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Hello everyone, I am looking to purchase a disc printer for my job. The one I am looking at is the Vision II Inkjet Printer. I would like to know if anyone has one or had experience working with one. If so, I would also like to know if you …

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About a month ago, all six USB ports on our computer (Compaq Presario S3100NX) suddenly stopped recognizing anything we would plug in. We only use a few of them for our printer, MP3 player and memory drive. There is still power going to all of them. I can charge my …

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Hello, I just wondered if there is a quick and simple way of disabling the touchpad on my cheap Advent 7109A laptop.(Usually I prefer to use my USB mouse) Reason : While I am typing long speels of text, such as Word documents, e-mails etc., I tend to look at …

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When this computer booted, there was no keyboard functionality. I disconnected the keyboard, then plugged it into a different USB port. The lights came on, so I opened IE,a and selected the search box (Google) and the box began filling with plus signs.(++++++++++....) I disconnected the USB extension cable and …

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I have an older Dell PC that has gotten a virus within the past year. Had the PC completely erased and supposedly everything was reinstalled. I lost the password to my printing software and can't recover it, along with a few other important capabilities. Can you help me? Dell support …

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I'm not quite sure how it happened. But I was just sitting at my computer reading stuff when a message came up saying that new hardware has been inserted and it was prompting me to finish the setup and installation. I was just sitting there, not doing much, definately not …

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In 2005, I bought a laptop from XY Computers and purchased Total Protection extra insurance for it, before the original Warranty expired. When the laptop was 9 months old, its power connector jack broke and I sent it for repairs, only to be told that spillage had damaged the motherboard. …

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I have a Sandisk MP3 player model: m250 and whenever I try to sync my music by plugging it into the USB drive of my computer, my computer (or any other computer) won't identify my MP3 player as one, it will only identify it as some sort of disk drive, …

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Greetings everyone My cd rom seems to be posessed. It automatically opens every time i turn my pc on, it works normally though all throughout the time i use it. Another thing happens when I attach my CDRW the pc can't seem to detect my CDROM. When I start my …

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I have a Canon PIXMA iP1600. As it was warming to print a web page, it stopped. Now it's a dead machine. I have checked all cable/wire plug ins and still nothing. Can't find a reset button on the printer so I assume there isn't one. Can anyone help?

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I come here totally frustrated. I use this scanner only occasionally and it has always worked just fine. Recently, I had occasion to scan a document and save to file. I opened Director and selected scan document and save to file. I got the following polite message: "Sorry, could not …

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Hi everyone! I have a BenQ 5000BL Scanner. I lost the CD that came with it. Now I can't install it on Windows XP Professional SP2 I used other models that were recognized and installed automatically the same operating system (without the need to install a driver) Anyway, I searched …

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Hi all, I have a VAIO S4XP and after rebuilding it with XP my function keys have been playing up. Some work, some don't... most are not important but the ability to switch between the laptop screen and VGA (for a projector) is absolutely critical, and surprise surprise that function …

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have more than one OS on my computer (Windows 2000 pro and Ubuntu Linux) and I am having a problem with a new Wireles keyboard/mouse combo. The wireless receiver only has 1 interface (USB). The keyboard and mouse work fine inthe BIOS area and once the computer has loaded an …

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I was given an old Proliant server which I have been using as a Linux testbed. I have successfully installed Red Hat on it but need to switch to UBUNTU. When I tried using ISO CDs created on my new DELL notebook the old CD drive on the Proliant does …

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When I shut down my computer, the num/caps/scroll lock lights on my keyboard flash on & off about 10-15 times & then remain permanently lit up while the computer is off. Also, the light on my optical mouse is always lit. Could someone PLEASE tell me what is going on …

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My boss has an Hp xb2000 Expansion Bay with wireless mouse and keyboard. Once the computer is up and going the mouse starts to become jerky, like it is hanging up on the screen and sometimes it has to be clicked 3 times to get results. I thought it might …

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Okay, I've tried about everything I can think of and I am at my wits end. Here's the situation: My microphone on my headset is not working. Yes, it is plugged in, and no... it is not muted. 8-) It is apparently picking up only digital sounds (or sounds that …

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Hi, when i switched on my emachines 610 the other day, it booted as normal (XP) and took me to the password screen but my keyboard, or mouse, didn't respond. The net result is i cannot access my computer at all as i can't get past this screen. The caps …

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hi, my number lock keys aren't working, most of the k/b is ok, but of the keys with a secondary number function, they do nothing except - the o becomes h, and 9 becomes g. if i put the num lock on then i becomes 6, o becomes 4 and …

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A good friend of mine is having a problem with his DVD RW only seeing DIVX .. an can only burn CDs ... any advise you can give ? his DVD RW is NEC DVD_RW MD-3550A... I searched for an updated driver but so far i can not locate it... …

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I recently lost the CD drive on my laptop (running Windows XP Home) Replacing the drive is not an option at the moment due to cost. I have connected an internal drive to a USB external drive box. The drive works fine but is there a way to configure it, …

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Hello, I searched this forum for similiar threads but the difference is that I'm using Windows Me. So, I'm starting a new thread. I've a USB port on my motherboard. As the version is ME, it must be plug and play. But when I connect the flash drive and go …

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i had 2 repair the power jack inside the laptop and the keyboard came lose is there anyway 2 fix it. please help

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I posted this in dead computers but now I see this is the right place for the question. Sorry. Anyway I have a fairly old, okay, really old Sony Vaio laptop and the left-click button started to function intermittently a week or so ago. Then it was fine. This morning …

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I have an HP Color LaserJet 4500 which has a parallel and serial port. I would like to use the printer in a wireless mode but I have to convert the parallel to USB to accept a wireless router. Any suggestions? Sincerely, Crafty

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When I boot up my pc, the first thing that happens is it goes to the bios status screen. It says information about ram, cpu, hdd's, etc. Then it asks you to press f1 to continue or delete to go to setup. This is how it has started up everytime, …

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cannot get audio to send w/video from new microsoft lifecam.all settings are correct .any thoughts?

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After years of dial up internet, I thought I would splurge and finally get DSL with Verizon. This is the problem, which Verizon has been unable to help with. Everytime I want to go to the internet - I need to run the CD program again - EVERY TIME!!! Once …

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I got my Icemat Audio Headset in the mail a day ago. So far I love it, but my microphone seems faint. When I talk into it, I have to hold it right next to my mouth. I have all my microphone settings set to high, but its still so …

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