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Why does my laptop see my wireless connection as two connections?
I have regular issues with my Dell Studio 1737, running Vista, with a D-link DIR-655 wireless router. I'll be working on it in the same room, signal is 99%, and I just lose network connectivity and ...
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How do I Display Message on Vista when Battery is Low?
I use Vista, on a laptop, but when the battery is low or critical it doesn't display a message or a sound, it just craps out.
I read somewhere that the whole not-sound-playing is by design!?!? ...
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How to update Intel graphics for a laptop whose manufacturer has stopped updating
I have seen a lot of questions on this site asking about updating ATI and Nvidia graphics for laptops, with some very good solutions for them, however I have not seen any questions/answers for people ...
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Did our new power cord/charger damage our laptop?
My fiancee has a Dell laptop with Windows Vista on it. His laptop charger was old so we went to Walmart and picked up a Targus laptop charger which is compatible with his computer.
He had some ...
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Turn of video driver in recovery command prompt
I have a hp dv2000 and my video card has stopped working. I disabled it in safe mode so I can use my laptop. I am going to reimage it again and when I reimage it will enable the video card again. If ...
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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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Keyboard stops working when booting into Windows Vista Home
Two days ago I saw that MS Security essentials was prompting for a reboot on my wife's laptop in order to finish a clean-up. I have no idea how long MSSE had been waiting for a reboot, and like an ...
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How do I reinstall Vista from CD room on a HP Pavilion DV9000?
i already have windows 7 on my laptop , i want to remove it and install windows vista , how can i do that from CD room? , someone kindly tell me the steps.
p.s : i need to do that without formatting ...
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Error- D:\ is not accessible. Access is denied
All of the sudden the D drive gives me an error when I try to open it:
D:\ is not accessible. Access is denied.
I have files on the drive that I would like to recover, so I do not want to ...
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Is it possible to “paste” everything of an old HDD to a new HDD?
I have a damaged 500GB HDD, and I want to change a new one now.
Is there any way I could do this without having to reinstall the OS and all the applications?
Is it possible to take a snapshot of ...
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Dual-boot machine fails to run anything but Windows Safe Mode
A friend has an old Compaq laptop set up to run Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows Vista. The computer was apparently operating properly until a few days ago, when it suddenly started malfunctioning. Ubuntu ...
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How to diagnose and fix Windows Vista crash on laptop
I have a Compaq Presario CQ50, and sometimes when I am using it the system crashes with a black screen. The only way to recover is with a reboot using a button on the laptop (not via software of ...
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What files are required in my HP Recovery partition on Vista
My HP Recovery "D" Drive is showing some file in blue and some in black print - it only has 450MB free. I have this drive backedup on my stand-alone drive. Are there any files within this partition ...
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Make Windows Vista on a Dell laptop think there's always an external monitor connected
Is there a way to convince Windows that there's always an external monitor connected?
Background
I run Windows Vista Home Premium on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop which, in it's usual home, has a 22" ...
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How can I extract data from Toshiba Satellite with a dead Windows installation?
I've got a Toshiba Satellite (unknown model number but bought early 2010) running Windows Vista which throws a kernel error on boot. We don't have the restore/recovery CD any more to restore the ...
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Cannot change MAC address on notebook
I've tried to change MAC address on a notebook Toshiba Satellite A200-14E Windows Vista without success. I've tried to change it via Network settings - Adapter settings.
I've set Network address ...
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Swapping operating systems on a laptop with separate partitions?
Due to virus issues and Windows Vista license issues, I'm hoping to upgrade my laptop by first formatting my second partition, installing Windows 7 on my second partition, then formatting the Windows ...
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Windows Vista - Error Code '0x45d'
When I went to turn on my laptop today, I got the error code '0x45d'. What does this error code mean and how can I fix whatever the problem is?
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My HP-Vista based laptop has become very slow recently
My HP laptop which has Vista Home premium. When I try to start Firefox, internet explorer, it becomes very slow. No other app. When i checked the Performance in Task Manager. It shows the Physical ...
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How to boot computer after shutdown during updates?
I shut my computer down while doing updates in Windows Vista. Now it will not turn on, and I get no response when I hit the power button.
Do I have to take it to a professional?
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DVD/CD Rom not detected on Toshiba (Vista) laptop
I'm trying to help a friend with their laptop. It's suddenly stopped recognizing the DVD drive.
As it's patching was out of date I've applied Vista SP2 and anything else that was overdue. I've also ...
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How can I make my laptop use a phone as a wi-fi adapter?
I have an HP Pavilion dv6400 series laptop with an NVidea chipset which is the subject of a class action lawsuit. The symptom (PDF) that I'm experiencing is that the system fails to recognize that ...
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HP laptop won't recognize wireless adapter
I have an HP Pavilion dv6400 series laptop with an NVidea chipset which is the subject of a class action lawsuit. The symptom (PDF) that I'm experiencing is that the system fails to recognize that ...
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External graphics card for laptop?
Is it possible to hook up an external graphics card to our Dell Inspiron 1420 Vista laptop? The video card is messed up, and I know you can't replace the internal video cards for laptops since they ...
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Will external monitor work if video card for laptop is bad?
Okay, so I'm making another topic here to clarify.
The video card for this Dell Inspiron 1420 Vista laptop (NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS) is fried, and lets just say it for sure doesn't work. Before anyone ...
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Speeding up slow laptop [closed]
I have (well, it's actually my mother's) a laptop that's running slowly. It has 2 GiBs of RAM, AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58 processor, GeForce 7000 integrated card on nForce 610M. It's running Vi$ta ...
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disc access really slow
It has been over a year me using my machine (a laptop), and these days disk access has become really slow.
I am using Windows Vista Home Premium.
The disc fragmentation (checked using Defraggler) is ...
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Laptop not powering down when lid is closed, but when lid is opened
Currently when I close the lid of my Acer laptop running Windows Vista, the laptop does not power down; however, when I open the lid it does. When looking at the power settings it is set to power down ...
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Toshiba laptop only shows black screen with mouse pointer after starting up
I only see black screen after the startup. It just shows the logo and the status bar upon start, then it goes black screen with moveable cursor. I tried alt+ctrl+del, but it doesn't work. I pressed ...
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Dell Studio 17 - turning off suddenly
I have a Dell Studio 17 laptop, a refurbished model almost 2 years old...It is currently running Windows 7 32-bit, Home Premium. Via a clean install, it is a Vista upgrade machine...A while back, a ...
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installing vista on a laptop
I have a laptop which has a vista setup kit partition with drivers. After i buy it i had to do the next, next routine to install vista from those partition to the laptop.
Now, if I wish to reinstall ...
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Windows only successfully wakes up from sleep mode about 2/3rds of the time
On my Vista laptop, when it goes into sleep mode (for low power, or manually being put into sleep mode, it happens regardless of how), about 1 in 3 times it won't wake up properly from sleep mode, and ...
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PCMCIA preventing laptop from booting up
My friend has brought his dead laptop over. It is a Sony Vaio with Windows Vista.
When booting up, it blue screens and reboots.
I have tried to boot up with Knoppix and this will freeze when ...
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Possible to connect Mac mini to WinXP/Vista laptop in order to see Mac mini's screen on laptop screen?
I'm trying to avoid lugging a monitor around by carrying just my laptop and Mac mini and using the laptop screen to see what's going on with the mini. Bonus points for being able to use the laptop ...
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My external monitor flickers when using with Vista, but not with XP/Linux
I bought a new Dell Monitor ST 2410 model (24 inch). It works great when I connect my XP laptop to it or my Linux box. But when I connect it to my HP Laptop (Dv 6000 series) which has Vista on it. The ...
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HP dv9000 Vista laptop won't boot from CD/DVD drive
My HP dv9000 Vista laptop recently got the BSOD with error 0x0000c1f5. The only way to fix this error is to be able to boot from CD/DVD and use some repair software I have. The problem is that the ...
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Toshiba Satellite Laptop Realtek Network Driver Error code (10)?
hello all i have a Toshiba 64 bit windows vista, i tried looking for the drivers from the main website but no luck all the ones i got did not work or did not do anything. would someone know where i ...
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How can I extend my laptop screen to the screen of a second laptop? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I use my laptop as a second monitor for my desk computer?
I have a spare laptop and I'd like to use it as a second monitor for my laptop.
Any suggestions on how to do ...
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How can I open the context menu on start menu search results from the keyboard
In Windows 7, when I hit the widows key and start typing to find a file, I can easily launch a found file by using the arrows to navigate to the file in question and hitting enter. That launches the ...
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Why do my desktop icons disappear on my Asus laptop?
I have an Asus laptop running Vista and the desktop icons sometimes spontaneously disappear.
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Entire USB system stops responding
After losing no small amount of work from this, I'm somewhat aggravated. I'm on Vista Business 32-bit on a Toshiba P300-011 business laptop, and occasionally all my USB ports stop responding, and ...
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Unauthorized computer use via keyboard or remote access?
I’m suspecting my computer is being used when I’m not at home. This is happening either physically or remotely. My wireless switch is off. Is there any way possible to detect and/or monitor activity ...
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How can I set my laptop on power saving mode? Processing and downloading should continue
I have a very slow Internet connection at home. If I want to download some 1 GB of data from Internet, I usually keep my laptop on for the whole night. I use Flashget as my downloader.
I want to do ...
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My laptop can't share a printer with my PC
I have a Belkin wireless router and all devices including my laptop can connect to the internet. However I can't get my laptop running on Windows XP to connect to my printer through my PC running on ...
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USB mouse freezing up on all ports [closed]
I have tried all ports on my Windows Vista HE laptop, I have tried different USB mice as well. I still have a problem that when the mouse moves too fast or when the cord dangles down by putting the ...
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Toshiba Laptop : Chicony Webcam problem..?
When I try to connect my built-in webcam in Vista Home Premium it says "The cam was locked by another application."Does anyone know how to fix this?Thanks.
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When laptops with Windows 7 will be widely available in the UK?
My friend is going to buy a laptop very quickly but she wants to have Win7 rather than vista there. She could wait but not too long. When laptops with Windows 7 will be widely available in the UK? Or ...
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Network card dies when trying to wake up laptop from sleep
I have a Dell XPS 1640 laptop (aka Dell Studio XPS 16), running Vista. Whenever the laptop wakes up from sleep, my Broadcomm LAN card immediately dies. Any attempt to access it completely locks up ...
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How can I invert all the display colors in Windows Vista?
How can I invert all the screen display colors in Windows Vista?
The majority of my screen is white and I would prefer it the other way round.
The closest I could get is using High Contrast ...
