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    Windows 7 not opening programs, not shutting down without "waiting for explorer.exe"

    I have a issue on windows 7 - hardly anything is responding. When I click to open a program nothing happens. VLC media player wont open, CC Cleaner wont open, AVG wont open, nothing happens when I type in MSconfig. I have tried to uninstall some programs using control panel but again, no...
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    Google Chrome downloading images - how can I stop it automatically opening the image?

    Hi I have a query when downloading an image using google chrome. Usually the image doesn't open, and a toolbar at the bottom will allow me to open the image if I so wish to do so. I usually click the toolbar at the bottom and use it to find the image location, so I can then rename the image in...
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    Power button stuck in, unable to switch PC on

    Hi, the power button on my PC tower has become stuck, I'd usually press it and it'd depress then spring back to its original position, but now its stuck, like its being pressed down. Is there any other way to turn a PC on without this button working?
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    black screen when a USB stick/ HDD is connected

    by the way this filepath doesn't exist on windows 7 so I have been unable to uninstall the windows updates Start< Control Panel< System and Security< Windows Update< click on View Installed updates I only have "system" and there's nothing in there about windows updates
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    black screen when a USB stick/ HDD is connected

    USB sticks/ HDDs work fine in safe mode but cause the PC to lock up n normal mode. This is driving me crazy. Why is it doing this!!!!
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    black screen when a USB stick/ HDD is connected

    Thanks. I'll try the uninstall and see if that works. I haven't tried it in safe mode. How do I boot in safe mode? Do I press an F button when turning the PC on?
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    black screen when a USB stick/ HDD is connected

    Hi, my Windows 7 updated approximately a week ago (despite me selecting DO NOT install updates - it still sneakily installed an update when I was shutting the PC down, as it comes up in a tiny bubble when clicking the shut down icon "shut down and install updates". I'd already pressed shut down...
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    Windows 7 HP Laptop - turns itself off after 5 seconds

    nope cant get on safe mode. Laptop immediately shuts itself down. Im so angry. Why make a laptop with a stupid switch instead of a power button FFS!!!
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    Windows 7 HP Laptop - turns itself off after 5 seconds

    thanks I'll try that.
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    Windows 7 HP Laptop - turns itself off after 5 seconds

    Hi if I hold the switch it just stays in place until I let go then springs back. I really dont know what marketing idiot decided yeah lets revolutionise the power button and make it a slider rather than a button. Just utterly pointless design for the sake of design. How can I access safe mode...
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    Windows 7 HP Laptop - turns itself off after 5 seconds

    Hi my laptop suddenly shuts itself off a few seconds after I have turned it on. I have had this happen on a laptop I've had in the past and was able to solve it by removing the battery, then holding the power button for a minute or so. The problem is this laptop doesn't have a power button -...
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    Formatting an external HDD - Which Allocation Unit Size should I use?

    those options GUIFormat gives me a number of options to for the Allocation Unit Size which are; 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 65536
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    Formatting an external HDD - Which Allocation Unit Size should I use?

    I was hoping that the person to reply would have advised on the question I've asked. I've already read the site you've googled. And dozens of others. Its no help. The AUS sizes they recommend arent even the same as the options available to me. For example, the website rather nebulously...
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    Formatting an external HDD - Which Allocation Unit Size should I use?

    Hi, I've got a 3tb HDD which I'll be formatted to fat32 using GUIFormat. I need it fat32 so my playstation and media players can read it. GUIFormat gives me a number of options to for the Allocation Unit Size which are; 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 65536 The files I intend to use it...
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    External HDD suddenly transferring data slowly

    limited tech skills tbh but Im good at following tutorials I suppose. However my father is capable of safely removing the HDD from its casing and installing it on to a PC. He's done this before when a Seagate external's casing broke. I'll get him to do this once I've bought a new HDD. Im...
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