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Did you try to minimize the disc speed before burning? or see [URL="http://www.megaleecher.net/Fix_Power_Calibration_Error"]HERE[/URL]

If you choose to upgrade, you'll lose some apps that was not supported with 11.04 but instead it'll install new apps that can work with new upgraded version. If you choose fresh install, you'll get whole new apps ready up for you. But I heard a lot of complains when …

So you were saying that either plugged in or not, it would still goes dark after several hours right? First assumption for that would be probably the brightness for your laptop. This usually do if you run on battery. If you have set brightness to lowest by accident, set it …

Maybe it has something to do with some programs updating automatically in background which make force minimize on full screen programs like Anti Virus update etc. Type this on Run > "msconfig" and tap Enter. Then click on startup tab and uncheck any unnecessary startup programs that you know except …

That's weird. AFAIK if you set IDE instead of ACPI in BIOS, it would just go blue screen repeatedly till it switched to ACPI mode. That's what always happen to my friends computer when they ask to help format from XP to 7...

Did you can actually boot your laptop without battery plugged in? If that works, then there's something wrong with your battery...

I would say go for the latest one too... I believe you're not going to stick with just doing programming stuff only... i3 or i5 would be good enough to require your needs but i7 is pretty far the most recommended one if you want to do serious gaming or …

What kind of files you want to access? Did you try to check it under 'Task Manager' and see if it is indeed running?

Ignore the 2 post above. Both are definitely spam... When you say the startup just hang, where does it actually stuck? in the early power up or after Windows flag shows up?

Simple explanation... Care to anybody to correct it if I'm wrong.. Memory or RAM is what your computer use to store temporary data and to run programs in live mode. Pagefile on the other hand pretty much the same as RAM but instead, it use HDD free space to store …

Can your HDD still be detected in BIOS?

So far, it's Firefox for me too... Here are some of my opinion on different browsers... IE - only some government site and oldies still prefer this because most computer have IE pre-installed. Firefox - great stability and less hogging on system resources. have many add-ons that can be installed. …

It overheat because of dust cluttering inside your laptop. No questions about it. If you've used that laptop for almost 2 years, more the reason it was dust problem. If you are not familiar with the component inside your laptop, just send it to near local store and let them …

It means something is wrong with your graphic card that prevent you to view it on your laptop monitor... When you connected your laptop to external monitor, when does the .sys error occur?

It could be that your speaker wasn't connected properly to your computer OR your speaker already broken. Ask your co-worker to borrow their speaker for a while and test it on your computer. If fail, follow Jingda's step by visiting [URL="http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html"]NVIDIA support site[/URL] if your computer is the same spec …

It may have tried to read some data in your cd/dvd drives... Remove any cd/dvd and any usb that stick inside your computer. It should do the trick...

Did you have any other internet-related programs working on background besides steam?

Go to Control Panel > Network Connections > right-click (<Active Connection>) > select properties If you're on wireless, then go to desktop, double-click the wifi connection icon in system tray. It should be under Properties in same windows. You can configure it from there...

[QUOTE=Reverend Jim;1638377]See if this helps: Right click "My Computer" and choose "Properties" from the context menu. Go to the "Advanced" tab Click the "Error Reporting" button near the bottom right Select "Disable Error Reporting" I don't know why the message keeps popping up but this may disable it.[/QUOTE] The solution …

I have a hard time trying to understand you so sorry if I misinterpret your description... You have 1 year old Seagate 500GB which has bad sector and a 6 month old of WD 250GB HDD. You had backup most files to your external HDD from Seagate 500GB HDD. You …

BIOS is like a human heart so if it's goes wrong, so do other systems. BIOS updates mostly not needed and not recommended for beginners to do it because if BIOS flash fail, it could cost your entire machine...

Supposely my netbook supposed to be portable but since it's battery were already dead, I modified it for home usage. I play games a lot with it but due to constriction put upon Atom processor, only some supported games can run well on it. But I agree... Netbooks can be …

Whichever you might like to use. Ubuntu is pretty vastly used other than other distro so that's why most spotlight goes to Ubuntu instead of Gentoo. I don't see a hassle working with Gentoo if you already know how to use it more than Ubuntu but then again Ubuntu has …

Check the hard disk. Your symptom pinpoints that it's your HDD is the causes for your problem.

explorer.exe is an essential part of windows which let you use taskbar, start menu and multiple windows. If you try to end it's process, all the display will be gone except wallpaper temporarily and will restarted in few seconds later. Sometimes you may even need to restart your computer to …

Hi and welcome to Daniweb! When you power on your laptop, does all hardware working ie. fan, HDD, etc. except screen? When was the last you used and it still worked?

It could be that all your browser is fine, only your internet connection doesn't working. On the internet access icon on system tray, did it show a small yellow exclamation icon or a red X icon?

Hi and welcome to Daniweb! I can't fully understand what's the problem you're having so can you explain it in a bit more details? Don't worry. I won't bite...

Can you explain a little bit more detailed for your problem?

do this fix first. Run Command Prompt and type in below [quote] chkdsk c: /f /x /r [/quote] If fail, do the next fix... In same command prompt [quote] sfc /scannow [/quote] Post back here with if it works or fail...

You can see [URL="http://www.lavalla.vic.edu.au/PageFiles/14177/Laptop%20Care.pdf"]HERE[/URL] for basic maintenance and care method...

Either your audio card or audio jack was disconnected OR you installed the wrong driver for your Ac'97 or HDAudio

Did you try to uninstall the recent games from safe mode? And also check the startup for any faulty programs that try to run when your computer is starting. Click on Start and type msconfig in the blank white area just above the seven windows start icon.

Can you post the BSOD message or its screenshot here? It would be helpful if you can at least give more details for the BSOD error so we can identify your problem and help you out further... You may need to press F8 during bootup and select disable automatic restart …

It could be from your recently installed software and may accidently installed toolbar which some of it do block browser from surfing... If others internet-related programs works fine, then something is blocking your browser from surfing the web...

Can you get at least boot into BIOS? If so, might be either windows fault or something else...

Can you boot into safe mode? Is it running in safe mode slows down your computer too?

You could try to unplug the fan you just installed and check whenever the problem still persist...

Linux is open-source OS which support almost every type of system or partition that Windows can't so using Linux as server is very much recommended.

Which browser you're using right now? If you used different browser aside from IE, they usually be located somewhere in their temp directory ((%windir%\Doc~\User\AppData\Temp)) and in their installation directory You need to unhide in folder option to see the folder you want to see...

Do [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/threads/134865"]THIS[/URL] first and post a new thread [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/64"]HERE[/URL]. They'll help you out further...

If other games run just fine, it could be that GTA IV has much higher specs to follow or it could be that the game was modded... Check your game installation again whether it was modified and check it's minimum and optimal requirements.

Maybe you could try to use live-USB instead. It's much faster to install from USB rather than from CD from my experience in installing Ubuntu. Linux can run in almost every partition given but prefer ext format for better performance but in exchange, windows would not detect your ubuntu partition …

Maybe the boot.ini file got affected. Go to partition where your windows OS are installed (within ubuntu) and you should see a file with name 'Boot.ini'. Open it and post it's content here.

[QUOTE=jimmycen;1627850]Hi, I urgently need some IT support for my PC fan controller. I bought an Fan Speed Controller from a vendor, They offered a good item but do not offer the instruction to install. Should anybody give me some tips how to handle it? The item I bought is from …

Just asking... What did you do the last time you used it before this problem occur? Did it hang on windows xp splash screen or at the logon screen or in between both of it?

Maybe you didn't set the host to be public and the other computer as an administrator...

or you could try to update from IE instead. You may need to run from IE just once and the rest of the updates will run automatically... To update from IE, open IE, click on Help and select Check for updates...

Anyone can post content of .bat files that was used to trick people or to do some useful command like shutdown batch files and stuff for example below [quote] %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 60 -c "One minute to shut down... Please close all programs before time out."[/quote] p/s: not a link …

...you started to worry about your computer health over your own health