Forum: Technical PC Questions

I was trying to install a game, "Command And Conquer Red Alert 3." And I was having difficulty, so I go online to get some help... and somebody told me that I needed to disable the UAC "user accounts controls" or something like that. So I do so and it automatically restarted my computer and...

Anybody have any idea why Windows Vista won't install any updates? I tried Windows Defender... error code 0x80072efd Then again with Windows Update... erroe code 80072EFD

My PC was running kinda slow so i rebooted it and when it booted back up it gave me an error message "at least one display adapter on the system has been disabled because its driver is not compatible with the driver for the VGA adapter." what the hell does this mean? Is this something I can...

When i'm watching video or listening to music. My computer will freeze up for a second or two but then recover like nothing happened. It's annoying as hell. The error message pops up that says, "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and...

I recently switched to windows vista and the product key that came on the inside of the cd case doesn't work or i guess I'm not doing it right... When I put in the product key it tells me that "this product key is only for upgrading, not for a clean installation." When I installed vista, I had to...

As you can tell I have my newer pc working, going to get my fiber on wednesday (25th) anyhoo- my question.... My friend was on this pc and wanted to listen to music, it played but no sound came out of the speakers- it has the usb plug in, they would start then stop- so i went out and bought new...

My friend calls me and tells me this page keeps coming up saying she should buy this antivirus 360 everytime she goes anywhere on her pc and how does she get rid of it so im asking you cuz i have no idea.... how does she get rid of it? thanks in advance :biggrin:

I've been so busy working that I just got a keyboard and mouse for the other computer- still no internet. i clicked tools-internet options- connections- it took me to an msn thing- that said i didnt have a modem hooked up. qwazywabbet- i didnt see where it said workoffline- i looked through all...

Whats up all? Just a question on liquid cooling your CPU. Does anyone do it? And is it safe to do? I have an Nvidia SLI system. Running 2 Graphics cards, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU, and was seriously thinking of water cooling this ststem. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Cheers : ~2isted~

My daughter loves to get on the computer and mess around with everything- a couple weeks ago, she told me that the volume control icon was gone from the bottom right hand corner- i didnt think this was a big deal- i just went to start- acces-entertainment- volume control to adjust it. i get on...

I have 2 computers hooked up to my DSL, one that I've had for years and a newer one that has no extra crap on it. The problem is that the newer one won't let me go to the internet- i start it up, and click on internet explorer and a page comes up saying page can not be displayed- and all that. I...

I have always had some problems with this pc, as some of you know. From not saving files to too many programs running at the same time(which it still does) Now it's freezing up every 5 or so minutes, or not letting me on the internet at all. It wouldn't be such a big deal if I wasn't taking...

Okay I gots a question... The color on my computer is messed up {Morty's is yellow..} I have messed with the buttons on the monitor and nothing.. Is there a way to use the computer and like reset the color ??? It was fine last night. My other monitor did it awhile back and then viola it fixed...

I use Windows Movie Maker for pretty much all the video crap I do. Putting the MTW url on video clips, sticking the MTW stuff at the beginning and end, my video podcasts etc, etc. I also use it for all the music videos and stuff that I make like the ones for Jericho and what have you. Well...

Ok I've asked some people but the suggestions I've gotten havent worked- so I'm trying to record a podcast, it worked fine last time i recorded and sent it to Will, so I know it works, athough i have had to download it because it got deleted. Ive checked to make sure boost is checked and that the...

My friend brought over a piece of paper today that her norton antivirus thing keeps popping up on her pc everytime she clicks on a new screen- so i told her i would ask since i have no clue what the hell this means- scan type: realtime protection scan event: virus found virus name:...

Besides defraggin what else would you reccomend I do? Cuz my pc is running real slow- slower than normal, right now i have the irondog of computers lol

I have everything to make a podcast, asked Lil Willy. But for some reason it won't save it as a MP3. What am I doing wrong? or what do I need to make it save as that? :)

I bought a pentax Optio A10 which has built in shake reduce, tracking AF (wtf?), 2.5 lcd, movie mode for mpeg-4, 8.0 megapixels, 3x optical zoom- plus battery charger stand and a lithium battery- downloaded all the crap, but when i try to acquire pictures it wont do it. Does anyone else have...

Bit confused on this one. I just took the 2 512mb ram chips out of my old pc and replaced the 2 256mb chips in my fiance's PC. TUrned it on and it still says she has 512mb. Is it only saying 512 because they are in parallel and not actually adding together? Both chips are identical except...

I will do my best to explain this in it's entirety. My computer is running really slow! My husband got some advice from a computer savvy person at work so we know it's not the little menu at the bottom with all the programs open, we've shut all the windows we can. We also made sure it was...

Here is a question for all you techies out there I am looking for a case for an Acer Aspire 1400 laptop, the current one has a broken hinge and the back of the case is all busted up. If anyone has one let me know how much you want for it. Max

Have been having major PC problems lately. Nothing to do with AVG anti-virus, but today, when I did an "update", my AVG broke and a new installation won't fix the errors either that are preventing it from working. This happen to anyone else today that "updated?" Or is this strictly my PC?

As I am just learning I was messing with the control panel ( I was informed that the best way to learn was to explore) I have now altered the screen resolution. Its driving me MAD! The type is huge but other images and some web pages are tiny! when I try to change it back it won't. :( Any ideas??

I dont know if this belongs in the tech support or not... Need a free downloading song site- that costs nothing. (hence the word FREE) My nephew use to have one on his computer but now it says that he has to pay for it, and my sister is cheap lol