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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| error | 1/3/2012 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: My system is a 32 bit. And, unfortunately, cost is a factor for me. Are these downloads you are ... A: no those downloads are not going to cost you a penny , you are downloading the free versions ... | ||
| error message | 1/2/2012 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Rchard again. I keep gettinmg a message "Internet Explorer has stopped working." Why do I get this ... A: could be a lot of things so we need to break down first it could be a virus/malware causing ... | ||
| error messages | 1/2/2012 | Christopher Stevens |
| Q: I keep getting a error message "internet explorer has stopped working". It appears a lot, ... A: Internet Explorer can crash for many reasons, mostly it is due to problems found ona web page. Do ... | ||
| printers | 12/16/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: When I run a virus check (HP Superspyware Anti Virus)I always lose my printer- says I need to ... A: looks like the driver or the printer software is corrupt do you still have the lexmark z600 ... | ||
| media driver? | 12/14/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: attempting to put a fresh install of windows vista on a gateway DX4200-09 ( Sata Drive) insert Cd - ... A: get into the bios " probably by hitting F2 when the turn on the computer you will get into the bios ... | ||
| print spooler service not working | 12/12/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: My Wife has Vista home premium on her laptop and when I try to print anything I get a Message that ... A: to check the print spooler service do the following Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance ... | ||
| How to enable wireless LAN in Vista? | 12/10/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I'm running Windows Vista on a 32-bit HP laptop (circa 2008). For months I've been using a ... A: check out this link to enable the wireless lan if it was disabled accidentally ... | ||
| Windows won't update | 11/5/2011 | Jonathan Yaniv |
| Q: I have a Gateway laptop ML6720 running Win Home Premium that was acting up. So I decided to restore ... A: Hope you are well. Please try these steps: 1) Restore to factory image once again, but when it asks ... | ||
| gateway windows vista system recovery | 11/2/2011 | Jonathan Yaniv |
| Q: Gateway windows vista Can i do a gateway system recovery without the recovery discs?? my disc ... A: When you start up your computer, you will see a screen with a key you push for system recovery. Like ... | ||
| upgrade to IE 9 or stay with IE 7 | 8/5/2011 | Richard Rost |
| Q: my computer is toshiba laptop model Satellite L305-S5915 2 GB sd RAM 160 GB HDD Windows Vista Basic ... A: I've always been an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of guy. If you're visiting web sites that ... | ||
| extracting from an archive | 8/2/2011 | Richard Rost |
| Q: I'm not too hot on computers so perhaps you can answer this question in a step by step way so I'll ... A: Windows Vista and 7 can work directly with ZIP files. There's really nothing you have to do. Just ... | ||
| vista | 6/13/2011 | Jonathan Yaniv |
| Q: I am using the recommended virus protection program of HP, Superantispyware, and it seems to work ... A: Hey, I used to work for HP, thats bogus, I don't know why they are suggesting that. Use Microsoft ... | ||
| Help! Computer will not start up | 6/12/2011 | Jonathan Yaniv |
| Q: I have been having problems with my computer for several days now almost a week and I am at my whits ... A: There is still malware there then.. Next step, do this http://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper ... | ||
| Help! Computer will not start up | 6/4/2011 | Jonathan Yaniv |
| Q: I have been having problems with my computer for several days now almost a week and I am at my whits ... A: Ok I want you to please try something Go to http://www.microsoft.com/securityessentials and download ... | ||
| Create default settings for external monitor | 6/3/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I recently got an external monitor to use with my laptop. I attached it and personalized my display ... A: actually yes when you created the profile in nvidia control center it wont load the setting by ... | ||
| Buying a new computer | 5/30/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I am buying a new computer with the upgraded home version of Windows. The cable tv people are ... A: actually it depends on what you are going to be doing on the laptop you got most of the stuff ... | ||
| Yahoo Search Bar* | 5/18/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I just did a recovery on my vista laptop & there's a "yahoo search bar" in the bar at the bottem of ... A: click on start menu " windows logo" then control panel locate "programs and features" and double ... | ||
| Vista operational problems | 5/13/2011 | Richard Rost |
| Q: I recently had a tech at my house to repair a hard-drive problem. I mentioned to him that I also ... A: There can be MANY factors that lead to a computer slowing down including just software issues. YES, ... | ||
| Create default settings for external monitor | 5/9/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I recently got an external monitor to use with my laptop. I attached it and personalized my display ... A: you can do that using MurGeeMon and you can download it from http://www.murgee.com/ you can save ... | ||
| Toshiba windows vista won't switch users | 5/6/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: my Toshiba windows vista won't allow me to switch users. As soon as I click the other users, it says ... A: these are the only fixes available but sometimes the registry gets corrupted so you may want to try ... | ||
| American Western/U.S. | 3/31/2011 | Christopher Stevens |
| Q: Before signing into my laptop, I have to switch the settings (bottom left corner) from American ... A: So you are looking for the Out Of Box Experience (OOBE)This is where you were asked when the ... | ||
| American Western/U.S. | 3/31/2011 | Christopher Stevens |
| Q: Before signing into my laptop, I have to switch the settings (bottom left corner) from American ... A: Once you are logged in, open the start menu, in the "search Programs and files" box type Language. ... | ||
| sony vaio e series | 3/17/2011 | Christopher Stevens |
| Q: I HAVE A SONY VAIO LAPTOP WITH WINDOWS 7 AND I WANT TO CONVERT SYSTEM LANGUAGE FROM ITALIAN TO ... A: When you go to Windows update you can download the language packs. Once that is done you can open ... | ||
| Vista User folder on desktop changed | 3/14/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I am not sure how this happened but hope you might be able to help me get it fixed. My user folder ... A: i think i found it , its a pretty stupid thing but i just tried it on my machine and it worked for ... | ||
| Vista User folder on desktop changed | 3/14/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I am not sure how this happened but hope you might be able to help me get it fixed. My user folder ... A: well try doing this , right click on that ch folder and choose delete then reboot , then readding ... | ||
| Cut & Paste in Windows Vista | 2/18/2011 | Christopher Stevens |
| Q: It doesn't seem to matter what program I am using to cut from, but when I highlight some text, cut, ... A: This could be the result of other installed programs hooking into the shell of Windows, for instance ... | ||
| Vista display language | 2/9/2011 | Jonathan Yaniv |
| Q: Some fool has managed to change my sons vista home premium PC from displaying english to Czech. you ... A: Im going to help you the best that I can here, and the easiest way. Push the Windows Key next to ... | ||
| Video Freezing | 1/29/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: The problem with my widows vista is whenever I visit a website and try to play their videos, it ... A: it could be for a lot of reasons download Microsoft fix it center from ... | ||
| Removing Older OS from Boot Screen | 1/26/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: While installing Windows Vista, I deleted the older partition for Windows XP and installed Vista ... A: there are multiple way to fix that problem but we will use the easiest and safest way click on ... | ||
| slow downloads | 1/25/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: For some reason, my download speed has slowed to virtually zero. My computer was working fine, ... A: well realplayer 11 says it works on vista so 13 should be. and version 10 and 10.5 only supports ... | ||
| slow downloads | 1/24/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: For some reason, my download speed has slowed to virtually zero. My computer was working fine, ... A: probably it the website you are trying to download the audio files from if other websites work fine ... | ||
| Window 7 | 1/15/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: No offence. Are u good at windows 7? A: no one is prefect , i cant say if i'm good or not , i'v been using and troubleshooting windows 7 ... | ||
| Back Up | 1/14/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I have heard about people backing up their files within Vistia. This doesn't included a whole range ... A: well if those documents are important for you , yes you should back them up if something wrong ... | ||
| Back Up | 1/13/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I have heard about people backing up their files within Vistia. This doesn't included a whole range ... A: backing up to external hard drive is faster and safer "most of the times" , on cds or dvds/ it will ... | ||
| Taskbar | 1/10/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Hey Saad In my notification area on my laptop i have notice some of the icons are moving places. ... A: yes this is normal , the icons are not sorted in the task bar system tray , sometimes they show on ... | ||
| Broken Shortcuts | 1/9/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Saad I have the latest avg with PC analyzer inculding. I have moved some files around and onto USB ... A: by deleting a shortcut you wont harm your system , its just a shortcut or a link to the actual file ... | ||
| formatting laptop | 1/6/2011 | Christopher Stevens |
| Q: I would like to reformat my Toshiba Satellite P205D laptop computer back to factory settings. I have ... A: This is a very involved process which may be a bit beyond the scope of this forum. However, Windows ... | ||
| formatting laptop | 1/6/2011 | Richard Rost |
| Q: I would like to reformat my Toshiba Satellite P205D laptop computer back to factory settings. I have ... A: Walking you through the entire process of reinstalling Windows is really beyond the scope of what I ... | ||
| keyboard | 1/4/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: @ gives " and the rest of the characters are also messed up. I do not know how to fix this in my ... A: it looks like a problem with the keyboard layout so try this goto start - > control panel , switch ... | ||
| Make a copy of a disc | 1/3/2011 | Christopher Stevens |
| Q: I have Windows Vista 32 bit w/Windows media/ Roxio disc player I was given a copy of a television ... A: Yes, when you enter the disk and choose copy disk (assuming it's not protected from copying, that is ... | ||
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