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I am not a Norton basher, but it seems to cause major problems to many pcs that come through my shop. I have at least one pc a month or two that it has virtually killed(made useless some how). If a client wants to use it, I recommend the stand alone anti-virus without the firewall

Overheating will cause it just to shut down and stay shut down(its not over heating). Restarting is most often caused by a Windows crash. To verify this, do the following. The next time it crashes, it will leave a blue screen with some information(or some generic info which could mean just about anything). This may me useful. When it happens again post the stop code and any other specific information.

I also would consider checking the hard drive for defects. I usually run spinrite, but that is a paid program. The manufacture of the drive should make a free utility to check it. It is worth running memtest86 also. I doubt it is memory problem, but it is easy to check.

The reason I like avg is mainly convenience. It is quick and easy to install, plus it covers all the basics including email. I like the free AntiVir's detection, but it does not scan email. I am not sure, but I also don't think the free version updates automatically. Avast is kind of a pain, you have to register to get a serial number. With that said, I think I will start to recommend Avast to people. Of the major free ones, I think it is the best choice.

Thanks for the link. I looked on the avg faq for a while. I am not sure how I missed it.

I their a simple way to disable avg free 8.0? For example, if this is needed to do when installing updates of software. I guess I was kind of hoping one of you experts had a canned speech :-)

I know that graphics chipset is used in laptops(I am not sure if it is used in desktops). are you running a desktop or a laptop?

I am not too worried. Heck, since it is not my fault, they will have to pay me to fix it. I have a hunch it will not effect anyone I have suggested it to.

I have recommended it to 100's of clients. I am waiting to see if I get many call backs.

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Most often just a bug(some unexpected incompatibility or unforeseen effect) of the program.

The proper way of doing it, as shown in the Dell instructions, is to remove the whole panel before splitting the plastic and changing the lcd. This allows you to lay it on a flat surface to work on it. If you want to cheat, you can change the LCD without removing the panel from the computer. Then you will work on it with the screen in a similar position as you would when viewing it. The main advantage to this is you do not have to disassemble anything on the base of the computer. The main disadvantage is it is tougher to change the LCD when it is in the upright position, it is awkward. With

I have never had luck reimporting the json file. I now always export my bookmarks as an html file. Then you can import them the same way.

Have you tried installing Kubuntu? The bios may already be set to boot from a cdrom first. Even if the bios is set to boot from the hard drive first, you may be able to get around this. The following worked for me on a computer that was locked down with a bios password. I was not able to change the boot order to cdrom first. First I pulled out the hard drive and put it in a different computer. With the other computer I deleted all the partitions off the hard drive. Lastly I put the hard drive back in the computer. Now the next time I tried to boot the computer, it saw no partitions were on the

it should work fine with an external monitor. Tap F11 during bootup.

Typically when I see that error it is usually, but not always, indicates a bad hard drive. Try a second system recovery.

The next time I come across that, I will test it and let you know.

I saw this yesterday. I thought it was good for a laugh. As a disclaimer, this is a fake tip. I would hate for somebody to think this was real.

To keep all of your computers on the same network(subnet?), you will want to run your upstairs router in "switch" mode. Your router downstairs router will assign ip addresses and do NAT, then the upstairs router will just act as a basic switch(splitter). As to running your router in switch mode, you should have an option in the web interface. I think disabling the DHCP server may have the same effect. You may have to change some other settings in the router also. edit added later// If you are not able to get the router to work as a switch, you can always just get an inexpensive switch for abou

You may have a power supply that is going out. That would be the first thing i would rule out.

I would just replace it. More then likely it is just a bad drive. You can get a brand new one for about $20.

While you are having issues, can you ping and get a response using these two commands ping 4.2.2.1 ping google.com

Happy Birthday :-)

I found the following technique helpful for removing some infections. I ran MBAM(one of my favorite programs) today on a computer. It found 51 infected items, these were a mixture of registry entries, files, and in particular 3 files running in memory. Every time(I think I tried it twice) I used the quarantine feature and rebooted all the items would return. I then ran a quick scan with MBAM a third time. It found the same 51 entries. I just used it to find the files that were running in memory, but I did not choose to quarantine them. I just took note of the files, then closed the program. I

Are you trying to connect to a specific Blue tooth enable device or are you just trying to use your wireless adapter for internet?