same modem. Tried installing Tversity, but this also struggled to stay CONNECTED and find the sharing files. Also the basic bits i KNOW how to: ie: allow xbox in media sharing box, restart modem and the like. know theres no problem with the wires as i can still log into xbox live and use PC at same time.

What I have noticed is this: In the network place where it says view computer and devises, there is a devise missing. Its the media ONE (i cant explain it better then that). It was there when i installed Tversity, but now I uninstalled this its gone again. this was/is important i feel

Any other info needed please ask any ideas to help please that would be great

hi, i keep getting this error 0x8007000D Microsoft lets me down load the sp2 but won't install.
This is the link i got after the error http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947366

Microsoft tells me to download System Update Readiness Tool and that won't install unless i install the wrong one

Thanks GUYS

I have Vista sp1
with 4gb
cpu:2.13
64 bit os
The Contact Us button at this site looks like a good place to ask.

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527/en-us/#tab0

However, they seem to assume by default that you are in New Zealand, so if you're in any other country instead, mention which one.hi, I believe this maybe a os issue and may be bad only because i have run some test.

My pc was crashing which i forgot to mention. sorry about that.

I look at all my fans Hd fan, cpu, PS, RAM is good as well as the motherboard..



when i install a fresh os EVERYTHING is fine till i try to install my display drivers. after that it just takes a dump. my sp2 won't install, chipset drivers and display drivers with a known good hd. Still waiting for MS to get back but i WOULD like to here your thoughts because i know you guys are the pros and i'm still learning. Thanks so much

well, i don't have windows issues anymore.... i installed linux and no more crash.

so the only thing i can tell it was another bad restore cd by dell.

I've been TOLD you can run 32 bit PROGRAMS on 64 bit systems, but not the other WAY AROUND. I have Windows Ultimate 64 bit and most of my 32 bit programs won't run on it. What do I need to do? Have you already been to the Microsoft Site?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/home

Here is just one of the links you can find there:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions
Quote

Most programs designed for the 32-bit VERSION of Windows will work on the 64-bit version of Windows. Notable exceptions are many antivirus programs.

I have Windows Ultimate 64 bit and most of my 32 bit programs won't run on it. What do I need to do?

Hi I have WINDOWS 7 64bit and downloaded some updates today and Windows 7 SP3. SINCE then i can't open the "My Documents" folder i had on my Desktop. I don't get any messages. It just won't open. Also on my taskbar i have a shoctcut that shows my Libraries. I can ACCESS the Music and Video Libraries when this opens. But not the Documents or Photos one's. I get a click sound, but they won't open. I also can't save any PICTURE project am i am working on in the photo's libray. It just says i can't save there. Any ideas?? ThanxWhat happens if you navigate to My Documents in Windows Explorer - can you access the folder?

I accidently DELETED all the 'all program' in the start menu. Now it's all empty in the start menu.

How am I supposed to import all those program and accessories, microsoft office again?I have a feeling you have only disabled "all programs" in start menu.

Please READ the information & instructions from this website on re-enabling it.

Hopefully it SOLVES your problem.

Good Luck Quote

I have a feeling you have only disabled "all programs"

I had restored the task and folder window vista normally have. (games, accessories, window movie maker, window live messenger. etc)

but still can't get access to folder like microsoft office....

Anyone know how to import short cut into start menu??

I think this is what you`re looking for...Sorry for the delay Broni.

[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by ADMIN]Click on "Reply" button, then on "Additional options..."Go here: http://www.sis.com/download/
Select Windows XP from the drop down list (there are no Win 7 drivers).
Download NETWORK and audio drivers.
INSTALL them by right clicking and then "Run as administrator".Broni that didn`t work. I had 2 ethernet controllers with the yellow exclamation POINTS and now there`s only one. The install was successful but I have one more empty ethernet controller. And thanks for what you`ve done so far man.Are you saying, that now you have one ethernet controller with yellow exclamation mark?YesThat was a wrong driver.
Go here: http://support.asus.com/download/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
Select: Motherboard
Select: Socket 478
Select: P4S800D-X
Click Search.
Select XP.
Download LAN and audio drivers.Broni when I tried to install the driver it said it won`t install because it can`t find SETUPX.DLL. That was the global download but the global (DLM) won`t let me save it to my flash drive so I can install it to my pc and try to install the drivers.I can`t believe I have to go through all of this just to install the drivers.I installed my audio drivers from realtek and they work fine.I'm little bit confused.
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That was the global download but the global (DLM) won`t let me save it to my flash drive so I can install it to my pc and try to install the drivers

when I tried to install the driver it said it won`t install because it can`t find SETUPX.DLL

So while I'm on my computer minding my own business my screens go black and all my USB devices turn off. I click my mouse buttons and it comes back to the log-on screen but my keyboard doesn't work. It will repeat this over and over then stop. It has done this a couple TIMES today. Well it did it again but this time it was opening tabs and typing text. So i unplugged my keyboard. It stopped when i plugged it back in immediately sleeps again. I went through my power settings and everything is SET there. Thanks for the help!

Win 7
Intel i7 930
EVGA X58 MOBO
9GB Gskill Ram
64GB Gskill SSDQuote

I went through my power settings and everything is set there.

What are set under power options? Disable all or choose Never and click Apply. A lot of X58 mobo is shown on support site. Have you also look into BIOS setup for any power options?

Is this a home built desktop?
How old is it?
What happens if you reduce the power load on the system? Did you try that? Such as removing some RAM, removing USB devices, using fail-safe settings in the BIOS and power-off floppy and DVD drives can reduce the total power and thermal load

if there is 2 keyboreds running you might have a keylogger on your pc but dont end task if you end the wrong one ur going to have to reload ur whole sys after you wipe ur drive

Plz anyone help me to delete default THEMES of windows 7. THANX in advanceWhy would you waant to do this / ?Because I want to install new ONE. Moreover I have no enough disk spaceWell getting rid of themes or other Windows components should be the LAST place you LOOK for freeing up disk space...
Sounds like some serious housekeeping is in order...

I have a LAPTOP running windows 7 ultimate that has wireless internet access. I want to share this internet access with a desktop (also running window 7 ultimate) that does not have a wireless adapter. What I did so far is: on the laptop, I went to network and sharing center, change adapter settings, highlight the wireless adapter icon and the LAN icon and then right click one of them and say bridge CONNECTIONS. I then CONNECTED the laptop to the desktop via an ethernet CABLE but the desktop doesnt have internet access still. What am I doing wrong
U did or did not bridge the connections ?I clicked on bridge connections, but that DIDNT work. I found out that the problem was that I was using a straight through ethernet cable and not a crossover. Anyway I made a crosover cable and connected the two computers, and used internet connection sharing, and all is well now, it works

By the way, what is the difference between network bridging and Internet connection sharing

I have Windows Ultimate 7 64 bit. I've been told that I can run 32-bit on it (most of my programs are 32 bit). But most of my programs won't even install. Is there some work-around?"Most of my programs" is most annoyingly vague. We don't know what "your programs" are. Maybe if you told us (exactly) which programs "won't even install" and how you are TRING to install them we might be able to help you. They MUST be QUITE UNUSUAL, because I have Windows 7 64 bit and I have installed piles of 32 bit apps both console and GUI ranging from Firefox via Xnews (!) and MS Office 2003 and UtraEdit32 to VirtualDub and FFmpeg and loads more. In fact here is a listing of my Program Files (x86) folder

7-Zip
7room
AC3Filter
ACD Systems
Acro Software
Adobe
*SPAM URL* Studio
ALCATEL PC Suite
AltBinz
AMD
Analog Clock
Anomos
Appetizer_1.4.7.508
Ashampoo
ATI
ATI Technologies
AutoIt3
AutoIt3-001
Avira
AviSynth 2.5
Bandwidth Monitor Pro
BandwidthMeterPro
bin
bitRipper
BurnAware Free
Canon
Chromium Updater
Classic Start Menu
CMAK
Common Files
CPU Speed Pro
DAEMON Tools Lite
Dexpot
DivX
Dorgem
Downloaded Installers
DsNET Corp
EASEUS
Easy Macro Recorder
Elaborate Bytes
Executor
ExtraRename21
FBReader
ffdshow
FlashTray Pro
Folder Size
FreeMeterRevival
freestar
GetFLV
get_iplayer
GNU
GnuPlot
Google
GrabIt
GRETECH
GSpot270a
Hellonzb
HJSplit
i-Menu
IDM Computer Solutions
ImageMagick-6.6.2-Q16
ImgBurn
InstallShield Installation Information
Internet Explorer
JAM Software
Java
Ka Firetask
KDE
Lavalys
LSoft Technologies
MatrixMixer
Mavis
MediaInfo
Microsoft ActiveSync
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Reader
Microsoft Rich Tools
Microsoft SDKs
Microsoft Security Client
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition
Microsoft Synchronization Services
Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0
Microsoft.NET
Moyea
Mozilla Firefox
MPC HomeCinema
MSBuild
MSECache
MSXML 4.0
NeoSmart Technologies
Nero
NetMeter
NewsBin
NewsRover
NoDrives Manager
OpenSource Flash Video Splitter
Opera
Orbitdownloader
Paragon Software
Pazera_Free_MP4_to_AVI_Converter
PC Drivers HeadQuarters
PDFCreator
PowerMenu
QuickPar
QuickTime
Reference Assemblies
Rekenwonder Software
Rokario
Scite (Text Editor)
SE-SOFT.COM
SeaMonkey
Send To Toys
Simpli Software
SlimCleaner
SmartPAR_0.13d1
SpeedFan
Start Menu 7
Sublight
SysResources Manager
TCL
TclockEx
TechSmith
Tray Commander Lite
trayit_4_6_5_5
Trend Micro
Tribler
TweakNow PowerPack 2009
Ultimate Tweaker
Uninstall Information
Unlocker
Unzbin
URUSoft
USBDview
VideoLAN
Virtual Earth 3D
VirtualDub
VirtualDubMod_1.5.10.3_b2550
Vista Start Menu
VMware
Vuze
wGXe SOFTWARE
Winamp
Winamp Detect
WinDirStat
Windows Defender
Windows Mail
Windows Media Components
Windows Media Player
Windows NT
Windows Photo Viewer
Windows PORTABLE Devices
Windows Resource Kits
Windows Sidebar
Windows Virtual PC
WindowsPager097
WinPcap
WinRAR
WinZip
X-Setup Pro
XDTK
xNeat Application Builder
XYplorer
Zoom Player


I've been running 64bit Ultimate for over a year now and have yet to find an app that won't run on it other than older Win legacy apps...
Somethings wrong here...Quote from: patio on March 12, 2011, 07:33:14 AM

Somethings wrong here...

My laptop: Gateway NV53A, WINDOWS 7 64bit, 4GB RAM (3.74 Usable)

Last Thursday, my computer slowed down to halt and would not do basic things LIKE open the start menu or even perform a right click on the desk top screen. Multiple times, I had to hold the power button down to turn it off and with past experiences from my last laptop I know this can corrupt your hard drive. Eventually a friend who lives across the hall from me (I'm currently in college) was able to get my Norton antivirus open and after scanning more than 1 million files in the full scan, Norton found no virus or problems. My friend and I believed that the computer was slow because there were too many processes opening and after checking the tasklist we found that Steam. *32 exe and oovoo *32.exe were taking up too much memory. I couldn't defragment the computer until the next morning because it took a whole night just to open the disk defragmenter but after defragmenting the computer was fine.

On Saturday, the computer once again slowed down to a halt and this time I got the blue screen of death. After rebooting I somehow found that Steam *32.exe was using the most memory and oovoo *32.exe was using the third most after explorer.exe. I somehow uninstalled oovoo and went online and found that the only way to truly get rid of Steam was to go into the registry and delete the Valve folders there. However after doing this, some things have gone missing on my laptop.

- USUALLY when I press any of the volume buttons, a indicator would show up on the screen showing the volume levels but now that doesnt show up

-The control panel is completely blank

-Every now and then the computer will slow down

-Some svchost.exe services are taking more than 100,000k of memory and I'm not sure if I can stop them.

Please help me fix my laptop, I only got it right before classes started last fall. I don't want to have to use the recovery cds because I have a few programs that would very difficult to acquire again. i think thats one of the only options, have you tried system restore and repair system?

One of my USB ports broke and shorted my computer a while ago, but I got my computer to turn on and it didn't show any problems. But my mouse isn't working half the time and I just had to restart my computer because the keyboard wasn't working. But I'm not sure if it's connected to the short or not. I have started using a WIRELESS mouse and as long as that is connected the mouse on my computer works. Any advice? And I would just go have it looked at, but I don't have the MONEY right now.Nice paragraph...
Get a new mouse...It's a LAPTOP. And it's not the wireless mouse that doesn't work, it's the mouse that is built into my laptop.I THINK you mean touchpad not working too...

hi i bought a sony VAIO laptop eb3j0e two days ago and it crashes once a day. the timing of the crashes seems random. when it crashed the screen freezes and the cursor dissapears. i tried starting the task manager but this didnt work. i have noticed that both have the crashed have been whilst wireless-ly surfing the web
any advice?
Any help would be much appreciatedDoes it have a warranty? check if you can return it, it might be a hardware issue, have you DONE anything recently that could cause this? sometimes this will happen to COMPUTERS that have bad hardware when being made (Example i bought an MSI Wind net-book and the first time i TURNED it on it froze, i RESTARTED it and couldn't start assuming it was a hardware issue returned it and got an ACER ASPIRE 5517 and had no problems)
"Just like a Hard-drive, the computer will ether die at the beginning of its lifespan or at the end, anything else in between may be caused by the user or a program"

Hello and I hope I am asking in the right place!!

I built my PC several years back. It has an Intel D945PSN board with an Intel Pentium D processor. The board supports up to 4 gigs memory in a 32 bit system and supposedly more with a 64 bit. I recently upgraded my hard drive to a 500 GB sata drive and added a sparkle hd video card with 1 GB memory on it. I was running 2 gigs of ram when I was running XP pro. I purchased and installed Windows 7 pro and decided to upgrade my memory. I had 2 one GB sticks installed one in each dimm in the same channel. I added two 2 GB sticks, one in each of the dimms in the second channel. When I go to system info it says that there are 6 GB of memory but only 3.25 usable. My bios is also picking up the full 6 GB.

Does anyone know why this is or what I can do to fix it?? THANKS in advance for any help!! Quote from: turinj5677 on March 12, 2011, 10:26:26 AM

Does anyone know why this is or what I can do to fix it?

Intel® Desktop Board D945PSN

System memory

* System Memory Features
* Supported DIMM Configurations
* Tested Memory


Updated: December 31, 2007


System Memory Features
The board has four DIMM sockets and support the following memory features:

* 1.8 V (only) DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs with gold-plated contacts
* Unbuffered, single-sided or double-sided DIMMs with the following restriction: Double-sided DIMMs with x16 organization are not supported.
* 4 GB maximum total system memory

Under Windows 7 HOME Premium 64-bit, does anyone know if it's possible to create a restore point from a batch file? I run the same batch file at least once a day and would be very convenient to create a retore point at the same time.

Thanks in advance!
You'll need a VBScript to do the heavy LIFTING, but you can use a batch file wrapper if needed:

Code: [Select]Set sr = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore")
If (sr.CreateRestorePoint("My Daily Restore Point", 0, 100)) <> 0 Then
MsgBox "My Daily Restore Point FAILED!"
End If

Save the script with a VBS extension. It can be run at the COMMAND LINE or from a separate batch file using this notation:

cscript scriptname.vbs

You may have to insert path information for the script location.

Good luck.

When I try to open a document in start FOLDER windows explorer tells it will stop and restart. Yes some my documemts will open, they all open in windows word file menu open. Any ideas how to fix? OjasI now have FORMATTED the HDD and REINSTALLED windows 7 and all is WELL. OJAS

I downloaded Microsoft Visual C++ Express. When I tried to create a new project it gave me an error saying that the project creation failed.

Somehow after a bit of looking for SOLUTIONS I was suggested to do this
http://www.brianpeek.com/blog/archiv...try-issue.aspx

At first my window looked like the second picture considered to be the "problem".

I changed it to match the first picture.

Now I can't open anything. When I try to open something I get this error: C/Windows/system32/CompMgmt.msc
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel".
(The only way I had firefox opened, was it was up when I changed all the permissions)

I tried opening Run to go back and change it to what it was orignally, but I can't even open that.


I'm running Windows Vista 32 Bit.

Save meI have no idea what you did and the link you POSTED goes nowhere, but try system restore to go back to before you messed up the works.This LOOKS like the full link http://www.brianpeek.com/blog/archive/2007/11/29/weird-vista-registry-issue.aspx

I agree with Allan that System Restore is the easiest solution to repair the registry. If you can't run System Restore from within Vista do you have a Vista installation disc?

Hello -
I am running Vista Home Basic 32 bit. My computor and monitor is about 3 years old. When I log on the name Microsoft with a bar that has moving marks comes up. This has an orange or red tint to it. Before it has always been white. If I leave the computer on and am gone for a while and come back and move the monse the screen will come up with an orange tint. This tint will fade away with 1 minute. I have changed the background color but that has no effect. Does this mean that the monitor is going bad and I will have to buy a new monitor? Does it mean ANYTHING? I have kept all my security up to date and run them every week or so. As far as I can tell everything works fine. Thanks for any suggestions. Bob Why not just borrow one to make sure its EITHER one, monitor or PC component is faulty? Just for testing.jason2074 -
Dumb me. I never thought of that. When my friend gets back in town I will try that. Thanks BobQuote from: jason2074 on February 16, 2011, 07:21:31 PM

Why not just borrow one to make sure its either one, monitor or PC component is faulty? Just for testing.

explain what you mean when you say I should get a LCD display

Apparently some time I accidentally pressed one of the bottons and changed the tint of the screen. When I read the directions I corrected the problem. I apologize for taking up your time.

Does this sound reasonable? At the present the problem is not a big one but I would like to be prepared

I need to find out if there is anyway of restoring my computer that I have of restoring this laptop because I FORGOT the password to get to my DESKTOP and so I cant use it. Its is a hp eliteBook has no cd/rom for disks so how can i get into it so I can restore it without my admin password?I don't understand you post at all. Slow down and please explain the problem in detail.It's an old friend...

Quote

I forgot the password

when I am starting my computer, Microsoft 7 is not ACTIVATING. Only a cursor is blinking on top left hand corner of the screen. I then INSERTS the Microsoft 7 software CD in the CD tray of the CPU.Switches off the computer. Again RESTARTS the computer. Now a message appears on the screen "Press any key to boot from the CD --- ". But without pressing any key the operating system stars automatically. I REQUEST the forum members to fix the problem.1.What is your computer's type/brand/model?
2. Did you make any changes to hardware/software before this happen?
3. Can you boot to BIOS setup and is HD, RAM modules, Processor recognized?
4. Have you tried reconnecting HD or other components?
What is new or different since the last time everything worked PROPERLY (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)?

I'm so glad I found this site. I hope someone can help me before I chunk my whole computer. I'm having several problems but the first one I need to resolve is this. When I click on control panel I get a MESSAGE that reads something about internet explorer shutting down. Then down it goes. Also sometimes when I open a new window and try to max the size, it disappears. I can't even pull it up from the bottom, where it shows your open WINDOWS. I have to type in the address to get it up. Any suggetions?What is new or different since the last time everything worked properly (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)?A friend did something to find if there were any virus. I'm not sure the name of the program she down loaded, but for several days it would pop up reading my trial period is over. Then they were wanting me to pay to keep it. Do you think that might be the problem? By the way, I have a HP with windows vista.tamfronmtn,

have you been having the problem before your friend loaded that new program to your computer?

Is this guy still a friend ? ?
This is a new problem it started after he ran the clean-up program. The name is something like Avast. How do i remove it if I can't open control panel? FYI, I basically only use my computer for shopping, email and loading my pictures. I only know the BASICS so when it comes to fxing something I'm clueless.tamfromtn

please download CCleaner. Then try using the uninstaller part of the progam to see if it can uninstall programs for you. Should be similar to add/remove panel of control panel, but see this link direct from the ccleaner's official website for instructions on doing it.

Do not play with the registry cleaner that comes with it, leave it alone. Good luck Quote from: 2x3i5x on March 13, 2011, 03:32:45 PM

tamfromtn

please download CCleaner. Then try using the uninstaller part of the progam to see if it can uninstall programs for you. Should be similar to add/remove panel of control panel, but see this link direct from the ccleaner's official website for instructions on doing it.

Do not play with the registry cleaner that comes with it, leave it alone. Good luck

This is a new problem it started after he ran the clean-up program. The name is something like Avast. How do i remove it if I can't open control panel?

Hi, I recently had to install the software for one of my HP printers (170mb) and i think i have supsequently uninstalled all the useless **** hp bundle with their products. Problem is when I right click on a .JPG and then click open with, I have 3 extra entries
HP PHOTO BOOKS
HP PHOTO TEMPLATE
HP SIMPLE PHOTO PRINT
This makes my already long open with menu unweildly, how can i remove this utterly useless ****? Ive noticed on the web that regedit
curr user/software/microsoft/windows/current version/exp/file EXTS will let you edit the entries, but ive got zillions of heirogliphics which mean NOTHING to me listed. How can i get rid of mr. hp
Thanks
oh, i tried "openwithview" but theres no reference to the entries or hp Download, and install ShellExView: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Can anybody tell me if the microphone input on a Toshiba laptop is mono or stereo? I want to use it to transfer some old cassettes to cd, but it's no good if it's only a mono input, which I suspect is the case.Read here -> http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Transferring_tapes_and_records_to_computer_or_CDMost mic ports that I have encountered are Mono, you need an audio input, if you want stereo Check the manual. There MAY be a way to specify stereo input. Which Toshiba?It's a Toshiba Satellite, Windows Vista. There's nothing in the manual about the mic input - at LEAST the printed one which came with the computer.Re: audio input, osmo, I don't have one on my laptop. Can I hook some device up &AMP; use the USB input? What should I use?
Maybe the website you have given me will tell me this, jason2074, but I haven't had chance to read it all yet. Thanks for the info tho'.There's an awful lotta different Toshiba Sattelites...I have a Toshiba Satellite 505 S6005. The mike input on the chassis is a mono input, but if you use the plug in adapter I'm pretty sure it will accept a stereo input. If not, you can try looking into a USB mike, with software driver support for a dual channel input.

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Audio and Video

Display Size
16.0" widescreen
Display TYPE*
HD TruBrite® LCD Display
Display Resolution
Supports 720p content, 16:9 aspect ratio, 1366x768
Audio
S/P DIF output port (shared with headphone port), Headphone jack (stereo), Microphone jack (mono), harman/kardon® stereo speakers