Netbooks or subnotebooks are very small, inexpensive, minimal notebook or laptop PCs
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Windows 7 shows blue screens and virus popups [duplicate]
My netbook that I'm using now doesn't have a desktop anymore and I can't use the browser now because of the anti-virus pop up that advertises me to purchase something "premium". Then I clicked "buy" ...
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windows 8 ultimate on netbook LG X110
The well documented solution of finding the displayDownsize in regedit is not working on the netbook I have.
Strange circumstance is that the given screen resolution is 1280 x 768, but my choices ...
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Can see open network in XP , but not connect. Only happened since arriving in Australia(!?) with multiple devices
I've had a netbook for a couple of years, while travelling, and it's fantastic. Little XP Asus netbook. Never had problems.
However since arriving in Australia (Melbourne) I've run into a couple of ...
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Netbook with Lubuntu 12.10, Browser Audio Problems
I recently installed Lubuntu on a Netbook.
Everything seems OK, but when I try to watch Youtube videos (not only Youtube, it seems any embedded video website), the audio stutters quite badly, making ...
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Mushkin SSD consistent crash when wake from sleep / hibernate
I have a 240GB Mushkin Chronos (MKNSSDCR240GB) that always crashes whenever waking from sleep mode.
It's installed in an Acer AOD250 running a fresh Windows 7 install.
I've talked to Mushkin support ...
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Lubuntu on MSI U180- screen is snowing and trembling
I use lubuntu on an MSI U180. A few days ago my cat walked on my keyboard and since then my screen suffers snowing and trembling of the display. At times these effects are strong enough to prevent ...
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Difference between batteries for Acer Laptops?
My girlfriend's Acer Aspire One battery is no longer working, and I am trying to find a replacement for her online. Her exact model is Acer Aspire One 533-23Dww.
However, I have not been able to ...
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My laptop's battery is 46% worn - what can I do?
I've got an Asus Eee 1005PE "netbook" laptop with a 6-cell battery. The usage pattern has always been to let it drain down to 10-40% capacity and then let it recharge during the night.
I realize ...
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Flash BIOS on a HP Mini from Linux
I have a HP Mini 210 that was installed with Ubuntu 12.04 last year.
I'm lending it out to someone, and need to re-install XP. There is no internal CD drive, and BIOS won't boot from USB.
I'm trying ...
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How do I know the manufacturer of my netbook's wireless adapter if it is not showed on its properties? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Finding Ethernet/Network Controller vendor/model when driver not installed
NOTE: This question has already been answered and the problem has been fixed. I don't know how ...
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Acer D250 netbook battery won't charge
The icon says the battery is 0%, plugged in, charging. Is in fact not charging. Tried a new battery, a new charger cord, updating BIOS, and downpowering and replugging the battery in repeated times.
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Types of laptop keypads connectors and compatibility
I have a Samsung N150 Plus netbook with a misbehaving keyboard repeating keys, mostly the return key. In order to test whether the keyboard is faulty, I remove a keypad from another HP laptop and ...
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How to increase the screen resolution from 1024x600 to 1024x768 on HP Mini 210-4128er?
Installed Windows 8, and there for some applications a minimum resolution of 1024x768. And I have the properties of a maximum of 1024x600. Are there any ways to increase the resolution?
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I'm having an issue running a simple program with Eclipse on my 1 gb netbook? [closed]
Before purchasing the netbook, I was told it would be enough for Eclipse, but it is not working. I'm not seeing any console window at all.
Do you know what the problem is?
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Laptop for house backyard [closed]
I want to find a laptop better suitable to sit on deck and connect remotely to my main powerful computer using remote desktop sharing through wireless home network.
So my priorities are:
1) bright ...
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troubleshooting steps for nonworking netbook
I've got an old Acer AspireOne that's been sitting around with a power connector issue for a couple of years. I finally bought a new whip for it and now it's got power, but the netbook itself won't ...
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How to set up a netbook to act as a bridge
I have a netbook that I want to set up as a bridge (that's the only thing I want it to do, I don't use it for anything else anymore). I want to bridge wlan0 to eth0 (see picture below)
Ethernet ...
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Windows 8 on Netbook
Is there any possibility to force change screen resolution from 800×600 to 1024×768 on my Samsung NC-10 netbook running Windows 8?
With this resolution I am not able to use any Metro ...
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Are Motherboards for the Acer Aspire One AOA150 Netbook Compatible with the AOA110?
I have an Acer Aspire One ZG5 AOA110-1588 netbook, and the motherboard doesn't have a port for a SATA 2.5 inch hard drive; it only supports this slow 8GB SSD type drive. Through research I've ...
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How can I install Windows OS to my netbook with Android OS?
I've got a netbook with Android OS and I want to install Windows XP for this. Is it possible and how can I install it? I don't find Bios (or boot Menu) (Sorry for my bad English, I'm not native ...
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New HP Mini 2140 netbook battery wrongly reports 40% wear after 2 months of usage
I'm using an HP Mini 2140 with Ubuntu 12.04 installed on it. Two months ago, due to the fact that my old battery lasted only for about 20-30 minutes, I bought a new battery, which reported a capacity ...
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Desktop bigger than screen
I am using MSI U115 11" netbook (OS: Windows XP Home, graphics card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500) and today after I switched it on, desktop was bigger than screen.
To be exact: screen ...
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How to open a netbook case after removing all screws?
My Sony VAIO netbook case is closed, all I could remove so far is a dozen of screws, some covers, the battery and the hard disk.
Using a screwdriver I investigated the keyboard keys, the keyboard ...
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Low tech way to clean a netbook while travelling near the sea?
I've been hitchhiking around the world for over a year and the netbook that was almost new at the start of my trip is getting very grubby though it's still working OK.
Lately I've been camping on a ...
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Install windows XP from USB Flash drive on netbook
I need to install Windows XP on netbook.
I found utility which helps me to create USB flash boot drive.
But there is a problem when format or not drive screen is appear. There are not visible hdd on ...
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Tweaking a netbook's default resolution
I have come across many online guides that enable tweaking the netbooks default 1024 × 600 resolution settings, either via registry or display properties to enable higher resolutions. Is that truly ...
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Is there a way to make a computer boot when plugged in(or power returns after an outage)?
I've been using a little netbook as a personal server for 2 years give or take a few months, but soon I'll be going off to college. I plan on leaving it at my house, but if the power goes out I won't ...
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Install of Windows 7 Starter fails
So my friend gave me an ASUS Eee PC 1001PXD with a BOOTMGR error to fix. I said that I'll just re-install windows, and it will be fine. But, I've tried to install it for a few times now, and it fails ...
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Proxy to simplify complex web pages
Web pages are becoming more and more bloated, so that the problem is not only the bandwidth needed to load them but also the processing power needed to render them. I currently use AdBlock with ...
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Aspire One battery compatibility
I'm definitely unsatisfied with battery life in my Acer Aspire One D270.
Probably buying an extended battery would be completely satisfactory, and I have a semi-local vendor who has some definitely ...
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How can I deactivate the gnome desktop of my ubuntu server?
I'm running a home server on my old laptop (atom cpu).
I installed ubuntu 12.04 server edition, but I also installed ubuntu-desktop.
So, when I turn it on, ubuntu desktop is shown.
I sometimes use ...
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Small netbook support for 4GB of RAM? [closed]
Are there any netbooks that are under 7x9.25 inches that support 4GB of RAM?
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Video playback crashes Elonex netbook system
My netbook crashes when playing video files (avi, wmv). I thought it was a Windows Media Player issue, so I downloaded latest codecs, but it still didn't work. VLC player plays ridiculously slow, and ...
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Can I start using a Gateway netbook right out of the box?
I have bought a Gateway netbook for my husband's birthday, and would like to give it to him ready to use. Best Buy wants $100 to set it up for me, but I would rather do it myself, if possible. Any ...
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“This CPU is not compatible with 64-bit mode.” - Installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on a netbook with a 64-bit Intel Atom CPU
I tried installing Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1, 64-bit on a netbook (Lenovo IdeaPad S110), which has the Intel Atom N2800 (1.86 GHz) as its processor, but I get the following error message when the ...
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Installing any linux distro on new netbook hangs midway
I have just bought a new netbook, Lenovo S110 with a starter Window 7, 32 bit Operating system. I wanted to wipe away Windows and go with Debian or Ubuntu.
I have successfully made my USB drive ...
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How can I boot my own OS from a flash drive?
I have written an os and put it into an iso format on my mac.
I want to put it on my flash drive, plug the flash drive into a netbook (that had windows 7 starter pre-installed when I bought it) and ...
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How do I fix problems with screen when connecting a netbook to tv via VGA and audio cable?
I have connected my Eee pc netbook to tv with VGA and audio cable. The first few times it worked wonderfully. Now it connects and you see and hear the screen however the screen on the TV is off to the ...
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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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I want to use one charger for two devices: Which one should I choose?
I have one Acer tablet with the following specs written on the charger:
Output: 19V 2.15A
Then, I have an Acer netbook (Aspire One) with the following specs on the charger:
Output: 19V 1.58A ...
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Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate for a netbook? [closed]
I would like to give my netbook a nice boost in performance. Thus, I'm considering upgrading my Windows 7 Starter Edition (which came along with my Samsung NP-N220 netbook and is really slow) to ...
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SSD and Netbook - freezing during I/O
I have a netbook (Dell Inspiron mini 10) that I recently upgraded to an SSD (Plextor PX-256M3). The netbook has 1 GB of RAM (non-upgradable), and just the simple "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE ...
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Acer Aspire One is making noises inside the case
My Acer Aspire One has been making some funny noises for about an hour from the center of the case.
Some sound clips:
Long w/ beeps
Short w/o beeps
These were recorded with the built-in microphone.
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apt-get cannot find any packages
I get this result on my newly installed ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix. I haven't tampered with any apt files at all. It doesnt work for any other packages.
ira@ira-windu100:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install ...
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Good Linux Distro for Disconnected Netbook
I'm deployed to Afghanistan with the Army and I have a friend who's netbook had his hard drive take a dump on him. He ordered a new hard drive and I was able to download and burn a copy of Ubuntu to ...
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Is it possible to boot a Craig CLP281 netbook from a USB stick?
I have a Craig CLP281 netbook with Android 2.2 on it. I'd like to try running a minimal version of Ubuntu on it, but can't find out how to get it to boot from a USB stick. I can't even get into the ...
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Will my netbook benefit from a SATA 3 SDD? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Will an SSD speed up an Atom-based netbook?
I'm looking to upgrade the regular hard drive on my Asus EEE 1000H netbook to an SSD.
I'm considering various SSD models, ...
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Will an SSD speed up an Atom-based netbook?
I have an Asus EEE PC 1000H, which I bought for its light weight and great battery life. However, it is painfully slow. Judging by the constant flickering of the HDD light, disk I/O looks like a ...
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Force Windows 8 Metro apps to run lower resolutions below 1024x768?
I have installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my Samsung NB30 netbook. I was very excited to try it on this little box cause it has a touchscreen and Windows 8 is supposed to be optimized for ...
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MSI Wind U123 Touchpad only work if LAN connected and Active
I have a MSI Wind U123 Netbook ... all of a sudden lately, the touch-pad refuses to work correctly unless the LAN cable is connected and active. If i unplug the LAN cable, I can't control the mouse ...
