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Open Office not opening

Sun, 25 Jun 2017 16:55:58 +0000

When trying to open the program Open Office, it will not open at all as it is being blocked by pc matic. How do I allow this program to accessed? Thanks in advance.

Laptop not powering on completely

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 22:14:54 +0000

A friend just gave me an HP Pavilion dv6700 with model number dv6915nr.

The led for charging lights up. Pressing the power button gets it to turn on but only for a second. The fan spins up to full speed during this time. It then goes into a loop where it starts then shuts off every 5 seconds or so.

It's got an AND Turion X2 64 CPU, 3 gigs of PC2-5300 and nvidia graphics. Not sure which gpu it is though.

I tried reseating ram and testing with and without ram, hdd, battery. All tests yield the same result.

Any idea what could be the issue?

pink screen

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:00:58 +0000

hey guys fixing a friends laptop.... its boots up... as its about to load the desktop.... screen turns pink and theres a window that opens up... slimcleaner debug console.... and in that window it says..... warning resource_bundle.cc 255 locale_file_path.empty and a few other things like that.... and then after a few seconds it says slimcleaner plus has stop responding ... it closes and leave me with a pink screen...., im able to do atl ctrl del and that pops up ... ive tried safemode and it loaded into a blackcreen with with safemode in the each corner but nothing else loads up... ive tried F8 and repair says everything is ok ... tried restore but theres no restore points.... ive done last known working... still nothing .....

any ideas?

toshiba

windows 7 build 7601 SP1

thanks in advance

Why doesnt my processor and graphics card allow for good graphics in g

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 19:13:37 +0000

I have an Intel i7 processor and an AMD Radeon HD 5800 Series graphics card, but for some reason, I can't play graphically intensive games without putting all the setting to the minimum. Two games that have this problem are Doom 2016 and Overwatch. In the case of Doom, even with minimum settings i still experience high amounts of lag.

PRINTER OFFLINE PROBLEMS

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 06:51:32 +0000

Hi, have encountered a nerve wrecking situation with my network printers. They are showing status as offline even though my colleagues are using them fine. I tried to search on line for every possible reason and solution but been running into a brick wall.

Some basic information about my notebook:

Lenovo E460

Intel ® Core™ i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30Ghz 2.40Ghz

Installed memory (RAM) : 4.00 Gb

System Type: 64 bit Operating System, x64 based processor

Win 10 Pro

I normally does my printing to Samsung M288X and HP Photosmart 6520. I am facing the same problem for both printers.

Appreciate some guidance to resolving this.

my computer's internet cuts off at 8 o'clock exactly every day

Mon, 19 Jun 2017 23:10:54 +0000

My PC stops getting internet connection at 8:00 pm every day, i asked my dad if he put a parental control on my internet to shut off at a certain time and even called the service provider for help and they said they can't help me after a diagnosis because its a problem in my computer. i've checked countless forums and haven't found anything like this. when i try to look something up it says my connection timed out. I also checked something that showed the connection going out right after it gets to my computer. The connection before 8 is completely fine though. I don't know if this is unrelated but, sometimes the computer doesn't recognize the LAN cable in the port, and doesn't light up, but after unplugging from both sides and plugging back in multiple times it works. please help

Remaining concerns

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:11:37 +0000

Hi all,

So, :filtered: night and I made a colossal :filtered:-up and installed some software but did it manually around my sandbox and then just assigned it safe as well. He seemed straight and I let my guards down and trusted him ... :filtered: but okay.. I was gone 10 mins. and cave back to a machine running overdrive, I spotted webs already massively spreading and I had zero control of anything able to go online so I pulled the LAN from the socket actually, and it started to ease back a bit. I am the command line guy and not very strong on in depth GUI but I figured I would try to monitor app manager and fix times of start / stop and see if I could spot something acting suspicious and just match the company with with the tag and try by eliminating one by one... I hit a gryplaur.exe that seemed off,and didn't really think it trough, cause when I blocked it, :filtered: got crazy and when I soon after began being denied making changes to register I thought it best to run. My plan was to run for the linux distro on the other side, so I pulled out and then I wasn't really sure if to try and safeboot me back in or just remotely try and extract the data my concerns was about. But when I tried to boot back into Grub and was presented with some "root" access is delayed, please wait boxes that did :filtered: and just idled everything I got svared. Never seen that, ever. I waited, tried some things but nothing. Then I panicked, rushed to try if so could access any data somehow. Kudos to Microsoft for their DRT supplied bootkit that I knew nothing about but was able to get me accessing data from a safe drive.

I have moved the data heavy stuff and tried to collect it into smaller "piles" that are easy to handle if needed, slowly trying to isolate the windows root and was now lucky to isolate enough to just 4pass the entire partition. I really wish I hadnt, cause why kill it again and again when only the gained is the huge wait this is bound to give.

How should have acted, and how you reckon I am standing now?
What worries me most, is the linux part. I would never have guessed or thought it would spread across a boot separation, but why the :filtered: not. It is still only a software solution doing HWs works I suppose.
What do you think I can expect my linux distro ? Should I learn this one and burn it all to be safe, or what are your views?
Sorry for me probably writing like a crazy guy, I do that when a little out of it. Thanks so much guys, hoping the best. Cheers

Avast free antivirus

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 21:45:51 +0000

Since renewing my free avast, it only scans to 99%. Is there a way to correct this? Thank you

SSD 120 GIG drive

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:53:52 +0000

Hi Everyone I'm new here, Thanks. I have bought my first SSD drive a 120 GIG Western Digital, I'm a bit slow and lived in the past fo to long with old drives, I was after any help on what's the best way to move all my OS which is Windows 10 from my old I TB hard drive to the SSD ?? my OS is basically new and clean, do I need to defrag after it's on the SSD ?? any advice would be much appreciated, Thanks

Shaun.

sort a long numbered list with multiple lines in word

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 08:08:10 +0000

hi，

I create a long numbered list with multiple lines in Word document, like this:

1.   C
       SAMPLE1
2.   A
       SAMPLE2
3.   D
       SAMPLE3

And I want to sort them by the first line by text. So I select them and choose sort by text, they just become like this.

1.   A
2.   C
3.   D
       SAMPLE1
       SAMPLE2
       SAMPLE3

But actually I want to sort them like below.

1.   A
       SAMPLE2
2.   C
       SAMPLE1
3.   D
       SAMPLE3

How can I do this? Any ideas? Thank you !

Facebook

Mon, 29 May 2017 22:30:53 +0000

why does Facebook tell me i am in

Windows PC · Srinagar, India

2 days ago it told me i was in Saudi Arabia so i changed my password Question Am i Hacked??

Win 10 wil not see 2 Tera h/d from win 8will not boot

Sat, 27 May 2017 23:12:49 +0000

Back when MS let us upgrade to win 10 I installed on a new SS h/d. I am finally switching over to the win 10. Was having trouble trying to load both win 8 and win 10. So I unplugged the win 8 and the 2 Tera h/d that I had named win 8 data that ran on the win 8 system. I plugged in the win 10 and have done updates and started to install software. I formatted a new 2 Tera h/d and named it win 10 data. In order to transfer a lot of files I plugged in the win8 data h/d but the system would not boot up. I was told --an operating system was not found.Try disconnecting any drive that don't contain an operating system--.

I then unplugged the win8 data h/d and I was able to boot right up into the win 10 system. When I ran the win 8 system I had load most programs on the win8 data h/d. The SS h/d win8 (c drive) only had 128 gigs. In order to transfer files I installed the win8 data h/d into external h/d holder (rocket stor5411A) and was abler to transfer files. I unplugged the win10 and the win10 data h/d and plugged back in the win8 and the win8 data h/d. The system would not boot any more unless I unplugged the win8 data h/d.

The question is why can I not load the win 10 system when I have the win8 data h/d plugged in. Plus why can I not have the win 8 data plugged in when trying to load the win 8 system now?

End-of-Life Dates for Windows 10 Versions

Wed, 24 May 2017 22:57:46 +0000

I just upgraded my wife's computer to Windows 10 and I wasn't even aware there were different versions of Windows 10. Could you please let me know if I should have concern with this article in the link please? Thank you!

http://www.thundercloud.net/infoave/new/end-of-life-dates-for-windows-10-versions/

A little bit crazy...

Thu, 11 May 2017 23:01:46 +0000

I ran out yesterday and bought an RCA 42 in. Plasma flat screen TV. Model # 42PA3ORQ...
Hooked up to my home built HTPC > Gigabyte GA-990FXA UD3 mobo, AMD FX-8350 cpu, Visiontek Radeon R9 280x and 8Gb RAM. All was fine UNTIL I tried to install the latest video drivers from AMD...now I get a message onscreen that says "unsupport". I've tried playing with the resolution, no help. Tried uninstalling the drivers in Safe Mode and reinstalling a different driver, no help, I get an Error 99 that says installation cannot continue because the driver is not digitally signed my M$...always thought if it was WHQL that it should be good...

Open to ideas and suggestions to fix this issue.

Missing Operating System

Thu, 11 May 2017 01:05:12 +0000

I could use some help please. Wife went on her computer this morning and all it showed was Operating System Missing. I installed Win 10 a few months ago USB Boot Disk.

Is there any way of getting system back? Went in to try and reinstall, but did not have USB Boot option.

Registry Error

Mon, 08 May 2017 12:45:26 +0000

I'm working on a friend's PC. The brand is unfamiliar to me (EMachines), W7 operating system.. Brought it home and booted up, but no way I was getting connected to go on line. It boots up fine, but I'm thinking some kind of virus got in. I try and update, but it refuses to complete all updates. I'm getting error codes 80246005 and MFC 90.dll.

I tried to run a registry cleaner Auslogics and without success. Is it possible that the Hard Drive is shot and there's no getting it back? Also tried an System Restore and it wouldn't take.

Spilled milk on witreless keyboard attached to desktop Dell computer

Tue, 02 May 2017 21:01:58 +0000

While computer was on strawberry milk spilled in rt hand upper cornor of keyboard. Disconnected right away and dried keyboard and turned upside down to get any milk out. Looked dry Hooked back up and worked fine. Three days later computer turns on shows Dell logo and circle of dots underneath and then goes to blank gray colored monitor picture. Got new keyboard and mouse and still does the same thing. Once in a while will come on and say to recover in safe mode. I have pressed F8 but it does not have any effect on picture on monotor, still has gray screen. Why would a wireless keyboard getting wet affect a desktop computer? What can I do?

Autoplay

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 11:35:20 +0000

I'm trying to add autoplay to a Blog, but it seems not matter how I fix the code it still won't work. Could someone please take a look at this code and see where I am going wrong?

Thank you!

Never mind, solved the problem.

Dead computer. Where to start...

Sat, 22 Apr 2017 22:44:47 +0000

We have a computer that has

AMD KM3 8350 8-core cpu
Asus M5A99FX Pro w/ 4 8-gig blocks of Corsair Vengenance
2 Radeon R9 290x 4-gig video cards
4 Seagate 1-TB HDs in a raid array
Windows 7 64 pro

It had a Enermax 1350 pos PS

It now has a Corsair HX1000i PS

About 2 weeks ago it crashed. It had been unstable and we thought the bios had been

corrupted. Bought another MB and got everything switched over. Turned it on and

it ran fine for a week. He was playing Fallout 4 and *boom* it dropped like a rock.

Checked and the PS wasn't working. Did some reasearch and bought a new PS.

But after installing the new PS there is nothing that comes on but the cpu lite on the

MB but no other ones. And the fans on the case and PS spin up.

Is there any way of testing a cpu? Any ideas? We have decided that the PS must have

been failing for a while and finally gave up the ghost. I'm afraid it took out the cpu and

the video cards.

Thanx in advance. Appreciate any ideas/suggestions you have.

DISK READ ERROR

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:56:39 +0000

Hello fellow users. I have an HP Pavillion with windows 10. last night my pc was running fine and this morning when I turned it on my screen was black and "disk read error, press ctl/alt/delete to restart" was written on the screen. When I do that it continues to return to that page, I am unable to access anything because my mouse is in my keypad and basically it is frozen in that mode.

I am thinking maybe the safe mode but how in the heck do I find that in this mode. Also, the Windows icon plus "R" does not bring up the search box or allow me to do anything.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!!

Laptop repair woes

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:56:40 +0000

Hoping that I'm posting this in the right section.

My girlfriend bought an HP laptop back in May of last year. It stopped powering on a couple months later and had to be sent in for repair (under warranty). They changed the motherboard and it worked fine. Just last month the same problem happened again and we sent it in again (still under warranty). This time they changed the battery as that's what they claimed the problem was. When I went to pick it up after repair (Geek Squad) they couldn't get it to power on. So it was sent back in again. When it was returned again it was working but they said the hard drive was dead and that's why it wouldn't power on.

Well HP repair center put in a new hard drive, but they kept the original one with all her data on it.

The laptop still has some problems, I think the problem is motherboard related. The sound port works only intermittently, the wifi card sometimes drops off connection and sometimes it has trouble with plugging in the power cord and charging.

Any idea if it's really possible that a completely dead hard drive could really cause this problem?

Also is it legal for HP to keep the original hard drive with her data? They said they can do data recover for $2000 but that it's not possible for me to do it. She bought the computer and owns it out right, how is the hard drive their "property"?

Foxit reader

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 07:31:16 +0000

I have a really old version of foxit reader, 5.1. How do I update to the most current version? Uninstall and download the current version or just download over the old one? I have an asus windows 10 laptop. Thanks in advance for any help

Set as background.

Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:31:23 +0000

Hi everyone, happy Easter.

I have two PCs running side by side. I work on the main PC and run supporting instructional material on the other. I like to have a different picture as a background on both PCs, at the moment I have a Steam-punk airship. When I select a picture from the internet and 'set it' as a background it also appears on the other PC without any action on my part. Bizarre!

Can anyone tell me how to prevent this from happening please? I'd like to have two different background pictures.

Thank you and have a nice day.

Factory reset for Lenovo Tab 10 tablet wont work

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 07:54:11 +0000

I have a fairly new Lenovo Tab 10 tablet (two months) that said it needed an update so I started it going. It seemed to freeze, so I powered it off and turned it back on, but now it wont come on all the way. I just get a black screen and a window that says "Unfortunately system UI has stopped". It turns itself off over and over, coming back on with this same message appearing. I tried to do a factory reset, but all that happens is it clears it but never resets it. I tried to reset it by going to the Chinese language screen, where I was supposed to find some English letters, MMC, I think, to enter to reset it, but couldn't find them anywhere. What the hell did I do? Is there any way to fix this? I don't know if tablets are talked about here, so I'm sorry if I shouldn't have posted about it. Thanks for any help.

Plugged in and not charging

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:27:13 +0000

On the task bar of my laptop there is a gizmo which shows the charging of the laptop. And recently it started saying "92% available, plugged in and not charging. I took the battery out and reinserted it and things were charging OK. Now it's back to giving me the plugged in and not charging. What could this mean?

Video Downloader for Youtube

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:01:36 +0000

Can anyone recommend a video downloader to download and watch Youtube videos? I'm using Windows XP.

Avast Pro vs Malwarebytes Premium

Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:04:16 +0000

I am using both pay programs on my computer. Getting close to renewal time.

Should I continue to pay for both?

Get rid of one and keep the other?

Is there something better than both of them?

Thanks for any info/suggestions.

Recovered files, only to be unopenable

Sun, 19 Mar 2017 13:47:44 +0000

On Thursday morning, my computer has crashed to a non-bootable state. I have made a successful reset but lost the files afterwards, on which I had to use Easeus Data Recovery Pro.

I managed to recover those files successfully, but I didn't expect that these files come as duplicates, and also, they cannot be opened. Like if they were fragmented, damaged, corrupted or what!

If anything can be done to undo the damage, it'll be fine. And afterwards I undergo a more agressive backup regime to prwvent those from happening again.

I forgot to say that my PC is a Windows 10 (Dell Inspiron 20, Model 3048)

My book E from WD--WD25001032

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 02:33:14 +0000

I use this back up h/d 2-3 times a year just to store info. I just tried to load and all I see is--$recycle.BIN. I downed utilities from WD and they do not see h/d. Any hope or is info gone and just trash it.

Subway sandwich shop free WiFi really slow. Not getting fixed.

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:40:27 +0000

I've been going to a Subway sandwich shop a few days a week for two years. I like to ride my bicycle there as it's near my grocery store and it has good free WiFi. Or used to. For the past two weeks it's been slow as molasses. A YouTube video takes 40 or more seconds to load and start playing and websites can take about that long to load too. They used to take just a few seconds. I use the same tablet at home and in the Chinese restaurant I go to and no problems. I tried using the free XFinity trial at the Subway and it worked fine too. They use Comcast. I checked my tablet's connection strength there and it's always says excellent. I tried a free speed test there and it wouldn't even load.

I've complained about it several times to the people working there, in a very friendly way, but nothing gets done. They say they told the manager and one said a Comcast guy was there earlier but the problem remains. I can't reach the manger as there's no e-mail address or phone number to reach him. Just the store's number. I enjoy going there and would hate to go elsewhere but this keeps going on. I never bother anybody, always buy a sandwich and a drink, tip well, clean up after myself, and a woman working there said the manager can see me sitting in the back where I always sit, using the store's security camera hanging from the ceiling, and is glad I'm there. She says she feels safer when I'm there. I do look like a retired cop, I guess.

So why doesn't the manager get the problem fixed? He's just hurting himself because any other customers who want to have free WiFi will go elsewhere. I've seen a few with laptops and tablets. Odd he's letting this drag on for so long. I wonder what's going on?

Windows 10 Flash Drive

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:36:46 +0000

Put in W10 Flash Drive, bit it will not boot Windows 10.

Weird behavior with Windows 10 and certain games

Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:00:01 +0000

So I recently picked up Windows 10 after having Windows 7 64bit for a long time. I installed the OS by itself onto a new SSD and wiped clean my old hard drive (not an SSD) to use for everything not OS related. Installed Steam on it just fine and installed a few games. This new setup is using a new motherboard, CPU, and GPU as well.

It was during this time that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands was having it's first open beta. My brothers and I installed it. They were able to run it fine. Whenever I started it my monitor would lose its signal and one of the fans inside my PC would get really loud (this occurred within a few seconds of the opening cinematic starting, so I never made it to the actual game itself). I was in a Steam voice chat with my brothers at the time and could still talk to them as it was happening but ultimately I shut the PC down and tried again after a few minutes. Same result.

The beta ended shortly thereafter and I started trying various other games in my Steam Library to see if it happened again. It did, with Rise of the Triad (the 2013 remake). This game ran just fine on my old Windows 7 PC. After making a post on the Rise of the Triad Steam forums, a user there suggested I turn off the games PhysX (it was already off by default) and run the executables in the games DirectX and Redist folders. Doing that second part fixed the game.

I thought I had solved the issue but a third game (Far Cry 2) has had the same problem come up and trying the DirectX trick didn't work this time. My Windows 7 PC was using an Nvidia GTX 670, this one is running an Nvidia GTX 1060. Both OS's are 64 bit. Latest graphics drivers installed, latest DirectX installed, etc... What causes a program launch to make the monitor lose signal and fan speed inside to increase dramatically? I'm not sure which fan it was by the way. The new CPU is an Intel i5-6500, the new mobo is an Asus Prime B250M-A.

MS Excel Starter slow to open spreadsheets

Mon, 06 Mar 2017 11:55:59 +0000

My PC, which runs on Windows 7, has MS Office Starter 2010 installed. Up until a couple of weeks ago, when you opened a spreadsheet in MS Excel Starter it came up almost straightaway. Then, for some reason, it suddenly started taking up to half a minute to show the spreadsheet. Similarly, when you close the individual spreadsheet down, it takes a long time to disappear from the screen. Anyone got any ideas as to why this might be happening? Thanks.

TV Samsung 1080P LED Help Please (No Real Life Picture) Very Strange

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 21:06:21 +0000

Hi, yes as posted above as my title, I have a 1080P Samsung 39 inch LED Television. It was just manufactured in January 2014 this year. I purchased this TV at Best Buy. Now this supposedly is a Smart TV but when I try to connect wirelessly on my TV it says it says I need a USB plugged in. Well I plugged one in got my photos and videos that were from the Internet but I still couldn't get online. Now if I need a cable for that I don't understand how it's wireless built in. Where would I plug the cable or adapter from my TV into what? I only get Wi FI that's built in to my Sony BLU-RAY Player. That's the only way I can get online on my TV is through my DVD player.

Now this is the major mystery. My 1080P Samsung LED TV has both HDMI Cables both (Gold) plugged in to both my HD Cable Box to my TV and it's from Verizon and it's the latest Cable Box btw. And the other HDMI Cable is connected to my TV to my Sony BLU-RAY player. However now get this, this is weird, My Mom and my Uncle both have Samsung TVS both LED and they both get a REAL LIFE PICTURE for their BLU-RAY player and Regular TV. And their TVS are couple of years older and they are not using any more expensive cables then I'm using. I mean gee whiz even a DVD movie that is from 1990 and another DVD movie that is from 1970, their Samsung TV gets the Real Life Picture for the movie that's not even in BLU-RAY disc and my Samsung 1080P LED that's made from this year does not even on my Regular HD Channels. I mean the quality is good but it's not True Real Life picture like my Moms and Uncles. They both have Verizon too and they both have a Samsung BLU-RAY player mine is a SONY but I know that's not it. My TV has the latest firmware, Cables, but sadly NO REAL LIFE picture.

I don't understand this I have the latest TV Firmware and no REAL LIFE PICTURE.

I would greatly appreciate any help on this issue and I will read every comment and will respond to each one when I get a chance. Sorry this is a long post. But yeah I give up on the mystery of the real life picture they my Mom and Uncle get and I don't.

I got a new TV in 2015 and it's a Samsung 40 inch 4K Ultra HD TV. I got the Clear Smooth Picture by turning on Auto Motion Plus for Samsung TVs. That's what it was all along. Wow SMH

Windows 7 Upgrade

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 18:29:51 +0000

I know I have asked this before, but before I was looking to upgrade for free. I would really like to upgrade to W7 and I was wondering where would be the best place to get Version Home Premium? I would like to spend under $100. Also I'm thinking of backing up this Vista set of files (all) on a 4GB Flash Drive, does this sound like enough space?

Restore point on win 10

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 12:58:13 +0000

I have a new laptop with a SS h/d and a 1 terr h/d.I want to make the restore point for the SS h/d © and put it on the 1 terr h/d (D). The SS h/d is only 128 gig and I try and install any programs on the D drive. Some times I have no choice but install on C drive. Would it be possible to put the restore points for the C drive on the D drive? I might be missing some thing!

HDMI Splitter Issues

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 23:17:13 +0000

Hey guys I was looking for a FFM splitter to connect my PC to my Desktop Monitor and my TV (to use as a second monitor.) When the PC is booting up both displays show fine, but the moment it switches to user login they both go black. Anyone else have issues with this?

Cannot access the BIOS on a laptop

Sat, 25 Feb 2017 07:50:37 +0000

I apologise in advance if this is in the wrong forum (in which case, mods please feel free to move it), but I think the following problem is probably best suited to this forum.

A friend has passed me his laptop (an ASUS K52F, running Windows 10) to sort out, as it was running slow (the usual problems, malware, unwanted programs etc). I couldn't use any boot keys to get into the factory restore, so I used Windows itself (via holding down SHIFT when clicking on RESET on the Windows shutdown menu) to get me to the factory reset menu, and the factory reset worked as it should, and now the laptop is running great.

But the thing is, I want to know how to access the BIOS and the boot menu (so I can make the laptop boot from a USB stick, DVD-drive, etc). I don't need to know, as the laptop is working now, but I'm curious and I'll probably need to know it for sometime in the future. You can't always rely on Windows running when you need to accessFactory reset, so working boot keys are a must.

But the problem is, no matter what keys I press when I turn on the laptop, I can't get into the BIOS or the Boot Device Menu. According to:

https://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=58779

the boot keys for the laptop (ASUS K52F) are F8 for the boot menu (seems strange, but I've found other sites via Google that confirm the laptop uses the same key as Windows boot) and DEL for the BIOS, but whether I hold down one of these keys, or keep tapping on it when the laptop starts up, then it's as though no key is held down, and Windows 10 boots up. So of course I can't boot from a USB stick or DVD drive. I've tried the other usual suspect too (Esc, F9, F9 + FN, F11, F2 F1, etc) with the same result; Windows just acts like no key has been pressed/held down, and boots up to the Windows desktop.

Is it possible that somehow some settings in Windows 10 can cause the boot keys to not work? I wouldn't have though so, as I'd think the BIOS related code (which runs before Windows even starts, surely?) is never altered by Windows. Or is there something else I'm missing?

Thanks for any answers.

unable to save permissions on 009 perflib registry

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:31:15 +0000

handle is incorrect, help needed?

window's 10 is trippin.

Sun, 12 Feb 2017 09:56:19 +0000

Whenever I try to mirror a video from my computer to my smart TV it keeps saying searching for devices. However, when I check the Bluetooth on the computer, it says devices are connected. Is it the TV or the computer? Sometimes it works itself out, but then goes back to the same problem... searching for devices.

Can't find lost tablet/Google android device manager registered

Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:21:13 +0000

I have a Samsung 10 inch tablet (GT-P5210) that I took to a restaurant two weeks ago and now am having trouble finding. I haven't used it since then and can't seem to locate it anywhere in my house, but it still may turn up. I tried Google android device manager and it showed up on it and said it was registered and last used two weeks ago but since it's not turned on, can't locate it.

If someone found it and decided to keep it, wouldn't they erase my registration and put theirs on it? Or if it was sold to a pawn shop, wouldn't the owner check it to see if it works and see it's mine? I keep trying device manger but no luck. I'm almost certain it's here but am still worried. Is there some way to make it make a sound so I can find it, even though it's turned off? Thanks for any help.

Nexus 10 tablet battery goes dead at 30% charge

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 09:19:54 +0000

I got a Nexus 10 tablet from amazon.com a few months ago and lately the battery has started to go dead at 30% and says I need to use the charger and cuts off. This keeps happening, so I looked online and a lot of other people have the same problem. One guy replaced his battery and it still happened. Other people tried different things that worked for them which didn't work for others. I read it could be a new app that's messing things up or the last update. I was thinking of doing a complete reinstall but want to do that as a last resort. The tablet is supposed to be a refurbished one but I couldn't find any stickers or anything on the box or inside that says so, when I did on other refurb tablets I've gotten, so I think it's a new one. Anyone here have the same problem with a tablet and did you fix it? What could be causing this? Bad battery? I'm not sure what to do. Thanks for any help.

Not able to use certain software

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:57:47 +0000

So I just got the scan done and Reset my computer to make it take effect, though now when I try to open software such as a Emulator it will say that it was blocked due to not having the permission, is there some way for this to be fixed or am I stuck with it happening forever?

Message says Computer Blocked

Sat, 04 Feb 2017 10:01:10 +0000

Folks,

Several times a day, I'll get a message that says my computer is blocked and i need to call some number.

To get rid of the message, I usually have to go to the task manager and kill Chrome, which is the browser I typically use.

I have run a few additional PC Pitstop scans but it doesn't find a virus.

The address line is:

http://virus-alert-99t9rp.pw/virus.dill/?ip=23.120.8.194&isp=Att%20Internet%20Services&0tfn1=888-453-0920&browser=Chrome

Obviously, I use AT&T for internet and I mentioned the Chrome browser.

When I get the dialog box to close, it looks like I'm on a Microsoft site.

Anyone have any advice? It's annoying.

Mark

I received 2 XFX GE Force 9800 GT video cards

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:17:20 +0000

I have an older machine with an Asus M4A78T-E mobo, AMD Phenom IIx4 970 3.51 GHz, 16 gig Corsair XMS, AMD 2+0 Stripe/Raid0 SCSI Seagate 500 gig HDs, running Win 7 Pro 64. The mobo has an integrated ATI Radeon HD3300 GPU. Would the 'new' cards work in my machine?

I'd appreciate any thoughts you all might have on it. Thanks!

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I tried a download that wanted hundreds of dollars to use the download, but that is not an option.

I'd appreciate any advice! Thanks!

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Sat, 28 Jan 2017 03:16:35 +0000

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Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:16:12 +0000

Hello helpful people.

Just lately I get the rather dramatic BSOD almost daily, sometimes twice, it's been happening for a week or so. I receive the standard warning ie your machine has run into a problem and needs to re-start, gathering the necessary information etc and the 100% sign. There is also a square scan code. I have to 'hard start' and then all is fine, until the next time. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Is there a cure please? I have tried the Windows suggestion of deleting my most recently down-loaded programs, one of which was Registry Reviver from Reviversoft.

Thank you for reading, hope yo can help. Have a nice day.

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Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:54:53 +0000

I had a major problem this weekend where some flooding took out my system (as well as other things.) I was able to recover the hard drives (and dry them,) but don't really trust them to operate for too long. I have them currently slaved through a docking station to try to recover the serial numbers off of some of the products that I can't recover them from the vender or website where I downloaded them from. Problem that I am running into is that the OS is preventing programs like Jellybean from accessing the hive cache where the numbers are located. Even if I allow as much access as I can for the slave drives, it still comes up as access denied. Is there other programs that are able to access the data on the slave drives that I am not aware of that can read the information? Ironically enough, it will pull up the Win 10 serial number off of the slave drive (which I don't need as I purchased a new system that I am trying to transfer the programs and data onto) but it won't recover the Office 2015 product key and other older programs that I still use.