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Hi
My CPU load is almost always at 100%; neverthless the PC isn’t stuck, and I can continue working. More than 50% of CPU load is generated by one process: svchost (DcomLaunch). If I kill this process, the system shuts down. What could I do to get rid of this situation?
Solution:
See if the following sorts the [...]

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I have a hard drive that was dropped inside of a laptop.  After that happened, the computer ran for about 30 minutes until symptoms started to show.  The computer was rebooted and got a 0×000000ED blue screen unaccessible_Boot_Partition.
I have attempted to use recovery with no luck.  The system never boots far enough to try a [...]

Question:
Just wondering, if I went out and got Windows 7, could I install it directly over top of my current version of Vista without reformatting, or any glitches, etc.?  (I’ve heard Windows 7 is much preferred over Vista… would you concur?)
Solution:
Hi CanadianJeff,
Yes you can. Just keep in mind that Windows will create a folder called [...]

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Hi.
I have a client running Vista with latest service pack.  He is encountering the fairly common printing problem of, “Spooler SubSystem App Stopped Working And Was Closed.”  I routed it all down to a problem where the print spooler is not deleting the tmp files in C:/Windows/System32/Spool/Printer”
If I manually go in and delete the files [...]

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After I open Windows Explorer, plug in an FTP site, and download [copy to HD] either of 2 disk images, I find that immediately after a seemingly successful “download 100% complete” message, I then get “FTP FOLDER ERROR. An error occurred copying the selected items from the ftp folder. Details: The operation timed out.” (If [...]

Question:
How can I edit the icon of my external drive? I’m using Vista Ultimate.
See image?
Solution:
Open up notepad, and type the following to make an autorun file:
[autorun]
icon=filename, number
filename will be the name of the file with the icon in it (an ICO ussually) and number is which one in that file you want to use.  leave [...]

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I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook from a client who had a Norton360 issue.  After calling Symantec support, they seemed to fix it for him, but later on he noticed he cannot connect to the internet.  After calling me, I noticed 169.254.x.x IP addresses on BOTH Lan and wireless adapters.  DHCP client service is [...]

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Hey guys, I’ll try to make this snappy cuz I’m about to snap!
I’m troubleshooting a Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium SP1. It’s also running VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware. A few days ago Vipre had a major update and I think my buddy messed up the install thereby disabling it. As a result he got [...]

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Hey everyone -
Seems like every 6 weeks or so my machine starts slowing down and the RAM usage goes waaaaay up.  I’ve got a 4gb RAM in my computer (which I know really only gives me 3GB space).
Anyway, the probable cause is some kind of malware, but I have three different paid malware versions I [...]

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Good afternoon everyone.
I have recently rolled out printers in a local office using the printer deployment feature of Windows SBS Server 2008. Since all but 3 machines in the office use Windows XP i put the Pushprinterconnections.exe file in a login batch file, and they are all working just great (especially since using usb print [...]