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| | I have a new laptop computer. i am having several problems that i think are all related. one issue is a searchingbooth program that keeps popping up ads and ie unprovoked. the other is that i keep getting a rundll error when I start my computer. i've run spybot, adaware, …  |
| | I am having wuite a problem with Windows 2000 laptop. I reinstalled Windows 2000 after another unfixable error, and now its stable and good... but i dont know why the DVD decoder is not on my computer. It played DVD's perfectly fine before, and after the reinstallation... there is nothing. … |
| | hi....i installed activeX controller to install games then suddenly my laptop screen turn to sideways...until now. please anybody can help me? |
 | I've looked and looked. Changed hostname files, nodename, played with init.d/network, sys-unconfig etc... I'm using Solaris 9 on an x86 laptop. Here it goes: I had booted Knoppix with the laptop. I took the hard drive out and installed a new one to use for Solaris (the point being this: … |
| | Have a wireless network set up - Netgear Dg34G v2 router. Has been working well (over 18 months) - today all fine on main PC but cannot connect to the network via PDA or laptop (laptop will connect to other wireless networks). Have rebooted and reset router. All lights on! … |
| | I have a Toshiba M35X laptop I would like to upgrade. I would like to know if I could replace the celeron M cpu,with a Pentium 4 M. Thanks in advance for any help. |
| | Hi I just got a Linksys WRT54G router from my employer so I can work from home. I connected it to my pc and typed in 192.168.1.1 into my browser so I could configure it. The browser just hung and then timed out. I also tried to ping the address … |
| | My toshiba laptop has a black screen. It is on but nothing at all on the screen. It all started by trying to add a modem driver. The screen turned blue with a bad pool caller error and now nothing. I know it's probably not worth it to fix - … |
| | My mother has a Sony Vaio laptop PCG-F540K She left the wireless card in the cardbus slot and I guess it got shoved in too far and broke it--now it won't hold a card in. Is this easy/inexpensive to fix? Can I do it myself? Thank you, T |
| | Hi Gang, I have a laptop with Windows XP ntfs. With Partition Magic I want to make a separate partition then ghost the primary partition onto it and set it to dual boot. Should this work OK? Many thanks, Mikeybear. PS respect to cscgal and thanks to Happygeek for previous … |
| | Everything is working fine, with one annoying exception. My IE home page is NYTimes.com, and it opens correctly as home page or when accessed from address line by URL. Home page has many links, and when I click on these links, I get following message: "Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered …  |
| | Hi A few days back I ran a cell-phone related applications and it installed 2-3 new drivers. I did not have to restart my system but windows created a restore point. The applications worked fine. Late that evening, I restarted my laptop and while it was shutting down, I happened … |
| | [B]Hey well got Cox highspeed internet like two months ago and wow its fast i used to have dial-up and i was SO missing out till i got highspeed...and a couple of days ago my friend got COX too but hers is faster...like i have a compaq presario laptop and … |
| | Hello, I have a sony vaio laptop and need to disable the wireless lan. Can I do this in the Bios? If so, can you provide instructions? Thanx, Cindy |
| | :confused: I'm trying this again.. I bought a imac about 4 years ago, the one w/the small bace and the monitor is conected to it. I ordered it online and it has an airport in it.. but when i got it.. it had two complete opperating systems 9.2 and X … |
| | Hi I have been experiencing intermittent connectivity problems with my broadband for the last few weeks. It manifests itself with the "network cable is unplugged" message. I have checked the cable is plugged in and have connected using another laptop without any problems.   |
| | I have a wired router provided by my Wireless Provider, so can't remove it from the mix. I then have a Linksys wireless router I would like to add to the network to make my laptop portable around the house. I have been able to make it work by following … |
| | I was on my laptop today and the plug came undone. no big deal, I plugged it back in and fired it up. The screen, however, was barely readable. Very dark but there was a picture in there. Any ideas how to fix this or what it means? is the … |
| | I dont know if this should belong under software or network security, but I am a little stumped at why I am missing the 'wireless networks' tab. This is a pentium machine xp pro SP1. I was trying to connect to the machine with software that will syncronize files in … |
| | I'm a 20 year old college student and I work from a laptop. My computer is majorly infected and I have no clue what to do. I get tons of pop-ups from almost every site that I visit now, including this one, and the sysprotect 2005, 2006, and Winantivirus are … |
 | hi guys, just installed a netgear wg834g wireless router, first computer (desktop) is connected via ethernet and works fine, second is via wlan (desktop), internet explorer says no page to display, cant ping an address either, but aol messenger can connect, third computer again through wlan (laptop), same as above, … |
| | Hi... Can somebody help me with advice on installing the max RAM in my Toshiba Satellite 1135-S125 laptop? Right now the machine has 240 MB of RAM and I'd like to get it to the max. Any advice on the best approach to take? Thanks, looking forward to some sound … |
 | [B][I]I am thinking of buying a new Laptop and want to know everyones opinion on the most efficient proccessor ??[/I][/B] [B][I]I do some DTP and photo work and I don't play games (crap co-ordination )[/I][/B] [B][I]I know that battery life is also important and certain proccessors give longer working times … |
| | [quote=rmj55]just jumped in and am following with great interest cuz I've got the exact same problem ... my laptop is only 3 months old tho and doesn't do too much, so I don't think reformat is the answer for me[/quote] :sad: Rats!! I just ended up on this thread while … |
| | Perhaps I should have been concerned by the 1 year warranty or maybe it was the constant switching itself off or possibly it was the hard drive failing after 8 months but anyway to cut a long story short I have a rather expensive paperweight on my hands. Owing to … |
| | i recently got my hands on a Pentium 4 (2.8Ghz/ 512k/533) processor that was removed from a working compaq laptop in hopes of upgrading my dell XPS/Inspiron laptop which has a Centrino 1.7Ghz processor. i easily removed the heatsink and swapped processors but to my surprise, my laptop wouldn't start … |
| | Hi over the past few weeks i have noticed i cant access certain websites. problems being hi5.com and mtv.com i am running a bt broadband network, i can access these websites on my computer at work but not on my home pc or laptop which is on a wirless. could … |
| | Hey, I have a wireless network in my house, connecting my desktops. I just bought a new laptop, and I want to conect to the network, but I dont know the network key. Is there any way to find this key on one of my already-networked desktops?  |
| | hey there. I have a problem with my wireless internet and any help would be appreciated. Ok.. on the first story of my house there is a Efficient Networks SpeedStream 5200 - Router - DSL connected to a phoneline. This router is connected to a Linksys Wireless-B Cable/DSL Router. A … |
| | I recently purchased a 100GB 7200rpm HD to replace my laptop's 60GB 5200rpm HD. I tried cloning my system's HD using Norton Ghost 9.0 via external USB but was unsuccessfull. I then turned to MaxBlast3 and it did the job. However, now my 100GB HD has the identical capacity as … |
| | I recently bought a wireless keyboard Mouse combo set for my laptop. hoping it was all joys of use....however after installing my wireless keyboard and mouse which works fine ....but when i go away on trips without using my wireless keyboard mouse combo set i noticed that my laptop keyboard … |
| | Hi, I have been fixing and selling laptop and batteries for several years. I enjoy it very much. David, |
| | Hi all.. I have a problem as follows.. When I connect the AC power supply to the laptop, the AC power light glows green... if the battery is there.. the battery is charging. When I press ON button, the AC power light turns to amber/orange and blinking and the laptop … |
| | As the title itelf explains everything, I don't think I need to say much. Since I can't upgrade the graphic card of my laptop, i was thinking of almost every option. i was thinking about consoles, I was thinking about a new PC and many other things. Than suddenly I … |
| | I have a dell xps laptop and everytime i try to play a game online after about 15 mins or so i get the blue screen of death. Is there anyway i can fix this??  |
| | Hey folks, Im on a Dell 600m laptop with 2 usb slots in the back. The upper slot's plastic bit broke. Its a little black chip that just snapped one day and came off. Is there a way I can fix it or should I try and replace it?  |
| | I have been reading though various articles but I cant figure out how to share files. I have a Linksys WRT54G with my desktop wired to it and a laptop using it wirelessly. Both computers use Win XP Pro. I just need a little help on extacly what I have … |
| | Ok, here's the story. On my Dell Inspiron laptop, one of the three power prongs got pushed into the case. So, I opened up the entire laptop, very very carefully, and pushed the prong back out. Problem fixed. However, after I put it back together the flipping screen won't work! … |
| | Hello everyone, I have a desktop and a laptop, both is connected to a DSL router (DI-604) with cables. I have been surfing the net for 3 years with this configuration with no problem. Today suddenly I can't go online with my laptop for unknown reasons, but I can still … |
| | I would be grateful if anyone can shed any light on this unusual (so I'm told) problem...we just purchased a brand new Dell latitide D620 laptop. We took it to a client and hooked it up to an overhead projector and it went completely beserk! It wouldn't let us get … |
| | Help, This is a friends machine that 'used to work ok' Now it takes about 2 mins just to show the desktop after a windows login...not connected to any network. As soon as you attempt to open any program the hard disk light goes into overload, and its slower than … |
| | Hi, first posting here so apologies if i dont make sense/provide enough info. Will really appreciate any help anyone can provide. Since a week or so ago, (can't remember installing anything specific), i have been having an intermittant problem whereby i am using IE6 very well, all working hunky dory, … |
| | Hey all:) Just joined this site, looks like a very helpful place to be. I was hoping somebody could help me out here. Ok, i'm having a problem with my wireless connection keep dropping. I'm not very good with computers, but i'll try to describe it the best i can. … |
| | Hi friends, I have a problem with my Laptop display. Actually, the laptop bag slips from my hand and from that display is coming but it is very dark, it's very hard to see. i have asked someone, he told me that might be u have to change the whole … |
| | Hi, just installed wireless network (linksys), now the pc can read and retrieve files from laptop but although laptop "sees" the pc i get a message stating that access is denied and to contact admin (me) have pinged both machines both ok, can access the web off either one ok. … |
| | Hey guys. I've done a bunch of searching and I can't figure this one out. I'm helping my friend set up her router with her sbc service. She used to have a Linksys router and I was having a similar problem. I thought it was the router so I bought … |
| | I have a Portege 4010 w/ dead hard drive. Purchased new drive, but not sure of procedure for install esp since there are some unusual issues -- 1. This laptop was given to me by my Fiance when her co. gave her a new one to use. 2. I don't … |
| | Dear all, I recently bought a used presario 700. It's a POS, I know. I bought it dead for 50 quid. Now, it's up and running. I still have 2 problems with it: 1- I'd like to buy a dvd/rw which can fit in this POS. the actual model has … |
| | I need help reseting my power on password for an hp laptop. I have the beginning of Parkinsons disease and my medication made me forget my power on password.. thank you |
| | Hi, I am new to this forum, but I have a problem,and I don't know how to fix it. I recently bought a D-Link DI-504 router so that I could connect my laptop and my other computer to the internet at the same time. The Desktop is working perfectly, but … |
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