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 | Building a new DesktopComputer is possible. But is it possible to build my own Laptop computer?? Or is this something I should let the pro's do? I consider my self someone who can do moderately difficult stuff, if i get correct and good instructions. Ofcourse i wouldn't want to risk …  |
| | Hi, Andi here, new to this forum and in need of a wee bit help. I am fairly good with computers in the setting up, configuring and software side, but the techie side for the net is a bit new. Q. I am thinking of buying a laptop, but I …  |
| | What a great Forum here's the source of my problem: SBC is my dsl isp i'm using speedstream 5100b modem with a netgear router MR814. I can connect with modem directly to my desktop but when I throw the router in (so i can use my laptop) i can never …  |
| | Hi guys! I need help again. This time it is of utmost importance because I can't read Daniweb from my laptop!! :cry: Ok let's take it from the top. I bought a new Toshiba laptop. M30 (33c) and I started installing a bunch of stuff on it because I had …  |
| | Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me out. My CD burner doesn't burn CDs anymore, I've tried looking around to see if anyone has the same problem, but I can't find one similar to mine. If you find a board already solved, can you link me to it? … |
| | Hi, For a week now I've been fighting with a VX2 on my laptop running W2K with NTFS. At least that's what Adware reports when I run it. It can't clean it, though. I have basically the same sympthoms other people report in the posts. Last night I ran Dllcompare … |
| | Hi I no nothing about networking so bear with me :rolleyes: ok heres the problem i have a netgear router and im trying to configure my laptop to get online using a wireless connection,i can log into the router via the laptop but cant get online,when i try logging into …  |
| | I'm having a problem connecting my home computers (Desktop & laptop) via serial cable. I tried everything but both computers are not seeing each other. My desktop runs XP pro and my laptop is an old one and runs win 98. I figured this is the simplist way to share …  |
| | I'm having problems with my Dell notebook running Win XP Home (Original; came with the laptop). Not sure if it's a security problem; have run spybot S&D and turns up DSO exploit which keeps on coming back. I'm not sure if that's the reason for the problem. Anyway, IE won't …  |
| | Hello Everyone. For a few weeks now, I have been seeing the following message while the computer is booting: 'SiSUSbBrg.exe - Unable To Locate Component. This application has failed to start because SiS_Lib.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.' I have been unable to get a … |
| | Well, I bought a used presario 700 laptop about 2 months ago. The owner is a friend who told me that it was not the best computer but I wasn't really thinking of using it for much more than taking notes. Anyway- i realized that the battery didn't hold much …  |
| | ok guys here's the deal. i've got a whole 'brunch menu' of all sorts of anti-virus and anti-ad-ware programs installed on my laptop these days. i've ran them all and nothing seems to be bringing my laptop back to normal. besides a few hick-up's here and there i.e. delays in … |
| | Hi everyone, My laptop (a Compaq Presario 700) is about to die, i think it only has a few weeks of life left in it, apparently due to bad clusters on the hard drive. Anyway, I love a project, so I hope somebody can help me. I would like to … |
| | I have a ze4430us laptop I purchased last year that doesn't work anymore, and was wondering how I go about converting the monitor to a basic desktop monitor. I've read that I need a controller or something to that matter, but have no idea which to get or what I'm … |
| | hello folks I have a problem with a laptop with windows xp sp 2. whenever I try to add something to the cart and go to checkout, I find out that there is nothing in the cart. I have the pop up window blocker turned off. I am using the … |
| | Hi all I have a laptop IBM T22 and I forgot the bios and the hdd password can I break it ? Thanks  |
| | I had set up a home network with one of my desktop computers that is hooked up to a wired router and with my laptop that is wireless. I used the home network wizard in Network places to set that up. I recently had to reformat my laptop b/c of … |
| | Hi, I have recently rebuilt my Dell Latitude laptop from Windows 98 to Windows 2000. My problem is that when I reboot the laptop, it freezes on the Windows 2000 splash screen. The problem does not arise when I do a shut down and start. I have adjusted the power … |
 | I have admin password on a laptop... I want to set up a couple of other users but it wants a domain...? I enter the same domain that the admin has listed but it still will not create an account.. Suggestions... |
| | Please help! My G3 Laptop freezes soon after booting up. It is the WallStreet version running OS 9.1. This problem has only happened since my battery started playing up. The battery is new-ish but for some reason suddenly does not work and when using the power adaptor, does not appear …  |
| | My laptop LCD started looking like it was shakey. The picture just started to scramble. If I apply pressure to the back of the LCD through the lid the screen returns to normal. Is my LCD going bad? Do I have a loose connection somplace? Is it something maybe I … |
| | Hi everyone. Ok, I have a Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop with a basic CD-RW / CD-R / DVD-ROM drive. Recently, I've noticed its sorta, not reading stuff. Now, the laptop isn't that old....... maybe a little under a year and I don't burn much cd's with it. Would the burner … |
| | I have a Windows XP Toshiba laptop and lateley my CD burner has'nt been working. I tryed using three seperate programs so far (Windows Media Player, Drag'n Drop CD+DVD, and Realplayer) to burn audio tracks or data to a CD, but they haven't worked. Everytime I start up my computer … |
| | hello. I wonder if I have a virus on my computer and host computer. Both computers have internet sending and receiving but IE always shows the screen about dns or server error. Sometimes the host computer works but not my laptop or vice versa. Other times the IE works but … |
| | I have a Dell Latitude C640 laptop and it came with the Sound Controller of Crystal WDM Audio Codec. Once my laptop crashed when I was listening to Windows Media player and after that when I startup my laptop the "Crystal WDM Audio Codec" device is disabled and an yellow … |
| | Hello there, I wonder if anyone might be able to help me out. Today I booted up my toshiba laptop and found it infected with something. My redirect page had been changed to about: blank, Some "fresh" toolbar had installed itself onto my browser, and some dodgy IP address was … |
| | My IBM thinkpad is really slow even though I have run the latest versions of SpyBot and AdWare. Could someone please look at my Hijack file and see if there is something that should be fixed. Thank in advance. Here is the file: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at … |
 | I have a game on CD. It's the third installment of the Elder Scrolls series by Bethesda Softworks, Inc. I am trying to install the game onto my Laptop. My Laptop is 3 times more everything than the minnium requirements of the game. Everything all of the time works just … |
| | Hey. I've had this bug on my computer for about 2 weeks now. When I start up the computer, there's this weird thing that popups and it says, "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Microsoft Office.hta" on the title bar. Also, my IE start page is stuck to "http://dr-search4u.com/index.htm". Oh and when … |
| | im wondering how hard it would be to do myself,i currently have 40GB of hard drive,im wanting to upgrade it to 60GB,i do still have the windows xp cd that came with my laptop so im thinking of taking out this hard drive and putting in the new one,and booting … |
| | i just recently had to get my laptop sent away to get a new hard drive because the old one had errors in it. ive had this new hard drive for 24 hours and now windows does not register my keyboard, touchpad or my external usb mouse. i can get … |
| | OK this is on my uncle's laptop, and he has been having trouble for months now. I have ran AVG anti virus and Ad-aware as well as Spybot search and destroy many times and it seems to clean everything off but yet the same pop ups keep coming back. When … |
| | While mailing my laptop I think my laptop got a shock... The top one third of the screen shows the screen as it should. However the remaining screen shows vertical lines. Any help would be appreciated. |
| | PLEASE PLEASE help - My IT skills are not very good so any response would have to be in layman's terms!!! - I was doing a bit of housekeeping and it seems that I deleted the drivers for the CD drive - Meaning that I get error 31 every time … |
| | Im having some difficulties with my wireless network's connectivity. When I boot up my laptop (it uses XP), it attempts to connect to our wireless LynkSys Broadband Router. After it does, it gives the following status: "Limited or no connectivity." Upon using the repair option, the computer explains that the … |
| | Hi, I have a problem with my Compaq Presario 2100 laptop I was hoping someoen could help me with. When I press the power button, the compaq logo appears and it goes through the POST. Then just before the "starting windows" message is supposed to appear, the screen goes blank …  |
 | I have an Inspiron 1150 laptop and it will not start back up. I got it just two days ago and today the screen flickered than it shut down completley. The battery was fully charged and everything. I can't figure whats wrong, it was perfectly fine before. Please help. |
| | Please be gentle, very new to this site... I wanted to try out KDE and I happen to have an older copy of Mandrake 6... I have never installed it... Do I want to do this or do I want to use a different distro...? Can someone provide a link …  |
| | hya, i ave just bought a laptop centrino 1.6 ghz, 512 RAM which is sony.since i first loaded the machine(win XP preloaded) the machine takes ages to load i have set the machine in such a way that every programs that are opening , a noice is heard. and i … |
| | I've just recovered from a hard disk failure on my 2002 Dell Inspiron SmartPC 250N 40Gb laptop. It had been running Windows XP with SP2. Now I've reformatted the disk and reinstalled Windows XP (original version without SP1) I am faced with the question: should I reinstall SP2? Dell tech … |
| | I am very new to this and here is where I am at or LOST as the case may be... 98 INstalled on the first partition, XP on the second.. Works fine... I created a Linux swap partition and an EXT3 partition and installed Mepis THe only change I made … |
 | Ok, so my Dad has finally given up his old laptop, which gives me the chance to play with Linux on it. The only problem is, the hard drive is minute. He estimates it to be 1.2 gigs :\ but it was a long time since he really last checked …  |
| | [b][b]I am stuck in lower case, as I've lost my shift key functions[/b][/b] :( after numerous problems with a used ibm thinkpad t22, i bought and installed a new harddrive. loaded xp home and voila, works like a dream..... almost. I should note that xp home is the cd from … |
| | Hopefully someone can help me. I recently bought a linksys wireless router for my Dell laptop 1100. Everything works fine in the a.m. but in the afternoon and evening I cannot connect to ebay and any other secure site. I don't understand why I can in the a.m but not … |
| | Hi, I'm thinking of buying this laptop, do you think its good value for the money or are there better value ones out there? [url]http://www.tiny.com/packages.php?prodid=11175[/url] Thanks alot, Wil  |
| | In looking for a distro I need to define this.. I would think this is AMD vs Intel but could not find that info... I have a P3-M 1ghz laptop I want to use to learn about Linux... But I also have couple P4- 3ghz and a couple of AMD's … |
| | :sad: hi all :sad: my prolem started like this.. :-| i formatted my laptop..before 5 weeks ... after that i tried to reinstall the modem because it wasn't working..so i did.. :!: .then i restarted my computer.. :cry: and here my problem began... :!: this error appears every time i …  |
| | I need some help in getting my laptop back under my control and not some lame hijack/trojan attack. The following is my HijackThis log. Please help. Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 7:51:33 PM, on 12/14/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running … |
 | :eek: I tried posting a new thread on my problem and couldn't on any forum. I was getting really frustrated. Now I can..whoopie! Ok, here is my problem: I think my IE Browser may have been hijacked. I read a lot of threads about this and have downloaded Hijack This … |
| | Hi, I'm having some problems creating a network connection using IEE1394. When I first recieved my laptop the networking tab of Task manager showed a chart/graph for both Local Area Connection and IEE1394. At the time I didn't really worry about it becasue it was of no use to me. … |
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