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I run the computers and networking at a small youth centre, we're low my funds so are still using a netgear n750 wireless ADSL router. It works well enough most of the time, 3 systems on Ethernet, but once a week a larger group come in an lots connect to wifi, the wireless then completely stops...

one thing to be careful of when cloning a windows 10 drive is that you clone the entire drive, not just the C partition, as windows 10 puts an EFI system partition (which is not visible in computer, only in disk management etc) with boot information that you need! To try and force the PC to...

First off, dumb sounding solution, but have you checked that absolutely no audio controls/outputs are muted? Also, Have you checked if the devices are recognised in device manager?

I recently installed an NVidia GTX 750ti in my system. Quite a low end system as it is an upgraded dell Inspiron 660 (core i3 2120, 8gb RAM, SSD) Since the GPU install, when I boot the PC it beeps, once, then waits 30 seconds, beeps again, then one more time, then Windows boots. If I take back...

I have a cheap Dell inspiron system, got some cash and upgraded it to put in an SSD, boot times were solid 15 seconds every time, system ran great. recently overhauled the system, new case, psu, cabling, and a GPU, since, it boots to the BIOS entry page, beaps 3 times at 30 second (ish)...

My ASUS X553MA, when it boots, the yuhjnm keys do not work, eventually they may start to work. from research i've found that a hard reset may solve the problem, however the battery is non removable. i have modified the laptop and the serial number sticker is missing so i have no hope of it...

A 500w power supply should be fine, there are plenty of calculators online you can use (http://www.coolermaster.outervision.com/) but you can always go up to a higher watt to make sure it is fine and can handle future expanding

Yes it should, but little tip, get the OEM windows, save yourself some money it is much cheaper

Could just get yourself a whole new set of whatever colour you wanted to make sure they all match.

i built a PC a while back, fairly basic (core i3, 4GB DDR3, case+psu combo) but recently have had two electric shocks off it. One from accidentally touching the earth pin on the back of the power supply and once from just touching the case. Both times the pc had recently been disconnected from...

i help at a charity, we have qualified for windows 7 enterprise, I know it's good for network booting and use with a server. Does it have to have a server? Or central deployment? Can it work on standalone machines? Any help would be great, not my area of knowledge at all