How to correct sudden massive Chrome memory leak? [more inside]
posted by drlith on Nov 18, 2009 - 7 answers

What is causing Firefox to crash when I scroll to a specific area of specific pages? [more inside]
posted by willnot on Nov 14, 2009 - 4 answers

Was it inappropriate for my instructor to have us view and write about this film for our midterm? [more inside]
posted by kitcat on Oct 30, 2009 - 79 answers

Damaged harddrive-- need to recover one particular file, but due to the damage, only perhaps 30% of the file is intact. What tools are available to just pull that 30% back? [more inside]
posted by Static Vagabond on Oct 15, 2009 - 4 answers

Hard drive(I think) corrupted - I'm drowning in information. Help? [more inside]
posted by R a c h e l on Oct 12, 2009 - 11 answers

My new computer freezes or reboots when I'm pushing it (e.g. encoding video). Can you help me figure out which part is bad before I start having to ship things back to newegg and pay restocking fees? [more inside]
posted by chndrcks on Sep 30, 2009 - 19 answers

Windows Vista 64. Computer started bluescreening at random a few days ago, with increasing frequency - it's up to several per day now. [more inside]
posted by sailoreagle on Sep 2, 2009 - 13 answers

I was in a pretty crappy head-on collision with another car tonight. Advice on what to do? [more inside]
posted by icarus on Aug 8, 2009 - 32 answers

West Coast Heatwave! I'm worried about my computer's hard drives, should I curtail my downloads and turn some drives off for the next few days until things cool down? [more inside]
posted by Auden on Jul 28, 2009 - 5 answers

Firefox on my iBook keeps crashing :( [more inside]
posted by lemonfridge on Jul 23, 2009 - 8 answers

How is collateral damage from rallying handled? [more inside]
posted by Ickster on May 21, 2009 - 2 answers

Firefox Forget-Me-Not: My browser no longer seems to remember me. [more inside]
posted by geekyguy on Apr 24, 2009 - 7 answers

What happens after a serious, possibly fatal, accident or crash? NOT an insurance question. [more inside]
posted by txvtchick on Apr 15, 2009 - 29 answers

Why hasn't private mortgage insurance (PMI) softened the blow of the real estate implosion? [more inside]
posted by GatorFan2000 on Apr 6, 2009 - 14 answers

In what percentage of large passenger jet crashes are there any survivors? And on those occasions, what is the average survival rate?
posted by Joe Beese on Apr 5, 2009 - 9 answers

My computer crashes a few minutes after it boots about 50% of the time. If the computer doesn't crash in the first few minutes it won't typically crash. The crashes are strange; the audio coming out the speakers studders, then the mouse stops moving, and then everything on the monitors stop moving (the monitors stay static until I reboot). No blue/black screen and it doesn't unfreeze even if I wait 20-30 minutes. I have to reset the computer to get it working again. I work in IT, and have tried lots of things to fix this problem. Some of the things I've tried as well as the specs on the machine are listed inside. [more inside]
posted by gregr on Mar 24, 2009 - 7 answers

Wiped PC, reinstalled XP, now Firefox crashes VERY frequently. [more inside]
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Mar 24, 2009 - 5 answers

Who will I turn to after Ma.gnolia? [more inside]
posted by ismaelsobek on Feb 9, 2009 - 15 answers

I'm moving overseas from the US in less than a year, and my stellar powers of observation tell me that there's a good chance the dollar is going to eat shit before then. My savings are <$10,000, what can I do with them to ensure that I'm not cursing the economy when I leave? Is putting it in foreign currency enough, or is there a better option? How do I do that? [more inside]
posted by borkingchikapa on Dec 15, 2008 - 12 answers

Somebody loaned me their car for a week. I managed to ding the bumper. Help me figure out if this is something I can fix myself or if I need to take it to a body shop. Pictures inside. [more inside]
posted by floam on Nov 1, 2008 - 19 answers

I was rear ended in Michigan (a no-fault state) last week but I still wasn't guilty. Although I don't have collision coverage with my insurance, I have neck pains and my car has been totaled. What are my options here? [more inside]
posted by GrooveStix on Oct 2, 2008 - 15 answers

I have a 1 year old macbook which keeps freezing for no apparent reason. When it happens a message appears saying I have to restart the computer by holding down the power button. It started happening after I set up a 3G internet connection but I guess that's probably a coincidence. I can't think of anything else that could have caused it. Any ideas?
posted by Andy Harwood on Oct 1, 2008 - 10 answers

I was listening to public radio this morning and they were talking about the current financial crisis on Wall Street. The expert said, "We will pull through this. America is resilient." That surprised me, as the idea of us not pulling through never occurred to me. But now I'm wondering: what would happen if we didn't "pull through"? As in, explain to me the rock bottom scenario for the United States' current situation and how we get to it. Obviously make it realistic it enough that I can have some really substantial nightmares.
posted by ictow on Sep 19, 2008 - 19 answers

The Last-External-Hard-Drive-I-Ever-Buy is stuck between heaven and hell. Can anyone please help me figure out how to rescue it? [more inside]
posted by LongDrive on Sep 2, 2008 - 5 answers

Whilst backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountains, a friend of mine came across what appeared to be the detritus of an aircraft crash. [more inside]
posted by basicchannel on Aug 27, 2008 - 21 answers

Hard Drive Crashed after a week... should I risk a return under warranty if it contains personal info? [more inside]
posted by Auden on Aug 25, 2008 - 16 answers

My external hard drive just crashed so can anyone suggest a Portland, OR, based data recovery service?
posted by tangyraspberry on Aug 25, 2008 - 9 answers

UK 80s gaming magazine question: Who drew "Bug Hunters", the comic strip with the big four armed robot, for CRASH and C&VG magazine? [more inside]
posted by Artw on Aug 18, 2008 - 2 answers

Why does Firefox always crash when I try to access the Guardian website? [more inside]
posted by clair-de-lune on Aug 15, 2008 - 8 answers

How do I transparently share files from a Windows Server 2008 box to several XP computers? I want it to stop asking for a username and password when people try to access files. Also, can anyone point me in the right direction to solving this weird network issue I've been having? [more inside]
posted by Magnakai on Aug 9, 2008 - 6 answers

I hate doing this, but I have a computer issue and need help. Apologies in advance. Random pauses while it's running... what broke? [more inside]
posted by backseatpilot on Jul 7, 2008 - 16 answers

My PC has been crashing - I can move the mouse - but everything else is dead as a doornail. Apps don't respond, clock doesn't change etc. As though the display is frozen in time. Any ideas?
posted by zeoslap on Jun 30, 2008 - 14 answers

Why are my high CPU load applications crashing? [more inside]
posted by lpctstr; on Jun 18, 2008 - 25 answers

I have an old Active XP-Pen graphics tablet with up to date drivers that I use for occasional graphic design work in Photoshop CS2. All seems to be fine except when I use the smudge tool. After a short while the action on screen becomes laggy and then Photoshop hangs completely. No amount of waiting has brought it back so far so I lose work. Will getting a nice shiney new Wacom tablet solve my problem or is this more likely a hardware issue on my PC's side? [more inside]
posted by merocet on Jun 16, 2008 - 5 answers

ComputerDebugFilter: How can I find out what caused my computer to crash? [more inside]
posted by bmalicoat on May 16, 2008 - 6 answers

My 15" Powerbook from 2003, running OS X.3, just froze up and demanded that I restart my computer. Why? [more inside]
posted by thecaddy on May 15, 2008 - 9 answers

iTunes failure. Version 6.0.5. Attempting to open it through terminal gives "terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range' what(): basic_string::substr" [more inside]
posted by klangklangston on May 1, 2008 - 9 answers

Server/network/IT-Filter? Windows Vista keeps, or more specifically explorer.exe drops my network transfers, how can I fix this or what is the best Explorer replacement? Also, how can I make Windows Server 2008 more useful on the small scale (more inside of course) ... [more inside]
posted by cgomez on Apr 17, 2008 - 4 answers

Photoshop CS keeps crashing when I try and save a file. WHY? [more inside]
posted by actionpact on Jan 29, 2008 - 9 answers

I have just been offered a staff position at a large University of California campus. Given that my current job is with a small (employees<15) consulting company in the technology field, and given the current national (and global) economic situation; is a UC job more likely to be stable in the next 5 years when compared to one in a small tech company? Also, what's it like to work at a UC? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 23, 2008 - 16 answers

If the stock market were to completely crash this year, how would the effects differ from 1929? [more inside]
posted by raikkohamilonso on Jan 8, 2008 - 16 answers

Please help me figure out how to get on an airplane. [more inside]
posted by Cat Pie Hurts on Nov 26, 2007 - 25 answers

I know it's early in the morning, but hopefully someone who can help is out there. My RAID-5 array just went titsup...while attempting to add a disk. Please tell me I didn't lose a terrabyte of mostly irreplaceable data... [more inside]
posted by geckoinpdx on Nov 25, 2007 - 8 answers

My laptop crashes about 80% of the time when I pick it up or put it down, even when I'm ultra-ginger. Why? Before you cry "Disable the sudden motion sensor!" as far as I can tell, I don't think it even has one. [more inside]
posted by cocoagirl on Nov 19, 2007 - 16 answers

All the Microsoft Office 2004 apps on my PowerBook (10.4.10) have stopped working. The icons bounce around in the Dock, and a Microsoft Error Reporting application launches, but nothing happens. I've attempted to rebuild my Entourage database but it won't respond; I have also tried fixing the permissions but with no luck. Any ideas? [more inside]
posted by skylar on Nov 16, 2007 - 12 answers

Excel for Mac freezes on copy (command-c)! Help. [more inside]
posted by lucasks on Nov 12, 2007 - 1 answer

if my computer crashes will I lose my data on my second internal harddrive like I would on my first? [more inside]
posted by Rustbeard on Oct 14, 2007 - 14 answers

Xbox 360 + 64Mb memory card + BioShock + crash = _RAGE_. Any way back? [more inside]
posted by StephenF on Oct 4, 2007 - 5 answers

WhatIf Filter - What would happen if the dollar 3/4ths of it's value? [more inside]
posted by richter_x on Sep 9, 2007 - 10 answers

I got hit by a car on a bicycle while carrying a laptop. Bicycle & laptop are busted, but thankfully I'm not. What do I do now, legally speaking? [more inside]
posted by suedehead on Sep 7, 2007 - 19 answers