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This may be well off beam but I have had a problem of installation of a different sort with WD hard disks. If you use ubuntu and windows be aware that the large WD hard disk actually ha

it may be worth checking your 'hosts' file I cant remember the exact name but google hosts file in windows will give info. In the hosts file there are ways of forcing the computer to think that every page it visits is 'the computer itself'! This brings up the page …

for info:legacy suport is an attempt by Ms ,to ensure that devices (such as printers/modems keyboard screen but not usb etc from aboiut prehistiric times) still work with modern windows etc. it is a system that tries to detect such devices andthen loads appropriate drivers ....well a good try anyway!!! …

There are ways of perhaps getting the file back. Firstly do NOT write anything to the hard disk with that deleted file on it. Secondly you will need special software that enables you to look at the hard disk. Norton have some and there are others. Look for files beginning …

if you google the phrase ' inter active .... etc' that you have, then you get a very appropriate article from Microsoft (vista but same applies to 7) indicating that you need to do a system repair (or recovery). The instructions are in the microsoft article. M

have a look at primopdf as well M

Just to add a little to Jorge with whom I totally agree having set up several networks in schools with serious hackers!,! I fully endorse all the above , without a central well protected server it is impossible to set up a safe network that will give you the protection …

Win vista was clunky! Win 7 and 8 (.1) are more advanced, stable and above all attractive to modernity! Unless you have a touch screen go for win 7 it is more comfortable to,trad ways of working and less likely to difficult to put right if it all goes banana …

Expose the hard drive to a very strong magnetic field (put it close to car starter motor,) that will really erase anything on the disc (and probably need a manufacturers deep re format!

Agree with George m, to me it sounds like overheating, which causes nearly all computers, laps and towers to switch off or go cold if they get to hoy. If there is a lot of dust or dirt on cooling fans, of heat sinks this will cause immediate shut down …

before uninstall turn off system restore then uninstall. If that does not work then do the same but instead of using control panel try to delete the directory in which the program is. It may not delete everything as it may be using a file at start up. Check the …

also see my response to Vitumonde above M

unfortunately removing unpleasant programs is not always simple as the author maynot want them removed! I agree with gerbil there are programs and searching google may well find others to do the trick of removal Another more dangerous way if you do not know what you are doing is to …

I have found that email programs vary enormously in quality!(hence comparisons are almost impossible) There are the big boys no name but the outlook can be bleak. There are open email software which usually work well and can be as reliable as thunder, and there are other paid for email …

some external hard disks have their own indexing software (and usb data) in a hidden partition and will only accept a full format from the manufacturer of the hard disk! I solved the problem with my Wd hard disk by using a linux format in linux and then reverting to …

You might like to try two free anti unpleasant software detectors. As you are using windows you can download from microsoft a program called microsoft security essentials and run that for free. there is also a similiar one called iobit Malware fighter and googling that will help you find the …

there is a list of what the beeps at startup indicate, just google computer startup beeps or soemthing loike that. Normally these beeps indicate some knid of electrical fault, anything from no keyboard to dead memory, disk drive etc; It would seem to me perhas to be a cable connector …

depending on your choice it is worth having a program that monitors all new installations as that can help both to uninstall all of it and then reinstall a fresh one; <the windows control panel uninstall etc is not high quality! M

assuming the connecting cable port on your computer is Ok and the cable link seems to be so then it would appear that the compter on relaising that a drive has been connected is trying to find a way of responding to that drive. usually it does this by either …

this argument has gone on for years! (and all the above sums it up I use both but cannot use win 7 on an old computer while I can use a small version of linux on a very small old portabmle eeepc. Thats enough for and from me! M

Have you tried to boot via a cd like Linux or original windows disk? If such a boot cd works then the problem is hard drive, if not then you need specialist help as it is an electronics failure. M

Worth checking using some software like advanced system care that the slow machine is mean and clean and nt clogged up with old / redundant files etc, likewise registry clean too M

I do not know the partiucular sound card but I have frequently had similiar problems with peoples windows sound. The main reason I have had this problem is that some software (eg Skype and some music proçgrams) hang onto the sound card after you have left the program and quit …

if you are using the same password for both groups then you could change one of them and then it will only allow logon when you give that password (turn off auto passwpord select) m

it is worth exploring the actual files (outlook express I think keeps the emails in files with a dbx format ie (inbox.dbx etc) You may be able to either import these directly or to get a intermediate program (outlook would be one) that can convert. M

note the any other device advice above.... microwaves, transmitters, wifi, remote controls and wireless and TV signals can all generate extraneous noise M

Having bought an e reader as a present I find that I cannot buy english ebooks in France, where I live and yet I can get them in hard back sent by post from UK. (I can only download French ones) I know there are a lot of free ebooks …

this appears to be at least three months old! M

I do not know your Nokia but I use a lumina Nokia and the easiest way to transfer files etc is to email them to myself but ensure they stay on the ISP server and then collect using the pc. There is a cable USB way using Nokia software but …

need more info, but in the past I have had identical problem where screen font colour and background had both reset to white and for humans white writing on white background is difficult to read.! M

you mention driver card and that I assume is the video driver. The spec for the PC is not bad and perhaps a memory upgrade and a new driver card (if video) would do the job. M

lots of good advice above so just a bit more to add and it makes a lot of the above easier. There are a number of 'advanced system care' type programs that will do a lot of clean up and speeding up and start up servicing. I wont quote names …

you might also check if the hard drives have 'jumpers' to indicate if they are master or slaves (or auto detect). If you have two masters you have problems as described. M

I 'lost' a fat32 external drive in same type of fault. needed to reformat totally using special fat32 formatter from HP as size restrictions refused any fat32 normal format (owing to 4mg file size problems. It seems as though your drive has losts its fat32 index and therefore can't rerad …

Vista is not the best of ms software , try disconnecting all external devices and reboot. It is really worth upgrading to win 7 it is much better than vista which was poor or go to win 8 Bol M

It could be your mbr (master boot record) on the hard disk is corrupted. Google mbr and how to recover to find out more. Clearly a full reinstall will repair the mbr but there are simpler methods! M

Matt above has said Xp runs faster! Vista was not the best horse in MS stable and given a choice I would avoid vista (or install it and upgrade to win 7 or 8 ASAP!) a number of clients have had problems with vista and solved by win 7. M

There are a number of program's under google "directory print" that will do the job you require very easily and can be saved in text form to use in other program's. one or two of those results are already built into later versions of windows already to use M

This may not be relevant but I tried update fron 11 to12 on an older machine only to find it was not possible even though it appeared to go through the motions! It failed due to hardware incompatibility and you may need to consider the hardware requirements. Bol m

One can find the boot mgr file on many sites and copies of legitimate installation disks. Use a boot disk or a Linux boot disk to copy the boot mgr file to the boot partition and Bol M

The ribbon cable is under the keyboard! Have to remove keyboard gently and check cable. With the external monitor have you checked the boot log and event logs as these may give indication as to where the fault lies? Bol m

This may seem obvious but I gad a client with a similar machine and same problem! Eventually solved by turning on the slider switch on front of the machine to "enable" wireless mode. A number of machines have such a switch and it may be worth checking! M

It seems as if in the normal start up bios routine it into able to properly detect your hard disk master three. Problems with either bios setting to boot from hard disk, or perhaps some failure with the hard disk itself. If all this is difficult to understand then get …

I agree with the linux road to use. The grub boot loader will handle quite easily the use of more than one boot OS. There are also a number of commercial paid or free nboot managers that will do the same job. M

It looks like your master boot record on the hard disk is corrupt and can't start the machine properly! To correct it you need to restart but with the original windows disk or pressing the factory reset button and in either case going to the start routine and correct the …

this may be totally off the beam but I have had similiar problems caused by Microsfot security essentials and by totally removing that the java update went ok. Perhaps just by chance, but reading various bogs I doubt it. There have been problems with java and updates are coming out …

another way is to borrow a usb dvd/cd extrnal drive and put a linux distro boot CD into i, with it conneted to USB socket and start up (ensuring bios is booting from cd device.) it will then install the linux and on closure remove drive and it should all …

you can also if you examine or print out your grub loader before doing anything and then do the installing and then return to the grub load and intelligently modify it (substitute win8 for xp) ...you may need a software disk to allow you to directly read the grub file. …

All modern broadband routers have wireless as per BIgpaw above. To join such routers there are a varietry of security hurdles. Some routers you have to push a button and then enter a 25 digit code, others have a straight password. It seems as though your Galaxy may have been …