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A friend of mine has a problem and I don't know what caused it.We scanned some text pages with my scanner and opened them with Word 2003 to see if they are ok.No problem so far.But when he opened them on his laptop (using an older version of office) word …

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Hi there! I'm kinna new in all this stuff but i'll try to do my best! I have a Toshiba Tecra M1 Laptop and i wanted to exchange my current DVD drive for an slime DVD Writer. The writer is an official one from Toshiba but i didn't buy it …

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I just bought a new Toshiba Laptop with Win XP Pro in it and am currently using a Dell laptop with Win 2000 in it. Is there someway i can transfer my application software to the new laptop without using the install CD's Macromedia Dreamweaver Studio MX 2004 Suite Photoshop …

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Before Christmas my computer went ballistic! To cut a very long story short I have managed to sort it all except one...... I cannot get my modem to work. I think it is a lucent modem?....... I am sure it is? and although I have located it I cannot get …

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Hey, I have a toshiba laptop which has a dead motherboard. I bought a little caddy and took the hard drive out of it and connected it via USB to my new laptop. (Both laptops ran XP) It worked fine yesterday and I was able to access my old files …

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Hi, I've got a Comapq Evo laptop and the 'function' key is locked on whenever I boot up Win 2k. All keys type with their special characters, although holding in the Fn key reverts them back to normal - wrong way around! I can temporarily fix this by plugging in …

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hi i have a laptop which runs windows xp but i really want to use linux does any one know how can i run both in one if it is possible :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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Any and all buttons, OK and Cancel among others, will do a weird rapid switching like something is clicking them really fast. It even happens in Safe Mode. Other weird things like windows opening and shutting, or not wanting to shut are happening also. I scanned with AdAware SE, Spybot …

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It was the [b][color=red]DISPLAY[/color][/b] that was the stumbling block :confused: [font=Arial][color=dimgray][QUOTE][font=Arial][color=dimgray][b]What is the $100 Laptop, really?[/b][/color][/font][/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=dimgray][font=Arial][color=dimgray] The $100 Laptop will be a Linux-based, full-color, full-screen laptop, which initially is achieved either by rear projecting the image on a flat screen or by using electronic ink (developed at the MIT …

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I uninstalled Java on my new Dell laptop. I realized I needed it back and did a system restore but now it is not working. Whenever I click on anything java, it causes IE to crash bringing up my desktop. Help!

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I am trying to play foreign films on my dvd player, as well as homemade films(I work for a film festival). These films work fine on actual dvd players, how do I set my dvd player on my PowerMac G4 laptop?

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Im not sure if this has been asked before and there is a hell of a lot of threads tosearch through so im just making new thread, if this has been asked then maybe the link can be added so i can find it quicker. I have just purchased a …

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I have an iBook G3. Two days ago, I upgraded from 10.2.8 to 10.3.4. The first time the computer started up, my main concern was getting on the internet [my dorm now has wireless; before the upgrade, I couldn't access the network] so I opened up my web browser [Firefox] …

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This might be a daft question, but was wanting to buy a laptop and connect it to my wiressless network using a 125 speed card . Can i do this on a laptop that is wireless enable, does wireless enable mean there is already a card in place????? This is …

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Hi as you can probably see I am a newbie so hello to everyone!! :D My question, Has anyone ever heard of or know anything about this laptop, FIC (first international computer) Model: Cedar I had it given to me a few weeks back it's about 1998 or 1999 maybe …

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can anyone help me? I have an IBM thinkpad P2 laptop with (i think) 256mb memory running win xp pro. yesterday morning i made an attempt to boot it up while it was plugged into the mains adapter. Upon turning it on i got nothing at all on the screen …

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Hello, I have a few questions: After comming off the phone from me mom, whose nicely suggested that she'll go half to a laptop... I have 2 questions- *Importanting a laptop like this : laptop this is still in the UK but if I buy it from lets say America …

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Greetings all, I hope that someone can help me solve this problem that I am having. I need to transfer some files from my sister's laptop to my PC and the only way to do this is via a Firewire cable, as her laptop does not have any other type …

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I am running a reletively new toshiba sm30-106 laptop with win XP proff, i have recently encountered problems with my windvd package that i have been using since i got the laptop 7 months ago. when i try to open the program it just freezes up and completely slows down …

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Well I got a laptop, one of thoses old 366mhz for travel only, and I got this problem which is quite annoying after about 5-10 mins the screen turns black, and it doesnt seem to be the screen saver since its at 60min(60minutes needs to be past for the screensaver …

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HI, For some reason, my laptop, which came with a broadcom wireless card installed, cannot pick up a fairly strong signal at my work (a local coffee shop). This is the only wireless network I have tried (wired at home), and I have never used wireless before. The coffee shop's …

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Hi guys, i´m a newbie on mac world, i recently bought a mac mini, and i want to move my info from my laptop to mini, but i can´t view any of both computers, i´m using a firewire, and i´d like to keep them connected on a home LAN. other …

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hey i have an ibm thinkpad t30 with windows xp and a pentium 4 with 11.2 gb free and 256mb ram. it cant play new games like sims 2 but i was wondering if i could fix it up to play the new games like the sims 2...if not then …

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I have just recently reinstalled WinXPpro and I noticed that my NIC card is only connecting at 10mbs instead of the normal 100mbs. I have updated my NIC drivers, checked everything else I know to check and still I can't get it to show 100T. It did show it at …

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Hi, I'm new here. My computer isn't starting up properly at all. I have Windows XP. I think the problem is regarding either the Video Card or Windows. Each time I start up the computer, pressing the power button. It loads up normally, but after 8 seconds or so the …

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Im looking for some software that will do backups for me. Something that will backup files from one computer to my other around 3 am or something. I dont want it to make a backup of every file on my computer just the folders i specify. Is there anything out …

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I am new to hosting my own website (i want to get away from geocities.com). I have a laptop and a desktop pc which are both wireless in my house. I want to host it from my desktop (im getting an old p2 in about a year which ill host …

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I'm a new user. A few months ago I tried to use a friend's computer to log onto the internet via dialup. He's got a Dell Inspiron 1200 laptop running XP. I'm an MSN user, he's an MSN user. There used to be an 800 number for MSN dialup so …

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My local lan uses static ip's. The local server will only allow access from the local lan and a specific lan outside the local one. Example: The local lan is on 10.115.232.0/24. If I VPN to it using my laptop with dhcp from a remote location, I cannot connect to …

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Hi, As the title suggests,I've fdisked and formatted the drive of a toshiba 1800-814 laptop and in the process of installing XP Pro - genuine copy. It gets to 9 minutes to go on the GUI setup but then shuts down to standby mode. Now I cleaned the disk, tried …

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My computers are a tower windows XP with SP2 and a laptop with XP and SP2 I have ran home networking wizard on both systems and they cant seem to find each other. I would like to file share and play games over this network . Could someone help thanks,

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The other day I was going to set up my laptop on the table, but it accidentally slid from my hand (3 inches away from table). Now the laptop is not working at all, it won’t turn on and it won’t charge. Does anyone have any idea on what could …

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[i]Massive font tags removed ^_^ - [b]Daniweb Moderators[/b][/i] The other day I was going to set up my laptop on the table, but it accidentally slid from my hand (3 inches away from table). Now the laptop is not working at all, it won’t turn on and it won’t charge. …

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The other day I was going to set up my laptop on the table, but it accidentally slid from my hand (3 inches away from table). Now the laptop is not working at all, it won’t turn on and it won’t charge. Does anyone have any idea on what could …

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Hi, I NEED A QUICK ANSWER PLEASE! I wish to buy a Hp laptop, the ZD 8000 customized. I went to Best Buy today and they had a lower end ZD 8000 for sale. A sales clerk informed me they could order a customized ZD 8000. Before this I had …

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Hi guys, I have a Samsung P28 Laptop with a Li-Ion battery.Is it safe to leave it plugged into the mains even when the battery is fully charged?Would it harm the system in anyway?I was told that the battery will automatically stop charging when it's full.Is this true?I appreciate the …

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Saw this opportunity and wanted to share it. Please use the URL provided, it helps me get my laptop. Windows XP, 2.8Ghz, 512MB RAM, 60GB Hard Drive How would you like to receive your very own Sony Vaio laptop for only $5.00? Well now you can! Signup for EZLaptop's e-mail …

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I'm running a Dell Inspiron 600m laptop with XP SP 2 (640MB RAM). Have had no problems up until very recently. When I open IE6 it will load and show me my start page, but then almost immediately quits/shuts down. Thank heavens for Firefox or I would not even be …

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i keep getting popups in IE even after running ad-aware..spyware and other various spyware/adware detectors. I ran Hijackthis and came up with this report. Know some things i shouldnt remove but not sure about some other. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at …

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Not sure if this is even possible, but i thought i would give it a try. I have xp pro on two machines. one at home (where i am currently at) and one at school. I had set up remote desktop on both machines and everything was going beautifuly until …

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Hi folk I have this hotoffers since 2 days now.. and it is really iritating me indeed I have followed the advise in the previous topics, but it seems I just can't get rid off.. sometimes it is gones, for like an hour and 2 and then it come back.. …

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I am trying to do an Fdisk/format on my friend's laptop. There is no floppy drive available. Is there a way I can use the CD Rom to do the procedure? In the past I have always used a WIN98 Start up disk - am unsure how to proceed since …

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Hi, I have run HiJackThis and this is the log file: (please help me in further steps!!) Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 16:43:53, on 10.03.2005 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe …

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Ok, I am sure the topic seems strange to you, but it's exactly what it should be. Here is my sitiation. I am currently visiting my girlfriend in Japan for 3 months. While I am here I brought my home PC (desktop) with me to keep me busy. Seeing as …

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ok... I have an unusual problem and maybe I'm just overlooking something very simple. I'm running IE6 sp2 on a one month old Dell laptop. recently, if I type in any webaddress with the "www.anyaddress.com" format, IE will take a lifetime to recognize that I just gave it a command. …

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hello. I'm trying to share a dialup connection on a win. xp pro pc , with other win. xp pro pcs thru a linksys wireless router. I currently have a wired home network of 4 pcs sharing dialup and files just fine . I want to change it to a …

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Hi Last week I installed a new 40GB Seagate hard disk and 2 X 256MB RAM on my laptop but a few days ago I accidently knocked the laptop very very slightly on the table then the screen went black :sad: !! I turned off then restarted and got this …

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As of the past two months I cannot get my TiBook to go for 2 days without it crashing. I'm not sure if crashing is the appropriate word but the computer will either freeze and need a restart or I will go to turn it on and in both instances …

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Hi, I have a compaq presario laptop with ME. It's been working fine until the other day. I booted it up, but the screen resolution is like safe mode. It is pixely. I have right clicked on desktop,gone to properties, gone to settings, changed the colour quality to 256, 16 …

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I have a Presario X1050, the laptop just froze on me all of a sudden, the screen went a little weird on me with waves going from one side to the other of the screen. I shut it down imm. but then it never started again. Now when I turn …

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