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why does it say I have a notifications when I have no IMs or no notification thread updates and how to I make it say 0 instead of 1.... ?

Toshiba L455D-s5776 was hacked and now I have a black screen. PC turns on and the fan blows but will not boot up. I have tried to resetting it, f12,f8,taking the battery out for 1min,5mins Everything I could find on Google. Please help,I saved two years to buy pc. Thanks

I have an older (circa 2005-2006 or so) Panasonic reciever and surround sound system. For some reason, we woke up new years day, and the volume no longer works on it. Turning the nob on the receiver itself, nor the volume remote button works. The remote functions as normal in every other way...

Hi everyone, I have a Toshiba laptop running windows 10. I tried to update several times but it kept going to sleep and interrupted the download. I shut off all things that would allow it to sleep! Unfortunately, I may have turned the screen off. when it rebooted now I can't see anything on...

Having trouble running an ISO through UUI, im getting "7-Zip Cannot find Archive" Followed by "I couldn't Find a configuration file. Dreamlinux-5,iso is not supported. Please report the exact steps taken to arrive at this message. My Steps: D/Ld the ISO saved to my desktop, from here i dragged...

Can anyone tell me when you format an SD card using my 830 Alcatel Tablet running some point one nougat if once it is been installed properly as internal storage it will show physically my internal storage as more than what the original was. I think that there is been an error because I put an...

I have samsung j7 pro and i forgot my direction password so how can I get that password or I can reset another one kindly let me know if anyone know how to unlock the things need ur help...

Hi there, The users of Tom's Hardware have always steered me in the right direction so here I am again asking for your help! I'm upgrading to the Sony x900e, and I'm also getting a 1080ti ftw3 to connect to it...as much as I love my current receive it's super old (Bravia engine 1 old) and I'd...

installed the hard drive and have an iso on flash drive but can't get things kicked off, looking for any suggestions, thanks

Need a program to keep track of cpu temps or any other useful programs for my new pc

Hello, In the beginning, please excuse my broken english, I'm not a native speaker. Because I want to combine the useful with the pleasure, I would like to buy a Yamaha RX-A870. At the same time I felt in love with analog sound so I would like to know how would I record a stereo sound from this...

I am downloading ark survival evolved on steam.... It says it is at 100% done downloading 20.1 / 20.1 but the disk (the green line) is still going and it is telling me that it is going to be an 1 hour+ longer... Anyone know why this is happening?

Basically, I had issues with downloading off the Windows Store. I came across this solution on Tom's Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2797267/windows-store-error-code-0x80240437.html I followed the instructions but have since realised it is a terrible idea to set anything to...

Can you tell me how to save games progress to facebook if the developer doesn't have it in game on an RCA Viking pro tablet

Hello, people of Tom's Hardware. Usually Googling my problem yields results, but this particular problem's answer escapes my grasp. Last Monday there was a storm in my area. This storm happened to have destroyed (not quite sure what the proper word would be) my router and thus my internet...

I have any DVD and clone. I been using this for bout 4 years now. I can decode DVD . but when I put in blank DVD to copy it keeps saying bad media . can anyone help me with what this means. I tried 2 different blank dvds as well. Thanks

I have attempted to register with several sites over the last few years, the type where they send an email with a link included which must be followed to complete the registration process. I never receive that email in most cases. These are not just blog sites, they include payment sites for...

my laptop is i7 620m 4GB samsung DDR4 ram Radeon mobility 5000 1GB graphics card my pc was [erforming alright few days ago was able to play bo2 easily on 1080p but today it laggs even on the simplistic of tasks. Something i realized that in the first 10 min of using my pc it perfroms quiet...

Hello Tom's Hardware Community! My Dad has an old IBM Thinkpad Laptop running Windows XP. In the past months, the screen would just randomly black out (and stay black). But, while annoying, just closing the computer and waiting for it to go to sleep and opening it back up would make it work...