Archive for the ‘Q_and_A’ category
New built computer won’t boot
Name: David Burkett Hi, I just built a computer for the first time and when I try to boot it the intel logo shows and then the computer goes to the safe mode screen. I have tried booting in safe mode and it always goes back to the safe mode screen again. Any help would [...]
EFS Encryption key lost! Help!
Name: Jamie S. I have some files that I used EFS to protect some time ago. The problem is that I’ve since formatted and I don’t know the password or key or whatever it’s called. Is there a program to crack this? It can be something where you boot to linux to do it or [...]
BIOS flash corruption
Name: Ron Henderson The power went out here while I was flashing my BIOS. The computer will not start now, it only comes to a blank, black screen and sits. I read that some modern BIOSes have a fail safe option in case something like this happens. They leave a bit that’s still there and [...]
Style XP corruped my login screen!
Name: Ramos E. I have style xp installed on my computer. what this software does is change the way that windows looks like and changes the way that the screen you login with looks. every time i boot the computer the style is different but i put a new style on and now it give [...]
How do I fix Windows XP’s startup
Name: Amy Janis Hi, my husband installed another operating system on our laptop and now the laptop doesn’t startup right into Windows. How can we make Windows come up again? Sounds like you need to fix your bootsector. Installing other OS’es will inevitably mess with the bootsector on your primary (Windows) drive. If they didn’t, [...]
CD Drives – Will not open
Name: Jeff I have two cd drives in my computer and neither one will open when I press the eject button.n when pressed the led flashes and it sounds like it wants to open but it will not? They may be jammed. The easiest way to check is to take a paperclip (or pin, whatever) [...]
Dell Inspiron 6000 Display Driver & Hibernation Issue
Name: Amber Hi I had to reinstall xp on my dell inspiron 6000. Now I cannot find the driver for the display and don’t have the original driver disk. The specs(excuse the novice approach) are as follows:liquid crystal display [bezel]15.4wxga no spwg, quanta display inc. Also computer nolonger has hybernate option do you know the [...]
usb hub controller – errors
Name: Nelson i’m trying to load my mp3 player,but everytime i plug it in,a message says usb malfunctioned and windows doen’t recongize it. then i click on that screen, it says usb hub controller 8 ports. one of those ports says unknown device,no drivers are unstalled for this device.. i have done everything from unstalling [...]