Questions tagged [troubleshooting]
DO NOT USE. Burnination [status-planned] (go to tag info / Meta for details) Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving that uses logical, systematic steps to solve the problem.
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Windows: BSOD general troubleshooting tips
I know three methods of troubleshooting BSOD. Are there some advanced tips i'm missing?
BSOD is not very informative, but googling the error code provides with some semi-useful info
Look thru system ...
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What is causing my wireless problems?
I have a Dell XPS M1330, since I moved to my new house, the wireless barely works on it, my housemates report no problems, so I guess it's something to do with my laptop. It's eratic in normal mode, ...
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Troubleshooting failure to standby/suspend with Ubuntu Netbook Remix on Acer Aspire One
I have an Acer Aspire One netbook, which I'm using with Ubutu Netboox Remix 9.04. With a clean install, suspend seemed to be working fine. However, now that I've installed quite a lot of extra ...
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SQL Server Connectivity Test
Many times people around me fail to connect to SQL Server from other Non-Microsoft Applications.
Assuming that there is no SQL Server Client installed, what are the different ways we can ...
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Unlocking Locked Drop Down boxes in Excel
I have a couple of drop down boxes on a form that are what I'd like to dub "perma-locked". Every person we've thrown at the form is unable to unlock the drop down.
The drop downs do not show a ...
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troubleshooting local ethernet: issues with RDP on home LAN
I have at home two computers, one of them is a headless server and I work on it remotely using RDP (mstsc.exe) from my second desktop PC. Both computers are Windows 10 pro. The server is also running ...
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A laser printer leaves stripes
The printer in our office leaves marks all across the length of the paper:
We've tried cleaning the toner drum but with limited success. Can we fix this ourselves or do we need to purchase a new drum?...
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Windows 8.1 Text Showing Up as Random Artifacts [duplicate]
I had this very random and very debilitating bug occur in Windows 8.1 today and wanted to document it so others can learn how to fix it and maybe someone knows how to prevent it that can provide some ...
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Windows 7 Explorer.exe incompatibility
On Windows 7 64-bit, the user is getting the following message when Windows logs in:
The program or feature \??\C:\Windows\Explorer.exe cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions ...
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How can I solve Canon MX870 printer only printing blank pages?
I have a Canon MX870 printer which I have connected to a Windows Vista laptop via a USB connection. Whether I print or copy, the result is the same: blank pages.
The result is the same when I use a ...
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Why can't I traceroute or access certain websites in my browser even though I can ping them from terminal?
On just one computer in my household, I cannot complete a successful traceroute nor browse in any browser to a seemingly random-selected, small set of websites. This includes sites like twitter.com ...
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Where can I download Microsoft VC80.CRT version 8.0.50608.0?
I've just installed Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 in Windows XP SP3
When trying to run MS word or any other office app (Excel, PowerPoint), I get the following message: this application has ...
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OS X will not register newly installed network adapters
I have purchased an Edimax 7318USg and tested it on a Windows machine (works). The installation process for the software for this adapter runs smoothly. However, OS X simply does not recognize new ...
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Windows 7 is not mounting one of the partitions
I used to have 3 primary partitions on my drive, and windows was installed on one of them. The other two are for recovery and for personal files. Just yesterday, I resized the personal files partiton, ...
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CD Drive tray has a mind of its own
I have a Samsung CD/DVD-writer drive SH-S223F (5 1/4" ATA not USB). On Windows 7 lately, this drive has developed a mind of its own. Specifically, the drive tray keeps opening and closing randomly by ...
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Why would sound suddenly stop working on Windows 7?
I'm running Windows 7 RTM on a laptop and sometime between 7pm and 9:30pm tonight my sound stopped working.
I was away from the computer at the time and watched a youtube video with sound just before ...
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Firefox freezes while playing hulu on ubuntu
I'm running ubuntu jaunty (really kubuntu, but it shouldn't matter) with firefox 3.0.12 and adobe's flash 10 plugin, and I often have the problem that firefox freezes while I'm playing hulu. The video ...
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Hot graphics card while idle
Since yesterday my graphics card is quite hot even when the computer is idle.
It's a notebook running windows 7, with two graphics cards: an integrated Intel, and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
It shortens ...
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Debugging shell-extension that causes windows to freeze
For some time now, I have been living with and working around an annoying problem in Windows XP whereby any time I open a file dialog (Open/Save) in any program, not long afterwards, that program will ...
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Configure NAT on router PC
I have a problem with NAT configuration. I made my laptop to be a router, using Ubuntu 12.04. In the terminal, I typed:
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE
but the client still has ...
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Dell Inspiron 530 strange startup behavior .. why? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it normal for a Dell Inspiron 530 to have is fan to spin up 3 times before it POSTS?
I have a Dell Inspiron 530 desktop, which runs XP pro, and perhaps most unique to this ...
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Why is Windows 7 throttling my laptop CPU?
I have been dealing with this problem for months.
The Computer
Model: Dell XPS M1330 (specs found here; I have the full 4GB of RAM)
Age: 3+ years
OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
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Why does my laptop's CPU intermittently run REALLY slow?
My laptop's CPU is an Intel P8400, rated for operation at 2.26GHz.
However, sometimes it starts running really slow: the computer becomes nigh unusable, and utilities like CPU-Z show clock speeds in ...
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Troubleshooting "Verifying DMI pool data" hang
Last night after resolving a hijacked hosts file issue on my Vista desktop, I got a bluescreen (that I couldn't catch the details of) and my machine rebooted. Recently I've been having "Display driver ...
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Windows XP network shares not working
I have a few PCs sharing folders in the same workgroup. The Guest account is enabled. I'm not using Norton, McAfee or Windows firewall. I know that I have not run out of storage or memory. [...
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When I add users in Ubuntu I get panel errors regarding an applet?
I have install Ubuntu & GNOME (with minimum possible number of packages).
I can login and do anything I want. However, there is a strange thing: Whenever I log in, I see this message:
Error
The ...
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DVD Drive Failing on Windows 7
I have Windows 7 x64 running on an ASUS M50VM. The DVD drive works completely unreliably if not at all.
When I first got the machine it came with Windows XP and I upgraded it to Windows Vista X64 ...
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Windows 7 Locking up Randomly
I've got a Windows 7 machine that is locking up randomly. It can be in the first thirty seconds, or it can be hours later. There is nothing specific I can find that is running when it happens. When ...
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Not able to see Videos in Windows Vista
I can run all different formats of videos in all different players but i dont get to see video in any, i can just hear the audio. Is it because of some codec or some missing driver?
Also, i can see ...
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Printing with Zebra Printer
I am trying to print a bitmap image on a zebra printer (TLP-2844-Z) and it comes out incredibly blurry and faint but when I print it on a laser printer it looks fine. Also, when I printer plain text ...
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Cannot see all available wireless networks?
There are two wireless networks setup in my office, a primary one and a backup. Plus there are few other wireless networks nearby. However, Windows (XP SP3) has ceased to show other available wireless ...
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Windows vista stuck at the logon "please wait" screen
So, I got hit by a virus and it seems while I was trying to clean it, I removed something essential from the list of startup programs.
So, when windows starts, it gets stuck at the "please wait" ...
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Mysterious translucent rectangle box appears bottom left of win10 after latest update
I had to move the task bar to the side so it wouldnt cover the box in question. you can see the box here http://prntscr.com/o1l01u
That box is visible mainly when in full screen, such as background ...
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How can i launch Microsoft Edge in windows 10?
I can't seem to find Microsoft Edge anywhere.
After the most recent update it has disappeared from my Taskbar, my Start Menu got completely wiped and it isn't there either. I tried to search for it ...
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Diagnosing Random Computer Freezes [duplicate]
I bought a desktop computer a few months back. About 3 months ago it started freezing at random intervals, sometimes as much as 2-3 times per day, other times as little as once per week. The specs are ...
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What is the "Ideal Processor" value?
What is the "Ideal Processor" value and why/how does it pick a certain processor to run on?
I've recently seen an obvious increase in CPU usage on the furthest last core, core #7 (i7 930 ...
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Firewall blocks ICMP even with Allow rules, even when disbled
Sometime early October (right after update Tuesday???). My Window 7 home machine stopped responding to anything incoming. Effectively breaking iTunes, Sonos, TiVo Desktop, RDP etc. But all those ...
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Macbook Air's display won't turn off when lid is closed with external display
This highly annoying problem started recently on my MBA: when I connect it to my external display and close the lid, the screen doesn't turn off. The same occurs if I wake it up from sleep into this ...
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Dell Inspiron 1501 will not turn on
I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 purchased December 2007 and no warranty remaining. Today, the laptop will not turn on. I followed these Dell troubleshooting instructions, but still no success:
Computer ...
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When my printer fails to print with only "printer error" as the message, how can I find details?
Setup:
Windows XP, all patches and driver updates applied
Dell Latitude D620 in the docking station
HP color laserjet 2550L
Parallel cable
Sometimes when I undock (and I do suspend before undocking ...
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Laptop LCD Screen Flickering
I recognize this is most likely not a software error and likely lies in one of the hardware components.
However, about 3 months ago I replaced the LCD screen on this laptop. The company which I ...
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Outlook 2007 stops sending email periodically
I have Outlook 2007 on Windows 7 setup to send mail via gmail. I do this to archive the sent mail someplace searchable and off my computer. This works fine in Mail.app from my Mac and works some of ...
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Error encoding with ffmpeg: “[NULL @ 0x16a4010]error, non monotone timestamps”
I kept having trouble encode videos. I can encode the video to MPG but the size is 10+x bigger (no joke).
So I thought I'd do something simple. Strip the sound, copy the video like this:
ffmpeg -i 5....
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What happened to my Hard Drive?
I bought a WD MyBook 500GB to back up my two internal drives that I have had for over 4 years each. The backup went smoothly over Firewire at a respectable speed and everything was fine for months and ...
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Desktop PC not powering up
I have a DELL Desktop at home that's not powering up at all. When I turn on the power button there is no sign of a life, not even any lights turning on.
Do you think it would be the power supply? Do ...
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Why Google is no longer working with IE 6.0 SP1 in 2016?
First: I know IE 6 is long dead but I'm using it in a Windows 98 SE virtual machine. This VM is for archival purpose where I archive old Web browsers to share for nostalgia sake. This VM sole reason ...
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PC reboots regularly
Windows XP
RAID 5 drives
Intel Dual Core processor
2 GB Ram
I am running a processor temperature monitor. It does not appear to be overheating. I do not have virus. The PC freezes and reboots. I do ...
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Why is iTunes 10 opening spontaneously on Mac OS X 10.6?
It's driving me crazy! I can't find any option in preferences; I don't think I'm dealing with any media files, and the damn program just opens and opens and opens again no matter how many times I quit-...
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Samsung laptop randomly shuts down
I have a Samsung R560 laptop that is overheating, and shutting itself down under load consistently.
Here are my load/idle temps from Speedfan:
Ignore "Temp1 and Temp2", whatever sensors they are, ...
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Windows 10 Desktop PC will not go to sleep automatically based on set idle timer no matter what I try. What else can I try?
I have a Windows 10 Desktop PC I built recently with all new parts, Windows is fully updated, as are all drivers, BIOS, etc. I had a problem with my PC waking up from sleep randomly at night, and then ...