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I have a hp dv6000t laptop 15" widescreen and I installed the base debian system. After I had installed xorg and some other stuff I booted up with fluxbox. The resolution for my laptop was 1024x768. How do I change the resolution? I looked at the xorg.conf file and it …

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I have a Toshiba Satellite M35X. I hear a loud humming sound whenever i turn ON the PC and also when the laptop gets very busy. At normal processor speed the fans noise is very low. Is it due to the dirt in the fan or a malfunctioning fan? How …

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hello i m having a problem with my new wireless conection...so here it goes i have a Sagem 1500WG router and a NetGear WG111 wireless usb adapter on my desktop pc (windowsXP pro serv.pack2,pentium4 cpu 2.8,512mb ram) . For a couple o weeks everything run smoothly.The last two days though …

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I have tried some distros of linux but only a few ever work (ubuntu and zenwalk are the only ones). All other distros I have tested (debian, my own rbuilder distro, and foresight) do not work. They never can detect my hardrive. I have a hp dv6000t laptop. I do …

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Ok so heres the seperate thread for laptop problem ... same as my pc, random redirects and pop ups. Logs: --------------------------------------------------------- AVG Anti-Spyware - Scan Report --------------------------------------------------------- + Created at: 21:55:43 08/02/2007 + Scan result: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{81CDDAE8-3B92-4F0D-86C1-8DD5DB6A8471} -> Adware.Generic : No action taken. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{EFA1EC0F-8359-41B7-A178-7DD6805A0C79} -> Adware.Generic : No action taken. HKU\S-1-5-21-4247219848-3744751695-398315518-1005\Software\TrustIn …

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Hi, I just got my new laptop yesterday, which came with Vista Premium. I'm currently on the free trial version of Norton anti-virus, and it notifies me every hour or so if I want to allow this fild to run, but have no clue what it is. The last thing …

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Plz Guys I Want To Sell My Laptop But I Dont Know How To Wipe Off All My Personal Infos. Plz How Do I Re-register The Laptop Before Selling To Unknown.... Toshiba?

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Hi, I just got my new laptop yesterday, which came with Vista Premium. I'm currently on the free trial version of Norton anti-virus, and it notifies me every hour or so if I want to allow this fild to run, but have no clue what it is. The last thing …

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I have a Gateway MP6954 Platinum Edition laptop. In a rush to go to the bathroom, I dropped my book on the keyboard. The "a" key fell out & I have been struggling to put it back in. How can I put my "a" key back?

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I have an old laptop which does not boot from the hard although you can actually access the hard after booting from the floppy. the funny thing does not also have a boot sequence setup option and after transffering the system to the hard it now doesn't boot at all …

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Hi! Can anyone please help me? I have a dell 500m laptop, and it just won't start. There's a green lamp on the power supply and when I put it into the computer, the lamp goes dark. I've also tried starting it with the battery, however no luck :( There …

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I have FC 5 on my toshiba laptop and need to upgrade the kernel in order to download the driver for my wireless card: I got this msg when I initially try to execute yum: [root@localhost ]# yum upgrade kernel Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Upgrade Process Setting up repositories …

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my laptop keeps disconnecting fom wireless network I have a linksys router does anybody know why ?

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Hi all I have a Toshiba Satellite M40 laptop and it has recently been having several problems with it. These problems are: [LIST] [*]Has a 'Toshiba Power Saver Error' occur a lot of the time [*]Doesn't shut down properly, but instead hangs on the 'windows is shutting down' screen [*]Sometimes …

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I have a Latitude C800. This morning we I turned it on the display came up very small with an 1.5" black border. Restarting has not helped. I use the laptop for teaching, and when projected through the projector the display is normal. Is reloading the display drivers the way …

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Hey. My question is, can laptops have startup problems if they're cold? If the answer is No, or They Shouldn't, then I will call the depot and interrogate them as to Why my computer fails to start in the mornings. My problem is, sometimes when I turn on my computer, …

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My Sony Vaio simply refuses to charge. I thought there was a problem with the battery so i bought a new one ... only to find this didn't correct the problem. The only way to use my laptop when the battery finally gets empty (its currently got 7% remaining) i …

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Hi , I am having trouble logging my XP Pro SP2 notebook into a Windows Server 2003. Error - "Logon Message - Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable or because your computer account was not found.......". I have tried connecting …

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Hi All, First of all, I have very limited knowledge of broadband - unlike 101% of all you guys. The problem is- I recently decided to get broadband. I have a desktop and a laptop. The laptop is a Dell inspiron and it is 9 months old and it has …

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Hi , I am planning to buy a laptop , can anyone tell me about the performance of [B]Compaq Presario V3149AU[/B] , and also about the performance of [B]HP Pavilion dv2124TU[/B]. I heard that the Compaq laptop's keyboards are not good. Plz give me the details of these 2 sets, …

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[COLOR=DarkRed]I've seen this problem before on here, however was unable to solve it in the same way as the previous user. My laptop got sent off for repair last week, and since it came back, I cannot get it to connect to the internet using Mozilla or IE6. In safe …

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OK. I'm an idiot. I've managed to get my laptop hijacked... though I'm still not entirely sure how. I don't recall having gone to any websites that I haven't been to before, but... when I went to look at history everything had been cleared. About a week ago I installed …

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Hi all... I sure hope someone can help here!! I have the Inspiron 1150, just over a year old and in November had the motherboard replaced because the power supply connection just broke off. Warranty out in Jan, now there is just a black screen when the computer turns on. …

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just thought i would say hi to everyone......... hope i can get some help off someone!! would really like to connect to the internet on my laptop but for some reason i cant................:lol: :confused:

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Hey guys, I have Fedora6 installed on my Dell laptop. I am a complete noob at any Linux os. I have a few things that I would like some help with. 1. I have no clue how to install drivers (or programs for that matter). I need drivers for my …

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I'm looking to buy a new laptop. I don't really care which OS (XP or Vista). Vista would be nice, but it doesn't really matter to me at all. I'm perfectly happy with XP. I am constantly running Firefox, IE, Thunderbird, Napster, Word, and some smaller programs like Notepad++, AVG, …

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Hello all. Windows XP will not start up and I get the following error; \windows\system32\config\system. I tried using the laptop's F11 function but it does no good. I have used Microsoft's article 307545 in the recovery console. md tmp copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\security …

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I tried to upgrade the firmware on my D-link DI-624m router & now it doesn't work. How can I restore the firmware on my router? I used the computer that was connected via ethernet to upgrade the firmware. During the download, IE showed that it was checking for phishing. After …

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Got a problem on my girlfriends laptop. IE6 connects to internet fine, but no other software will - Firefox wont connect, and the anti-virus cant connect to update (AVG) It first happened when I updated firefox to version 2.0. I then uninstalled it back to older version but the damage …

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Let me start off by introducing myself. My name is Steve and i am fairly new to all this IT stuff. Have just built a second computer out of spare parts i had and have networked it to my original pc along with a router for the internet connection. Having …

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hi all, i have recently tried installing a new program on my lap top ( ITunes) and suddenly my laptop turned off and put a screen saying blah blah windows did not start successfully, blah blah and then gives me prompts to start the comp in safe mode, last known …

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Happy New Year Everyone!! I have a problem with my daughters laptop, she tried to power up her laptop but failed, she told me that the battery had failed, so i tested the battery, had little power (1% of 100%) which indicates that the battery is dead, the problem is …

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I just recently install fedora core 5 on my toshiba satellite A60/65 [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread66350.html#"]laptop[/URL]. During installation, I set up DHCP to configure automaticall as oppose to inputting a static. [B]However, Iam unable to configure my wireless card to view or connect to wireless network within range.[/B] I tried using these three …

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I need some pictures if any one has a location of some to take apart the 2100. There appears to be 3 screws in the center just under the Keyboard and above the memory storage area that I'm having difficulty with. I'm use to taking on the Dell laptops where …

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Hi all, I have a IBM laptop (T40). The LCD screen works properly when I am using AC power. When I use battery, the LCD brightness is very low and it looks like the LCD is turn off although the system is running and the battery is 100% full. The …

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hello everyone -- i bought this new and barely used it. i suddenly got the urge to use my laptop and it didn't start. i was told to replace battery and hard drive -- i did both. still it doesn't boot. power goes on but only to a blank screen. …

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Hello to all. I have a Compaq Pres 2500 laptop that i need help with please! Does anyone know how to manually boot it up. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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hey guys, I am running server2003 on my laptop at home. I just installed a printer and I'm wanting to share it to my brothers; one with PC, the other with a macbook. I've set up user accounts for both of them, but when they attempt to login through the …

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Hi All, Im new to this form & not a techno savvy person. I recently got new laptop & while downloading some cracks i found that my browser has been hijacked. (1) The Use current, About Blank, Use Default doesnt get highlighted. (2) Also i get error messages from Symantec …

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My Virus scanner warned me that it had detected a trojan horse. When I sut down my laptop I get an error message, isamonitor not initialized, dll, because windows is shutting down. When I open my browser I get as a start page [URL]http://iehomepages.com/[/URL] were it is sugesting me to …

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Hey everyone, I'm trying to share my HP C3100 series printer to my brothers macbook with OS-X. I'm not sure what to do. I have the Mac disk, if that will help me at all. He can find my laptop and login to it with the u/n I made for …

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I'm checking a Dell Inspiron my mother-in-law says won't turn on. When I plug the power supply into the laptop, the light on the power supply turns off, before even trying to turn on the laptop. I've tried two different power supplies that I KNOW work, but same problem. The …

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Hi Everyone, This is my first post and I'm hoping that I can get some advice on how to get rid of the viruses/trojans that are in my laptop. I realized that my desktop background was locked out and was able to find this helpful thread: [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread36931.html[/URL] I followed the …

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The stranges thig happened this afternoon. My laptop locked up, and when I rebooted it, I had no sound and no modem. My modem and sound device have disappeared under device manager, and when I look at my modem through my internet connection, it says that it's disconnected. I restarted …

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Hey guys, I'm in a Linux class right now; never used Linux before. I was given a copy of RH9 with my book and have it installed but can't load my nic on it. I go to terminal and type /sbin/ifconfig eht0 up which works. But then I try to …

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Hi everyone. I received the Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 as a Christmas gift and put it on the laptop I had at that time. There is a point during the installation of the software where you are asked to connect the camera. Once it was finished doing what it needed to …

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[COLOR=#000000]:cool: I found this product from another forum and find it very useful for professionals like doctors and engineers who carry bulky laptop everywhere. I think this is really cool technology that transforms your iPod or USB Hard Drive or Flash drive into a portable and private PC.[/COLOR] [URL="http://www.download.com/Mojopac/3000-2094_4-10618350.html?tag=lst-0-1"][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.download.com/Mojopac/3000-2094_4-10618350.html?tag=lst-0-1[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] …

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Help! My laptop had encountered a problem where it continuously restarted over and over. The techie at HP walked me through a whole system reinstall for WinXP. The laptop no longer continuously restarts, however, Windows won't load and this error message appears on a blue screen: STOP: c0000269 {Illegal System …

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Hi all, I am new to this forum and from what I have seen, you guys and girls are the ones that hopefully could help me out here. My parents have 56k dial up internet access, no option for dsl, they just bought a laptop and want to use it …

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Does anyone have any ideas when my screen dies and my laptop makes a grinding noise at start up. screen goes black after 2 minutes.

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