As I mentioned in the title, the computer turns on but shuts down after a random time. Sometimes it works for 2 minutes, sometimes it works for 10 minutes. Sometimes Windows shuts down even when just starting up, but the fans continue to spin. It says no signal, then nothing appears on the screen, the keyboard, flash memory etc. are turned off. I guess it's just the fans turning around. I checked the PSU voltage values, they are normal. (Maybe there is another problem, I don't know) I... PC shuts down shortly after turning on but fan continues to run ..read more

Using Windows 7 Home 64-bit I added two 8 GB boards to my desktop, taking total memory to 32 GB. Windows sees only 16 GB of installed 32 GB. Belarc shows all 4 cards, but says only 16384 Megabytes Usable. Windows System display says 32 GB installed 16 GB usable. Resource Monitor says Hardware Reserved 16384 MB (16 GB). Ubuntu sees all 32 GB. This is not a hardware failure. UEFI failure is not likely. (Would not a UEFI failure affect Ubuntu?) It looks like a Windows failure. How do I get... Windows 7 Uses Only Half of Memory ..read more

I know that this problem is very common and many people may suffer from it, and the cost of repair may be exorbitant and without result. But rest assured, the reason and solution are very simple. First, change the BIOS battery. secondly, this is the most important thing, remove any card connected to the motherboard , whether it is graphics or sound... Then turn the device on and off again. You will see that the problem is completely gone. Now simply put back the cards that you removed... windows 7 restart automatically after shutting down ..read more

I tried the winzip advertised on this site free update of files like dll, tried it but as per usuall not free at all. enigma ..read more

Hi, a little while ago I deleted a text file and next thing a window appeared telling me that iconv.dll is missing and some software won't work. I am pretty careful with dll files and don't know why is went missing. Any one can help me to get it back please. thank you. enigma ..read more

computer and printer don't talk to each other hence no printing. tried almost everything but cannot get the printer to work. repetedly get error 0x00000709. did change cable from comp to printer but no luck.comp is hp 8200 , printer epsom wf-2910 Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, thank you. enigma ..read more

So I reset one of the Vaio laptops in my house, and installed Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on it, as that was what it came with. I see I'm not connected to the internet. I look for any drivers on the internet. I find a few and I download them, and put them on a USB. I insert it into the laptop, go through the "Update Driver" process, and "Windows could not find a driver for this component.". I've tried everything, from running setup.exe, to moving the netathw.sys file to system32. Can anyone... Cannot install Atheros Network Controller Driver - Sony Vaio PCG-6S2L ..read more

have tried numerous times to upgrade from windows 7 to windows 10 when it goes to the first boot the install fails and it reverts back to windows 7. any ideas would be appreciated ..read more

Windows 7 64-bit For at least a half-dozen years, I've had two external USB drives connected to my desktop, one SSD with drive letter Q, the other a disk with letter E. Every few days, I Restart. A couple of days ago, after a Restart, Q became E, and E became F. I restored the letters in Disk Management, and so far the system is working as it always had. Has anyone seen external USB drive letters get scrambled ..read more

Hi, a couple of my virtual instruments recently showed licensing errors related to both E licenser and iLok dongles apparently related to a missing windows update but I keep restarting only to find no updates have been installed. I also got an SHA-256 error message and the VST installer troubleshooter said it couldn't work as I was using a proxy server which I am not.... Please help, music tracks on hold ..read more