Computer Getting Disk Error Message and Won't Start?Few month ago my total system burned down. I needed to replace SMPS, motherboard, DVD writer, and graphix card. Now my desktop won't start up if it is not on for one day. During boot it is showing that a disk error occurred. Sometimes it shows, "could not find boot media". Then needs to wait until it heats up or has to be put in the sun. Then it starts work fine.
Computer Locked on the Windows Screen?My computer is locked up on the Windows screen. My son tried making himself the administrator and forgot the password to get past the Windows screen. Is there anything I can do to get past the Windows screen and set a new password?
AOL Not Saving Information?AOL email won't save my information.
Problems with Screen Resolution?My screen resolution is set to 1280x1024. Currently it's only a black screen that says "Need to set screen resolution to 1280 x 1024@60Hz@", but I can't do that because I cannot access settings in Windows to change the resolution.
Uninstalling Bluetooth Drivers?My Dell won't let me uninstall my corrupted Bluetooth drivers so I can install new ones. Does anyone know how to convince it to let me uninstall? It is a Dell Inspiron 64 Bit, Windows 8. The photo shows what I'm getting. It won't let me do anything.
Computer Screen Resolution Fluctuating?My screen is going from normal to a bigger size. When this happens an icon appears at the tip of the arrow. Sometimes the screen goes back to normal size automatically while I am still browsing or I have to change it to the 100%.
Problems with Email View?My old emails from 2013-2012 are showing up, but NOT the 2014 current ones. What's happening?
Windows Update Removed Desktop Clock Gadget?How can I find what Windows has done with my desktop gadget clock? After an update the whole thing disappeared and seems to be nowhere on my computer. The gadget app was my clock.
HP Wireless Keyboard Not Working?I bought a HP wireless keyboard; it worked great, until Friday Jan. 3, 2014. Now my number lock doesn't work and none of my numbers on my number pad work.
Problems with Yahoo Mail?I am having problems with Yahoo, it is running very, very slowly. Sometimes I get an error message, "Firefox can't find server @ my.yahoo.com". Sometimes I can't read mail and when I do I sometimes cannot delete it without exiting out of Firefox and going back to Yahoo.
Running Spybot on My Computer?After I installed Spybot Search and Destroy I was not able to log into my bank account and a couple other sites. The software was very confusing to me. I could probably figure out how to use it in time, but I had to uninstall it in order to get into my bank account.
Laptop Not Receiving E-mail and Printer Not Printing?My Toshiba Satellite P855-S5200 will not receive emails and my HP Photosmart 7520 all-in-one printer will not print anything.
No Audio Out TV Tuner Board?I just bought a new universal TV board, but it's not producing any volume. The picture is clear. What might be the problem?
Computer Doesn't Start When it is Cold?I would like to know, if the outside temperature has anything to do, with if my computer comes on or not? When it is less then 50 degrees my computer will not come on.
Numbers Keypad Not Working?Why did my numbers keypad suddenly stopped working?
Keyboard Produces Numbers Instead of Letters?When I hit the J key on my laptop I only get the number 1. The K key gives me the number 2. How do I undo this? Thank you.
Computer Running Slowly After Software Download?My computer has been running slowly ever since downloading Microsoft Security Essentials. Anyone else seen this problem?
Troubleshooting Computer Problems When Keyboarding?My computer keeps jumping around. I can't write a complete sentence. What could be the problem?
Restarting a MagicJack?How does one restart the MagicJack connection? I have been using MagicJack for three years. This is the first I got a request to restart.
Identifying Temporary Internet Files?I upgraded to Internet Explorer 9 a couple of months ago and have been having some trouble with some websites. While checking my browser settings, I noticed something I'm wondering about.
Problems Deleting Email on AOL?I am trying to read email on my AOL account. When I click the email to delete, it deletes two lines instead of one. Is there a setting I can change to stop this?
Enlarging the Screen Display on a Laptop?How do I make my laptop screen larger? I can barely read it.
PDA Hotsync Issue?I have an older PDA (Palm m505) that doesn't sync correctly. When I do a hot sync, it transfers all the data except the date book (calendar). Does anyone have any suggestions?
Digital Camera Won't Connect to Computer?Does anyone have a suggestion(s) to help troubleshoot why all of a sudden my Canon PowerShot S2 IS digital camera has stopped having download capability to my computer? Is it the camera and/or some sort of computer glitch that needs to be reprogrammed?
Cursor Problems With Dell Inspirion Laptop?I have a Dell laptop Inspirion, and I'm on AOL 9.6 which is compatible with my system. As I type I am accidentally hitting possibly the space bar and or other keys and my cursor jumps to some previous place in my email. I've never had this problem before with other computers.
Function of Top Left Key on a Gateway Keyboard?I need to know what the function is of the top left button on my Gateway keyboard, model KB0532? It looks like a half moon. When I pressed it the computer shut off. Please help.
Email Contacts Icon Missing on Dell with Windows 7 OS?When I go to send an e-mail I have lost the word (icon) on my Dell (Windows 7) computer for the contacts.
New MagicJack Does Not Work With Windows XP?I had a MagicJack for 2 years. It worked great, but I had to replace it. I bought a new one and now get this message: "MJ not supported on your version of Windows, detected version, Win9x 4.10". I have WinXP.
Trouble Viewing Web Pages on a Notebook?I recently received an Aspire One notebook but when viewing web pages, I constantly have to scroll up and down and across to be able to see the whole page at the same time. Can this be fixed? If so, how?
Adjusting E-mail Screen Settings?Part of my contact list is covered by the width of my e-mail messages. How do I adjust the screen?
Restoring Icons to Toolbar?Some icons I regularly used have disappeared from my toolbar, like bookmark, e-mail, spellcheck, etc. How do I get them back and possibly find others I would like to have? Safety and privacy is important also. Can you help me? Are there tutorials?
Trouble Printing Email Content Only?I am relatively new with the computer and was wondering how do I print a letter with nothing else, but the letter printing out. I am trying to print from my E-Mail. I always get all the info at the top of screen on my letters. Thanks and God bless!
Computer Is Running Slowly?My computer is very slow. It takes like 5 minutes just to get on Safari. How do I fix that?
Computer Monitor is Stuck at 800x600?Does anyone know how to set your graphics card so that your computer will recognize that it has higher graphics than 800x600?
Trouble Logging into AOL.com Email Account?My daughter forgot her email account for aol.com. Can we do anything for figure it out?
Trouble Installing Seagate Driver for External Hard Drive?How do I install Seagate driver software? I installed my Seagate external hard drive ST3160026 easily the first time. When I tried to do it again because I changed computers, the installation wizard did not come out. I cannot install the software.
Downloading Images from a Digital Camera?I tried to download the images in my Nikon digital camera to my computer today. The images do not display in the camera's folder as they usually do.
Firefox Cannot Find Server Error Message?Firefox won't let me get to links. I usually get to the first link, but when I click on a link in that web site I get a Firefox error, "Firefox cannot find the server" of whatever I'm trying to connect to. If I continue to click on the "try again" box it eventually goes on to it.
Trouble Connecting to the Internet on New Laptop?My husband bought me a laptop for my birthday. Problem: I can not get on the internet. When I bring it back to Staples, it works fine. When I try it anywhere else it doesn't. I have tried the library, but it won't go anywhere, but the library web site. anyone who has one.
Trouble Running Anti Virus Software on Infected Computer?I have an Acer Aspire laptop that I feel is infected. I am trying to run CCleaner and/or Super AntiSpyware from an flash drive, but the machine does not find any files on the removable drive. I can see the files on my desktop where I downloaded them from...
Computer Only Operates in Safe Mode After Adding Memory?Memory was added to a Dell computer, now it only operates in the safe mode. Does anyone have this problem and how do you fix this?
Why Can't I View E-mail on Both My Laptop and Desktop?I can get my email on my lap top, but when I go to my desktop I can't pull it up. Do I need to access or change the stmp or proxy server or POP or something? Thanks.
How Easy is it to Install the MagicJack?I bought a Magic Jack at Walmart for $39.95 over 5 months ago; but I haven't yet attempted to hook it up. I have done lots of reading about it, both on various forums and at magicjack.com itself.
Problems With Windows OS Computer at Startup?My computer starts with 2 prompts:
Adjusting Computer Monitor Display Settings?A picture is too big to fit on my monitor. How do I make it smaller?
I Need Help Burning CDs?How do I burn a CD with computer games? I have a bunch of computer games in BitTorrent downloads and I use Windows Media Player to burn CDs, but when I try and find the icon BitTorrent, I can't find it.
Deleting a Downloaded PDF Document?Can someone tell me what happens to a downloaded pdf document once it is printed? Does it remain as a file? I'd like to delete it, but I can't find where it is downloaded.
Problem With Buffering Streaming Video?I am having a problem with buffering/streaming. When I am playing back videos, it stops, starts, and stops again. Any ideas how to fix this problem?
Unable to Print From Print House 4?I have used Print House 4 for many years and have loved it from the start. I am finding that something seems to be making it unstable as I am having trouble sending completed pages to the printer.
Getting a Syntax Error Message When Trying to Print?My Windows XP PC suddenly won't print to my HP PSC 2210 printer. I can not print from webpages or emails. I get a "syntax error" message. I can however print test alignment pages, scan, or copy.
Cannot Write to a Erased CD-RW?I can copy files to a new CD-RW, but if I erase this disc and want to place new files on it, it won't accept them even though the disc is now blank. What's the problem?
Computer Not Detecting Audio Output Devices?I recently updated my computer from Windows XP to Windows Vista Ultimate. The problem that I have is that when I hooked up all the wires even the speakers, it said that no audio output device is installed. Can someone help me?
MagicJack Won't Boot?My MagicJack won't boot. It says that I am not on the internet and I am fast speed.
Computer's USB Ports Not Working?I recently had to replace my hard drive; when I hooked it up again (I did not take a picture of the back as you suggested, however all of the connections can only go one place with the exception of one which can go in four places.
iPod Not Connecting to iTunes?Every time I connect my iPod (Nano) to my computer it says that it's not downloading correctly. I have restarted iTunes and my computer but it keeps connecting then a few seconds later disconnecting. It's driving me insane! What can I do?
Internet Connection Intermittent When E-mailing
?Every time I go on line to send a message, a box comes up saying I'm connected. Then it goes off ever time I send or get e-mail. This keeps happening and it's driving me crazy. Can you help?
Computer Keeps Freezing and Running Slow?Hi, TF members my computer keeps freezing and also running very slow. Can anyone help? Many thanks.
Computer Toolbar is Black?Why is my toolbar black? I turned on my computer today and I can't see anything on my toolbar, it is black. Everything I have tried hasn't worked. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Printing a Degrees Symbol?When I hold down the Alt. key and type 0176 it types the degrees symbol which is great but when I print the recipe card it puts a capital A in front. Please let me know if anyone else has this problem and how to fix it.
Trouble Printing On-line Coupons?When I try to print on line coupons, I get a message telling me my printer does not support their website. What's up with that?
Problems With Automatic Computer Updating?For several months I have been trying to get my computer to do updates. It is set for auto update. I have turned off my firewall (and on w/anti-virus stuff off) and antivirus stuff, etc. and even though my security settings say Norton AV is off, once in a while a message pops up saying Norton is scanning or updating.
Difficult to Get Computer Out of Sleep Mode?I have had an ongoing problem that is driving me crazy. My system appears to be running correctly and I have Norton 2009 internet security installed. My computer is set to automatically run any tests and updates.
Printing From an External Hard Drive?How do I print from an external hard drive?
Trouble Loading Software on Computer?For some reason my computer won't let me load any software. I can't retrieve pictures from a disk, I can't load Digital Image (which worked fine on my other computer), nothing loads from my CD reader.
Problems Opening Thriftyfun Website?I have been having problems for a while now on this website. My computer keeps freezing up. When I type www.thriftyfun in my address bar the only thing comes up is the title or top portion of the home page. The "refresh" key helps sometimes.
Restoring a Shortcut on Desktop?How do I get the Internet Explorer icon back on my screen?
Retrieving Deleted Email from Hotmail?I use hotmail on Windows XP and I accidentally deleted my "keepers" email file. I tried retrieving it by doing a "systems restore" to an earlier date, but that did not work. Any suggestions?
Photos Saved from AOL Email?How do I find and access a cd to download onto it? I right clicked and saved photos from my email yesterday. Now they are missing. They should be in AOL saved pictures, in the Shoebox I believe. Are they lost now?
Removing a Window from My Computer's Desktop?I wanted to install a shortcut on my desktop to your site and instead installed a window and I want to remove it. How can I remove the window from my desktop? Thanks.
Computer Isn't Doing Updates?My Microsoft icon is in my lower right hand corner of the screen. It says it is downloading updates but it isn't happening. Is there some way to find out why not and get these important updates? I've tried a few things but no luck. Thanks.
Joystick Not Working With Windows Vista?I have Windows Vista (32bit) trying to run MS Combat Flight Sim.1 with a Logitech Attack 3 joystick. The joystick will calibrate through cfs, but will not control the game. Please help.
Emailed Pictures Not Working?Why do I not get pictures in most of my e-mails? I get small squares in the left hand corner of the boxes, they are red. Please help if possible. Thank you.
Computer Deleted My Emails?I opened my mail this morning and it said I had 12 new messages, I deleted the first one and then suddenly the screen "rebooted", meaning that it went blank then came up again and all my new (12) emails were deleted. Can you help?
Dell Laptop Not Staying Connected to the Internet?I bought a dell laptop from ebay, it works good but I cannot keep it connected to the internet using a router which is new. It has internal WiFi in it. We have tried everything we can think of. It will let you on for awhile and then kick you off and you can't get back on.
Netscape Won't Load Anymore?I use Netscape as my browser and today it loaded fine earlier in the day, but when I tried to load it a second time it won't load, in fact there's absolutely no response when I click on the icon.
Problems With Yahoo Messenger?While I'm chatting in Yahoo Messenger I can't see my written words or see what the other person writes to me. Although I can speak to him by mike.
Computer Pages Advancing Automatically?How do I stop my computer pages from automatically advancing?
My Computer "Freezes" All The Time?My computer freezes up no matter what I am doing on it. I have tried everything and it still freezes. Help.
Restoring Icons On Computer Task Bar?I have a Windows XP Computer and I'm having problems in restoring the small icons in the narrow blue task bar on the bottom of my desktop. This is the bar where the Start button is located. I've tried dragging and dropping the large icons from the desktop into the bar and have had no success.
Trouble Removing External Hard Drive?My external hard drive frequently can't be removed from the computer because "a program is accessing it". How do we stop the program from accessing it so I can disengage the Freeagent by Seagate?
Internet Explorer Blocking Access to Sites?Recently my computer has been having an issue. When I type in an internet address (ie: my bank, aol mail, etc.), it says "Internet Explorer has blocked this site due to security certificate issues", telling me the certificate has either expired or is not valid. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it?
Computer Screen Not Refreshing?For several months now I have been having a particular problem with my computer. The best way I know how to describe it is that my screens are not automatically refreshing.
Speakers Don't Work On My Dell?Speakers won't work on my dell.
Transferring Camcorder Tapes to Computer?I need help figuring out how to transfer our home movie camcorder tapes to my computer. I have windows xp professional with windows movie maker. I have an a/v out connection on the camcorder. It's a Quasar VM-D51 model palmcorder. Thanks for your help.
Installing High Speed Internet Without Using Disc?I have the installation kit from AT&T/SBC, but my computer friend who deals with these companies and knows the 'ins and outs' and 'behind the scenes stuff' said that since I'm keeping my AOL e-mail address that I don't need to use the disc?
Improving Scanner Quality?The situation is that when I write on a sheet of paper and then scan it, the one from work comes out dark and legible and the one I have at home is substantially lighter. (The scanner at work probably cost between $400 and $1,000. Mine was maybe $125 and is so old I don't recall when I bought it.)
Trouble Printing Pages on Computer?I hope someone can help me. Sometimes when I print something out, the print is so small. It doesn't come out like it shows on the page. I don't know if I changed something or what but it never use to do that. How can I make it print like it shows on the website?
Trouble Downloading on the Internet?I hope someone can help me. When I go to download something or go to a coupon page to get coupons when I hit download the screen automatically goes blank and at the bottom left hand side it says Done - without even downloading. I was always able to download before through Adobe and now it doesn't seem to work. Is there a way to find out if I still have Adobe on my computer and could there be something on here that is causing it to be blocked?
Screen Size Problems?Please help me with my screen size, when it is minimized the sides are crooked and when large the sides are off the screen. What did I hit? (Please be kind as I am 76 yrs.
Help With HP Printer & Windows Vista?My computer is a Windows Vista. My copier is an HP Deskjet D1341. Sometimes when I try to copy something it says "offline" and won't print. Then suddenly it starts copying and won't stop. It just made 10 copies of "Busy Day Chocolate Cake". This thing is wasting inkjets and paper. Why does it do this and how do I get it to stop? By the way, it didn't come with an instruction manual, just a diagram showing how to hook it up and a big, fat booklet of other expensive products I can buy from the company. Thanks for any help.
Help With Computers?I'm a bit new to using computers and I've just seen my account in ThriftyFun. I'd like to sort it out and delete a few things from my bookmarks that I don't need anymore. Please, how to delete from bookmarks and change stuff from one folder to another? Sorry, I sound stupid, but this is all new to me. Thanks.
One Login Not Working on a Multi-User Computer?My husband & I share a laptop computer. We have separate log-ins. His side is working fine, but when I try to log in on my side, nothing works.
Problems Running Internet Explorer?My computer has become more and more unresponsive. When I open up IE, it is slow and sometimes will sorta freeze up. I can unfreeze it if I open up another page of IE and click somewhere on that page when it loads.
I Can't Find My Pictures on My PC?I have a big problem. I uninstalled People PC and installed my DSL, and when I did this, I lost all of my pictures. I was going to send them to my sister so she could download onto a floppy disc for me after my DSL was hooked up.
Internet Explorer Becoming Corrupt When I Update It?My IE (internet explorer) becomes slightly corrupt every time I get an update from Microsoft. Do you have any suggestions? I like g-mail, but Firefox is having trouble with it, so abandoning IE is something I can't do.
Getting Rid of Pop Ups?Could someone help me with pop ups on my PC? They are driving me crazy. It started about a week ago. Not one will pop up, but several. Almost seems like it starts with a Microsoft Ex pop up.
I Stopped Receiving Some Newsletters?For some unknown reason, two of my favorite newsletters haven't come in for at least a week. No idea what happened to them. I deleted the last ones, so I don't have an email to check and see.
Problems Transferring Callwave to a New Computer?I recently purchased a new computer. I had Callwave on my old computer and fax. I have forgotten my password. I have asked several times to have it sent to me so I can switch to this new computer and have Callwave on this one, but so far, no one has sent me my password.
