Recent content by David Candy

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    re blue screen every 15 minutes and computer freezing?

    Upgrading to Windows 7 is just as likely to fix or not fix as reinstalling Windows Vista. As we are not sure what is wrong yet it unknowable. The amount of memory you have does not cause blue screens. Due to the magic of virtual memory the memory available to you is the amount of free disk...
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    re blue screen every 15 minutes and computer freezing?

    ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY (fc) An attempt was made to execute non-executable memory. The guilty driver is on the stack trace (and is typically the current instruction pointer). When possible, the guilty driver's name (Unicode string) is printed on the bugcheck screen and saved in...
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    re blue screen every 15 minutes and computer freezing?

    Blue screens are caused by faulty hardware or faulty hardware drivers. To See if a Fix is Available In Control Panel (and select Classic view in the left hand pane) choose Problem Reports and Solutions (type problem in Start's search box), go to Problem History, right click your error and...
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    Display resolution and object/text/control sizes

    No. Not everything. Just most things. You can also set the size of text etc in Display Properties.
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    Copy and Paste

    This is for Vista but should be mostly the same Explorer Explorer (explorer.exe) is the program that is the Start menu and taskbar, folder windows, and the desktop (which is a folder window). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To See if a Fix...
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    Windows Explorer Only Allows Me to Create Zipped Folders....

    Once you identify the file being held open use Process Explorer, a Microsoft diagnostic tool to find which process has that file open. Use the online site to execute direct from the web http:\\live.sysinternals.com\procexp.exe or a web page with it...
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    win explorer restarts

    Explorer Explorer (explorer.exe) is the program that is the Start menu and taskbar, folder windows, and the desktop (which is a folder window). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To See if a Fix is Available In Control Panel (and select Classic...
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    Is updating Internet Explorer necessary if it is not my main browser?

    Internet Explorer is also a component. Many other programs use bits and pieces of it. All those programs will have security holes.
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    trying to defragment

    After freeing up disk space type in an elevated command prompt defrag %systemdrive% -w -f -v Freeing up Disk Space Last Updated 20-9-2013 Contents To see how much space you have used and free To see where files are taking up space Disk Cleanup System Restore Repair the Recycle Bin Repair...
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    how to ascertain whether hard disk in laptop has crashed or not

    S.M.A.R.T Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type (or copy and paste by right clicking in the Command Prompt window and choosing Paste). Disk drives in Windows monitor themselves for impending failure. The feature is called...
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    Vista folder and desktop locations fail to save setting..

    Explorer Explorer (explorer.exe) is the program that is the Start menu and taskbar, folder windows, and the desktop (which is a folder window). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To See if a Fix is Available In Control Panel (and select Classic...
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    No icons, no task bar just wallpaper - Ctrl + Shift + Delete is working but explorer isn't bringing it back...

    Explorer Explorer (explorer.exe) is the program that is the Start menu and taskbar, folder windows, and the desktop (which is a folder window). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To See if a Fix is Available In Control Panel (and select Classic...