Recent content by btowngurl1974

Haha...I do and have always had a password on both. This is why all has been extremely frustrating. I don't know how it's happening. I'm trying to learn my computer bit by bit, piece by piece, all by taking it apart and piecing it back together. Lessons learned. But yes, it is like a spy novel I...

I downloaded the utility and it worked for me. I am running Win 8.1 on an older Dell Inspiron 3521 and my graphics card needed updated. It found it in seconds and the update only took a minute or two. Thanks Shawn! Lisa

misnfo32.exe system summary components, USB: Hi Shawn, I am obviously still learning about the software and hardware components that are 'supposed' to be installed and which are questionable. I ran the msinfo32 from command prompt and have some results maybe someone can help me in explaining...

Great, thanks for all your help. :)

Hello everyone, I was setting default to file extensions and came across a few in which I have no idea what they are for. I've googled them and all I find is 'malware' removal, and what the extension is, which I know that part, but I want to know what it's FOR. .386 Virtual Device Driver .a A...

I'm reading about the whole Hyper V and all, in which I don't need, don't use or have any use for. I'm running a Dell laptop with Win 8.1, using wi-fi and don't need any other OS on my computer. However, when I followed the instructions on disabling/enabling, I get access denied via command...

Thanks...I'm trying it now. I have Norton installed. Do I need to uninstall Norton or will they both work together? Thanks..

Haha, Okay, thanks. ....I literally have been hiding both every time I leave the room, and being very discreet about it. I am even carrying my USB sticks in my pocket. I'm married to Mr. HJ so it's not that simple. He won't admit that he's doing this but I know he is. When my iPhone4 all of a...

I'm telling you, I know it sounds strange....I read where if someone actually can get into your phone, they can install silent programs that do not show up on the desktop (of the phone). AND, he mentioned something the other day, his words were..."your in the cloud!"....I'm telling you he has...

Thank you very much! I'll check them both out now... and will probably have more questions I'm most certain!! :)

Hi there.... I am about to give up on this laptop and just go with it.....seriously. I'm tired of trying to secure things and finding myself stuck. I have a USB stick with my backup files/image in which I encrypted through Bitlocker. I have the passwords, but NOT the key. I saved the keys to...

Great, thank you. There was a program under StartupPrograms named rdpclip. I just left it blank, all the other values were fine. Thanks!!

I'm still trying to piece together this mystery laptop of mine and am in the registry looking around. (I haven't changed anything yet, don't worry)..:) I'm wondering what these registry keys/values mean and what their settings SHOULD be? I'm the ONLY user ...

Hi, and thanks. Yes, I've read about the Team Viewer, but I don't think I've seen that anywhere on my system and I certainly didn't download it. But if someone else is operating it....Upon doing the clean install, i went into programs (install/uninstall) and the 'only' thing installed was an...

Okay....I didn't even bother backing up any data from documents/pictures because I really wanted nothing left from that drive at all. No traces. I managed to wipe the drives, reinstalled on ONE unallocated drive, it installed perfectly. However, I think I goofed because upon installing I got...