Linus' House of IT: 15 cents please

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Abigail Crabby

Good morning Linus

I have a tech question?


Lately my computer freezes up -

I don't even have to be on it - I'll come home from work and it's frozen and I have to hard reboot.

I tried doing a roll back on Vista but I get an error message on that as well......

Help?

How much disk space is left on the C:?

Have you installed anything lately on to the system?

[Abigail Crabby]

Originally Posted by Linus

How much disk space is left on the C:?

Have you installed anything lately on to the system?

211 free gigs

and the only thing I updated was my flash player for farmville?

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Abigail Crabby

211 free gigs

and the only thing I updated was my flash player for farmville?

No Windows updates?

[Bit]

Hello, Linus! *pours lotsa coins into tip jar*

I have a weird problem that I cannot figure out how to solve; my computer screen keeps changing colors on me. Right now it's yellow; all the colors are grayed out, and everything which should be bright white is a strange grayed out greenish yellow. After a few minutes, it will switch to another color. I cannot find the setting to turn this weirdness off. Right now, I notice it's slowly leaving yellow and going more green. The smilies are all pink instead of bright yellow...

I'm running Windows 7, IE--it does affect the whole computer, not just the browser. It even affects the games.

Sure hope you know where to look to change this setting; calibrating the colors and changing themes does nothing to affect it.

Thanks!

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Bit

Hello, Linus! *pours lotsa coins into tip jar*

I have a weird problem that I cannot figure out how to solve; my computer screen keeps changing colors on me. Right now it's yellow; all the colors are grayed out, and everything which should be bright white is a strange grayed out greenish yellow. After a few minutes, it will switch to another color. I cannot find the setting to turn this weirdness off. Right now, I notice it's slowly leaving yellow and going more green. The smilies are all pink instead of bright yellow...

I'm running Windows 7, IE--it does affect the whole computer, not just the browser. It even affects the games.

Sure hope you know where to look to change this setting; calibrating the colors and changing themes does nothing to affect it.

Thanks!

Is this a laptop or a desktop?

If it's a desktop, check the connections at the back of the computer and see if the monitor cable is loose.

If that doesn't work, ensure the video card is set in place. This will mean turning off the computer, opening the case and carefully ensuring the card is fully seated. Check the back where the connection is and ensure that none of the pins are bent.

If you have a 2nd monitor, attach that and see if it results in the same behaviour.

If these suggestions don't work or it's a laptop, please take it to a Geek Squad location. It's possible that something happened to the card.

[Bit]

Thank you, Linus! Tis a desktop; I'll check the cord and card.

[Abigail Crabby]

Originally Posted by Linus

No Windows updates?

ummmm color me blonde - but where do I find the information that shows what and how many updates? not all that computer literate here lol

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Abigail Crabby

ummmm color me blonde - but where do I find the information that shows what and how many updates? not all that computer literate here lol

Go to Start --> Settings --> Control Panel.

Select Add and Remove Programs.

The listing of updates is there.

[Abigail Crabby]

Originally Posted by Linus

Go to Start --> Settings --> Control Panel.

Select Add and Remove Programs.

The listing of updates is there.

Ummm there seems to be 25 of them - I'm so lost

[Linus]

You can sort them by date installed. What we need to see is which ones were most recently installed.