My wife started up her win 7 computer today and to a strange (default?) desktop. Normally the desktop has a personal background photo, about 30 program...

Apart from a definitions update for Windows Defender, there seem to be no updates today for my laptop. (For my PC there were 4 important Windows updates...

Anyone running Malwarebytes v3.x on Win7Pro/32? If so, do you have any opinions on it? -- Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers...

Except for Security Essential virus DB updates, I have not received any other Win7 updates since the end of June. Two important updates that I did receive...

Have you ever gotten one of these Dell Technical Support calls? They know your name, phone number, even your address, and your service tag and Dell computer...

Hi All, Anyone have a favorite long lived Internal 5-1/4" DVD writer? I cut about four disks a week on this computer and it has to be absolutely reliable. ...

I have just booted up my emergency computer which I haven't used for many months. It booted up fine and I used Slimdrivers which reported that all drivers...

Hi All, Linux has a command called "sync" sync - flush file system buffers Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block. I like to...

Hi All, This works to turn off Autoplay: https://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/05/windows-7-vs-ubuntu-12-04-how-to-disable-auto-mount-on-media-insertion/ But, I...

Previously my network icons opened and showed a WiFi with Internet connection active and a Cat5 LAN connection. So I could see all things on my LAN and access...

I am in the process of using a PC to help copy data from a bunch of my portable USB hard drives over to a master hard drive, just for back up purposes. I've...

Win 7 PC looks at the LAN and says it cannot see other PCs. Win 10 PC on same LAN sees and can transfer files to that Win 7 PC that is blind. Are there any...

Trying to install TeamViewer on my Win 10 piece of crap laptop. TeamViewer Installer is asking if I want... Use TeamViwer VPN what is this? Does it slow or...

my gmail account has started throwing up the message, "An error occurred during a connection to pop.gmail.com:995" "Cannot communicate securely with peer:...

Hi All, Windows 7 Pro, SP1, x64, fully updated On one machine, I can not run the following command (access denied), except when the CMD windows is elevated...

Does it really have to take hours every time? :( Thank you in advance. :) -- "Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber,...

I just picked up a 4 TB WD external USB 3 HD for back up purposes. I use Win 7, Ubuntu, and XP. I can easily see and manipulate the drive contents in '7...

Ok, I've been recently backing up several of my portable USB 3/2 hard drives onto a larger hard drive, also USB 3/2. Most of the portable HD's have USB 3,...

Hello all I am trying to install a Pinnacle video driver for use wih my Dazzle DVC100 capture 'gadget'. I did use Pinnacle Studio 15 for this, but had problems...

For long time now I've run little program called ShellFolderFix which seemed to cure Windows Explorer's loss of memory concerning how to display a fold, e.g....