Laptops & Notebooks - December 2006

so about a week and a half ago i was on the fone with dell with some issues i was having with my laptop- its a dell inspiron. he deleted some programs that were on the computer that were slowing me down, and it seems that he deleted the program for the mouse, so now i cant scroll down on a page using the mouse, like i used to, i have to click on the side of the webpage with the arrows and slide it down, i keep trying to open the synaptics program but it doesnt want to open, and im trying to find it to put it back on cuz i really miss scrolling with the mouse, its soo annoying! anyone know if they can help me? thanks so much
-cutsey

2006-12-07 13:15:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought a laptop a couple months ago and have since then burned the recovery dvd's that it prompts you to do. The computer was advertised as an 80 GB hard drive, but the C Drive is 64 GB and there's a D Drive with all the recovery files. Since I burned the discs, shouldn't I be able to delete that 10 GB drive intended for recovery? If so, does anyone know how? My computer won't let me into it to even view the files.

2006-12-07 13:03:38 · 4 answers · asked by Kory 4

On my lap-top there is the touch pad thingy instead of a mouse like on desk-tops, well on this touch pad thing, if you tap the touch pad twice quickly, or once rather hard, it will be like you pushed the left clicker button.

Is this on every lap-top, or is mine just f'ed up?

And if you know how, could you please tell me how to turn off this
"one hard tap = one click" bull crap...

2006-12-07 12:50:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It first started out that when I turned it on, it would boot up, but windows would not open. Well I was running a diagnostic and suddenly it just turned off. I can't get it to turn on at all. No lights, no sounds, no nothing. Anybody have any ideas on what is wrong?

2006-12-07 12:00:43 · 3 answers · asked by psychopathicpixie 1

2006-12-07 11:49:59 · 5 answers · asked by sab.ford 1

There is no dust and the laptop has hardly a scratch.

2006-12-07 11:48:59 · 11 answers · asked by Omikron 1

don't know admin. pass. for Dell Latitude CPx. Trying to find generic password -called Dell they are no help since the laptop is used and given to me from a friend-he doesn't remember password. Thank you in advance for any help I get.

2006-12-07 11:43:17 · 3 answers · asked by labtech.carolyn 1

I have just got a new macbook for my B-day. I really like it. Does anyone have any views on the macbook, or any tips/tricks that I should know? Thanks

2006-12-07 11:23:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there anyway for me to connect my laptop's HDD to my desktop computer? And if there is..how do i do it?

2006-12-07 11:19:05 · 6 answers · asked by Tequila Princess 1

It looks like dirty spots on screen.

2006-12-07 11:04:44 · 6 answers · asked by danmor9 1

Both will have 1GB of RAM on them. How do these two processors compare? Will the Celeron be slow? The internet and other such daily used programs will be running on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

2006-12-07 10:56:45 · 3 answers · asked by beachbum 1

i was going to buy a new dell laptop from a guy online and then i noticed that he downgraded the processor when he ordered the laptop from an AMD turion 64 mobile mk-36 to a mobile AMD sempron 3500+. now i am having second thoughts. am i just overreacting? will this be a significantly lower quality machine than it would have been with the turion? i will not be playing games on it. just internet videos and dvd stuff. his selling price is $699. help asap!

2006-12-07 10:29:46 · 6 answers · asked by whosajiggawhat? 2

They worked fine the other day, but now when i play music the sound is weird. I don't know if maybe the speakers got dust in them or if a wire isn't fully connected in the computer. does anyone know how to fix the speakers?

2006-12-07 10:20:09 · 3 answers · asked by sun_beauty17 2

2006-12-07 10:09:33 · 4 answers · asked by Brandon C 1

If not there then where? I heard of places that sell laptops for 250 but I always wonder if they work. I could fix them to work, but what I really want is one that aready works. I just don't have 700 dollars for a brand new laptop (besides I need to buy a desktop and the one I need cost around 1200).

Anybody buy laptops from computer shops for less than 300? Don't need an OS, nor a dvd player. Just memory (512mb) usb ports and pcmcia ports for wireless cards.

2006-12-07 09:32:01 · 11 answers · asked by esourcemagazine 2

2006-12-07 09:25:16 · 4 answers · asked by rob c 1

I don't want to get another Apple power adapter - it's designed very badly, and it's expensive. I'm looking for a replacement one that has been tried and true. Any suggestions?

2006-12-07 08:57:07 · 3 answers · asked by Craig 2

im getting this message when i open dxdiag (direct x thing)
dxdiag has detected that there may have been a problem accessing directinput last time this program was used. would u like to bypass direct input this time?
wat should i choose? :*(

2006-12-07 08:36:56 · 1 answers · asked by Boeing 777 2

Does anyone have any experience with STS gaming computer from Ebay. The spec looks great for the price but it only comes with a 90 day warranty. Anyone?

2006-12-07 08:35:57 · 1 answers · asked by Irad 2

I've played these DVDs before with no problems. The visuals are working fine but with no sound. Audio CDs play without any problems. How do I fix this?

2006-12-07 08:13:14 · 3 answers · asked by dooley 2

my graphics card is a S3 graphics Savage/IX (8MB) and my laptop is a IBM thinkpad T21
I have never had this problem and ive been using the card alot and it has worked perfectly
it hasnt been working as it gives this message when i wanna play a game (flight simultor):
Safe mode has been enabled because your system is currently unable to use hardware acceleration. etc, etc...

2006-12-07 08:13:07 · 4 answers · asked by Boeing 777 2

i have a toshiba A55-S306. 40gb sucks. Can I upgrade the HD in a somewhat similar manner like we upgrade the RAM?

2006-12-07 07:59:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ive been looking checking out for laptops lately and I find Wireless LAN in the specs sheet all the time. My question is, does WLAN mean Wi-Fi or is the notebook Wi-Fi enabled? Someone Kindly explain. cheers!

2006-12-07 07:41:11 · 3 answers · asked by rahul s 1

2006-12-07 07:06:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Today dont know what happen, I can hear weird sound coming out from the device part of my laptop,not continuously, only once in a while.
sometime is sound like there is a disk running inside my laptop and sometime sound like a 'dial up', but i am not using dial up. does it mean my hardisk is crashing soon?

2006-12-07 07:02:39 · 2 answers · asked by Pupu 1

My laptop is fairly old, it is an HP ze1201, and my disk drive skips, and I need to run my OS Recovery Disk CDs. SO instead of buying an external cd drive, wouldn't it be better if I can get one Internal?

2006-12-07 06:43:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-07 06:22:28 · 7 answers · asked by orangefouch 1

Do people think that bus speeds and CPU speeds will reach a peak? What do people think standard specifications will be in say, ten years time?

2006-12-07 05:56:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anyone bought from there? Please share your experience.

2006-12-07 05:33:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My laptop's LCD screen is broken, but I would like to know wheter it can be fixed BEFORE i scream my head off.

2006-12-07 05:17:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous