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Vista is a very unreliable operating system at the best of times, I very much doubt an automated repair will work on it, besides, a computer doesn't freeze up without a good reason. The first thing you need to do is test the hard drive to see if is in …

I think it is a malware issue. What software have you scanned with so far?

Windows 8 has to switch to windows 7 mode in order to carry out most tasks. How is that a leap forward???

Your laptop is ovrheating. You need to get a professional to refurbish the cooling system. If you keep on using it as it is you risk damaging the graphics processor and if you do that you will be facing a nice big bill for a new motherboard. HP's are notorious …

1 - It's an oldish thread. 2 - Norton, Panda, and AVG absolutely will not remove anything that Mbam can't see. Especially Norton, it is the most useless security program out there, I am having to fix all the problems it causes on a daily basis.

What wattage power supply are you using?

Sounds like it has been cooked in the past. If you know how to do it, re-flowing the chipset might cure the problem.

Before you replace the battery, are you using the original charger or are you using one of those cheapo non-original replacement ones?

Make sure flash player and java are up to date by visiting their respective websites.

You should beable to use Vista drivers for windows 7 without a problem. I have windows 7 64bit and an HP officejet 7210 printer working fine with Vista drivers!

Your motherboard doesn't support both of them, it supports one or the other. You cannot sucessfully mix the 2 types.

Quite a few dodgy looking processes running there. Do a full Mbam scan and get it to remove what it finds, google will easily find it. Post the Mbam log and a fresh HJT log once done.

You could give recuva from piriform a go. It's a free program and can easy be found with google.

You haven't told us what computer you have or what windows version you have. Without that all we could do is make a guess on how to speed it up!

Your hard drive has developed a fault. It's time to get a new one.

Start at the beginning, test your hard drive with hdtune which can easily be found with google. If your hard drive is faulty then there is absolutely no point in trying to fix your software.

500 what?

Hi everyone, I am thinking of setting up a private network. I have 3 laptop's, a PC, and a tablet. 2 of the laptop's and the PC are running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, the other laptop is running Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit and the tablet is running android 2.2. …

It looks loke aeroglass has stopped working. What desktop theme are you using and have you tried setting a different one?

Nope, there is no other solution.

Overheating is caused by inadequate cooling. The most common cause of your problem is dust in the cooling system that is blocking it up. The only effective cure for this is stripping the laptop apart and cleaning it out with a paint brush. Some will tell you to use a …

Recuva should be able to get your document, google will easily find it.

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When you say the hard disk crashed what exactly do you mean? What exactly happened? Is it still readable? Does it show up at all? We need a bit of information to work with here.

A tv card with the correct inputs would do the job. Hauppage are one of the better makes. A card will have better bandwith throughput than a usb device.

By "bio" I assume you mean bios?? Swapping bios chips is a very bad idea indeed and should never ever be done. Try the CPU, it may well work fine. If it doesn't, it wont damage the motherboard (unless the CPU is faulty).

Open it up and check for blown capacitors, it's a very common fault on Dell's. If you find any that have blown, you will need to replace them.

You need to test the power supply with a test meter to make sure it is putting out 19 volts.

Start at the beginning and test the hard drive with hdtune. Hdtune will easily be found by google. After all, if the hardware is faulty you will be wasting your time trying to repair the software.

It's been a while since I last opened a laptop of that model but if memory serves, the speakers are connected to the motherboard beneath the keyboard. It might be an idea to whip the keyboard off and check the faulty speaker plug to make sure it hasn't worked loose.

Perhaps if you told us what case it is and tell us where abouts you want to fit the fan...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R1.TR1.TRC0.A0.X5.25+to&_nkw=5.25+to+3.5&_sacat=0&_from=R40 You can fit hard drives into the 5.25 bays with the above.

Your radeon 9200 is the cause. It's an old card and quite low end. I know for sure as I used to have one. Because of it's age, it is not fully supported by the most modern catalyst drivers. Stick an up to date graphics card in there and your …

Seeing as it's new, get it replaced.

Hi all, I am having a problem as described in the thread title. Yesterday I got myself a TP-Link TL-WR702N Wireless N Nano Router. I have it configured as a wireless repeater but can't get the thing to work correctly. I am attempting to get it running using my laptop …

It's a Packard Bell. It's likely the graphics chip has failed. It's extremely common on Packard Bell's as the build quality is not exatly good.

You most likely have either a bad stick of ram or your graphics card is beginning to fail. The symptoms you describe are almost always caused by one or the other.

SATA2 hard drives have a maximum data transfer rate of 300mbps while USB2 has a maximum data transfer rate of 150mbps. A USB2 external is only ever going to be half the speed of an internal drive. USB3 on the other hand has a maximum transfer rate of 300mbps but …

Have you tried resetting the router? The reason I ask this is because about a year ago I was at a customer site and they had 1 laptop that wouldn't browse either wired or wirelessly. Everything else worked fine (2 other laptops, 2 PC's, an xbox, 2 android tablets, an …

To help you find the correct drivers we need to know the make and model number of your motherboard. You will need to have a look on the motherboard itself if you don't have the manual for it.

It might be an idea to actually read the first post. He says what mobo it is and lists what he has already tried!!!

Sounds like your hard drive is on the way out and is in need of replacement in my opinion. To be sure, do a full scan with hdtune in safe mode. Google will easily find it.

Was it dropped while it was running? If so, there is a strong possibility that the hard drive was also damaged. If this is the case, you will need to remove the hard drive and test it using hdtune (which can easily be found with google) on another PC that …

What computer are you trying to boot?

Download Mbam and run a full scan with it and get it to remove all it finds then post it's resulting log here in this thread. Mbam is easily found with google.

If it's just text that you want - http://cooltext.com/ http://www.flamingtext.co.uk/ looks ok too.

What computer is it? Without basic information like that, all we can do is guess!

He said it's a USB headset. It may well have it's own soundcard.