Fix Base System Device Not Found in Device Manager Get rid of those annoying question marks I recently did a clean install of Windows 7 on my PC and downloaded all the drivers from the manufacture’s website and thought everything was good to go. I happened to go into Device Manager and noticed that there was a problem withBase System Device. Actually, there were several Base System Device driver errors, all with question marks....

Fix Detected DNS Cache Poisoning Attack Message Plus find out if it’s an internal error I have ESET Smart Security installed on one of my PCs and I recently got an alert message saying the following: Whoops! That definitely didn’t sound too good. A DNS cache poisoning attack is basically the same thing as DNS spoofing, which basically means the DNS name server cache has been compromised and when requesting a webpage, instead of getting the real server, the request is redirected to a malicious computer that can download spyware or viruses to the computer....

HDG Explains – Swapfile.sys, Hiberfil.sys and Pagefile.sys in Windows And how they help your computer start faster In previous versions of Windows, you probably remember the good old paging file. It is used when physical memory becomes over-committed and it holds objects that usually have not been accessed in a long time. That ispagefile.sys. Next, we had the hibernate option in Windows that let you save the kernel and all applications to your hard drive so that you could start your computer back up faster than doing a full reboot....

Should You Upgrade to Windows 8? This was a dilemma back in 2012 Over the past few months, we’ve covered a significant amount of tips and hints regarding Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, Windows 8. However, we’ve yet to mention any tips regarding whether or not we would recommend Windows 8 to our site visitors and subscribers. The fact is, many people will be updating their operating systems to Windows 8 later this month and many won’t....

Unable to Boot Windows with External Hard Drive Attached? 6 different methods to fix this problem I recently purchased a 2TB Western Digital My Book and connected it up to my Windows PC at home. Everything was working great until I decided to restart the computer. Instead of Windows booting up, I simply got a black screen and nothing else. I could not boot into Windows! At first, I thought something had gone wrong with Windows and that I would have to perform a system repair or something like that....