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Well thanks. I did, however, use the quick reply before loading the page, so I did not see your reply until after I had posted the second post. I'm doing about 20 things at once right now (got a ton of windows and browser tabs open) so didn't get around to modifying my post.

Wow, self entitled much? I clicked the "thanks" button in your post and commented saying "thanks I'll try it" Do you yell at every person you try to help?

Arghh, okay now I see another huge file C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\CatalogCorruptionLog\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edb that is nearly 3GB What would this one be for, and can I delete it?

Pretty sure I've found what the cause of the problem was. Windows would do the "blank screen" thing without fail about 20 to 60 minutes after going afk. Once night I decided to leave my PC on through the night to finish a download. I closed Online Armor completely because I didn't want a black...

Running Windows 8.0 and noticed my Hiberfil.sys file is 12.7GB I'm running my OS on an SSD and would prefer not to have this space used up if possible. However I do want to keep Windows 8's built-in fast boot. Is it possible to reduce or remove the Hiberfil.sys file without adversely affecting...

Just try it. It's really small & lightweight and you can use the portable version if you like.

You do realize that there's a search tool available already that is superior to Window's built-in search, right? Everything Search Engine

Thanks a lot for following up on that info! I'll look into Online Armor's side of things next I think.

I'll try the Windows memory test if I can. Hiren's boot CD = 592.5 MB and with a 5GB monthly cap, I'll have to pass. My PSU cost roughly $60, so it would be a bit pointless to spend $20 testing it. My PSU is 600W and 80+ certification. All other PSU's I have available for testing are less than...

There's no way to run some kind of memory test in Windows itself? Checked device manager, all seems fine. I'm very reluctant to swap out my power supply, as it would mean an upgrade, and that would be expensive. I also rather like my current PSU. I'll try and look for newer motherboard drivers...

When I leave my computer for an extended period of time, after returning the screen is sometimes blank. I know that everything is still on, the screen just won't come on. I know things are still running in the background because when I restart my computer by pressing the reset button (the only...

Thanks for this tutorial. I would lock my computer and switch the screen off when leaving the PC for longer than 5 minutes. Very often when returning, I would switch the screen back on, move the mouse, hit space bar, hit "wake" on keyboard, tap the power button - all to no avail, and finally be...

Just tried safe mode in XP and booting from XP CD (to repair). BSOD for both. I think I'm going to use a Linux live CD to take ownership of my XP files and transfer them to one of the Windows 8 drives.

Thanks for the link. The third option worked. Umm, if possible I would like to keep everything in one thread. I really dislike opening multiple threads when troubleshooting. I changed the thread title about 6 hours ago so everything will still be on topic.

It wants me to sign into Windows store to go in there. I'll pass. 'nother question: I want to backup stuff from my XP drive, but it won't let me access my personal data (probably because there's a password). Can I boot into safe mode, remove the password, and will it then allow me to copy the...

PC settings -> Devices Download over metered connections To help prevent extra charges, keep this off so device software (drivers, info, and apps) for new devices won't download while you're on metered Internet connections It's already off. How do I tell it my connection is metered? I can find...

I have 166MB per day cap. I can't have BITS downloading 300MB per day without my permission (and it does, or more). Moreover, I want control every single thing that goes through my connection. For instance, this is why I won't install Chrome, because it installs updates and there is no way to...

What do you mean? As in, make a backup? The install is brand new. There's literally nothing on the drive to back up save for some files I didn't want to bother copying off my flash drive again.

Was using the default skin. Changed it to EF Smooth and it seems to be working now. (Firefox 20 with NoScript - scripts on eightforums.com allowed) Okay on to the post: I've found the source of the problem, and it's bad. Very, very bad. As in, I may not be able to use any operating system...

Okay how come paragraphs don't work on this forum? test