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| | hi. my uncle has installed sun java cd/dvd writer onto his laptop the other day, after doing so he can no longer view web pages using mozilla or ie. The laptop is a hp pavilion zx5000 running windows xp with sp2. There are 3 methods of connecting to the internet …  |
| | Hi! I want to buy a used Compaq laptop with Win98. The owner say it has a problem: computer goes to Compaq's help program when you start it and you can't go to neither windows or dos. Is it a difficult problem to fix? Any ideas out there? Thanks, Alan |
| | hey all, I'm new to this board, but I thought i'd give it a shot, as it's probably been answered before. Lately, my battery to my IBM Thinkpad T-40 has been acting up..and then the screen just started going dim. It's not completely black, just extremely dim. I've tried everything … |
| | i was using this laptop for an year,recently i had a weird problem when ever i play games and restart the laptop it starts flickering/screen goes dim and comes normal after 3 to 4 min ,happens only when i play games and when the laptop is on for too many … |
| | Hey guys, I have a qousimo laptop that's brand new and windows xp home. For a while about 20 mins after I boot up i got a blue screen that told me that it did that to stop critical damage to my computer and "beginning dump of physical memory", and …  |
| | hi, the other day i baught a Sparkcom ADSL wireless-G modem Router, i have a laptop and PC. the laptop is already wireless enabled with linksys. anway i can get the wireless adapter to connect to the router, but i cant connect to the internet throuth the router. I had …  |
| | Hey everybody, I am having a slight problem with my computer. A few minutes ago, I just turned on my computer and everything was normal (all the start-up programs loaded) but for some reason I couldn't open Firefox or any other programs. So I closed a usual culprit, "explorer.exe." Before … |
| | I’m a pharmaceutical rep who just got a new IBM laptop from my company. I trashed my laptop (I wont even get into how stupid the accident was.) in the hotel parking lot while at a meeting. Our pc support staff had gone home 3 hours before and my hard … |
| | HI!! Yesterday I switched over from Zone Alarm Firewall to Norton Internet Security 2004. The reason was that when ever I logged on to net, some messages popped up(see attachment - *.bmp format) every 5 minutes or so. Clearly these messages are not authentic and I realised at once that … |
| | I have a Samsung P10C laptop. Its main specs are: CPU Type Mobile Intel Pentium 4M, 1900 MHz (19 x 100) System Memory 512 MB (DDR SDRAM) I run XP Prof SP2 and IE6.0. I keep the Microsoft software updated. I have AVG AntiVirus, ZoneAlarm and Ad-Ware. Several months ago … |
 | my laptop has 8mb in vga. :!: how update my graphic card or the driver update the bga and sound card my laptop is toshiba tecra 8100... :idea: please |
| | I've been looking via yahoo for sites on PSP modding, and unfortunately I've managed to pickup some viruses and spyware. They are generating many many popups whenever an internet connection is available, I don't even have a browser open and they generate. Please help me fix my labtop and rid … |
| | I have a message in the startpage that mentions a fatal error and the trojan-spy.html.smitfraud.c here is my hijackthis file Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:14:32 PM, on 07/28/2005 Platform: Windows 98 Gold (Win9x 4.10.1998) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\PROGRAM … |
| | I have an hp pavilion ze5185 laptop that wouldn't shut down. My operating system is Windows XP. When I go to 'start' to shut the computer down, I get the message "windows is saving your settings". Then I get the message "windows is shutting down". The problem is that the … |
| | I have the same problem as James, but none of the replies answers the question of daisy chaining routers. I also have a very similar setup (,a single port ADSL modem, a 4 port router supporting a couple of desktops and a wireless 4 port router (also D-Link DI-624+) supporting …  |
 | Hey Everyone! I haven't need to come here for ages (thanks mostly to you guys) but now i'm stumped. I recently installed an old old poker game on my laptop that took it upon itself to lower the volume levels of the machine by roughly 60%. This means i can … |
| | I have recently recieved a HP dv4030us laptop with intel graphics media accelerator and i would like to no if there is anyway i can update this (Install a decent card instead of this onboard stuff) what i really need to know is if this laptop has a pci or …  |
| | I'm trying to rebuild my Dell Dimension 2100 Desktop. I'm very computer illiterate. I want a desktop in addition to my laptop for when I go to college. I'd like for it to be pretty fast, have lots of memory, and be about as good or better as a new … |
| | Laptop substitute - indigeneous idea...!!! Hi everyone, I always wanted a laptop but still till date it seems there will never ever be a situation where i will purchase one with the configurations i want...(2 GB RAM; atleast 80 GB HDD; etc etc)...as budget for laptop that i desire will … |
| | Just got back from a 2 month project in China - Glad to be home, I am very TIRED! Their ISP (and other public) infrastructure bites (except that their mobile phone services are the best I've seen - even worked on the Great Wall). Internet services are a nightmare to … |
| | i just recently bought my first mac, a powerbook running tiger. Naturally, the laptop keyboard has no print screen key, so how can I take a screenshot into the clipboard?  |
| | Up until last week, I was using a wireless 1060 adapter card on my laptop. Then, things started going wrong. My broadband connection speed started going very slow and then stop working altogether. I uninstalled the software and tried putting it back on. When I am prompted to push the … |
| | hi saibaba here, i am new to the community, i am glad that i joined a wonderful helping community thank you |
| | Hi guys,i just got a laptop. and i was installin windows xp pro chinese version on it. after the instalation, the wireless wasnt found. it as there when i first got it. i installed windows xp chinese pro sp1. wut can i do to have the wireless back and connect … |
| | Hello all, I'm currently trying to resolve an issue with a corrupt registry. I have a fix from Microsoft where I have to use the Recovery Console from the XP CD. My only problem is that Bios will only let me change the System Date/Time and or create a Password. … |
| | ok, my friend gave me a laptop to try and work on, as im decently good at fixing computers(desktops :-/ ), the screen is so dim that you can barely see it, so, first solution i think of, replace the inverter card, so i go and buy a new inverter, … |
| | I have a Linksys WRT54G hanging off a ethernet lan to provide laptop connectivity. The internet access is via a Asus Modem/Router which is linked to the PCs and Linksys via a planet hub. Things had been running smoothly then the laptop lost connectivity to the Linsys. I powered verything …  |
| | Help!! I've been trying to fix my laptop for a week now... with no success. I'm having the same problem trying to get rid of nail.exe and drpmon.dll etc... Can someone help me? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 오전 2:04:45, on 2005-07-24 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) … |
| | Hello all! PLEASE HELP ME!!! NOTE: Dell Inspiron 5150 (XP-Home Edition Service Pack1a) ~~~Problem #1 ([url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us[/url]) I performed the windows update. I restarted and got [B]"\windows\system32\config\system"[/B] is missing or corrupt. I searched on your site how to fix the problem by using the Recovery Console. PLEASE NOTE I ONLY DID …  |
| | Hi All, I got Sony Vaio VGN-B88GP It had SoundMAx integrated audio, I have tried to install ALSA drivers which were Alsa-drivers-0.9.1ADI.tgz followed everything, but still nto working, Its recognising m,y SOund card as Ac97 I don't know how to get it working. Anyone has any Idea? |
| | I live in an RV so have no dedicated hardline and use wi-fi hot spots. I have a laptop (which I internet from) and a desktop. Both computers use XP Home. I have tried setting up two different networks and have the same problem on both of them. One using … |
| | I have a PC using a PCI adapter Microsoft MN-130 and a laptop using a Linksys wireless card and a linksys router which then connects to my DSL Modem. My home network works for the most part. Both computers can access the internet and both computers can see each other … |
| | I have an IBM thinkpad P2 laptop with 128mb RAM, onboard graphics etc running WinXp Pro. My problem is that i am not getting any signs of backlight on it unless i press Fn and F7 (button that changes between laptop screen and external monitor) a number of times. even … |
| | I am a windows user. My husband has both a laptop and a desktop, both 10.3.8. The laptop has no problems. The desktop, after d/ling 10.3.8 update, told him he doesn't have permission/privilege/admin to do anything with HP Deskjet 940C printer. He has the most recent driver. Learned how to … |
| | I have a toshiba laptop running Windows XP SP2. The name of my wireless card is "Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network". It is for all three wireless connections Wireless B: 11.0 mbps connection Wireless G: 54.0 mbps connection Wireless A: Not sure Problem: Well, recently I have noticed that I am … |
| | I am using a Dell Latitude CPx Laptop with Windows 2000. Access to the internet has stopped working a couple of days ago. However, in "Safe" mode, I can access the internet OK. I suspect that there may be an unwanted guest in my computer. For convenience this message is … |
| | Hello, Today when I got on my brothers laptop the screen was black... so i hard rebooted it and I got this message. "Ntfs.sys has been corrupted or is missing. You can insert the Windows Setup CD to fix the file". So, I inserted the first recovery disc and went … |
 | i am running SuSe 9.x and i have 2 different wifi cards(d-link dwl650 and a mini pci card that came with the laptop..i think its a broadcom) and i cant get either one of them to work. on the d-link card it has the 2 lights(link and act) the act … |
| | when i installed suse on my laptop, i also installed both kde and gnome. when it boots up it automaticly boots with kde. how can i change it to gnome |
| | Hi i dont need to know how to install windows but the laptop im using is a old laptop and is only going to be used for the internet and im useing it right now to even type this right now. this is what i wanna know i just never … |
| | I am looking at this one for a friend. It is a Dell Inspiron 2500 running WinXP Pro. POST is OK, but it gives an "Operating System not found" error after POST on some occasions, boots normally on others. The OS also gets unstable at times. I was told that … |
| | Hi, When I purchased my laptop it came with norton internet security already installed and I was going to remove it from the windows xp add remove programs feature and then I also noticed that there was a norton WMI update program installed I was just wondering does this belong … |
| | Hi, I just found this group while looking for some information to help troubleshoot a laptop that has problems. I work for a college in the IT Department and also restore old cars and repair computers, laptops, and PDAs in my spare time. BuggZ  |
| | I've read all the threads and replies regarding laptop LCD screen going dark! but my problem is somewhat different... but it can be answered in yes or no. I see really bright screen w/ negative color images/videos ( u know how the negatives of photo camera looks like? same thing … |
| | Hi, When I try to launch Internet Explorer, the hourglass cursor displays for a couple seconds, then reverts to the regular cursor. IE does not start and does not appear in the process list. My laptop is running XP. I suspect, (after reading many other posts) that the culprit is … |
| | I recently tried to defragment my computer. I am running windows XP Pro on an IBM ThinkPad T40, Pentium M 1.8 ghz, 512 Ram, 80G harddrive. When it was "done" it gave me a message saying it couldn't defragment a bunch of them, and there was still a large protion … |
 | I don't really know what category this fits into, since I don't know where the problem lies yet, but hopefully someone can help me. This is a 6 month old acer laptop, so it'll go back under warranty if it's hardware. There have been no hardware changes, and as far … |
| | My daughter is running win XP professional on a desktop Gateway P4 (about 3 years old) and after successfully cleaning up incredible amounts of spam (Look2Me- horrible!), I found that her recycle bin shows no deleted files. It doesn't even show that they are being deleted, yet they disappear. Of … |
| | Laptop screen would occasionally show odd colors, mostly red. Then went to only a dark screen. Could be seen when very close and with a flashlight on the screen. I was told to replace the inverter so I did that. The screen seems to be staying fully lit now but … |
| | Recently, my computer had a lot of trojans and other viruses. I installed Norton Antivirus, as well as other DLed programs and ran them. Norton somehow deleted one of my startup files, and in doing so, I wasn't able to get onto my laptop. I reinstalled WindowsXP from a friends … |
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