Anyone got advice on this one? ....grandson has a new windows 8 pc on which he plays games..mostly Minecraft = plenty of repeated keyboard action I believe! The keyboard now does not function, but here is the unusual thing, he can type in his password to get into Windows but then once in the keys...

I have the monitor and the desktop computer set to sleep after 2 hours of disuse; the hard drive goes off after 20 minutes. Pressing any key on the wired keyboard (PS2 connector) will not wake the system. Clicking on the wireless USB mouse will wake it. Shouldn't the keyboard also wake...

I thought Vista or a failing HD was my problem with occasional flakey behavior on this D630 laptop so I upgraded it with Win7, new memory, and a new HD, but the problem remains. It became especially apparent when I needed to download a 1GB+ file and get that file to verify. There is usually a...

Hi, i'm looking for solve an inconvenience using my SyncBack (ver. 5) software backup. I configurated the app to save and synchronize my data from Source, a folder (Documents) that includes many subfolders that contain some midi files too, to Destination, an exact integral copy of first folder...

When you google it, the instructions say.......Go into settings, applications. Find the application and tap it. Then scroll down and hit clear defaults. The next time you try to open it, you will get the choices again. I am trying to get an avi file to play using JoeVLC. I am using ES File...

Can anyone tell me if this can be done..My old pc died, but i know the drive works so any help please my new pc is SATA Thanx from Don

Using the latest version 7z920. When you zip up some files and use the default AES-256 encryption with "encrypt file names" checked, it's safe right? Thanks.

2x 6+2 Pin PCI-E and you can plug them in your ears for stereoscopictrosity. In bee hives that's a good thing or everything would be drones. So, what's next on the designer's drawing board ... an alligator nest PSU? - The Rosewill HIVE series is a premium 80 PLUS BRONZE certified power supply...

The pound sign "#" seems to work, is that correct? Thanks.

From Popular Mechanics Feb issue. I bet they still use lead-free tin in most motherboards today... RL THE PROBLEM The move to eliminate lead from solder (an alloy used for its low melting point) over the past decade was

These are the only real possibilities, right? I forgot having changed the password between yesterday and today. Someone hijacked my account. Microsoft's servers got messed up. A major overhaul was done to my Firefox profile, but MSN/Hotmail/Live apparently doesn't allow saving the password...

Practically every search result changes the expression to "How to make a bootable CD". What I would like to do is make an ISO file that, like the CD it comes from, is bootable. I was trying to burn a non-bootable ISO file to a USB flash drive, but I suspect that somehow extracting everything...

I switched from Windows 8.1 32 bit to 64 bit about a week ago to accommodate more memory on my main desktop (not added yet). Since then, my CPU temps have been averaging at least a couple of degrees C lower. Anybody know if this is a fluke or usual? Larc

I recently upgraded my motherboard, but kept the existing CPU. I can see the temperature readings in the BIOS setup during boot, but I'm not seeing it within Windows. I'm running Core Temp, and I've tried upgrading it, and also tried other programs like HWMonitor, etc. None of them are seeing...

In other words... There is this inexpensive $10 program called "SkinStudio" to customize the Windows user interface appearance, and nobody's familiar with it? I will see what it can do. Some specific things in mind... Making a white text on black background Aero theme (without large glaring...

WHICH PROGRAM?!

To help a friend transfer to a new computer and change from Windows XP pro to Linux I did 4 backups. 3 failed for 1 reason or another! The problem backup I am targeting now was done onto an external USB hard drive (Seagate). I used Windows backup to create a .bkf file and later went to restore...

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/we-cannot-trust-intel-and-vias-chip-based-crypto-freebsd-developers-say/ Developers of the FreeBSD operating system will no longer allow users to trust processors manufactured by Intel and Via Technologies as the sole source of random numbers needed to...

Seems I have committted several bonehead moves. Ok, due to a failing motherboard issue, I ended up replacing the Mb, got new Ram, got new CPU, both faster then the old stuff. The basic computer works, while doing all this I also migrated to win 7 Ultimate, away from XP x64. My First living with...

One of my hard disks may be failing - I get this occasional entry in =========== Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 12/20/2013 Time: 7:34:00 AM User: N/A