Does only Office stops working or other programs too ? What anti virus are you using ?
Most probably a malware. Head over to Malware and Virus Section of this forum. Good luck.
Is it computer obituary of some kind ? :D
If Linux works ok on it, we can rule out hardware issue but damaged/compromised MBR could be one of the cause. I would go with mattman's...
Whats the version of Office ?
You mean to say it appears when you turn on the modem without running either IE or Chrome ? Are you using any desktop enhancement program/web...
How about using Linux instead of Win 7 ? It would not be same thing, but much closer than Win 7....
Your laptop has been locked down. You must have Administrator password to do anything. I wonder if external hard disk would work as you may need...
Get one more data cable & connect both DVD & hard drive individually. You have earlier said that you were using 2 DVD drives. You must be having...
It would be cheaper & faster to buy a USB wireless than to troubleshoot a piece of hardware that's not working/detected by the computer. My...
It would work. It would be faster & better if you connect the external HDD to your laptop & desktop independently for backup. Pulling lot of...
Creating a new user is not going to help you [even if you could create a new user as you don't have Administrative rights]. What you require is...
An old networking saying; Switch when you can, route when you must. Use switches to expand your network & router when connecting two networks.
You would need administrator password for your computer to setup file sharing. Contact your Cape Town office & tell them what you are trying to...
The error in the image seems to suggest a software problem & not a hardware issue. If you think its a hardware issue, have you contacted HP ?
I am not worried about the power connector [the connector which has red,black & yellow wires]. I am worried about the data cable [the flat thing...
Yes unless there is a temp. sensor somewhere [highly unlikely].
Try pinging 208.67.222.222 Its OpenDNS DNS IP. If you could ping that, try to ping opendns.com. If you can't ping opendns.com, then I assume that...
Same type or same [only one cable is connected to board,hard drive & DVD] ? ok. Thats the power supply fan. That would be CPU fan....
Thats the power cables. That would be data cable but its PATA or IDE & not SATA. That is the audio cable which is not required any more as all...
Separate names with a comma.
