Laptops are functionally identical to desktop computers and are widely used because of their portability. Laptops, however, face multiple issues not found in desktops. For example, they are generally less powerful because of their mobility requirement. Laptops on Wikipedia See also netbook ...
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How to take best care of my battery [closed]
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What are some good practices for making sure my laptop battery serves its full life?
I bought a new battery for my Lenovo the other day, and want to take better care of ...
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HP laptop compatibility with HP docking station and a dell monitor
can I use an HP laptop and docking station with a dell monitor?
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Unable to upgrade Windows 7 Home Premium to Ultimate
I bought a HP dv7t quad-core edition laptop last week with Windows 7 Home Premium. I own a licensed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate and wanted to do a fresh install since I did not want to pay HP to do the ...
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Laptop battery not working.
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L640. If I remove the laptop charger, my laptop will instantly die, so I can only use the laptop whilst plugged in. Thanks for your help.
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What (primarily) determines the reliability of a laptop? [closed]
Buying straight from the component manufacturers (ODM) seems like a good deal: they allow for customization and it's cheaper. But what about the reliability of the finished product? I'd want the ...
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I cant install OS on new DELL laptop [closed]
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How to setup Windows XP on Dell Latitude E6400?
I have a brand new DELL lap top and it says that there is not OS installed on it, so I though I am going to try to ...
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Fujitsu LifeBook A531 laptop touchpad scrolling
Is it possible to scroll using your touchpad on this laptop? All my older laptops let you scroll in some way but I must be missing something on my Fujitsu.
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Thinkpad T400 drops its wireless connection
My Laptop is Lenovo Thinkpad T400 with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7
Symptoms:
When I use Ubuntu 12.04 (and 10.10 previously), every now and then,
the wireless connection drops, and then no wireless ...
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laptop keeps working while it shows that “1 minute battary remaining”
When my lenovo laptops shows that battery is almost finished (1 minute remaining) it keep working.
I was watching HD movie for 20 minutes after that and laptop still showed that "1 minute remaining".
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Will hot weather break my laptop?
It's now summer around here, with temperatures ranging from 20C to 30C in the summer. Occasionally, I have a situation where I can carry my laptop indoors, or just leave it in the car for a few hours.
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Warning when battery is fully charged
I would like to get an alert (with sound) when my laptop battery is fully charged.
How can I do that?
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Raspberry PI and laptop screen
Basically i want to connect a mobile screen to the Raspberry PI and the cheapest way possible.
I don't mind if i attach a touch screen (if it's possible) to it or a old laptop screen.
I would like ...
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Keyboard acting wierdly : Virus or Hardware issue?
I'm using HP Pavilion laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate running on it. Problem is:
Enter key on the keyboard doesn't seem to work
This problem is strange, It may sound wierd but let me see how to put ...
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Laptop issue. How to determine if it's the screen panel, the inverter or the GPU?
The laptop starts with a blue screen that slowly fades to black and then i hear the Windows sound. So how could i determine if its the inverter, the panel or the GPU?
So far i tried to connect the ...
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How do I upgrade my graphics on my laptop?
I recently bought an HP dv6 6180us laptop. The PDF datasheet says that I have a Radeon HD 6770M switchable graphics card with 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM and up to 4096 MB total graphics memory.
How am I ...
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Can I use my laptops wireless adapter in a desktop
I bought a new desktop computer and my old one will be used in the living room.
It is not very practical to lay a network cable through the living room to the desktop, so I was starting to think about ...
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Best way to connect laptop to TV [closed]
I used to have a laptop with a VGA and DVI connector, I had it connected with a VGA cable to my TV and the resolution was perfect, I tried a DVI to HDMI cable once because I thought the quality would ...
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Where did touch laptops go? [closed]
I'd like to purchase a touch laptop (like a legitimate laptop, not just a tablet), and the only ones that seem to be for sale are old dual core, 2-4G of RAM laptops. I fail to see any companies ...
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IdeaPad Y570 Wakes Up when Closed?
I have a Y570 that will wake up from sleep when the lid is closed. At first I thought the touchpad was too sensitive, and it was sensing the lid closing, so I disabled the touchpad, sleep'd it, and ...
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How to increase the resolution of a laptop screen more than it supports
I have a laptop, which has a screen resolution of 1366x768, as most laptops have. Is there any way to increase it? The laptop is an HP Pavilion dv6, with Intel HD 3000 graphics and Radeon HD 6490M ...
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Laptop can't to installed Linux Operating System [closed]
To all, I want to ask, I wonder why my laptop can't to installed Linux operating system?
Distro that I use for it is Linux Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
My Laptop is Toshiba.
To the advice given, I say thank you
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How do I use a laptop as a 802.11n router?
My current wireless router seems to be broken and refusing wifi connections, so I connected a old laptop to it and created an ad-hoc network so that other computers can via the laptop. This works, but ...
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Replacement laptop LCD resolution error
I replaced a broken screen on a Dell Latitude D620. I didn't notice until later that the original screen was WXGA and the replacement WXGA+. Both were offered as options on this particular model.Now ...
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New RAM sticks don't work with old ones
I bought and placed an additional 2GB of RAM in my notebook. I went to the setup screen, and appears there, I added the memory (2GB + 2GB = 4GB).
When I continued to boot the notebook, the screen ...
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Linux booting error (all distro)
I used to have a Windows Seven and Archlinux dual boot system, then I tried erasing my disk and installing only an Archlinux distribution. After I finished preparing everything (I made dozens of ...
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How to display video/powerpoint/full screen info on secondary monitor at ALL times, but don't change “primary” screen?
I have a laptop that I use for demos of software. I play videos telling about it and powerpoints, and other full-screen things. I want to keep my laptop's built in screen as the primary display, but ...
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Charger has fuse busted, could I use this other charger? Details inside [closed]
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charging laptop with a different manufacturer's charger
My broke charger outputs at 19V, 4,74A
The other older charger outputs at 8.5, however 5,65A
I am unsure of ...
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How to auto shutdown laptop on AC power loss
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit Home Edition on a Dell Inspiron.
How do I make my laptop shut down instead of running on battery after an AC power loss?
The idea is to have µTorrent run at night but not ...
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Would this netbook fit my needs? [closed]
My old Toshiba Satellite a205-s5809 is shot, and all I have left is my desktop. Personally, I don't prefer my desktop for programming because the screen is far away and text is small (and I'm near ...
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Developer Laptop SSD and HDD Setup [closed]
Lenovo Thinkpad W520 - Add 128GB or 256GB Vertex 4
I am going to get an ultra-bay for the current HDD for mass storage and data overflow. I am looking at the best way to setup the OS and ...
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How mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache improves performance?
I am looking forward to buy a laptop and while configuring online from HP's site for model dv6tqe
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Laptop keyboard not working properly
I have Lenovo Ideapd Y510 laptop with windows 7 and its keyboard has suddenly stoped normal working. Its few keys are working and other are not as they should. As you can see in image the keyboard has ...
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Will diablo 3 run on my laptop with these specs? [closed]
Ive looked at the minimum system requirements for the game in the manual, but we all know how unreliable those are.
Laptop
i5 processor
8GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 2000
will i be able to enjoy the game ...
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My acer netbook screen is white [closed]
I dropped my acer netbook and now the screen is white. I can hook my comp up to another monitor and that works but the acer screen is just white light. Is it an expensive fix?
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Laptop logs off whilst video is still playing
My Dell inspiron 15r laptop logs off after 10-15 min while the video is still playing and no other activity occurs.
Is there any settings I can change to fix this issue?
P.S: This is not an ...
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Disabling modifier-lock with the Fn key on a Packard Bell Easynote?
I have a Packard Bell Easynote laptop with one extremely annoying feature. If I hold the Fn and then press a modifier like Ctrl it will lock the Ctrl, making every key I press a combo.
I personally ...
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Using adapter with higher output voltage?
My adapter is broken, and I'm currently using another one while I'm waiting for a new adapter.
The input voltage and amps are the same for both adapters, while there are difference in the output ...
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Am I entitled to a refund from Lenovo if I don't accept the installation of Windows? [closed]
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How can I return a Microsoft License delivered with a Dell computer?
I'm in the process of upgrading the kit in my home office. I've upgraded my server and PC as well as ...
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Headphones override usb dock speakers
I recently needed to re-install Windows 7 (x64 pro), and everything is working great now except for one feature relating to sound.
I have a USB dock which has speakers plugged into it, which I use ...
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What are the top ten development laptops [closed]
What are the top development laptops?
I was wondering with a new project on the horizon..I've heard a lot about front side buses, processors, ram, types of storage - internal and external, including ...
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Hotel - Can connect to network but not internet
I have an annoying problem with my netbook. It's a Toshiba NB525. My laptop can access the internet and connect wirelessly at home.
I'm currently staying at a hotel. I can detect and connect to ...
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why my laptop hangs up some times before booting?
I have a laptop installed windows 7 and win server 2003 with dual boot. Every time I switch on my laptop it prompts with "Boot Manager" asking which OS need to boot up. Here comes my problem, it hangs ...
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What causes the computer clock to change radically and how can I fix it?
My girlfriend just sent me the following photo:
Apparently that was what greeted her, along with a load of license expiry warnings, when she booted her laptop this morning. She then rebooted to be ...
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HP Envy 17-3070nr locks up
I am running into a troubling problem, and would like to ask if there are any diagnostic tools that might help. My laptop, a HP Envy 17-3070nr, is locking up if left on for long periods of time. I've ...
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What's the proper way to unplug a power cord?
Unsure if I'm stating the question correctly, but I know there are warnings against quickly unplugging projectors suddenly because of the damage it can cause to the projector bulb. Is this applicable ...
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Can laptops be used for DualView technology? [closed]
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What is a free/open source tool to allow me to control another computer or use it as a second monitor?
Is it possible to align two laptops and configure them to use ...
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HP suggests for virtualization mode in BIOS to be turned off if it is not needed. Why?
Does it mean it's a performance gain or is it buggy?
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Desktops turned into Laptops and these laptops turn into..!!? [closed]
We had only desktop computers in older days and those fat desktop computers turned into laptops. In this form of computers are more flexible, occupies little area and its very easy to move from one ...
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Imaging HP Laptops using WDS server
I am using a 2008 r2 server to run as my Windows Deployment service. I have imaged successfully desktops. I am now trying to deploy an Image to hp Laptops and am finding that after the imaging has ...
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Sony VAIO Broken Computer Screen automatically connect to external
I have a SONY Vaio with a screen that's broken as in I only see white or black dots on the display. I would like to have it start automatically to the external, but my previous computer settings for ...
