Recent content by Taffu

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    how do i use my webcam to take picture on a dell vostro laptop

    Did you install the drivers for your web cam? Also, how do you want to take pictures with your web cam?
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    BootMGR is missing

    It's probably set to boot from the hard disk which doesn't have OS installed on, and it gives bootmgr missing error. Change the boot order, set the hard disk with windows installation to boot first. Look around the screen for anything that indicates how you can do this. It will either be page...
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    Booting Windows OSes (Xp,Win 7 32/64 bit AIO) & Linux (Ubuntu) in one flash drive

    I think it was called RMPrep or something, a program which would make your USB Multi-bootable. It was as simple as copy pasting the ISO's of the OS into their respective folders. After that, you just edit one file (not sure which) to tell it to point to the different ISO's. There was also a...
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    Blue screen of death HELP

    Edit: Something important I keep neglecting to say, use Safe Mode Also, when exactly does it BSOD? On system boot up, or after you've used the PC for a while? 1. BSOD usually shows you the problem, did you manage to see any code or message, if you did which one. If you didn't manage to do...
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    Windows 7 won't recognise my mouse and keyboard after an update

    Try different mouse/keyboard. 1. PC specs 2. Have you tried different USB port? 3. Check the Event Viewer it might have recorded any problems with your USB. As a last resort: 4. Assuming that there really is an update which is preventing them from working, all you have to do is: - Control...
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    trying to start Windows 7 in safe mode with command prompt but not working

    1. What are you trying to do, ultimately, by using the Safe Mode Command Prompt? 2. Can't it be done by using normal Safe Mode?
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    can't delete desktop shortcut

    Assuming that you have administrator privileges: 1. Right click the folder in which the files are, and click properties. 2. Go to "Security" tab. 3. Click "Advanced" tab, here you can assign permissions. 4. Go to the "Owner" tab. 5. Click "Edit" and assign your user as the owner. Then delete it.
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    Relatively Powerful PC BSODs While Browsing imgur.

    There was another thread where a member was receiving BSOD on imgur, he said something about finding a hotfix about the BSOD, but he couldn't install it for some reason, in the end it turned out to be a completely different problem (since the BSOD wasn't the only problem that he had) But if...
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    Windows 7 Notification Help

    Was the thing you installed set to startup with Windows? It could be a leftover registry key that's making all that, but I suspect that the program wasn't completely removed from the startup, and when it tries to start it, the error pops. Therefore, open START, type msconfig, and press enter...
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    How to disable change windows color scheme once and for all?

    Try right clicking the icon you use to launch full screen game. Go in compatibility: Tick "Disable Desktop Composition".
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    Windows account randomly "resets"

    Is your account the only account affected? In which case, you could create yourself another account, and copy the old user settings onto it. Also, the key that has "NoActiveDesktopChanges" is it set to 1? Or even better, write down all the keys and how they're set in those registry locations...