Computer Question
When you are doing nothing at all with the computer but you see the processor and hard drive are getting a workout, how can you find out what is running and who is running it?
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I got my daughters new laptop going on the internet via wireless router. But for some reason my home computer and her laptop cannot be on the same internet page at the same time.
If you try to do this it pops up a conflict warning on both computers.
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Have the strangest computer problem. This is not one I've ever run into before. Input appreciated...
My wife bought this refurbed HP computer. Works great and fantastic price from tigerdirect. However, every now and then (like maybe once every 2-3 weeks) all of a sudden all of the USB ports go dead. Both the keyboard and mouse are USB, so it basically paralyzes the computer. No amount of switching them around will fix it.
If you reboot the computer it will still be locked up.
However, if you completely power down the computer (i.e. unplug it totally) and leave it off for about 15 minutes, then power it back up everything works fine. It will then work fine for a few more weeks.
Now ordinarily I'd think the computer was just hung, but here's the weird part. If you touch the keyboard the monitor will wake up, but you can't do anything. So, it's definitely seeing something. It looks like Windows is still running, but without a keyboard or mouse it's hard to tell.
It's almost like the motherboard loses the USB buss and then won't recognize it on a reboot, only on a cold, cold, start.
Thoughts?
edit: Windows OS dropping the USB drivers maybe?0 -
Does anyone here have Firefox and IE both loaded on their computer and can switch back and forth?
I tried Firefox and liked it, but my primary financial site demands IE. Need to find some way to switch between them.
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I want to sell this computer, but I need to wipe it clean of everything I've got on it now. Addresses, numbers, etc. Will system restore from the month I bought it do it or not ? Any Ideas ? Don, I know you have the answer. 0 -
I need to a run diagnostics on my computer...In the book it says to open up Pc Doctor to do this...My problem is that it came with windows 2000 in it and has been upgraded to Xp pro... Tried to open Pc Doctor and it doesn't exit..Does Xp pro call it something else??? 0 -
how do i completely wipe my computer clean, as if it were brand new.
do i need a program or what
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The bearings are going bad on my laptop graphics card cooling fan so that it's making a really annoying buzzing sound.
How likely am I to burn up the graphics card if I run the computer without the fan for a couple weeks until a replacement arrives?
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What is better
2.66 GHZ pentium 4 processor
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Celeron 2.6 GHZ processor
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The two systems I am looking at are basically the same except for this. Is one better than the other?
I am not a number I am a free man
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computer question:
I had to replace a case fan in my computer cause I heard a weird noise and determined a blade is cracked. The bummer is that is was in a tediuos metal enclosure and you had the take off and install so may hard to reach screws to replace the fan.
Long story short; I do not know if I accidently shorted out the board or if its a hard-drive problem, but when I go to start up my computer it comes to the screen that says press 'del' for setup, ctrl + z for ez flash bios etc.... When that screen appeares it just stays there for an abnormally length of time. It would only stay on that screen for 2-3 seconds at most, not it can take two to three minuters or longer to get to the WIN 7 welcome screen.
The odd thing is every function on my computer seems to be fine, just the start-up takes waaaay too long.
Did I short out a component?
Is my hard-drive to blame?
Any help is appreciated.
P.S. I have my HD split into 2 partitions, and I did a clean install of the partition where the OS is, but the same problem still occurs.0 -
Every word and every image looks like it shifted to the left real fast leaving a slight diminishing trail about 1/2 inch long. What the heck happened? My grand son was on here playing games and when I turned the computer back on thats the way it is. 0 -
How do I shrink my screen back down. I have to scroll sideways to see the whole picture. Kids were messing with the computer. 0 -
wth i shut down the desk top when i left for vacation and it wont come back up what in the hell do i do now ( yes i pushed the on button )and im on the laptop the desk top wont do crapoala 0 -
Is this worth a $200 set of tires?
Custom Gaming Computer in perfect condition with extras.
Intel Pentium 4
3.20 GHz
2.0 GB RAM
80 GB Primary Hard Drive
1TB HDD Hard Drive
DVD Burner
Windows XP Pro SP2
Adobe Photoshop CS & Image Ready
Cool Gaming case with transparent side panel with blue lights.
Extras are software and a wireless keyboard/mouse set.
This is a perfect computer for anything and everything. Stock up on photos, music and accomplish tasks at blazing speeds. Whatever you need to do this computer can handle it.0 -
computer question.
I have windows 7 pro and was wondering if you can repair a windows installition without loseing all of your data? Is it possible or do I have no choice but loseing all my data?0 -
If I leave my browser running for a while and I come back the page I was looking at turns into a porn sight. is there any way to keep this from happening cuz its really starting to annoy me.
I yearn for the simpiler times when a man could crawl out of his cave , club a woman over the head and drag her back "0 -
I have a computer at work that has a screensaver I like, is there a way to save the screensaver to a disc and load it on to my home computer? 0 -
to show how inept I am. I am trying to download Adobe Flash Player as I started getting messages I need it to view videos. The computer goes thru all the steps then at the end I get a screen station "retrieving download". After a few minutes I get an error message stating ACTIONLIST NOT FOUND. I did have an old version of flash player and I did remove it and it shows to not be there anymore. Any help appreciated. 0 -
Im far from being computer oriented,so maybe you can help me.When Im on line I get Microsoft updates to install in my PC.They offer an up date about once a week,I usually accept and install them.But I never can tell any difference after the updates are installed.Should I accept the updates or just ignore them? Thanks in advance.
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I use my lcd tv as a monitor when watching movies on the computer. For some reason it quit working. I have here sound but not video. what would cause this to happen. also the built in mouse pad quit working i had to switch over to a usb mouse but the tv still worked as a monitor after the mouse quit woring. Just stopped today when i tried putting a movie on for my wife. 0 -
Can a camera you use on your computer be used to load its images to your computer to be saved? To put it another way can it be used as a security camera? 0 -
Down loaded ie8 about four weeks ago and have had nothing but trouble since. Main thing is a very slow computer. I can reset and it speeds up for a couple of hours. I think I was running ie6 and was happy but bought into the newer/better thing. If I delete ie8 will ie6 still be there? 0 -
Can an upgrade version of windows vista be installed on an windows xp OS or do I need the full version?
I was looking at amazon dott kom and I saw vista home premium [old version]; what exactly is old version?0 -
posting this on a older p/c my current use one today when I turned it on will start normal then go to a blank screen nothing if I start in safe mode it will come up as it should in safe mode. I have started up a couple times under repair mode but still the same just a blank screen . any one help out
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Wife and I are the administrators on the computer. The kids have limited accounts. One of the kids has found a way to make their "My Documents" folder invisible to us.
We can still navigate to the folder by rooting around in the C drive so it is no big deal but I am baffled as to why it won't show up for me,I can't get it to show up under "My Computer" with the rest of the "My Documents" folders.
All the accounts are set to show ALL files. Any ideas?
I am not a number I am a free man0 -
How do I get to the "CONTROL PANEL" in Win. 8.1.
I have been there before but have totally forgotten.
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I can't remember my windows password on one of my computers and need to either disable the password funtion or bypass it in order to log onto my network system. Is there anyway I can change my password without remembering my old one or is there some way I can disable the password funtion. I have had to do this before but cannot for the life of me remember what steps I took to disable the password. HELP!
"Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet."0 -
i have dial up at home [V] and just got dsl at work [:D] but my labtop wont seem to connect with the dsl its keeps looking for the dial up how do i convert it? thanks in advance 0 -
I have been trying to delete some of my saved favorits and they keep returning. I have windows xp home. I have tryed atleast 5 times to delete them and the next time I turn on the computer they reapear in my favorites again. Does anybody have any ideas as to what's causing this to happen? I did a defrag last night and backed up the registry and operation system and that didn't help either. I need some help with this. Thanks Gary 0 -
My computer is about to go down for the count. What's a GOOD computer I can replace it with?
Can new computers run Windows VISTA or Windows 7?0 -
Computer question.
Is a 1250W power supply too much for a computer?
In case your wondering I will be running two BDR drives, 5 120mm fans, 2 harddrives in raid array, 6 mem slots and a two way SLI video cards.0
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