Today while typing in notepad, the keyboard suddenly switched from Dvorak keyboard layout to Qwerty. Yesterday Opera did it. Before Opera did it, Open Office did it.When I close the offending program Dvorak is restored.I am NOT using the language bar and do not have qwerty set as a default layout, Only dvorak.
View 1 RepliesFirst off, I'm using Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6Ghz, a 2-year old Powercolor Ati Radeon HD4870, an 8-year old Philips 107T CRT monitor, 4GB RAM, 600W power supply. I'm using a VGA-DVI adaptor to connect the monitor to the 4870 DVI port. Now, what's been happening is that sometimes my monitor would go off randomly. Can't reproduce the problem if I try.Another problem which I'm not sure if it's related is that sometimes when I boot up the computer, 8 beeps are heard, and nothing displays on the monitor. I'm able to get it to display by switching off and on the system, sometimes a few times. I just re-installed Windows, got the latest updates for the graphics drivers, and I thought everything would be fine. But my monitor froze when I was surfing, and when I reset the system, the problem happened again.
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The absolutely annoying problem is that the card stops working randomly. The usual relay switch sound can be heard (the click) and then only a restart can turn it on: Quote: The clicks are not directly related to the power supply; they come from the relays that are used to disconnect the card from its outputs jacks to prevent pops in the speakers when powering on the computer. (There are also relays for switching to the front panel and for switching between the line-in and mic-in functions, but they sound of those is probably masked by your mouse's clicking.) I tested the card on another machine, where it was working just fine, but when I moved it back to my machine 15 seconds after I played online radio it switched off The computer is not even under heavy load, so it doesn't matter if I play heavy games or just browse the internet. The floppy cable is properly connected and the power supply is more than powerful to feed it. The weirdest part is that this same card worked just fine for like a full year and during that time no hardware changes have been made. It just started switching off like 2 weeks ago for no apparent reason.
Does everything look fine here? - Ubuntu Pastebin Could it be an IRQ problem/conflict?I'm helpless Any ideas what to test/do in order to establish what the problem is?
I use a dvorak keyboard (it is great and everyone should learn it) as my only keyboard on my computer. The actual physical keyboard is a qwerty, and i have changed it to a dvorak through the keyboards and languages section. I am the only person to use my computer, and therefore there is only one account on it.My dilemma is that the password screen for the account still remains in qwerty, and i can't find out how to change the keyboard system-wide. I know there is a help link under change keyboards that tells you to click on the language button on the welcome screen, but i would like the default to be dvorak.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedThe PC happens to be shutting down on its own and worse thing that frightens me is that it does not switch back on for at least the next 30 mins or so .. something like a cooling period.. I'm pretty sure that it may not be a heating issue because this shutting down does not necessarily happen when playing graphic intensive games.. happens sometimes when I leave the PC unattended or when there is just some mp3 playing on it.. hard for me to diagnose the root cause. The event viewer in control panel (which is something amazing in win 7 for troubleshooters !) seems to be capturing too many errors / warning / critical events. These shut downs happen to be critical events.
The log from the most recent shutdown last night is as below.
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 22-07-2012 09:53:32
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
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Bought new laptop 4 month ago and this problem have been all the time.When I bought then it was freezing when I was surfing with Internet explorer and its just freezed (Is not working).But now is just freezing/shuting down.Few times have been blue death screen aswell.
My System Specifications
Operating System:
Windows 2.6.1.7601 (Service Pack 1)
CPU Type:
Intel� Core� i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
CPU Speed:
2.02 GHz
System Memory:
7.95 GB
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My computer freezes randomly windows 7 ultimate 64bit so what can i do?
View 3 Replies View RelatedAlright, here are my pc specs first: I5-2310, 8gb Ram, geforce 560 gtx, 450 watt psu. 1.5 tb hdd. I am having an issue where my pc will randomly hang for a second or too, sometimes when something loads sometimes it just does it randomly, its really starting to worry me, I've scanned for viruses, and defragged my hard drive and this has not fixed it. Does it every 30-60 mins on average.
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Running Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz
4GB of ram
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mother board
Gigabyte 9600 GT 512 MB
Bus speed 332.9 MHz
Rated FSB 1331.7 MHz
DRAM frequency 400.0MHz
Nvidia Geforece 9600GT
Core:600 Mhz
Shaders: 1500 Mhz
Memory:90 0Mhz
My system switches itself off by itself, not during the day but early morning and only once. My event log has the following for this morning...
The system is entering sleep.
Sleep Reason: Application API
The browser has forced an election on network DeviceNetBT_Tcpip_{E869950A-E304-4E84-AFE3-15E615C2279A} because a master browser was stopped.
My acer travelmate 800 just switches off when Loading just as it reaches 'windows is starting' and that is after loading all files.
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I was planning on purchasing a switch (Still not sure what to purchase yet. I am looking for something around 10 ports) and connecting it directly by a network cable to my Belkin Wireless G Universal Range Extender Router. Then connecting all the computers to the switch. All the computers connected to the switch will be running either XP, Vista or 7.
Is this going to work? What kind of settings am I going to need to change on the OS's to make them all be able to interact with each other in the games. Are their easier ways to do this?
I have no previous networking experience and am only 14, so go easy.
I built a new computer at the start of last month based on a core i7 930. I loaded Windows 7 64bit with no problems and left the system running overnight doing some stress tests. In the morning things were still fine so I loaded up some app's and used the computer for about 3 hours without trouble. The problem came when I tried a restart where the PC got as far as the starting windows screen then switched off. No BSOD no errors just off. At first I thought I had a hardware fault but after reloading windows the problem went away.
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So ive run out of ports on my router (D-Link DIR-825) and my 8 port switch (ASUS GX-D1081). I recently went out and bought an identical 8 port switch. When I try and plug this new switch into my router any device connected to the switch does not receive and IP address. Am I doing anything wrong or forgetting to enable some setting.
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OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU
M 350 @ 2.27GHz, 2266 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date: Hewlett-Packard F.29, 7/11/2011
SMBIOS Version: 2.6
Hardware Abstraction Layer: Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory: 3.80 GB
Available Physical Memory: 1.63 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 7.60 GB
Available Virtual Memory: 4.90 GB
Page File Space: 3.80 GB
PC boots normally, though somehow slowly � you can really hear the HD is working hard! Wireless is connected as it should, as one of the last tasks in the entire start up process. Good signal with 4-5 pins in the internet access icon down in the right corner of the lower menu bar, and no problems with connection to the internet. However, after 1 minute or so, I can hear the HD start working intensively again, and then it disconnects the internet access, shown by a red cross over the internet access icon. Just before that, the screen flashes a bit, and the color of the lower menu bar becomes slightly more pale, as if some booting is still going on. Going into the Services.msc, the WLAN Auto Config says that it is started, but opening it in �General�, it says Stop. When I click on Start, it reconnects and works fine again. If I do nothing, after yet another 2-3 minutes it tries to reconnect, and eventually after 5-8 minutes after reboot it is reconnected, and work fine again. I off course use Antivirus program (Microsoft Essentials) and have installed all the latest Windows 7 updates, including SP1.
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I'm currently under seige from Sandy and my sump pump reservoirs are filling up with water. Fortunately, I still have my power, but I was hoping I could find an alarm that would sound whenever my Laptop switches from AC power to the battery power. When the power goes out I need to immediately run outside and fire up the generator so my basement doesn't flood... and without an alarm, I'll sleep right through the power going out. But, I'm tired. I have a toddler that wore my ass out today... and I can't stay up all night.So, I'm hoping to get some sleep before I lose power. That's why I need this.
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