If I wanted it for watching videos and contrast colours were important I would probably get one with a glossy finish if one was highly...
Could you have installed the "pre-June 2007" compatibility pack? Issues that are fixed in the update to the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack...
As it says, it hosts a program or service. You will need to trace what program or service has stopped working. If it doesn't have more details in...
Thank you for the info. Haven't come across SMARTDRV for a long time :D Good old FAT32 eh? At least you can use DOS utilities. I am concentrating...
Thanks for letting us know. If you just stop the service, it will start again when you restart/reboot the computer. You will need to set it to...
I have found that copying the recovery partition to a new HDD, swapping the HDDs, then running the recovery system is the easiest. That does not...
You can't uninstall WMP, it is integrated into Windows (don't try to uninstall it you will probably damage Windows). There is a WMP service. Look...
Read in the User Guide/manual for the computer. I know that Acer computers are using passwords for going into BIOS (low-level) controlled...
Hi and welcome to the BBS, Try uninstalling and reinstalling the "software" you talk about. If it runs at startup it could be the problem when...
Try closing down your bowser and see if the CPU usage goes down to "standard ". I found if I had one particular website open, it could send the...
You haven't tried looking in the BIOS yet? I think that would be my next set of checks. Disconnect any other connected hardware because it might...
Some suggestions here, like starting Firefox in Safe Mode http://blogmines.com/blog/2010/04/20/how-to-unhide-menu-bar-in-firefox/
The toolbars have disappeared in Firefox? That is between Serif, ASK and Firefox, it shouldn't be anything to do with Windows. If you have any...
Have you ever run a registry cleaner?
Some (most) laptops have a switch to turn the wireless on or off, check for a switch. Look in the BIOS (startup configuration settings) that the...
I have a somewhat similar problem at the moment and I don't think I have solved it yet :p:), but I will share some suggestions if you like. Clear...
I expect so, BIOSes are set to "Quick Boot" (or similar terminology), where they don't go through POST (self-checks), they just load the last...
Switch it to another PCI slot.
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