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Dell Inspiron laptop has extreme lag issues as of late [closed]
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 7. It's almost 2 years old. For about the last 9 months, the audio would occasionally be choppy when I listen to music. It would usually happen when I was ...
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laptop make sparking or ticking kind of sound in photohsop
I have DELL N-Series core i7 laptop & when I am working in photoshop, specifically in large PSD Files, when I use arrow keys to move the object around, or even click sometime on objects, I hear a ...
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Keyboard layouts switching randomly in Windows 8
I use the US and United States-International (INTL) keyboard layouts, since I occasionally need to type characters not normally found in English. I rarely use the INTL layout intentionally. However, ...
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Intel HD Graphics 4000 is used instead of nVidia Geforce 630M for old game?
I have recently bought an Toshiba Satellite P855-32X laptop.
Firs thing after I did launch this laptop is ofcourse update all drivers to the newest ones.
Configure everything I needed and it works ...
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ps/2 to usb connector not taking simultaneous input
Recently I connected a ps/2 keyboard to my laptop through ps/2 to usb connector.
All worked fine until I tried to play game(GTA 4).
So,basically when I pressed Up key(accelerated my car) + left ...
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Best way to speed up my old Macbook Pro?
I'm looking for quite a technical answer here, despite the amateur sounding question.
I've got a 2006 era 17" Macbook Pro (primarily running Windows) which is limited in a number of key ways. For ...
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my cursor moves but I can't click (i can only click with the two rectangle buttons under the touchpad)
I have a Dell Inspiron 14R. yesterday it was working perfectly fine, then I went on Skype to chat with a friend and I started to have a difficulty to click icons. for example, when I want to close ...
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164 views
Windows 7 Laptop keeps entering sleep mode even though power settings state never [duplicate]
I have all my power option settings set at never, sleep, hibernate, dim monitor. However when I step away from my laptop, it enters sleep mode. What else can I do? Running Windows 7 on a Toshiba ...
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Disabling Opening of Microsoft Outlook when a single key is pressed
I have a HP laptop with windows on it. This keyboard is a UK layout which has various keys on it , which on pressing different apps. like Microsoft outlook, Calculator, internet browser, Print menu ...
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How do I perform a clean install with an SSD cache
I recently purchased a Sony Vaio T series Ultrabook that has a 24GB SSD cache that uses the ExpressCache software from DiskKeeper. It looks like this is an OEM only solution and I don't see any ...
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165 views
Enable Hardware Virtualization BIOS - other way?
I have a 2009 Asus Pro55 Series Laptop Computer which I use for School and "other work". In this case, I am wanting to try out Mac OS X or Windows 7 via a Virtual Machine or by Dual Booting. I have ...
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Linksys router shows “Unsecured” connection with Windows 8
I have a new Lenovo laptop running Windows 8 and a Linksys wireless router.
While using it, the wireless notified me that it was not connected. Tried unplugging and replugging modem. Now it reports ...
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pcdrsysinfosoftware.p5x - Entry Point Not Found
I'm getting this pop sometimes on my Dell Windows 8(upgraded from Windows 7) Laptop. Want to know why i get this and how to not to get it
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Laptop lagging, can't shut down
My laptop has this problem where after a couple of hours it starts lagging to the point that its unusable. When I try to restart it, it just hangs on the "Restarting" screen. I always end up hard ...
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Can I put Windows on a new Mac Book?
I am considering buying a laptop and I'm interested in a MacBook but I will be mostly using Windows environment (Win 7 or Win 8). If I buy an Apple laptop, can I install Win 8 on it? If so, how?
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Creating laptop's disk drive image [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Free way to clone HDD to SSD?
I have bought a new laptop and there is an original HDD which I replaced with the SSD one. I do want to make an image of the original hard ...
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Frequently Wifi network disappears on Windows 8
I'm using Windows 8. My Laptop is DELL inspiron 5110 15r. The problem is, I'm getting warning sign on the tray wifi network icon very frequently. When I hover mouse on warning sign, baloon with ...
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laptop screen goes blank
I have been trying to debug this laptop screen issue and the screen kinda flickers then it goes blank. The back light goes out as you can still see what is on the screen but it is very dark.
There ...
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Why isnt the ISO I burned to a DVD bootable?
I downloaded an ISO of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit From Digital River to try to restore a laptop.
I downloaded the ISO and burned it to a Memorex DVD and tried to boot the laptop from it using the ...
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Hp laptop recovery error
I have an hp pavilion dv6000 laptop that gives me this error 0x000000f when starting up. So I tried to reinstall windows using the recovery partition and that makes it to 11% recovery and then freezes ...
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Is there a way to turn a laptop screen into a touch screen for Windows 8
I'm not sure if this is the best place to put this kind of question, but I have to ask...
Has anyone tried to convert their old 14" laptop screen into a touch screen that Windows 8 can use? I'm ...
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laptop stored in sleep mode battery died and now won't boot up windows 7
I have a Windows 7 system that I accidentally stored in sleep mode and the battery went dead. Now the PC won't start up or initiate boot sequence (on battery or plugged in). Does anyone know how to ...
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No Sound from headphone jack
I have DELL Inspiron N5110 laptop. Using windows 8. Recently I got an issue:
The problem is, when I insert headphones and microphone into laptop, I get only microphone inserted notification. Laptop ...
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Laptop shuts down immediately after Windows 8 Logo?
I'm using a relatively new Alienware m17x R4 running Windows 8 (installed last week) and yesterday when booting up the laptop will shut down during/after the Windows 8 spinning circle screen.
I am ...
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269 views
Stream YouTube from PC to Internet Enabled TV
Well I have a Samsung Smart TV (7000 series) and I would like to be able to stream a YouTube video from my computer to it. I know that I could just load it up in the Smart UI, but the Windows UI is so ...
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Old laptop turns off due to overheating
I have an old laptop that powers off when the processor's temperature exceeds 84 °C. The more annoying part is Flash causes this most of the time. If I watch a web feed for more than 15-20 minutes, it ...
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Increasing Screen Resolution to more than limit and scaling to origional
I have a laptop, with Screen Resolution - 1366x768 (most common) - I want to increase it further to 1600x900 (or higher), in the same ratio. I want to scale the higher resolution on my current screen ...
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1answer
232 views
Windows Search Indexing SSD
I just bought a new SSD (Vertex4 from OCZ, 256G) and installed Windows 8 with it on my laptop. I am not using an external hard drive to keep extra data (paging, temp files etc) because I am using a ...
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Does more heat generation mean more wear and tear?
I read that hardware generally used on PC is not optimized for running Linux. That is the reason the machine emits large amount of heat and doesn't give the battery back up , that we will get while ...
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298 views
How can I re-enable microphone?
I've an ASUS K42JP. I disabled the microphone device, and I have got the following message:
Your microphone device has been removed
How can I re-enabled the microphone? It is an internal one.
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1answer
324 views
Numberpad software for keyboard without numberpad
I've bought a new laptop with windows 7 and just realised that it doesn't have a number pad function like my old laptop did. I used to be able to press the Fn key on my old laptop and have access to ...
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Wireless internet
I have a laptop, Lenovo G560, and I'm unable to connect to any wireless networks.
It says that I need to turn on the wireless by pressing some button on the keyboard, but I don't have any buttons for ...
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Standard toolchain / tasks to repair a windows 7 machine
A friend owns a Lenovo notebook.
The system sometime does not boot Windows 7. If this happens, a black screen with a lifebelt boots. I've never seen such a lifebelt screen on another system (Windows ...
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Old Gateway laptop cannot recognize the hard drive [closed]
I fear this is probably a very general question answered somewhere else but I didn't see it immediately.
I have a old laptop that someone picked up for free and asked me if I could install a copy of ...
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How to diagnose a duplicated fuzzy image on one laptop screen?
I have an older dell laptop that has suddenly gone from displaying the full resolution to showing the screen twice, almost like in widescreen mode, one on top of each other. They are very fuzzy, yet ...
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How can I turn off my laptop keyboard and still use an external keyboard? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to disable a keyboard?
How can I disable my laptop's built-in keyboard?
Half of my laptop keyboard doesn't work, and I was wondering if I could turn off the ...
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Took my laptop apart, now I can't get vista to start
So, I took my laptop apart because I had to get to the fan to dust it. I put everything back together and it turns on, and starts to boot into Windows but turns off. Any ideas?
Ram:
Took out one of ...
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Microphone fault after installing windows 7 on my Toshiba Satellite Pro
I was wondering if anyone could help me fix this microphone problem i've got. I was using vista ever since i've bought this laptop and just few days ago, a friend of mine gave me a copy of windows 7 ...
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Why no “da-doomp” (disconnect notification sound) sometimes when unplugging wireless mouse receiver?
Sometimes (maybe one case in 3), when I unplug the wireless mouse receiver on my Sony VGN-CS215J laptop, there is no "da-doomp" sound, even after a minute or two. And if I plug the receiver back in ...
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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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1answer
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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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Installing Windows in a laptop with a dysfunctional display
My laptop's display does not work. I am currently using an external LCD screen. So when I power up my laptop I can't see anything. Only after the windows logon screen is displayed, the screen shows up ...
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How should I set up my dual-boot so that I can hibernate the secondary OS?
So, my previous setup was a triple-boot of Windows 7, wubi-integrated ubuntu, and then fedora on the last partition using LVM. I have tired of not being able to access my Windows files from ubuntu ...
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2answers
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Just installed Windows 7, some things not working out-of-the-box
My Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop is a little under a year old now. It came with Windows 7 x64. When I first bought it Windows Aero was working fine. Anyway, it got infected with trillions of viruses ...
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Use a Bluetooth module from Asus A6Je in an Asus N53J
Can I use my old Bluetooth module from an Asus A6Je laptop in my new Asus N53J?
Internal Bluetooth is available in more expensive versions of my current laptop, but not in mine.
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What OS to use for a laptop as a server? [closed]
I've got an old laptop (2Hz CPU/2GB RAM/160GB HDD), its battery died, and I decided to use it at home as a server. I need data backup, printer server, file sharing and maybe web server.
Is it a good ...
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Acer laptop screen won't start unless I click fn+f4 help needed [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Acer laptop screen won't start unless i click fn+f4
I have an Acer laptop. When I turn it on, the screen turns on and then turns off before the Windows 7 login ...
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616 views
Should I ever put my computer in sleep mode? [closed]
Besides the cost of electricity, is it detrimental if a computer never goes into sleep mode? Obviously, servers are running 24/7, but is it different for a personal computer?
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Using my laptop as a USB power supply
I've been using my laptop as a USB charger for my media player (usually an iPod Touch). Each night, I play an audio-book from my media player (usually iPod Touch), which needs to be charging (via ...
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Does the music have to support surround sound?
With the purchase of my laptop I was offered a upgrade to a Soundblaster X-fi for my laptop for 20$. I have a 5.1 surround sound set up in my basement and when I plug in my laptop (with the ...
