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 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 on Jun 30, 2008 - 14 answers

Why are my high CPU load applications crashing? [more inside]
posted 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 on Jun 16, 2008 - 5 answers

ComputerDebugFilter: How can I find out what caused my computer to crash? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 on Apr 17, 2008 - 4 answers

Photoshop CS keeps crashing when I try and save a file. WHY? [more inside]
posted 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 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 on Jan 8, 2008 - 15 answers

Please help me figure out how to get on an airplane. [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 on Nov 16, 2007 - 12 answers

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

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

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

WhatIf Filter - What would happen if the dollar 3/4ths of it's value? [more inside]
posted 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 on Sep 7, 2007 - 19 answers

My laptop screen randomly locks up and gets all 'snowy', I have no idea why. [more inside]
posted on Aug 13, 2007 - 3 answers

Given the current market situation, should I buy a condo in Chicago? [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2007 - 22 answers

I have just spent the afternoon watching stocks around the world decline partially based on sub prime market fallout. My question is how can things be so great when the Fed is handing out stacks of cash to keep things stable (34 Billion USD and counting, not including the international bail out)?
posted on Aug 10, 2007 - 25 answers

I'm running Firefox 2.0.0.5 and Roboform extension v6.9.4. When I visit Gmail, I get a ridiculously high memory spike, usually about 200mb. Why is this? [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2007 - 2 answers

how can the downloading of a specific file crash a router? a few years back, at work, our router started crashing every few minutes. turns out one of my coworkers was trying to download a PDF from an FTP site. in the middle of the download the router would just stop working. [more inside]
posted on Jul 7, 2007 - 9 answers

One of my best friends just had a major car accident in which a motorcyclist died. What can I do to help him out? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2007 - 16 answers

Mysterious bangkok street photos.
I was recently in Bangkok and took, on my camera phone, two photos (one in focus one not).
Could anyone explain/wildly speculate what occured to create this scene? ie. What the ball is and why was it steaming/smoking? What is the sandy stuff on the floor? How did it come to crush a motorbike? [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2007 - 10 answers

Diagnosing multicolor screens of death [more inside]
posted on May 24, 2007 - 2 answers

I lost all my (unsaved) work in Excel 2003 when my system did an auto-update restart without my permission. Please Help. [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2007 - 4 answers

Windows XP: my wife's computer locks up a few times a day, but there are no other symptoms. What could be wrong? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2007 - 16 answers

Can I fix a corrupted XP boot by copying the system files over from another installation drive? [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2007 - 11 answers

There is something wrong with my computer. Help me diagnose what is causing bsods, random restarts and registry errors. [more inside]
posted on Feb 19, 2007 - 8 answers

My Mac powerbook crashed. I had backed up 99% of everything, so it wasn't as painful as it could have been. But for some weird reason iPhoto doesn't show that I have any photos. [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2007 - 5 answers

[YetAnotherMacQuestionFilter]Seemingly random crashes with my only-five-months-old MacBook trigger trautmatic flashbacks of my time as a Windows user. Your Mac savvy- or referrals to a skilled therapist- are appreciated. [more inside]
posted on Feb 4, 2007 - 13 answers

How can I get access to my protected image folder from a dead laptop and find my email that i backed up on that drive from a new computer? [more inside]
posted on Jan 9, 2007 - 4 answers

Safari 2.04 will not boot on my Dual 2 GHz G5 mac (10.4.8). [more inside]
posted on Dec 28, 2006 - 7 answers

A speeding driver just about rear-ended my delivery truck. I know how long her skidmarks are. Can I determine how fast she was driving? [more inside]
posted on Dec 21, 2006 - 19 answers

What kills people when they drive into the ditch? Is it rolling over, or just the high speeds of the highway? [more inside]
posted on Dec 17, 2006 - 19 answers

My wife got into a car accident last week. I wasn't with her, The story is, someone cut her off and slammed on the breaks and she had to turn to avoid him, she over turned and someone else almost hit her so she turned again and the car started rolling. it was an SUV and that made the flipping so easy. She is unharmed, she did not hit anyone, but the car is totalled. [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2006 - 15 answers

My Macbook kernel panicked today, and I've had a fair amount of applications crash since I switched to OS X a week ago. Is this normal? If not, how do I fix or reduce the crashes in the future? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2006 - 24 answers

Can my 2002 iBook be revived? [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2006 - 11 answers

Was working on an InDesign file, and i just up and crashed. Now it's corrupted, as are the saved copies. [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2006 - 8 answers

Is there a way for me to restart Windows Explorer (the shell) when it crashes, eliminates my taskbar and all desktop icons, but otherwise my open programs are working fine? Don't want to have to restart everything. [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2006 - 23 answers

How likely is it *really* that there's something worse than bruising wrong with me after a minor car accident? [more inside]
posted on Oct 9, 2006 - 15 answers

Help! My computer freezes almost instantly after power-on! [more inside]
posted on Sep 29, 2006 - 6 answers

Has noscript killed my Firefox, and if so what do I do about it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 28, 2006 - 8 answers

I'm guessing my hard drive is dead? [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2006 - 7 answers

I was away from home for a week. When I left my desktop was fine. I came back today and it is randomly either freezing or restarting after 5-10 minutes use. I took the side off and no hardware is making funny noises. What could the most likely culprit be? I can't get it to stay on long enough to do any testing. [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2006 - 14 answers

Firefox crashes whenever I want to download/save file, or open Extensions or Options dialog box. [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2006 - 6 answers

My Windows 2003 PC with a Matrox Parhelia randomly hard-locks when I'm running any 3D application. Does anyone know what might be the cause? [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2006 - 9 answers