Recent content by spottyginger

I'm running Windows 10, x86, on my Lenovo laptop. Today, I read an article about "Partnerstroka", the malware that hijacks the JavaScript and your mouse. That reminded me of a phenomenon that I am experiencing more and more, even on this great site, where, every single time you move your mouse...

I can only speak for myself, of course, but I am NOT prepared to allow any company to acess my mobile phone just to log-in. Why not use the system Microsoft started several years ago, by using a picture picking process as a second step, or just improve a reCatcha service to show pictures that...

I've got nothing against being sanctioned when I'm out of order. All I have to now is find out who you are, and where the Report Button is !

I'm surprised people even gave you the time of day; your initial enquiry gave less information than a 4-year-old child would. It also looks to me as if you didn't even bother to say thankyou, despite all the hours Members put in to resolving YOUR problem.

Hi. I don't mean to sound like a twat, but the first rule in any PC self-stopping investigative procedure is to check that the wall socket and all power leads have stable, "wiggle-free" wiring connections, and that each cable is pushed home firmly and securely. Even moving a PC by just a...

1/. Check in the BIOS, and see if you can switch to CPU integrated graphics. 2/. For an expensive machine like yours orta be, why not just replace the graphics card ?

Hi . Some diligent searching of the Intel Support pages will lead you to a listing of chipsets, where you can find a listing of motherboards that are suitable for your CPU. I can't give the page, 'cos I only use it once or twice a decade, and it IS buried, and I kinda get frustrated by the...

If you search diligently on the Intel support site, you will find your processor listed, and they offer some M/B options too. I used it when I wanted to find an M/B upgrade for my i3 3240 socket 1155 processor

Hi, And thanks for your response. Wow ! You certainly seem to have put a lot of effort into helping me resolve this issue. Sadly, I deleted the original from my HDD after exhausting all the options I had at the time, and by ensuring that all the options available, such as AHCI, EUFI, switch off...

Hi, I bought a M500 from Crucial; I installed it, it was recognized in the BIOS and Windows. I used Acronis True Image H D 2014 to clone my Toshiba 2terragig HDD OS. Neither the BIOS nor Windows recognized the drive. Reformatting and updating firmware had no effect. Crucial replaced the SSD...

If Windows 8 does not recognize my SSD as such, and TRIM is enabled, will Windows 8 run TRIM on that drive, or just treat it the same as a normal hard drive ?