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Hi Guys, I have a Samsung P28 I just got from a company I deal with, if I fix it its mine. When I press the on button, I hear the CD Drive and thats it. Re the set of lights up over the keyboard, the right most light [ …

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After 4 years this very useful feature has disappeared. Would love to get it back. My audio system is Realtek High Definition Audio. That is what came with the system. Indicator bar disappeared after doing some Windows updates.

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Hi,This is my first post,I bought a second hand Samsung p29 laptop on ebay with the hope of fixing it for my son,It powers on fine but and you can hear the cd spining,but rarely does the screen turn on,I first thought it was a loose conection to the screen,but …

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Task Manager Processes is full of instances of Consent.exe Can't access Firefox Safe Mode in All Programmes. Can't even switch off or on. Cursor has a circle running beside it all the time. In Task Manager plugin container is showing about ten times normal usage.

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I use Windows Security Essentials but it let me down badly yesterday when a Trojan Downloader (TrojanDownloader:Java/OpenConnection.J) got by and played havoc with the system. Also let through other severe viruses. How can I stop this happening again? How can I close that open connection? Thanks.

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i search and find this code at [URL="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codejunkie/archive/2008/09/13/bluetooth-device-control-development-using-c.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0&CommentPosted=true#10237561"]http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codejunkie/archive/2008/09/13/bluetooth-device-control-development-using-c.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0&CommentPosted=true#10237561[/URL] and I think this code can be used to make the Bluetooth on my pc turn on or off but the code using reference to windows mobile. anybody have idea on this... I need the sample to turn on and off Bluetooth …

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I have a laptop toshiba Satellite M305D thats running vista home premium thats only 4 months old. I was using it fine on Sunday night, my daughter went on it Monday morning, still fine. she said it was running slow, so I told her to shut it down. She did, …

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My Gateway Solo 2150 has a problem which I've concluded is a dead CMOS battery. When it boots after being without power, it shows the date and time as being midnight 1/1/2000. Supposing that I do need to replace the CMOS battery, does anyone know how to open up this …

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Hi. I have a Sony VAIO desktop with a Remote. I want to move this remote to my Sony VAIO laptop. They are both running WinXP. How do I get the software/drivers? Thx.

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Hey, I'm hoping someone could help me. I received my 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666 today to upgrade my [URL="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02035288&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=4125903"]HP DV6-2154ca[/URL] from 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 memory. I installed them successfully and even the BIOS did show 8129MB of RAM and showed the RAM modules placed (note: showed serial numbers as 00000.. …

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hi i bought new Acer Laptop (aspire 5742g) it has window 07 home basic operating system,it was working good till yesterday night today morning i switched on, i cant hear any sound in my laptop,i can hear in headset connected through USB but not in laptop speaker the inbuilt one,i …

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Hello, Here's my story and I hope someone can help me. I purchased a brand new 320gb sata hard drive for a Compaq laptop. I want to have the original drive with Windows and have another (different drive)that I can swap out and run Ubuntu. I removed the old drive …

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I already have one RAM in a slot.Everest says it is Memory Speed DDR2-800 (400 MHz)[CODE]Memory Speed DDR2-800 (400 MHz)[/CODE] So,If I buy a memory for other free slot to go with this,what kind of a RAM should I buy? It says [CODE]Supported Memory Types DDR2-667 SDRAM, DDR2-800 SDRAM, DDR3-667 …

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Hi all.. I'm facing a problem with my Laptop Hardisd, My laptop got crashed so i removed the harddisk from laptop and i fixed into a USB case, to acess my data's,

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I have a Gateway MA7 MX5669 running Windows 7 that will power up but the only activity that can be seen is the CD Rom and the hard drive startup for a few seconds. I tried a trick that I read about where you press the 'on' key down for …

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Hello, I would like to add the display of my old broken laptop to my new notebok as secondary monitor; I would like to get the power from the notebook itself; how to do it please? Thank you.

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I'm trying to reinstall Windows XP on a friends Sony VGN-FS620/W. The keyboard is not working, I can't even boot to BIOS because the keyboard isn't recognized. I have a clean formatted disk, no OS installed. I tried to install DOS 7.10 from the CD/DVD ROM drive which still works, …

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First of all, sorry if this is the wrong section. I've been looking over the forum quickly, and this seemed the right place. Anyway, I'm looking to replace my current laptop with a more game-capable one. For a while, I've been looking at the Sony Vaio series, but the graphics …

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my laptop's Hard disk crashed. So is there any way to install windows xp in a memory card. Have a nice day! :)

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Hello! I'm new here and am hoping someone can help me: For 5 days now, I've been trying to get on a website that I have been using for years. Suddenly, I am getting Problem Loading Page/Server not found error, in Firefox, and Page cannot be displayed/Cannot find server in …

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My laptop screen was black today but it's running. I can see the volume and the wireless thing turned on. I cannot see anything on the screen. It's totally black. And then i just closed it and turned it on after 10 min. Then the screen came up normal. But …

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Hello Everyone, Recently my hp pavilion dv7 laptop's battery died, so I've been running it with just the charger. It worked for awhile but when I unplugged it from the charger and tried to connect it again, after a few days of keeping it connected, it wouldn't send a charge. …

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Hi all, If Anyone got any solutions plz help me out...My laptop shows 100% performance in task manager When its just restarted...Recently, my computer gets occasionally locked up for 3-4 mins, the mouse doesn't move, nothing happens. After that time, it disappears and everything returns to normal..! I am using …

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I have a iBook G4 14" Processor: 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 running mac OS X version 10.4.10 My iBook has been randomly freezing sometimes with a grey message box saying i need to restart my computer (I forget if it says error) other times a wall of text with black …

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i have problem with my laptop, my laptop has 1 and half years old. my laptop problem is....cannot turn ON even using the battery... the indicator of battery charging still ON. but two the others is OFF. what the actual problem? please help me...cause many important document in my laptop.....

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I am facing problem with my laptop Dell inspiron 6000, Operating system WinXP. On 5th Feb 2006, I had installed 2 softwares from the internet. Softwares are Burn4free SetupanyDVD5847 That time it went fine. When i used my laptop on 7th Feb 2006, i was not able to boot/start it... …

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I replaced the LCD screen on my Dell Inspiron laptop and all worked fine at first. Later the screen bezel melted in the lower left corner (hole right through) after taking the laptop apart I found that the LVDS cable had melted/burnt through. I am just wondering what could have …

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:'( hi, i am having huge problems trying to restore my toshiba laptop modle 4010 to factory settings. whatever i click on including applications i get a box show up saying cannot find or error. i am forever getting c:WINDOW\system32\rundll32.exe or c:\WINDOWS\network\diognostic\xpetdiag.exe showing up can you help please I thought …

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My Laptop is not showing Desktop nor Task manager by C+A+D and C+S+Esc. not in safe mode, not with command prompt, and also not going to last known good configuration, and can't do system restore point also. on restarting the laptop welcome screen is appear on clinking user it shows …

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This computer belongs to a friend from church. It is an HP ZE 4145 laptop computer. There are problems with the off- on button and, when pushed, the power led on the front only winked a few times. I found out on the web that the buttons along the top …

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Got a laptop here with the blue screen of death upon start up (can't do anything but turn it back off, useless) I advised a reformat but my friend said she wants to get some stuff back (i guess it's important) is it true that some places can extract data …

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Hey guys, I am an owner of a Dell Studio XPS 1645 and I need some help trying to figure out what the problem is with my screen. I turned it on about a week ago and the laptop started but the screen stayed blank, nothing showing up at all. …

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I have this laptop, and whenever I press the power button it lights up. Then when the windows loading screen would pop up, it is just a pure black screen (no line for the bios boot up). And then it freezes there. I managed to turn it on today, and …

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my laptop will not come on at all what should i do, check power supply and the battery also, did not start

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Hi, Sorry if this is a much asked question, but I've come to a spot of trouble with 2 year old Laptop. Basically, I was clicking away in Photoshop last night, just finishing off some editing, and without warning, my laptop powered off. The only way I can describe the …

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Everest says my mother board support DDR2/DDR3.I currently have DDR2.Can I remove that and install DDR3?How to know for sure?

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Is the CMOS battery on a Toshiba Tecra S1 readily accessible from the bottom of the machine ? I've taken apart many desktops but taking apart a laptop is new to me. I'm guessing it's about the size of a quarter but don't know if I have to completely remove …

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I have a hp pavilion dv2225nr that gets power but no boot just solid leds. I have reseated the memory, tested the hard drive on another system, but still the solid leds. I disassembled the laptop and noticed that there was no thermal compound on the cpu. I applied some …

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I've been cruising around looking for an answer to my problem, but no one who posted has the same problem I do, therefore I'm not sure if the process is the same. About 10 months ago, my laptop screen just up and went black. I could faintly see what i …

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Hi folks, I'm planning to purchase a laptop which fulfill my requirements. My laptop use will be for programming(C/C++/embedded/graphics/system) and multimedia(songs, movies etc) and Also I need a machine at my hometown(I goes to my hometown frequently, on alternate weekends) Currently, I've a desktop with following specifications.. Procesor: Intel Core …

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Ok, so i got my laptop about 2 years ago. It was fine up until about 6 months ago. It started to overheat every now and then. Then it got worse, and right now it's overheating every 4 hours. What i don't understand is this: The only thing I'm running …

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Hello, I switched on my laptop and i received a Blue Screen with the message "memory dump" or something along those lines. I then turned it off and rebooted, I could see the drive light going but my screen was completlely blank, nothing totally dead. I then connected to external …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]21290[/ATTACH]The HP ProBook 6560b at first glance is not distinguishable from other laptops. However, this business rugged machine was designed for the modern day businessman. It’s sleek, charcoal black aluminum case is smooth to the touch. Weighing in at a little less than six pounds, this laptop was made to …

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I currently own a laptop and an xbox. My two sisters both own separate laptops and we have a main household computer. Our connection is still really fast with all these, however when my older sister connects her laptop to our modem (a netgear DGN2000) everyone except the main computer …

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I have an Acer 244TXV laptop(18 Months old). 5 keys have stopped working. When I plugged a full size keyboard in the same keys would not work. Any suggestions on how I might fix this problem.

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I have a desktop computer that is running Window XP Media Center and Firefox 2 with a broadband connection. The other day, right in the middle of browsing, it just stopped responding. I tried IE 7 and that was giving me the same error message. "Cannot find DNS Server." I …

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My Compaq Presario laptop is 4-5 year old ( i know it may be too old). But last week when i turned it on, the screen just went black. I tried to to shut it down by pressing the power key and restart it again, but it stayed black. I …

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Hello, I have compaq armada m700 laptop. I want to reset the password of bios(power-on). I know that with fix the jumper setting ,It can be done. But if anybuddy genious can tell me some diff. way to reset it. good solution will b appriciated.

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