Yesterday was the official release of the Windows 10 "Anniversary Update". As of late yesterday evening, it still wasn't showing up in Windows Update, on either the desktop or the laptop. I decided to just go to Microsoft's website and GET the darn thing. Installed fine on the laptop, but I couldn't get the aspect ratio on my desktop monitor the ( Read more... )

Just spent nearly an hour and a half "fighting" with my desktop PC. I had left the computer for a few minutes earlier this afternoon, when I returned, resolution was all large and squishy. Tried resetting resolution in "Settings", no joy. Rebooted a couple of times, no joy. Unplugged monitor for a few minutes, no joy. Changed out video cables, no ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning, discovered my Vista machine had an Nvidia driver update. Computers are high maintenance...like most women I've known.

This morning, my son left me a note before leaving for school, saying his computer wouldn't boot. He was getting an error message stating, "Windows failed to load because the system registry file is missing or corrupt, file:\Windows\System32\config\system\". Andrew said he looked for the HP restore discs this morning, but couldn't find them ( ( Read more... )

When I got home this evening, my son was still making backup discs for the stuff he wanted to save, before doing a complete reformat. I was tired, but showed him how to make a backup of his Firefox bookmarks. Then, I decided to come to my computer, try downloading the wireless adapter drivers from the Linksys site, burn them to a disc, and use that ( Read more... )