John E

My Windows 7 PC is slow to boot up. I have an ssd drive. It goes through post, starting windows then a blank screen for about a minute or more, then finally welcome to windows screen. Any suggestions on what might be the problem? Thanks

I am considering buying a used 96 18' boat that has the I/O 4.3 V6 engine. My father in-law's boat has the chevy 4cyl engine in his boat that it does great on gas. The 4.3 boat in question is an 96 model and has a four barrel carb on it. Will this boat get reasonable fuel economy or should I try and find a good 4cyl model? Thanks

I bought an unfinished house in WA state from the bank and I am currently living in it while I finish it. I have the water, gas and electric turned on and its almost complete. Thanks

I just got a 87 Bronco Ii 4x4 with an automatic transmission. The lady I bought it from said that if you put it in park it gets stuck and you can't get it back out. I want to fix this problem, but I am afraid to put it in park before I know what the likely cause of the problem is. Any ideas? Thanks

What is the speed limit while towing a trailer in Oregon? In California the freeway signs say 55 miles per hour when towing a trailer, but the Oregon signs don't specify. Thanks.

I want to apply for this benefit for my father who is a War time Veteran. The place where he is living now gave me a brochure for a company that helps you apply. I found out they charge a $1000 attorney fee. So here is my question, can I effective do this on my own and if so how? or is there a real benefit in using a service like this? Thank you very much.

I am thinking about buying a 2000 Ford F150 with 80K miles, it has the 5.4 engine and its a 4x4.

What kind of gas mileage can I expect? Any issues with this truck? thanks

I bought this atv used and it ran great when I bought it. I parked it for about 4 months and now when I try and start it,it pops and backfires. It wont idle. I put in a new spark plug and also took the carb float bowls off and removed and cleaned out all the jets. The carbs looked clean to begin with. What else could cause this? It ran great before we parked it. Thanks

I have a sand rail with the old school VW bug air cooled engine. It has the single carb and is pretty much stock. When I let off the gas to shift gears and then give it the gas again, it almost dies. I thought it might be the accelerator pump, but I get a good healthy spray of gas there. What else could cause this? Thanks

I bought an unfinished house and I need to install under cabinet lighting. The house builder allowed for this and there is romex wiring coming out under each cabinet and a wall switch in place to turn them on and off. 1. What would be the best type of lighting to use that could be hard wired? 2. I understand electrical very well, but what is the correct way to do the wire connections? Do I need to install a box for the connections? Thanks.

My Outlook 2007 crashes now when I try to load it. The details says, "Appcrash". It won't come up at all. I went into control panel and did a repair, but that didn't fix it. Is there anything else I can try?

I am on the road and I don't have my CD with me. Thanks

When I go to create a new message in hotmail, there is a message for someones website in the message area already there. It defaults in there each time I create a new email message. Is this a hack? How do I get rid of it? Thanks

I have a tenant that is constantly complaining. They have rented from me for a long time, but are terrible about paying the rent on time as well as all the complaining. They will not do any minor maintenance, they call for everything. I am really tired of this. I know I can evict them, but I would like to try and new strategy first. Any suggestions?

I have a rental house that has separate valves for the hot and cold on the shower. Its the price fister type. Its in CA and we have very hard wate here. I continue to replace the entire screw in valve piece which includes new washers and also the seats. In as little as six months it starts dripping again. Do I need to replace the whole fixture now or is there some other fix that might last longer? Could it be that my renters are tightening it too hard? Thanks

I want to protect the engine on my Banshee. A friend of mine let someone ride his bike and they rode it hard and ruined the engine. I don't mind letting people ride mine, but I want to protect the engine from being over reved and burned up. Is there any easy way to do this? Thanks

I have an HP printer and when I did the software install it asked me if I wanted it to keep checking for new updates. I said no, but it keeps asking me anyway. Its so annoying because it pops up at the worse times. How do I shut this off? My printer works fine and I don't care about all the updates, if I need something I will just go get it. Thanks

I am currently in escrow on a short sale in WA. Escrow was suppose to close tomorrow. The bank is selling the house. My offer was for a cash sale and I was to get clear title with title insurance. My agent called me today and said the seller wants me to pay some legal fees in the amount of $5000 that is associated with one of the leans on the property. How can they legally change the terms for the sale? I told them no way. Do I have any recourse if they cancel the deal on me? I know if I canceled out, I would loose my $5,000 deposit. I have invested a lot of time and some money in putting this together.

In Washington state I was merging on to a two lane (one lane each direction) highway. This highway has a merge lane. I had to speed up to safely merge into traffic. There was one car in front of me and several behind. The officer was coming towards me on the approaching lane of traffic. He also had traffic in front of him and behind. He whipped around and gave me a radar ticket for going 67 in a 55 zone. How can I make sure he got the reading from my car and not one of the other ones in his lane or mine? I am pretty sure I was not going that fast. When I saw him, I looked right away at my speedo and it was just over 60. Another point of concern, I was not familiar with this highway and there is only one speed sign on about 6 miles of road. I thought the law stated that you are suppose to merge at the speed of traffic. Do you think I have a case? Thanks

I am buying a house in WA that is a short sale from the lender. I know there are leans on the house. The builder left town and didn't finish the house completely. The seller (bank) will provide title insurance as part of escrow. Am I protected from any leans? Is there anything else I need to worry about with this transaction? Thanks

On a 2001 Dodge Stratus, I have a check engine error code, 601 = "internal control module memory check sum error". What would cause this error and what is the fix? Thank you.