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Hello Bob. Seems like the association in for your default email program has been broken. Please follow the instructions listed here and set it back to your preferred email client. See if that helps. -- Goku

Hello Shawn. Have you tried the troubleshooting instructions listed in this Microsoft KB article? If yes, what results did it yield? -- Goku

Hello Lyppy. Can you please download and install the driver from here and see if it makes a difference or not? -- Goku

Hello Teabags. Have you tried the troubleshooting instructions listed here. If yes, then what results did it yield? -- Goku

Hello Netbookboy. Are you sure that the netbook's WLAN is on? There is usually a switch provided or a function key to do that so please check if that is enabled or not. Also, have you what make and model is the netbook? -- Goku

Hello Naigan. Some research on the internet reveals that the problems might be caused due to faulty firmware. Have you tried updating it to a newer version (if available) and see if it helps or not? -- Goku

Hello brenc. Please try the solution listed here and see if it helps or not. Good luck. :) -- Goku

Hello Lynbr. This is a common issue. Please try the solution listed here and see if it helps or not. Let us know how it goes. Good luck. -- Goku

Hello, old friend! Looks like the Wolf is back, fiercer than ever. It is good to have you back, Bob. :) -- Goku

Hello Pixelkitten. I am on a 64-bit OS myself and don't face any such problems. Can you think of any recent changes you made before you first encountered the problem? Also, this is a long shot, but have you tried updating the drivers? Incompatible or outdated drivers can cause the weirdest problems. -- Goku

Hello Pixelkitten. Can you give us a list of some programs that the problem occurs with? Also, have you tried reinstalling the problematic ones and see if it makes a difference? If yes, what results did it yield? -- Goku

Hello Lob-fun. I am sorry but I don't think we can assist you with that (for obvious reasons). Using your neighbour's unsecured Wi-Fi without their consent is tantamount to stealing and a legal offense (not to mention ethically wrong). Thread closed. -- Goku

Hello Jayden. I think you might be looking for something which simply doesn't exist. Source -- Goku

Happy Birthday Isaiah! Have a great one! :) -- Goku

Hello Dustin. This is a common Windows Vista problem that occurrs due to the corruption of the user profile. Please try the instructions given in the below article and see if they help or not. Good luck. :) Error message: "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded”, when logging on to Windows 7 or Windows Vista -- Goku

Hello and welcome to FPCH Tigerpilot1. Let's try and see if we can correct the problem on one of the browsers first before proceeding with the other. I am going to try to fix Firefox first because I am more comfortable with it. Please do the following. 1. Open Firefox. 2. Click on the Tools menu and select Options. 3. Switch to the Advanced tab and then click on the Network tab under it. 4. Click on the Settings box under Connection. 5. Check the option that says Use system proxy settings. 6. Close Firefox and re-open it. Please do the above steps and then try connecting to a website. Let us know if it helps or not. Good luck. :) -- Goku

Hello and welcome to FPCH Mini Li. :) Please try the below listed steps and see if they help or not: Open Computer. Browse to the following location: C:\WINDOWS\inf Search for a file named battery.inf. Right-click on the file and select the Install option. Wait for the installation to complete and then restart the computer. Let us know if it helps or not! Good luck. -- Goku

Hello Volcano. Try KeyTweak and see if it helps or not! :) -- Goku

Hello Rik. Seems to me that you just need to change what the power button in the Start menu does. Please follow the instructions listed here and see if they help or not. Good luck. :) -- Goku

Hello Rik. It might be a problem with a registry value. Please download the attached archive and double-click on the file within it. It will ask you if you want to merge the data of the file with your registry. Answer yes to the prompt and then wait for the confirmation message to pop up. Once that is done, try and shutdown the computer and see if the problem persists. -- Goku FixShutdown.zip

Hello Jaycee! I tried the script myself and got the same error you did. Perhaps that is because the script was written for Windows XP and not for Windows 7. In that case, I am starting to run out of ideas since Windows Explorer doesn't allow to customize it's templates for a specific folde and it's specific subfolders and I am nowhere experienced enough to write a script like that myself. I would like you to give this utility a try since it claims to do a lot of things to the a set of folders like changing their properties at once, rename them, etc. Let us know how it goes. :) -- Goku

No problems Missknowall. We all have been through that at some point and no how stressful it is. Computer problems have a knack of doing that. Hope all gets sorted out soon. :) -- Goku

Use 7-Zip. -- Goku

Hello Jaycee. Here is a script that claims to do exactly what you want to achieve. The instructions for its usage are provided in it too. Hope that helps. :) -- Goku

Hello Missknowall. I am afraid but once you start a diskcheck, there is no way you can stop it unless you manually shutdown/reboot the machine. You could do that but be advised, that it will almost certainly kill your hard drive. Sometimes people get lucky and the hard drive works but that is not always the case. That is some good news. Considering the status of your disk, it might be difficult to recover data off it later. There are plenty of reasons for hardware failure. The most common being cheap parts used in the manufacturing of products. There is not much we can do to safeguard ourselves against it. Again, if you are ABSOLUTELY desperate, you could try a hard restart and hope that the computer still works. However, if you can still wait a while, then try and wait for Neville or Randy or Frank to come on. They are much more competent than me in such matters and should be able to guide you well. Hope that helps. :) -- Goku