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Hi everybody, I am having quite a problem with my new laptop HPdv1625. It came with win XP home and I wanted to intall XP pro. First thing I did was to burn the recovery DVD's and then proceed to XP installation. Turns out that when after loading all the …

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HI everybody, I am new to these forums. I have 30 years in the IT field starting as a IBM 1401 operator then programmer, then an application programmer, then a technical support person (both hardware and software) and have done both hardware and software maintenance on a number of hardware …

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While on the internet my laptop froze. I tried to restart it but nothing happined so I closed the top and when I opened it it said 'computer is in use and has been locked.' It asks for a user name and password but wont allow me to tipe anything …

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No -- not the old black screen of death. A different one... Two days ago my laptop had a change of heart and decided to deny me the use of the screen. No battery problem. Not a problem with the screen. The computer starts up just fine... but then after …

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Alright, so here's the problem: My laptop freezes on me. Hardcore. Seems like everything in it freezes with it including system/internal timing. So it freezes to the point that it doesn't even realize that it's freezing. Well, here is the kicker: If I apply pressure at certain angles (the angle …

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I have a MAC I have Entourage X as my email. when I atttempt to retrieve my email I see that I have 13 emails , but as they are coming in I get a message that says "the application microsoft entourage has unexpectedly quit The system and other applications …

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As the title suggests, my laptop won't turn on. I know very little about computers, except that it's really annoying when it doesn't work. It won't start when it's plugged in, or not plugged in. When I press the button, I don't get any response. What's wrong, and how would …

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Hello everybody, I have a problem with booting freeze on ThinkPad T20 [2647-86G], I have changed the Intel boot agent driver [intlbtaq.exe, ver. 4.0.17] without properly reading the manual, where stays: "Versions 4.0.15 and 4.0.17 requires particular ThinkPad BIOS versions (listed below) for WOL based remote installations. If you plan …

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Hi. I have 2 towers, one is perfect, the other one does not turn the monitor on, WHY? I hear the HDD working and all the other Dvs responding, but the monitor just doesn't come on. The light on the monitor goes orange(stanby mode) and nothing else happens. What in …

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Please help me!!! Recently, while mucking about in linux, i decided to abort an instalation of Suse 9.2. I quit it and everything, and shut down the computer.:mad: Big mistake. Now the computer doesn't start. I need to install windows XP onto it. however, when you start the system, there …

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It didnt start one day, the lights come on in front, battery etc. but nothing is displayed on the montor, could something have been jarred loose, i tried plugging in an external monitor but that only worked once. Help. talk about frustrating. Im about to open the machine and see …

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I have a Compaq Armada M700 laptop. Last time it was on was 2 months ago when my stepdad died. Now I can't get it on again. Seems to be no power getting to it. I tried everything I could think of except kicking it. Am I missing something?

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Okay, got a dell PC, XPS 400, with thefollowing specs: 2.4 Gig Proccessor 1 gig RAM 80 Gigabyte HD RADEON X600 Video Card 512 mb RAM and the list goes on. Anyway, the computer worked for a few months, then when I was in the middle of playing Conter Strike …

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See if you guys/gals have a good grasp on what could be the problem. Came home and noticed my monitor was in sleep mode- i dont use power saving options since i've had bad experience in the past with it and the PC in this house is mulit user and …

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My lap top won't start....the reset won't help....last effort produced a screen of thin vertical blue lines

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I cheched the ram and ints in there, and I think all it does is make long beeps. It is an ambra model 5131D

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Hey I just registered and was wondering whats wrong with my machine- I was playing with some of the stuff in side, and when I turned it on all it does is make a beeping sound

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good day... I need HELP!!! pretty pls.... Ive just got a old g3 imac as a gift, but only the power button lights up and i hear noise from the fan... ive surched about this and ive only come up with two scenarios why this happens...either the vga card is …

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I have a dead machine with a ASUS motherboard. Can anyone help...? It's power's up but it wont boot and no video appears. I have already tried another Video card, reset the CMOS and made sure that everything is plugged in correctly. Is there something i'm missing! :eek:

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I can't start from a CD (OS XP, nor NT). It just restarts over and over. I managed to stop it from restarting after the usual flash of blue-screen that --until that time I could not read it--gives me the C000021a Stop Error Message. Before it restarts it does say, …

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This Compaq Presario 2580us Notebook PC (Product # DM758A) runs for about 1 minute from "power on" until the display shows the XP window for choosing a user, then, it clicks off, everything shuts down and goes to black screen. HP support says that my hard drive is bad and …

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hey guys, i have adware called surfer side kick...and i cant seem to find a way to delete it!!! i need help (i alrerady have hijackthis)

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hi i have recently just built a new computer.the specs are Gigabyte K8N-sli motherboard amd athon 64 3200 skt939 venice 2 sticks of 512mb ddr 400 40gb and 160gb ide hard drives cheapo 500watt omni power supply msi radeon x1300pro vid card pioneer dvd burner so wat happened was that …

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Please help, I bought a new Fujitsu Siemens computer last July and haven't had any problems with it until a few weeks ago. I haven't modified the computer in any way, I only use it for browsing the web and playing games. I bought and installed Sid Meier's Civ 4 …

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Hey. Over the past week my pc has began to deteriorate. It is just over 1 year old... It started when the pc began to freeze at the login prompt. This happened most often after the pc was booted up after a long time shut down (like in the morning). …

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Sorry if you have read this somewhere else... I have a "Dead but breathing" (as someone else described it) Pavilion ZE1000 notebook. There are no lights on, no display (Internal or external) and no POST beeps, but the HDD turns fine, the CD is operational and the CPU fan keeps …

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i have a compaq presario and i wanna to restore my system but the quickrestore dont work i press it and nothing comes on wut should i do someone please help i need to restore my computer...

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and certain web pages aren't opening properly & I'm really scared. Can someone run thru HiJackThis with me pleeeeeeeasssssseeeee Michelle :(

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Hi guy I just upgraded my pc. Took all of the old one out and put a new motherboard, cpu etc but when I switch it on. The case fan lights up and the heatsink fan spins but then after 1 second the pc shuts itself down. The computer is …

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