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It is found that there is electric shock when I touch any metal part of the cabinet. Over the last several years I never had such an issue. What may be the reason and solution? The first thing I did on finding the issue was to check the mains earthing using a multimeter and it seems alright...

have been using legal XP OEM for the past 3 years. I had formatted and reinstalled several times and there was no problem activating again. Same with occasional hardware changes. Now that I am upgrading almost everything other than HDD and ODD, is it likely that I may face problems? And if so...

I have ordered MSI P45 Neo-F (+E8400) and expecting it within two days. But there seems to be lot of complaints on the web reg the mobo, for eg., @ newegg.com like difficulty in Bios update, problems with Nvidia cards etc. Those of you using it pl post their own personal experiences.

My Viewsonic VX922 is having problems the third time and after two replacements. After booting up the PC, the monitor is blank and the LED on the switch on button keeps blinking. Pressing the button switches it off. Repeating it several times makes the monitor work normally. I am fed up with...

My attempt to copy a DL DVD (The Sound of Music) failed. Then when I tried to create an image, it is found that the problem was low disk space. I have total of 10 GB in C and only > 7.5 GB is free. Is there any way out, other than repartitioning? Or can I resize C without need for re...

This is an excerpt from anandtech- "For consistency of test results, we use a standard premium silver-colored thermal compound. In our experience, the thermal compound used makes little to no difference in cooling test results. This is particularly true now that processors ship with a large...

Those of us interested in purchasing online will be interested to know that we can now purchase from Prime online. *www.primeabgb.com/

My Sony DRU 810-A had worked well for almost exactly 2 years without any issues. But from yesterday the tray is coming out and going in on its own every few minutes, without any disc in it. What may be the cause and any possible solution?

Today when I happened to look for what services are running in my XP Home, there was a new service "ATK Keyboard Service" which was never seen previously. The path is "C:\WINDOWS\ATKKBService.exe". A search in google refers to some Asustek Keyboard Service and also to some trojans. (I use MS KB...

I would like to know whether any of you have tried Nvidia Purevideo and if so how much it improves the movie experience. Also from where I can purchase it?

I tried Nlite for the first time to create a Win XP Cd/DVD with all hot fixes, drivers etc. I used genuine XP. I was able to integrate autopatcher but integrating drivers seem impossible. I had copied all drivers like chipset, graphics, audio, monitor etc. to the D drive and had used them at the...

My Viewsonic LCD monitor VX922 bought about seven months back is having a serious display problem. Its brightness suddenly decreased to the minimum. The monitor's menu for adjusting brightness is always there on the screen and on pressing the button to increase the brightness, the brightness...

I am getting the following error message every time the pc is booted up. It began after installing Sony Ericsson PC Suite. It is appearing even after disabling error reporting. "Capi_Worker module has encountered a problem and need to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Somebody pl...

When I try to open the Pen Drive I am getting the error message "Unable to open Script file F:\MSDLL.dll.vbs". It happened after copying two powerpoint files from another office. But the files can be opened through 'Explore' option on right click. AVG reported that the drive may be infected by...

Now when I booted up my PC it is seen that something is crawling on the LCD screen. On closer inspection it is found to be two small ants. When I tried to remove them using a small piece of paper it was found that they are not on the screen but behind the screen or may be behind its outer layer...

I have been using sify mail.com for long and there was no problem other than unsolicited mails. But now the problem is that mails cannot be deleted from the inbox. Hope somebody will help. WinXP fully updated, IE7, Firefox.

It is learnt that Acronis is giving free the serial no. for True Image 7 after you register. I would like to know whether it is true and also how good is this older version. the link is *www.acronis.com/mag/vnu-ati7

I have my C Drive installed with XP Home SP2 with all updates (Genuine). I wanted to format it and reinstall. But booting with the XP CD, I am getting provisions to upgrade and repair only and not to format. I could manage to delete one of the partitions but not C. I even downloaded an Fdisk...

Two days ago I noticed there is a new icon in the takbar. When double clicked, it is shown as Java J2SE Update6. In the Add/Remove it was shown to consume 116MB. Thinking that it may be harmful, I have removed it. I dont know how it came into being. I am using genuine XP Home with all critical...

In digit as well as other forums, 120 mm cabinet fans are recommended for their better air circulation and lower noise compared to the popular 80 mm ones. In search of such fans I have enquired at different places in Kerala, even at big dealers and they are not even aware that such fans exist...