I’m sure a lot of you have run into problems with the Acer Aspire Netbooks. I’ve personally now seen 6 of the Acer Aspire Ones develop a problem where they will light up their little LEDS but nothing will come on the screen. So far I’ve sent these units to Acer for repairs. But I […]
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Fixes
Windows Vista suddenly tells you it’s not genuine on an HP computer. Here’s how to fix it.
If you have an HP computer (or perhaps even another brand) with a copy of Windows Vista that suddenly tells you that it’s not genuine you might be pleased to hear that your issue may be resolved with a simple hotfix from Microsoft. From the Microsoft Website: This problem may occur because a specific system […]
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How to fix your Home Theatre System when it says: “Push Power Protector”
This error message could be caused by a few different things. From an online forums post by “Blackknight-UK“: Follow the steps below to troubleshoot if the word PROTECT or PROTECTOR is flashing on the A/V receivers display. Check the speaker wires and speakers for proper connections. Reduce the volume level. IMPORTANT: If the receiver is […]
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Does your HP Printer disappear? This is how you fix it.
Lauren Writes: I just bought a new HP printer and installed it using the disc that came in the box. The problem is that every time I turn off or restart the printer it disappears! This is very annoying, what do I do? I called HP and they said it was a problem with Vista […]
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What to do when your DVD Drive is not detected.
I was recently asked to install a printer for someone. They had the CD, but I found out the DVD/CD player wasn’t responding. I looked in the device manager and noticed there wasn’t a DVD/CD listed. I tried the add new hardware but it said no new hardware found. It is a Presario F700 laptop […]
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How to Fix “The specified I/O operation on \Device\Harddisk\ was not completed before the time-out period expired” error
Ive got the error “The specified I/O operation on \Device\Harddisk\DR0 was not completed before the time-out period expired.” when I plug in my external USB hard drive. This error can be caused by the following: Bad USB Port on Your Computer Your computer may have a defective USB port. I’ve seen many people get this […]
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How to Unlock an “OSD Lockout” Problem
This has most likely annoyed many of you at some point. You turn on your monitor one day and see a jeering message telling you something about an “OSD Lockout”. It doesn’t allow you to change any of your monitors settings, including the setting intended to turn off this message. While I’ve only seen this […]
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Webcam does not work in Windows Live Messenger
From a user on a forum I frequent: “I have recently installed the latest version of windows live messenger, But i am having trouble with the webcam features, for some reason wenever i try too turn on webcam, it tells me the webcam wont work because it is being used by another program (which it […]
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DMA Reverts to PIO. Reset it with a handy VBScript.
The Scoop: So you get a computer and for seemingly no reason at all it’s running slow, or a CD/DVD Drive is stuttering when it plays music or video. What could be causing this? One reason may involve your drives DMA mode and it’s dastardly attempts to revert to PIO mode. The What? CD/DVD and […]
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Windows 7: Windows could not collect information for [OSImage] since the specified image file [install.wim] does not exist
Sorry about the huge title. :) I was recently installing the Windows 7 beta on my laptop using VMWare and ran into the following error: Windows could not collect information for [OSImage] since the specified image file [install.wim] does not exist. I was watching Fringe (great show) and tried a few reboots of the Virtual […]
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