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Hi all I'm having a big problem with my dell inspiron 8100 laptop. I recently reformated it and reinstalled winxp home. Now when I go online it freezes my whole computer up in about 3-5min. I'm using earthlink dial up, but also freezes using a T1 connection. I have a …
Heres the problem: I have a laptop with Windows XP Professional on it and everytime I logoff and then login again it won't accecept the login password, it says the password is wrong but I know it isn't wrong. But everytime I restart the laptop computer the login password works. …
[b]Hi, I have been cleaning up both my destop and laptop since I have upgraded to the new version of AOL 9.0 SE and some other things, and AOL is having a problem playing videos on my desktop, but they play fine here on my laptop. I decided to compare …
I have seen problems similar to this on many sites, but none of the solutions have helped and none have the exact same symptoms. Immediately after installing "NWLINK IPX/SPX Compatible Transport protocol" my CPU has periodic cpu usage spikes every 2-3 seconds. It remains after rebooting. When I remove the …
When connecting via dialup, cable or DSL, using Mozilla, IE, or FrontPage, opening and all subsequent pages take 5-8-10 minutes EACH :mad: . I'm running XP Pro on a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. 256mg memory, 1 gig free on a 12 gig dirve. Intell P3 700mhz clock speed. I've used …
Hi, my asp.net app runs on my laptop but when i put it on my webserver, the aspx pages won't load. I'm a pro VB programmer, both computers are on win2000 pro. it says: error in "/" application. I think the code is ok, no trace or debug problems, so …
Is it possible that I buy a PCMCIA usb 2.0 card for my laptop and then it'll work? I just want one because I currently don't have any usb 2.0 ports on my machine. Thanks.
umm...hey!....I have Windows 98 second version and everytime i click a link that is a pop-up window...then the web page crashes for link a minute and does not even load the link when it comes back! Sometimes its not even a pop up, its just a site that crashes then …
Ok, I have one laptop that can see the whole network (it's a windows 2000/XP/OS X network). We have a router at 192.168.1.1 and then that goes to two hubs, and then off of one of the hubs is the WAP. I can ping the gateway (the 192.168.1.1), but I …
My laptop up-and-died today with ~5 gigs of valuable GIS and hydrology work on it. I desperately need to recover these data. I've got the HDD in an antistatic bag next to me and I'm wondering if there isnt an adapter utility to plug the li'l SOB into a 40-pin …
I know it's probably not what this message board is meant for, but i need some advice about which laptop i should buy. I want to spend up to about
I'm interested in buying a laptop for school as well as for work. What are the pros and cons for buying a new or a used machine.
The screen on my Armada 1700 266 only displays on one half of the screen. If you tweek the top a little, the other half will display, shimmer or produce verticel lines. Time for a new screen or is something loose inside the LCD? No other problems with the laptop.
Hi all, I am using an Inspiron 8000 laptop. I have a green line thin fine line running vertically from top to the bottom of my LCD screen. It is very annoying. Can anyone tell me whether it is the LCD faulty or the controller chip is spoilt or is …
ok. you guys are going to laugh. I just recieved a Toshiba T2115CS (i think) from my friend. Anyways, It has no cd-rom drive. Is it possible and how do I network this machine in DOS 6.22 so i can install windows 95 or 98 (havent made up my mind …
Well... that laptop went up to get connected with it's server again (several hundred miles away from me). I had added the server to it's c:\i386\hosts file and set the ip on the server to the same. (since that worked to see my home network perfectly) and the call comes …
I tried to reboot up my Compaq Armada 1592dt 233mhz when i replaced the hdd. instead of a boot i am left with a constant beep. I have removed the additional ram but that makes no difference. I have also removed the hdd but again no difference.
Hi, I have no experience in reparing computers but my friend said you guys might know. My keyboard in my laptop just randomly freezes?? any suggestions to fixing it ^^; -I have a compaq presario 700 laptop x.x
Hi I have been trying to get my Dell inspiron 2500 to show something anything on the lcd but to no avail...it works with an external monitor. I have tried to reset the flex cable but nothing... When I start it up the screen is jetblack! then it flcks to …
i have a hp laptop, running windows xp home edition. the display is dark, i can barely see anything. I hooked it up to an external monitor and that monitor is displaying it perfectly, i've also tried the other OS's and all appear dark. If someone can please help and …
I am not that tech/computer savvy------However, I have a Toshiba Tecra 510CDT, 133 mhz laptop. I want to know if the following hard drive is compatible. (I can get it free, if it is) TOSHIBA HARD DRIVE FOR LAPTOP...4 GIG....MK4313MAT....HDD2141. Very thin..measures about 3/8". Dan.........
I just bought a compaq laptop w/ a AMD xp2200+ when i go to computer properties it reads the processor at a 1.05ghz sometimes it does jump to a 1.79ghz but most of the time you see 1.05ghz. Is this normal or should i worry. every time i check is …
Doesn't anyone use 9x anymore? I actually still use 98se on my 650mhz sony vaio laptop Surprised no one has posted about these OS's yet So I decided I'd be the first
I have this old laptop that i have scrapped. I am wondering if there is any way i can rip the screen out and use it for something else? Extra monitor? Mini TV? Or is this totaly impossible. Or cheaper to get a mini plasma :P
This is my virgin crash. I was using my Laptop with Xp Pro. and it shut down, attempted to restart itself in SafeMode, then the screen went black. I can't get it to do anything. No response to CTL/ALT/DEL, no reponse to the on/off switch, no response to DEL F5/F6/etc. …
I have 1mbit cable connection which can reach 150k without problems when ever i download from the internet through explorere or DAP which is great, BUT when i use programs like Kazaa, Bit Torrent, Overnet it can only download at 20-30k no matter what, i noe its not my line …
Hey, I was wondering if there is a way you can use a laptop monitor as a flip down tv screen in an suv, just the monitor, not the whole laptop?? There has to be a way.
I have an old Compaq Armada laptop. The display is covered with white horizontal lines, and green red, and blu vertical lines. Kind of like a graph. Does anyone know how to clear this. :?:
I was wondering if it's possible to change a celeron 366 mmc-2 with a celeron 500 mmc-2? or even to a p3 mmc-2?
Ok ok... i'm having a bitch load of problems with windows 2k. A week ago, windows 2k advanced server stopped picking up one of my partitions! sucked, but screw it, fix it in da vaction. NOW!!! win 2k pro is fuked up!!, but on my laptop which sux even more. …
Laptop: Compaq Armada E500 14.1" tft lcd PIII 700 12 GB HD 128 ram Server: Custom Built pIII 600 45 GB HD 256 ram
Ok... on my computer, i have a crappy creative labs 4x2x24 burner burning @ 1x. I'm using brand name german gasf cdrs and am burning them on my burner. It works on all of my computers except for my laptop's DVD player (500 dollar piece of shit! shoulda gotten burner). …
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