Recent content by Jaxxxom

I'm about ready to head out to work, but I'll most certainly take a look at some of those suggestions. To add insult to injury, I grabbed a few of my favorite utility programs off Cnet downloads. Even though I'm very careful and check each and every program, including going through the legal...

I've been playing Megalopis for nearly 3 years now. Started playing on a Galaxy S3. Since then the phone is no longer active and I know play on my laptop. During game play, the game frequently locks up. Or I am unable to do full screen. Not sure how to fix this. Suggestions?

Ah...about back-ups. The day I purchased the laptop, I came home, booted it up. Ran Windows Update, made sure all drivers were current, then did a bootable system restore disk. That's how I was able to re-install so quickly. Just for yucks, I also have a memory stick doing the same thing. Now I...

Well, that settles that then. I'll mark this solved. Thanks for the input folks!

I tried to upgrade my laptop back in August of last year. At that time I was still looking for work and the new internet browser wasn't compatible with many of the online employment applications. I attempted to restore back to Windows 8.1. This cause my system some major issues resulting me...

Okay...it's been 14 years since I took my A+ class....refresh my memory. What is UAC? Never heard of Hitman Pro, or Eset. I look those up in a few minutes. Programs I'm familiar with are: AVG, Malwarebytes Avast! CCleaner Notepad ++ VLC Advanced System Care Free ed. For future reference...

Some excellent advice here! I was going to say..but forgot, that sometimes it's a matter of changing a setting or three. Something I direly need to research on win 8/10 (haven't decided if I want to upgrade to 10 yet or not). Example, even though I haven't installed, downloaded or other wise...

I'm going to contradict myself right away here. Odd way to start a thread I know, let me explain. I just started a new job this past August. It's not many hours per week and not the greatest pay. Something I need to do something about. This is where I run into a 'which to do first, the chicken...

Finally got fed up with IE crashing constantly, had the time. Was going to do a complete re-install, but thought I'd give a reset a shot first. Windows Update running for an hour now. How long should I give it, before I pull the plug and start doing the reinstall? Sidebar: I attempted at...

Oy! I'm sooo pissed right now. Besides working long hours and catching the flu, I actually looking forward to putting things back the way they belong. But....nooooooo. I started to notice that the right hinge was making a clicking noise. Seems a screw fell out somewhere along the line and it's...

For too long now I've had to rely on freeware I've downloaded from sources like Cnet to maintain my computers. While some have worked, But the performance has been marginal at best. For example, I've used programs that found issues, yet don't fix them unless you pay $xx.xx for them, and you're...

Okay, I have two days off in a row this week, so it's now or never to do this. Gathering all my flash drives and backing up personal data tomorrow before work. Now, after I do a clean (without Toshiba added junk) install of windows 8.1, question is, should I upgrade to windows 10? What are some...

I had asked a few weeks ago what to do about being unable to update or install patches to Windows 8.1. Tried everything suggested except doing a re-install from disks I made. I was hoping to avoid this, but as my laptop is slowly becoming more and more less usable, it looks like I have no other...

Okay, I give up (in), looks like a re-install is in my future. Question now becomes, I did a recovery/restore disk(s) the day I bought it. I burnt it off once I was sure I had all the Windows patches installed and any driver updates done before burning off this factory restore set of disks. What...

Went back to try fixing this again. I just noticed, I somehow managed to install 2 updates. There's now only 47 listed. I'm wondering, in the many years I've owned computers I've seen installs and upgrades that didn't necessarily show progress in kb downloaded or so many percent installed. Has...