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| | Hi, One of my friend can do a magic with google and it had really surprised me. What he was doing, he sold his laptop and it was sony vio 350. When ever you type in google "sony vio laptop" or "model number" then in the 10 top results link …  |
 | i got a used laptop and i remooved vista from it, and the problem i got is that before i removed vista tere was 2gb ram and now it is about 340 mb left, what can i do to recover the missing ram? |
| | Please forgive me if I'm posting this in the wrong location I am new to the site and new to working on computers. I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 with a 1GHZ Pentium 3 processor and I'm running Windows XP Professional with a 20GB hard drive. It has an ethernt … |
| | Here goes: I recently moved in, and my housemates are using ADSL home router. When the cables were plugged into their laptops, it works fine, but when I plugged the cable into my Desktop PC, packets received were 0, even though I already configured it as 'Assigned by DHCP'. When … |
| | Hi everyone I want to try out linux on my laptop but still keep windows Me ( I know its old but i like it). I would like to create what I think is called a live cd. Where i power up my laptop and the bios looks in the … |
| | Hi, Ive had issues with this every time I get a new router so this could be a general problem. I'm using 3 Desktops Wired and 1 Laptop Wireless Desktop PC1, PC2 -Windows XP Pro, Netgear NIC Desktop PC3 -Windows XP Home, MB Network Adapter Laptop Lt1 -Windows XP Home, …  |
| | I have a laptop that i use for remote recording. the laptop has in internal drive and an external firewire drive. the firewire drive is used exclusively for storing the audio files that are recorded. when the recording is finished, i take the firewire drive back to my studio and … |
| | toshiba laptop will not come on none of the three LEDs come on could it be the battery I was switching users when it went completly dead thanks. |
| | Good day. I had a "friend" download a bunch of crap onto my computer. I went through and started deleting temp files, etc. I fear I ventured into somewhere I should not have been, as I wiped off a lot more than temp files and cookies. The computer shut down … |
| | Hi all, Im a new member and would really appreciate any help. I have a Dell Inspiron 9300. My niece was using my laptop and its not powering up anymore. She says she only closed the lid and left it. Basically When I press the power on button, all I … |
| | Hi. I am having a problem that has already been discussed here but I am still having trouble. I have a Toshiba Sat A70 laptop which came with a windows disk.I was advised to re-install windows on its own from a different disk.OS runs much faster now but have the … |
 | [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Get Fast Access to System Settings[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2][color=#0000ff]You don't have to pass through Control Panel to get to the System Properties dialog box.[/color][/size] [list] [*][size=2]Hold down the Windows key and press Break to open this handy …  |
| | ok i have a hp pavilion ze4500 laptop and when i go to turn it on now and i go to the welcome screen it is blank of users it was running on windows xp service pack 2 when i try ctrl+alt+del+del and tried to sign on i could not … |
| | Hey there, I just joined the forum and I have a feeling I'll be back for much more. I just got a laptop from my girlfriend which needed a lot of work and I finally have it up and running, clean as a whistle, with XP loaded and everything is … |
| | Hello all, I am new here and trying to find some answers to some basic networking questions. As the described in the title that is the problem that I am having. I am attempting the connection as follows: cable modem to Linksys wireless N router to a SmartLink ESK-108 8 … |
| | Hi please help. I use to be on ADSL internet. Changed to Cable internet and loving the speed. I got a Motorola Sb5101 Surfboard Modem(Cable) and was using a DLink DSL G604T Router. I wanna save a bit of money and want to trying hooking both devices up so I … |
| | I have a Sony Vaio PCG-f590 laptop that has been a work horse for me. I recently upgraded the Ram (a month ago), the hard drive (3 days ago), and the OS (from win 98 to XP home, also 3 days ago). The computer worked fine for two days. And … |
 | I thought I'd start a new thread rather than tack this onto any of the other threads, many of them very helpful. However. none of the offered solutions on their own worked - but my compound solution did work and I offer this to all frustrated individuals as I'm sure … |
| | Help! i have a fujitsu siemens amilo l6825 laptop xp home sp2 p4 2.8ghz 30gb hd 256 ddr3700 ram i just surf the net & the screen goes black at random times,can be 5mins or 25.but the power light stays on and it sounds like the HD is on aswell,but … |
| | Hello all, I recently ran a CAT5 cable from my router about 50 meters across the land to another small house. I checked the connection with my laptop and it works great (very fast) the next day I came to set it up for my girlfriend with her pc and …  |
| | I just acquired a P20 toshoba laptop...nice little rig - 17", dvdrw, etc... Problem: Fans will come on, power light on...no blinking lights just solid blue power light. Tested the ram and cpu elsewhere...they are fine....tried an external monitor(and tried the Fn-F5 to swap displays,etc) no go... Before I resort … |
| | i recently got my hands on 2 lg philips lp150x04 screens. the hp laptops they were attached to are dead but the screens still work. does anyone know where i could find adapters to convert these screens to desktop monitors? |
| | So heres the scoop. I'm running ubuntu with kde (basically kubuntu with more packages) on a laptop with limited space. I got this laptop from my school, and i have a partition with windows xp that i need to keep on so that my school doesnt freak on me. They … |
 | hello people first of all this is my first thread for a whole month i was gone now for the problem my laptop is an acer as the laptop is workin the right side of the screen isnt workin at all , it is completly black and i want a …  |
| | I have a PC that is connected to an RCA cable modem via Comcast. It works fine, as this is where I'm typing from now. However, I brought my laptop home from work and connected my ethernet cord to it instead of the PC. I tried powering off the modem … |
| | Hi i use an acer aspire 1640 series laptop but when i boot to windows the touch pad and keyboard stop working even though i have installed the driver for the touch pad and ke7yboard i have also formatted the hard drives but am still facing the problem what can … |
| | Hi Evesham Voager 720 - 18 months old My laptop was in it's case propped against the wall when unfortunately I knocked it over!! It only fell a few inches, but it did land with a thud, now it boots up, the HD icon is flashing but nothing appears on … |
| | hello everyone i have a EASYNOTE M5260 laptop link to the brand [url]http://support.packardbell.com/nl/item/?m=home&pn=p880401505[/url] but now i have a weird problem when i press the button , i have absoluutly no responce at al when i plug in the power supply (recharge cable) only 1 light goes on for 3 seconds … |
| | I formatted my drive and reinstalled XP yesterday and now when my laptop boots up it comes to a gray screen with two OS showing with the first one highlighted. IF I agree to boot to the first one everything is fine and it goes directly to Windows. If I … |
| | I switched on my computer, and suddenly it says no audio device found. I do not know what to do. I read on some sites that I have to reinstall the chipset but I am not sure where to do that from, and how to reinstall my audio device. Here … |
| | I bought a[B] SKD USB 2.0 Cardbus Model : QFASCB[/B] (two Slots). When I plug it into my PCMCIA card slot, my IBM recognise it and install drivers needed automatically. And then I can use my webcam pluged into this card. But when I plug in my USB HDD box … |
| | Hi everybody. i tried searching but did'nt find my problem. im kind of frustrated right now. i have a sony vaio laptop model: pcggrx560 after pressing power button LED lights would turn on, fan spins, harddrive starts but after 5 to 6 seconds fan would stop spinning but the lights … |
| | Hi all, please help. I tried all possibile solution with troobleshoting but did not work. I have vga out on my laptop and hdmi on my tv. I bought vga/dvi converter and then a dvi lead to my hdmi. When i select the hdmi channel on the tv i get … |
| | (Running Windows XP on Compaq Presario V5000) Hi.. First of all, I've already done some troubleshooting, so this may help with your thoughts on the problem. My LCD screen is not working properly. When I turn the laptop on, I can see a dim one-time flickering at about the time … |
| | Hello Collective Wisdom, I'm new here, and hoping people might have some ideas for me. My co-op building has a home network spread over 3 floors + basement, supporting at 1/2 dozen (+) computers. I'm the default IT person, computer-literate but not a lot of hands-on experience with networking. ISP … |
| | Hi! everybody, I have a laptop (Win. XP professional) and have faced with a problem. In turn off menu the stand by option is not active (in gray) while the Turn off and Restart options work OK. please help me to fix this problem. THANKS :) Abolmaali |
 | these two entries are alongside my normal hijackthis logfile: O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [DWQueuedReporting] "C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\dwtrig20.exe" -t (User 'SYSTEM') O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [DWQueuedReporting] "C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\dwtrig20.exe" -t (User 'Default user') hijackthis.de said they were Microsoft Application Error reporting. (Which i''m guessing would be from some random errors a while ago.) Does that mean they … |
| | I'm a 56 yr. old Baptist minister with twin sons in college. I'm OK with changing/upgrading hardware on a PC but I'm lost now that I (and they) have laptops. I'll have issues sometimes and need your expertise to know if there's a "simple" fix I can do or if …  |
| | Recently I posted about having issues w/my Vista laptop that wasn't recieving microsoft updates and Win Defender wasn't working - after lots of attemps I eventually reformated and installed Vista and original software and pretty quickly discovered in Spybot system startup a blank entry stating: Current filename: Database status: Not … |
| | Hey everyone, A plea for sanity and help I have a Toshiba Satellite P30 Laptop. Whenever I boot, I get the following error message looping: 'Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326) PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exciting PXE ROM' Firstly, … |
| | Hello to anyone that can help me out... I am a musician that uses a laptop for live music performance. I use a midi controller to control a bunch of different programs that create sounds and what not but anywho... I would like to create a second profile on Windows … |
| | Hi, My WinXP Dell D610 laptop lost all installed printers. When tried to "Add Printer" by double clicking "Add Printer" icon, nothing happens (task does not start, curser doesn't change). Print Spooler was already started, so I stopped it and restarted it, no change In the "Printers and Faxes" folders, … |
| | Hi...hoping that this is the correct post. Older version Win xp pro. Short story. Not long ago I clicked an 'okay' instead of a 'no' and completely screwed up my laptop. I had to format and, of course, when I went to get my recovery disk it wasn't anywhere to …  |
| | I have an acer aspire 1800. From boot, there are 2 thick horizontal black bands and 2 white bands running from the top to the bottom of the screen. No image is present in these bands. Other bands are there but they show a faded image. The rest of the … |
| | I have a laptop which is given to me by my company. When i am inside my company's network, I am able to browse the net via the proxy. I can also browse when I am at home - but only when I login into our company's network. I have … |
| | When watching DVDs in full-screen mode (monitor is a 17" WXGA Widescreen (1440 × 900 Max Res)), I get an intolerable degree of distortion, hazy & gritty & obviously showing the digital grid. Game-playing & watching DVDs in centered small-screen mode is much better. With all the praise this laptop … |
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| | Try this on for size. Turn on laptop, see BIOS, Windows XP startup and then goes black. Turn off the lights you can see that the screen is lit up but nothing on the display. Turn off power and start back up again and it works fine. Made sure that … |
| | hey can anyone help me? my dell inspiron 1100 laptop is not turning on any more, I have taken it apart since and done everything I can think of but I can't figure out how to fix it, or if anyone knows how to take the hard drive out of … |
| | Hi, I am constantly getting popups from my Norton antivirus that I have a downloader virus and other messages that a virus is trying to access the internet from my laptop. I have done everything Norton advices to do...update, turn off system restore, reboot in safe mode and run Norton. … |
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