As you suggested, I looked in the Task Scheduler. It does say that a Scheduled Defrag is set to run every Wednesday morning at 1:00 AM. But today...
My laptop has picked up an annoying habit. Every now and then, it turns itself on at about 3 am. Since the sleep mode no longer works for this...
I did try again, and the third time it worked. Thanks.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try that when I get a chance.
Thanks for the advice. I followed the instructions, and was told that the system could not check the disk while it was in use. The disk was my...
I seem to have some corrupt files on my laptop, which runs Windows Vista. How can I fix or delete them?
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I have made sure that the BIOS and drivers are updated, checked the memory cards, and checked for...
Thank you for the suggestion about backing up. That's a good one. One last data point I forgot to mention. When I boot the laptop in Linux,...
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried them all. The problem was not solved. Looks like it is a hardware problem that is beyond my skill.
I'm just guessing, but if you no longer hear the three beeps on startup, that may mean a bad motherboard. The motherboard puts out the beeps. I...
Thanks for the suggestions. Just to clarify, I do have a powered USB hub that I can use. But it's not very convenient to use with my laptop....
I used to use Internet Explorer. But there were too many ads. I got sick of seeing yellow teeth, crippled children, and single women every time I...
Thanks for the suggestions. I already do have a powered USB hub that I use with a desktop. But I do not like to carry it with me to use with my...
This problem still occurs from time to time. Usually Windows "sees" the disk drive if I restore the defaults in the BIOS. Or after I have booted...
I'm still having problems with my laptop waking up from sleep. It's a strange problem, because it comes and goes. One additional data point --...
One of the USB ports on my laptop does not work. When I plug a USB device into that port, the laptop does not notice that the device was plugged...
Thanks for the suggestions. It looks like there is no freeware for Windows that does scanning to PDF. That's a shame. I bought my Canon...
I have a $150 Canon printer/scanner/fax that comes with a third-party scanner program that puts out only TIFF files. If you want to save the files...
What a tragedy. Our hearts go out to the people in Christchurch. The last several months have not been kind. Now this.
I just bought a BeagleBoard with a Texas Instruments OMAP3 processor. It's a lot of fun. It's about 10 cm by 10 cm of circuit board filled with...
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