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Q: I have windows vista and all of a sudden a few days ago my system continuously reboots with blue screen error message and then shuts down, reboots again etc etc.

I stopped the rebooting to read the error message and got – STOP: Ox0000008E (OxC0000005, Ox81CBF164, Ox9642A7FC, Ox0000000)

I have tried looking up info on the net, but am really not technical and finding the suggestions really hard to understand. I have read that you need to check drivers, BIOS etc, but have no idea how to do this exactly – could someone please instruct me in layman’s terms how to go about this? I tried system restore, but it says that there are no restore points to revert to. I do not have a CD – the computer did not come with one.

Any help would be great!

Q: I had an Acer Asprie running Windows Vista and the applications on it were always stopping/hanging. I was told that I should upgrade to Windows 7 and that would solve the problem but it has not. Kodak share, Lexmark Image, DVD Fab, DVD Shrink, etc. Do I need to do a clean install with Windows 7?

Q: I made recovery discs when I first bought my computer and I would like to set it back to the day I bought it but when I put the discs in nothing happens. How do I do this Windows Vista?

Q: I have an Acer Aspire 3680 with Windows Vista on it. I want to change this by installing Windows XP Pro from my desktop computer. Can I do this and how?

Q: I need to hard wire a computer w/Vista 64 bit to Windows XP 32 bit can this be done and what router should I purchase.

Q: I have a Sony VAIO vgn-ns240e laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. Is it possible to downgrade it to Windows XP and is it free or not? I don’t have a Windows XP installation disc or key.

Q: I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 and now I get a the error message “Windows detected a hard disk problem”. I’ve tried everything nothing seems to work.

Q: Ok I have messed up big time. I need help! I was running Windows Vista 64 bit on a Dell studio 1535. I had created a partition off my C drive so I could install Windows 7 64bit. I had set it up to duel boot and everything was fine until I decided to stick with only windows 7.

Not thinking I formatted my C drive and lost my boot files so it wouldn’t load anything. Now all I have to load up is vista 32bit. So when installed runs fine, but cant do any thing really. Can I boot off of my recovery drive some how from 32 bit vista into a 64 bit recovery drive?

Q: I have an alienware monitor which is brand new. I was using windows vista and everything was great. I just updated to windows 7 and Now my Screen is too small for my monitor. I tried the resolution settings but they don’t make the screen any bigger. I spent good money on this monitor and I’d like to be using all of it. Any suggestions?

Q: How do I recover deleted browser history? Windows Vista, and the browser IE7. Is it possible to use the regedit command to view it?