http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ Repair Questions » Recent Posts en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:45:11 +0000 http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/black-screen#post-599 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:45:36 +0000 Adam 599@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You can start Windows 7 in safe mode and then uninstall the video driver and then re-install it. To get into safe mode press the F8 key before the Windows 7 logo appears. Give it a try. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/black-screen#post-598 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:28:23 +0000 8596randy 598@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>I have windows 7 home prem. I was messing around and shut off my graphics card, (ATI Radeon HD 4350), now the computer, (HP E9220Y), COMES ON BUT i HAVE A BLACK SCREEN. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/sharing-printer#post-597 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:57:35 +0000 Adam 597@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You can share a printer on your home network with one of two methods:</p> <p>1. Buy a router with a USB/Printer port and plug your printer into the router and configure it.</p> <p>2. Plug the printer into one computer on the network and then share the printer so all the other computers can then use the printer. The computer with the printer attached will have to be powered on in order for this method to work.</p> <p>I hope that helps. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/jumpers-1#post-596 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:12:23 +0000 Adam 596@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You have to check the jumper settings for your motherboard by checking the online manual from the manufacturers website. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/cannot-print-through-network#post-595 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:18:41 +0000 Adam 595@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You can try to remove the printer from your computer and re-install it with the most up to date drivers from the manufacturers website. That usually fixes most printer problems. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/is-if-right-that-dell-pcs-are-the-most-durable#post-594 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:48:58 +0000 Adam 594@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>Speaking from experience, new Dell computers are not as reliable as they were in the past. I would recommend buying a HP or Lenovo business class computer, as they seem to be very reliable lately. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/fan-is-noisy#post-593 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:44:23 +0000 Adam 593@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You can use a can of compressed air and blow out the dust from the CPU fan through the vents. Hopefully, that will fix your problem or you can disassemble your laptop and pull out your fan and lubricate the bearing and maybe that will help. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/extra-usb-slot#post-592 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:41:22 +0000 Adam 592@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You can buy a PCI card with USB ports or you can find out if your motherboard has any empty USB pins and just buy a USB port adapter and plug it into your motherboard. Both methods are quite simple to install. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/cruzer-usb#post-591 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:33:11 +0000 Adam 591@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>The information on your USB drive is safe, but unplugging a USB device (especially a drive) can mess up your operating system. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/external-hard-drive-not-detected#post-590 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:31:48 +0000 Adam 590@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>I would try the external hard drive on a different computer. If it still doesn't work then it sounds like your external case has failed or your hard drive has failed. The only way to test it is to open the external case and directly connect the drive to your computer. If the external drive is still under warranty then just send it back right away so you won't have to deal with opening the case. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/what-is-hard-drive-speed#post-589 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:27:14 +0000 Adam 589@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>The speed of a hard drive will determine how fast the drive rotates. The faster the platers rotate the faster the operating system will be able to read and write to the drive. So, if your budget allows, always bet the 7200 rpm drive.</p> <p>To tell the speed of your hard drive you can just read the label on the hard drive or right-click on your hard drive and choose Properties -&gt; Hardware make a note of the drive name and Google it. You will then be able to see the specs of your drive. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/ghosting-a-drive#post-588 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:17:47 +0000 Adam 588@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>Ghosting one hard drive to another is basically taking the exact image of one drive and copying that image to a new drive. Sometimes you can ghost a failing hard drive to a new hard drive and do a simple chkdsk on the new drive and you might be able to recover your operating system, but this method won't recover your data. If your data is lost on the original hard drive then it will be lost on the new hard drive.</p> <p>If you only need get access to some files on your failing hard drive then just slave the drive and pull your files off. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/onekey-backup-program#post-587 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:58:27 +0000 Adam 587@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>That is true, the Lenovo S10 includes a program called OneKey Recovery to create a image of your hard drive. The benefit of this program is that if your operating system become corrupt then you'll be able to restore your system to a time when it functioned properly. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/cannot-acquire-network-address#post-586 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:48:39 +0000 Adam 586@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>It sounds like your network adapter settings are not configured to receive the proper DNS and IP's. What you'll need to do is make sure that you're setup to automatically receive your IP, DNS and DHCP settings from your router. You'll also want check your LAN settings and make sure that you're not using a proxy server for your internet connect. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/software-compatibility#post-585 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:40:27 +0000 Adam 585@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>It depends on the games. Some games might run under the Windows XP compatibility mode in Windows 7, but chances are high that your games won't work perfectly if they do work. Give it a try and see what happens. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/product-key-not-accepted#post-584 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:37:36 +0000 Adam 584@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>The main reason a product key will not be valid is:</p> <p>- You mistyped the Windows 7 product key</p> <p>- Your product key doesn't match the version of Windows 7 on your computer</p> <p>- You used an upgrade key but you performed a clean installation of Windows 7. In order to use the upgrade key you have to upgrade from a previous version of Windows (XP or Vista) that was installed on your system.</p> <p>Those are the main reasons for your problem. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/disk-cleanup#post-583 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:19:40 +0000 Adam 583@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>Using the Windows Disk Cleanup utility will not delete any files that you've created. When you run the Disk Cleanup program you will be giving the option of choosing which type of files you want to delete. So make sure to only select the type of files like Temporary Internet Files, Log Files, etc and you won't have a problem. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/corrupt-files#post-582 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:14:06 +0000 Adam 582@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>If your personal files have become corrupt then you don't have much of a chance of recovering them. Depending on the type of file you might be able to fix the corruption.</p> <p>What type of file was corrupted? </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/dll-error-message#post-581 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:01:44 +0000 Adam 581@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>The best thing to do is to find out what program is using that .dll file. Once you've figured out what program it is then uninstall the program.</p> <p>Deleting a .dll file is not something I'd recommend unless you know what you're doing as sometimes deleting a .dll file will corrupt your operating system. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/files-have-changed-format#post-580 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:56:33 +0000 Adam 580@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You can use a free file recovery tool like, Undelete, to recovery your lost files. Also, storing important files on a USB flash drive is not a good idea as flash drives are not that reliable. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/new-keyboard#post-579 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:53:22 +0000 Adam 579@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>Why do you need two keyboards?</p> <p>A lot of computer systems will act up when you plug in two different keyboards so the best thing to do is use only one keyboard. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/converting-excel-files-to-pdf#post-578 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:38:47 +0000 Adam 578@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You can try using a free PDF creator like PrimoPDF or CurePDF and you shouldn't have a problem. All PDF creators, like Acrobat, only print what is given to them so make sure that you have not enabled the show formulas in your Excel program. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/protecting-a-flashdisk-from-viruses#post-577 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:20:11 +0000 Adam 577@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>You don't need to protect a flash drive because viruses will not attack them. All you have to do is scan the USB flash drive every time you plug it into a computer if you want to be safe. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/disable-touchpad#post-576 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:48:29 +0000 Adam 576@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>If you'd rather use an external USB mouse then disabling the touchpad on a laptop is easy. All you have to is click Start -&gt; Control Panel -&gt; Hardware -&gt; Mouse.</p> <p>Under the Hardware tab highlight the touchpad mouse and then click the Properties button. Now under Device Usage select Disable and then press OK. Depending on your operating system these steps might vary slightly. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/all-browsers-show-as-slow-uploading-speeds#post-575 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:53:38 +0000 indel 575@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>My ISP has told me that there is nothing wrong on their end and should not be on mine as well but I can see there is a huge issue. I am trying to troubleshoot how to fix this, but I have no idea where to begin. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/same-ip#post-574 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:52:07 +0000 indel 574@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>I have a problem where myself and spouse both end up using the same IP, is there a way that we can dedicate another one for one of us? Websites assume we are one person with multiple accounts and this is quite tiresome to explain over and over again. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/media-player#post-573 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:50:03 +0000 connor 573@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>Will not play anything for me but others will. It is a brand new install, what could make this happen and is Media Player really worth it or should I just go with what works? </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/new-cpu#post-572 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:47:40 +0000 connor 572@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>I have this working fine before I got the cpu but it seems the new one (an upgrade) the monitor goes into power save mode and I have no idea what that means. When I replace it with the old cpu it works fine. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/cd-drive-not-being-read#post-571 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:41:56 +0000 Krystal 571@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>My dell laptop is not recognizing when I insert a CD in the drive. I even click on the icon in 'my computer' but that doesn't work either. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/best-buy#post-570 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:31:25 +0000 Loggy 570@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>Is it true that Dell does not support computers bought through Best Buy? I saw one recently that caught my eye but I would not want to purchase it if it is not covered by Dell support. </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/cannot-delete-file#post-569 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:30:05 +0000 Dotz 569@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>I have tried several times to delete a few files on my computer that I do not know where they came from or what they are for. When I try to delete them I get an access denied error. How do I delete these files? </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/extra-usb-slot#post-568 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:30:00 +0000 gesi 568@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>I can install just about anything given enough time but I have never installed a USB slot. I need a new one since this machine only came with three (currently using headset, keyboard and mouse) - I need another for my printer, help!? </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/apm#post-567 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:26:51 +0000 gesi 567@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>My computer is either in use and on, or off and resting. There is no real in between for me so is there any real need for me to use APM? Does it benefit in any way? </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/fix-drivers#post-566 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:25:44 +0000 Dotz 566@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>Are there any free or cheap software downloads for scanning and fixing driver problems? How can you find out if you are having driver related issues? </p> http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/topic/file-names#post-565 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:22:43 +0000 tany 565@http://www.freecomputerrepair.com/repair-questions/ <p>There are times when I change a file ext and it works perfect, no issues at all and then sometimes I run into a random instance where I can not change the file name but I never remember the error it gives. How can I afford this, can only certain files be changed? </p>