Recent content by HeTiCu

Thanks! That works for me! And, I was already suspecting that finding compatible hardware would be next to impossible.

Hello. I have an MSI WT60 laptop that I bought in Dec 2014. It came with Win7 as the OS. Last year, I upgraded it to Win10 since it was clear MS was gradually removing supported functions for Win7 as time went on. Unfortunately, I lost some hardware support after doing this. For one, none of...

Thanks for the replies all. I think I have learned that this is an MS update issue. A bit after I posted this thread I went back and tried the "Services" routine again. This time it worked (I must have not done it right the first time). But, I had to do this on every PC on my network. My...

Hello. I have 6 PC's all running Win10 Home. I didn't buy them all at the same time; bought a new one, couldn't get rid of the old one 'cause it still worked, and so on :). The latest addition is a Xidax gaming PC that I bought last month; the others I keep around for redundant backups...

The MB is only about 2 years old, and I seem to recall a couple of jumpers on it. That said, in all my 22 years of PC building I don't recall there ever being a jumper that tells a MB its in a laptop, and not a desktop. However, it is a good place to start, so I'll open it up tomorrow and get...

So, I blew out my desktop PC the other day with a can of compressed air. Now it thinks its a laptop. It shows the Power icon in the task tray (at 100%) and it started going into sleep mode and turning off the monitor after 15 mins, per the laptop Power settings. Anyone know what I did to make...

Well, I tried using the repair feature on the Win7 COEM disc, but it only wanted to repair startup issues, and since that is not the issue, it was not the solution. I then thought that maybe I could use Total Commander to compare the dll files in the System32 directory on my laptop to the...

No, I had not done that. However, when the McAfee tech (Liza) was logged into my pc she did check Task Manager for CPU usage, and it was down around 8%, which is typical. I just launched Drives Meter (Gadget) and am looking at the Processes and it does not appear to be using anything. Sidebar is...

FYI: In Nov 2014 my LinkSys router died. It was almost 2 years old so it was time. I went to Best Buy and bought a new LinkSys and the 2 year exchange warranty (normally I don't buy extended warranties but for routers I have learned to do so). In July 2015 I did some research on anti-virus...

I am hoping someone here may have encountered this issue before and can advise. About 2 months ago I left my 32GB USB drive plugged in after powering down and when I powered up the next day I got the "No boot manager present" message. I thought my SSD had lost the boot sector so I used EaseUs...

No, can't think of any. Why? Ah! I just got it. Those must be the periodic table numbers for those elements. :) The letters in my moniker are actually the first 2 letters of each of my names. It's been my internet handle since 1995, and is also on my license plate.

I am a retired manufacturing engineer (as of Feb 2014) and have been an avid computer hobbyist since 1989. I began building my own in 1995 and have enjoyed working with hardware and software over the years. Occasionally, however, I encounter a mysterious problem that is beyond my capabilities...