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Yeah it did not work. Going to take it to repair place today. Thank you for the help.

So my friend asked me to google some solutions to figure out what is wrong with their computer while they are at work. Since I don't exactly know what the issue is, I didn't know what category to put this under. Since the computer is a Win 7 I figured putting it under that would cover the...

My grandmother owns a hp a720n desktop with: CPU: AMD 3200+ Ram: 512mb HDD: 200gb GPU: 64mb I was going to upgrade her to Win 7 (Win 8 is not user friendly for computer illiterate people so I will not upgrade her to 8). I want to set her up with both, skype and viber so she can video chat...

Thank you for the answers everyone.

Is it true that if you leave your web browser open you can get a virus/trojan/etc? For example, if I open FF to a website (for the sake of example) tomshardware.com, and leave it open all day while I afk, can it cause me to get a virus/trojan/etc? Does it increase my chances of getting a...

Sorry for my absence, there was a family emergency and I had to up and leave home. This thread is old but I wanted to post the solution to my problem at least. The issue was with the new update release from nvidia. I had to uninstall the nvidia updates until I finally reached one that no...

General Info - I don't remember how long I have had this issue for, I want to say ending of may or mid june. (Was so stressed about recovering files off of a dying HDD that I don't remember anything outside of my trying to save those files and work.) Now that my files are safe, it is time for...

This is going to sound weird since Toshiba a name brand failed me, but, I have never seen those brands before. How do I know that they are decent quality? And what makes them better or what makes them different from the name brand ones?

It came back when I replugged it. What do you mean? For me to get one like WD that has a HDD diagnosis program?