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| | I donot understand this problem, I use internet on my IBM laptop, I browse many websites but when I access [url]www.hotmail.com[/url]. my CPU usage reaches 100%. I go to Task Manager and forcefully close this hotmail.com site and then CPU usage drops down. Is their something wrong with this CPU?  |
| | I have had an HP laptop for almost two years. Last night it was working fine, i put it to sleep, and fell asleep myself. This morning it never came back. The battery charging light comes on and when i hit power all the lights go on but the screen … |
| | Right... I really need your help guys... Here it goes... Last week after using windows vista basic for the past 9 months i decided to try the windows 7 RC after a week or so of using it just fine i got the dreaded unmountable boot volume error so i … |
| | I'm getting ready to head off to college, and i'm looking for a decent gaming laptop. My budget is around $1300. I'm currently looking at the Gateway 7805 FX, but I'm trying to find a better deal. |
| | my lenovo laptop was not shutting down for quite a long time so i used to give shut down command and quickly remove the battery for it to shut down, today it started acting funny, the shuttle service, camera started opening on its own so i thought it need a …  |
| | Hi, my friend has asked me to repair his laptop for him because I'm the most electronically educated friend he knows, but this is just out of my reach... Here's the problem... I start the computer and [B]it powers up normally[/B], then it goes to the boot screen were it … |
| | Hi everyone! I bought an Acer AspireOne laptop in Bangkok and changed the keyboard settings etc so it would be a european keyboard. Also the language and area has been changed to english uk. I have tried adding a password for the laptop so only i can access it, uunfort … |
| | please i need ur help. i have a dell laptop with vista os. but i want to load server 2003 on it, so i can use it for practical purposes. i have an installaation cd for the vista which i can always use back to load when am through. please … |
| | Hey guys, maybe you can help me. My friend gave me his dead laptop. I want to salvage the dvd-rw drive by using it as an external on my notebook. This is the drives info from hp's website: DVD+-R/RW optical drive - 8X speed, Super Multi dual format, double layer, …  |
| | I bought this laptop from a friend of a friend about six month ago, it was runnig good, but some how got corrupted and I thought that by formating the hard drive would help. My friend gave me the system password and the hard drive password but forgot to give … |
| | Right, i have a toshiba equium A210 - 171 laptop that i am borrowing off my friend to take with me on holiday for two weeks so i need to get this working by july 26th. When he gave it to me he told me there was something wrong with … |
| | A few days ago my computer starting starting slower than it used to. At first I thought it froze during startup. So I turned it off and back on again, but after 5 minutes it finally moved past the start-up screen. Even after startup it was still running slowly so … |
| | I'd be grateful if anyone could help. I have a 3yr old dell inspiron 8000. Couple of days ago, internet explorer froze, so switch laptop off by pressing power off button, This usually works, but this time scan diskdidn't work. Ran Dell diagnostics which reported a few ?disk areas were … |
| | My laptop is Gateway MX8716B PA6A. After pressing power button blue led blinks and nothing happen. Ive tried to take out the battery and start on ac adapter and it wont start too. Ive tried also to take out battery and wait few hours, taking out the hard drive.. What … |
| | Hi. I have an Alienware Area 51 M5550 laptop with NVIDIA GeForce GO7600 256MB graphics card. I had it running ther other night, went away, came back later and found it had a black screen. I tried rebooting. I get the Windows logo and then a black screen. You can … |
| | Hi all, My name is Antiko from Jakarta, Indonesia. I am a new-comer and I have problem in installing Mandriva linux in my new laptop Dell Inspiron 1410. I have installed the Mandriva Spring 2009 successfully, but when reboot it always hangs after this sentence: Starting udev: Loading /etc/sysconfig/console/default.kmap _ … |
| | Hi, I have 5.1 creative speaker set. How can i use it with my laptop. My laptop has only one speaker out. I need more for 5.1 set. Thanks |
| | Ok, here's the situation. I've done almost all i can think of other then replacing the motherboard. I have a Gateway 600 YGR laptop.... win XP pro, 512MB ram, 60GB 7200 spin HD..... and i've been getting blue screens of death in the past, and finally, it didnt reboot like … |
| | Hi, I wonder if anyone can shed a little light on the problem I'm having. Came to start up the laptop this morning and was presented with a very strange display of lines and an attempt at the HP start up logo. The whole screen was a mess of lines … |
| | Anyone with a clue to how to start troubleshooting a dead HP laptop motherboard? Component level of course. I have a scope and basic computer hardware knowledge.... Thanks for your help |
| | Hey guys, uhh I have this error on my Toshiba Satellite A135-S4666 laptop and using Windows Vista Home Basic. I just recovered it with the recovery disk provided. I did a full disk recovery then when it finished I restarted my computer and it said "Missing Operating System". Anyone know … |
| | I have a toshiba 6100 that will not start the message that gives is: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys I tried to use the Windows XP disk to recover but I am unable to access the disk. The disk does boot ( … |
| | ive purchased a laptop from a friend of a friend. he brought a newer and better one. the laptop, p4 2.8g 512RAM XP Home Ed 60g HD, i checked the manufacturer and believe that i got a pretty good deal. until i ran into this problem. once in awhile when … |
| | I have a gateway DS Solo 9550 Ls Laptop and my power supply seems to be broken, it wiggles around in there and will not even turn my computer on, my batt. is obviously dead. Is there a way to fix this or do I have to pay someone to … |
| | The laptop turns on beeps twice and then displays the following message Press <F1> to resume, <F10> to Setup. I tried pressing both and nothting happens. it just stays on that screen. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.  |
| | I have a Lacie external hard drive which I've used with my Compaq 1015v and XP home. This week I bought an HP G7000 latop for my wife and replaced Visa with XP though the process is ongoing. But the new laptop won't recognise the Lacie. |
| | [i]hello, my domain is [/i][url="http://www.sailingtherapy.com/"][i]www.sailingtherapy.com[/i][/url] [i]I have 2 problems and need a little saavy advice... trade for sailing lol. Anyway, I got a usb data cable for my gsm motorola t721 coming. I am looking for software to ramp to my isp from the cell cabled into my laptop, on … |
 | I looked on google for this all i found was people wanting it TO hibernate, it may seem weird but i DON'T want mine to. This way i can run a server on it without it glowing all night :/ Anyone know how to do this? |
| | hey...i have an Inspiron 2200 laptop that wont boot. when you press the power button, the 3 lock leds stay solid for a few seconds before the laptop turns off again. The Hd Led does not turn on. it happens that when i squeeze the area below the mousepad (above … |
| | I have an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop of which the keyboard and the touchpad will not respond. [B]Steps that I have taken:[/B] [B]Fn+F6[/B] [B][B]Fn+F7[/B][/B] [B]Hard reset:[/B] I have also performed a hard reset (taking the battery out and unplugging the AC power cord, then holding down the start button for … |
| | Help. I have a Thosiba Satellite laptop that could not withstand my two year old niece standing on top of it while it was closed on the floor. The screen is blank but the computer works. I looked at spare parts prices that cost more than the laptop. Any suggestions … |
| | I am using windows xp operating system on tecra 8100 laptop. All of a sudden it stopped working. There is no sound of any fan, but lights come one such as power battery and the last light to the right. And nothing else! Nothing comes on the screen. :mad: Can … |
| | I put my laptop on standby. Later when opening it says: We apologize for the inconvience, but Windows didn't start sucessfully. A recent hardware or software chage may have caused this. (other than putting it on standby nothing has been changed) It carries on and says to try and start … |
| | I have had the Hp Pavilion Entertainment PC laptop for a year or a little over a year just about now. Recently its been starting to bail on me. Last week I was using my laptop and I closed the screen but when I opened it again the screen was … |
| | Hi all. I have read the previous post but mine seems slightly different? I have a fairly old Advent laptop that starts fine, everything loads clearly etc but when I go to move the screen ( back or forward ) the light will go out & I can barely see … |
| | Hi all. I have read the previous post but mine seems slightly different? I have a fairly old Advent laptop that starts fine, everything loads clearly etc but when I go to move the screen ( back or forward ) the light will go out & I can barely see … |
| | I have a Gateway Laptop MT3423 (I have had nothing but trouble since I bought it 2+ years ago). It shut down on me and then I was not able to turn it back on. I have tried the trick where you remove the battery and unplug, hold the power … |
| | My dell inspiron 600m shipped with dells bootloader on it, but recently i changed to ubuntu which installed GRUB. Dell includes two FAT partitions, one diagnostic and one recovery. I instructed ubuntu to leave these partitions alone because i wanted to be able to restore my system to windows if … |
| | One of the employees at my company recently acquired a new laptop. Since he received his new laptop, he is receiving the error " !Task 'mailaccountname' reported error (0x8004010F): The operation failed. An object could not be found" when he sends or receives e-mail in Outlook 2003 on XP. He … |
| | hello there this is my first posting on this place so I hope you can help. I bought about 6 months ago a dell inspiron 5100 and up until a week ago I hadnt noticed anything but then every now again in system properties it says that its a pentium4 …  |
| | Alright I need your guys' help once again. On my laptop i have a slot to insert memory cards from digital cameras. Before when I would insert my memory card the camera/scanner wizard would launch so i could transfer my pictures, but now it doesnt launch. Is there anyway i … |
| | I have a desktop computer that has no wireless internet connection, and a laptop with wireless internet connection. I want to know how I can bridge the connection between my desktop computer to my laptop, so that both can surf the internet. I've heard the bridging the connection works, but … |
| | I have a compaq R4012US laptop and it won't boot up. It gos to the windows xp screen and then say sorry but it wasn't shut down right and the n reboots again and just keeps cycleing . Will not start in safe mode either and is hard to get … |
| | [font=Arial]After reading these posts, it sounded like someone here could help me. If so, I would be very appreciative. I have an IBM X20 laptop and the display has gone dark. I took it to a laptop repair specialist in my area who says that the inverter board is fine, … |
| | Hi, A few months ago i turned my laptop on but it wouldnt work! So insted of getting it sorted i just put it behind the sofa and ignored it! Now i actually need it! Im no computer wizz but i kinda know the basics, and want to learn more … |
| | Hi I think this is the right place to ask but on my VERY old compaq laptop The touch pad pointer wont work, on the control panel in the mouse options it says that the only hardware installed is for a: ps/2 compatible mouse. how can i fix this? thanks … |
| | Hi I want to install more RAM on my laptop but not sure how much/if it will be recognized since Im running a 32-bit OS. Heres the specs: Processor: AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core QL-62 2.00 GHz Ram: 3.00 Gb Os: 32 Bit Vista Maxium Memory: 4096 Mb Thanks  |
| | I bought an HP DV4T-1000 model laptop 8 months back.It worked fine for 6months, When I start (sometimes it works fine) it up at first the screen will not come on(only black screen is seen) but lights on and the fan on. In order to get it to start right …  |
| | Hi guys, I would really appreciate your help. I have been asked to find out how to set up a laptop designed to go into shop, so that users can ONLY use the internet. They cannot run programs, make / delete existing files or anything else that will cause problems. …  |
| | Sorry if this has been asked before ..... I want to explore W7 but not try and use it as my base OS - happy to stay with Vista for the moment. Can I set up a separate partition or whatever, install W7 into that and then, at startup, choose …  |
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