Laptops & Notebooks - December 2006

I just got a laptop and i am not sure if i should keep turning it off when i dont use it. the first thing i do when i wake up is come on it, and then i turn it off for the day, then come back on at night, and turn it off when i go to bed. Should i just keep it on, but have me logged off during the day? or turn it off? and sometimes when i close it it turns it off after like 30 mins.

2006-12-29 06:42:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm not at home (am in NYC and live in England) its asking me to select my wireless service. question is, can i just pick any and then change when i get home to my actual wi-fi connection?? Please help, really want to play on my new toy!

2006-12-29 06:23:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have an old laptop that is barly running XP Pro and was wanting to hook up a keyboard, mouse, and monitor so i can use the Microsoft office that is on it for school work i have got the mouse and keyboard working... and i have a switcher something that lets use two computers on one screen.... thanks for yorur help 10 points to the best answer.

2006-12-29 06:08:04 · 5 answers · asked by Techman2 4

I have a Toshiba laptop with Intel core 2 duo (1.6ghz), 2 gig memory, 120 gig harddrive, but the problem is the intel 945 gma. Whats the verdict? Thanks in advance

2006-12-29 05:43:12 · 4 answers · asked by salty 1

i have a toshiba laptop. it heats up and the fan (i dont know what else to call it) at the bottom of it starts going really fast and then the laptop turns off after a while. can anyone tell me what the problem is or what i can do about it?

2006-12-29 05:36:21 · 3 answers · asked by 12345 4

Ok I already have a desktop computer hooked up to the internet, but I have a laptop and what do I need in order to hook it up?

2006-12-29 05:32:50 · 3 answers · asked by Adrienne K 3

And tha's why can't get Mozilla.
Do you know what should I do?

2006-12-29 05:01:11 · 3 answers · asked by Pink Panther 5

My friend gave me his laptop to fix some problems on it but the battery is dead. I need to buy the power cord/cable but don't know which one. Can I find the model # on the laptop or should I just take it into Radio Shack or Bestbuy to find the cord?

2006-12-29 04:49:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 laptop but this does not have a USB port. I have a PS/2 (Male) to USB (Female) convertor. I have connected this USB (Female) socket to a Personal Video Recorder using its USB port. I want to run the PVR software (E-Linker from Humax) on my laptop so that it thinks its talking to a USB port but which actually goes through the mouse port and connects to the PVR USB in order to download some of my recorded material. Is this possible at all?

2006-12-29 04:18:51 · 4 answers · asked by Nore G 1

I am fixing a laptop for somebody. He was working normally and it shut down. I found out that the hard drive was broken, so now I have a new one installed in it. Now the only problem is that if I try to install windows XP its wont boot from the cd. All the settings in the bios are fine, and it is set to boot from the cd first. I know the cd works fine because i tried it on a different computer. I also tried using different bootable cd's (any bootable program), and none of the work. I just get an error saying that no bootable media was found.

The hard drive is installed fine, because the bios detects it. I am a pretty advanced computer user, and the funny thing is that I fix computers for a side business...but...this is the first time this is happening to me. HELP ME OUT!

again..i am 110% sure that all the settings are fine. The laptop is a Dell latitude c610 running the dell a07 bios. The new hard drive is a 80gb Hitachi drive.

Thanks in advance.

2006-12-29 03:58:05 · 3 answers · asked by untitled10101 2

I have a ibook from like two years ago. Whenever I use iMovie and try to rasterize a clip it takes like ten minutes. Would upgrading the memory make the computer run faster and allow it to rasterize clips faster. How big a difference would it make? How about the hard drive?

2006-12-29 03:49:01 · 10 answers · asked by mbtafan 3

Kindly specify the difference in speed

2006-12-29 03:32:25 · 4 answers · asked by inbu 1

I have a laptop which uses a INTEL Core Duo T2300 Processor with Mobile Intel 945GM Chipset.
And I'd like to know if it's possible to change the processor to the Intel Core 2 Duo T7600. without making any other change of the chipset or the mainboard.
Will I get any trouble?

2006-12-29 03:01:07 · 7 answers · asked by s.K. 1

All of my settings in the volume control are turned all of the way up and the + button on my laptop was held down until maximum volume, but any sounds that I hear are very quiet like the volume is turned way down, but it is all the way up. Where else can I go to determine why my volume is so quiet? Any one know what could cause this?

2006-12-29 01:43:37 · 7 answers · asked by ericcoz 1

laptops and their accessories are no more as expensive as they used to be then why people still buy desktop pcs? are there any benifits of desktop pcs?

2006-12-29 00:36:42 · 13 answers · asked by Hammad 4

My computer has no "hard" volume knob.

2006-12-29 00:30:34 · 2 answers · asked by Landon L 1

2006-12-29 00:22:07 · 4 answers · asked by Grumpy1 1

2006-12-28 23:24:29 · 14 answers · asked by DEV R 1

2006-12-28 23:22:58 · 5 answers · asked by Razan 3

2006-12-28 22:33:49 · 2 answers · asked by mE 1

some may remember my question this morning refference spilling beer on my old one.....my new question is> having trouble setting up my LAN to new computer, says signal exelent but limited or no connectivity.

2006-12-28 22:07:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

If have this old school laptop;
-acer aspire 1200
-intel celeron 1ghz
-256mb ram
-10gb hrdrive,
the problem is my internal cd rom drive's toasted. I need to format my laptop asap. i dont want to waste a lot of money repairing it. Can i format it using an external cd drive? im afriad it might not detect the cd drive while formatting it.

2006-12-28 21:57:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am in the UK and In July this year I accidently damaged my Acer laptop, my insurance company replaced it for a new one. Since owning it, it has had a constant fault where it intermitently blue screens and re-boots. Up to this point it has been back to Acer for repair 3 times and I was assured the last time they had it that they would fix the problem. I got it back the friday before christmas , and guess what? it still had the same fault. I phoned them and they want me to send it to them yet again! I have given Acer 5 months to fix this problem, is this a reasonable time? This laptop cost £850 and I feel that it has probably depreciated a great deal in this time. I am threatening legal action, I have written to them giving them 14 days to replace the laptop as it is not fit for purpose. Am I doing the right thing?

2006-12-28 21:33:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-28 21:22:29 · 2 answers · asked by moopoogoo2 2

Dell or HP? Pros and cons Please help. I can't make up my mind and looking to buy asap

2006-12-28 21:13:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-28 21:05:57 · 11 answers · asked by Rajendran N.K 1

Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00 GHz

its for an Inspiron 6400

2006-12-28 20:51:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

plz tell briefly if possible

2006-12-28 20:48:34 · 7 answers · asked by friend 2

We have a guest from US who is trying to present in a conference in India, with his Mac OS Laptop. What hardware equipments (like Adaptor etc) should we need to have to ensure his Mac OS laptop to work in India?

2006-12-28 20:40:23 · 2 answers · asked by Heidi 1

Which is the best laptiop to be purchased which has all facilities of recent things. & with in our reach.

2006-12-28 19:58:56 · 15 answers · asked by drgdagrawal 1