'Questions and Answers':

My computer keeps randomly crashing?

I Me Mine asked in Q&A: Hi everyone =D
I have a weird problem with my computer. It’s a windows XP, and it had been running perfectly until recently, when it started randomly crashing every once in a while.
There is no pattern in the crashes, sometime it’s when I’m playing a game (like the sims 3), [...]

Help transferring hardware drivers?

Dan O asked in Q&A: I recently encountered some serious issues with my computer. For the past few months or so my family and I have just let the problems go, cleaning the computer whenever we felt it necessary and such. However, the computer must be seriously infected with some sort of spyware or trojans. [...]

Windows Movie Maker crashes upon startup, please help?

Elana asked in Q&A: All right, unless there’s something I’m missing here, this is a question for the real pros. Some background info: I’m using Windows XP SP2 Media Center Edition on an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC Notebook. The version of Movie Maker is 2.0.
I know that Movie Maker hates MPEGs, but today [...]

i need to clean my computer of all my files so my brother can use it ?

*~CantaLaCookie~* asked in Q&A: I have a pc laptop, windows XP
i bought a new laptop, and this one is going to my little brother.
i want to erase all of my files so he has a clean computer
my computer had crashed in august (stupid windows update..) and after trying a PC recovery, the system was basically [...]

a program(s) that can overclock this computer?

Oleg M asked in Q&A: Compaq Presario S4020WM
Proccessor:
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
2.00 GHz, 736 ram
motherboard/mainboard:
FIC AM37 written on it
but PCU-Z software says its a
chipset:VIA P4M266/KM266(VT8235)
model:KM266-8235
BIOS: phoenix tech
AM37320
PLL: cypress/icw
CY28341
or CY283410C
this is all the information i found on this computer
the ram is fine but the CPU reaches 100% usage quickly
i tried
CPUFSB
clockgen
CPUCool
these programs can uderclock it but wont overclock [...]

How can i fix my computer’s audio?

Plinioisonfire asked in Q&A: I am running on Windows XP Pro, i own a Gateway GT5404, and i want to run a system recovery, i lost all the CDs that came with the computer. but have all the drivers saved in a folder on my protable hard drive, due to a program called Driver Genius [...]

My Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT seems to be overheating. Is it safe to change the fan speed (does it void warranty?)?

Techaddict asked in Q&A: Also, out of these programs, which one would you recommend for changing fan speeds?
Rivatuner
EVGA Precision
Ntune
System Specifications :
Intel DG35EC motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 GHz (Stock settings, not overclocked)
Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT (Obvious isn’t it? )
4 GB of DDR2 RAM
Windows XP SP2
I’m guessing my GPU is overheating as the [...]

my computer keeps lagging and freezing and crashing?

Shuo C asked in Q&A: It took about 10 minutes to ask this question because my computer is so damn slow!!! My computer is an HP pavilion running Windows XP and I bought it in 2003. In the first few years the computer kept crashing every day and we had to keep fixing it. The [...]

How to fix the NTLDR error message for Windows XP Professional?

Dave K asked: I am having trouble starting up my Windows XP. Ever since I installed Ubuntu, I keep getting the NTLDR error message…
I have tried googling the problem but nothing that I’ve found helps.
I do not have a floppy drive on my computer and I also do not have the original XP install disk [...]

How to repair my windows XP which is giving Error code 426?

Hutch asked: While repairing a windows error code 426 I was given a message “cannot install product catalogue, fatal error”.
Does anyone know how to resolve this error