Laptops & Notebooks - January 2007

Yesterday I was on my Compaq Presorio R3000 just typing some family history on my Family Tree Maker 2005 in my living room. While I was typing I noticed that my laptop just froze and there was no movement. I thought that it might be overheating since I placed it on a Persian Rug, but I tried turning it on at least 3 times on a wooden, cold surface. Same effect. Then I went on Yahoo Answers and gathered up some information. One guy was saying that Zone Alarm might be the problem (which I had installed on my laptop). Another guy said that he used a computer duster to dust off the dust in the cooling fan. I tried that and didn't work. Then, out of the blue, my Norton Antivirus scanner says it detected and blocked a worm. What is going on with my computer? Is it overheating or is there a worm or virus present on my computer? The last time I went on I checked on Task Manager for the performance and this is what I had before it froze, again:
18% CPU Usage
396 Mb PF usage

2007-01-15 08:44:28 · 9 answers · asked by alimerzairan 1

listion i know it's dumb but i have almost noooooo money and well i need one for collage so if there is a REALLY cheap one(like under 100 buck)and will trust me to let me send them cash.(and i hate to be picky but not the old weird one form when i was like 2) kk thx

2007-01-15 08:36:39 · 8 answers · asked by julia s 1

This may sound like a stupid question to all you PC whizzes out there...

but how does upgrading memory work? if you have 512mb and you add 1gb,

do you have to take out the 512 or will you have 1.5gb?

thanks

2007-01-15 08:15:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00782502&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3284495&lang=en, need response ASAP!! THANKS ALOT in Advance

2007-01-15 08:14:33 · 8 answers · asked by Ankit 1

I just got a new one for school, and I don't even know how to write a document! And how would I go about getting Windows for it?

2007-01-15 08:10:18 · 6 answers · asked by rachel 2

2007-01-15 08:05:28 · 6 answers · asked by anotherpainintheazz 3

I have a toshiba a100-163 lap top and want to find out if it is capable of running vista and if it is worth upgrading.

2007-01-15 07:56:29 · 15 answers · asked by custardmonster 2

I have a pc desktop and wireless wrt54g Linksys router, I also have a Gateway pc laptop with a wire card. This system works great. My question is if I was to purchase a Macbook would my existing system still work? In otherwords can I be on the Macbook in the bedroom, my son be on the Gateway in his room and it all work at the same time through the router in the home office? Or would I have to buy a router that would switch between the two and one of us could only be online at once? Please advise.

2007-01-15 07:14:27 · 2 answers · asked by Shalie J 1

Alright, I want a laptop that has an intel core duo processor, 1gb or more of ram, windows vista upgrade enabled, a hard drive that is greater than 100gb, 6-cell battery, and maybe bluetooth, i dont need software.....and all of this for less than 750........thanks

2007-01-15 06:30:12 · 3 answers · asked by ...,,,,~~~~!!!````!!!~~~~,,,,... 2

2007-01-15 05:47:00 · 3 answers · asked by morganmaloney1 2

I got my daughter a laptop for Christmas and use a wireless router for her to access internet through our main computer. Our main computer has Windows 2000 and want her laptop to have this also. Is there a way to "transfer" the windows to her laptop also, or do I have to go out and buy the Windows program to install on her laptop? Or does she automatically have it since she's using the wireless router? As you can tell I'm clueless!

2007-01-15 05:34:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a new MacBook Laptop, and it already starting to get that brownish yellowish look from use on the keyboard. Is there a way to clean it without damaging the functionality of the keyboard?

2007-01-15 05:06:39 · 6 answers · asked by wardbrianl 1

How do I tell if a Mac notebook has can write DVDs or just has a DVD-rom drive? It's a couple of years old... Is there an equivalent to the Windows control panel that will show me?

2007-01-15 05:06:30 · 5 answers · asked by Proto 7

2007-01-15 04:50:17 · 2 answers · asked by Jack H 1

2007-01-15 04:47:55 · 7 answers · asked by alison s 1

Which brand is the best? and of that brand which laptop is the best?

2007-01-15 04:45:28 · 6 answers · asked by JK 1

I have tried the ctrl and F11 and it does not work. It does nothing but load to the start screen. The computer is like a 2000/2001 I see system restore to a earlier date I want factory setting restore. Thanks

2007-01-15 04:29:17 · 9 answers · asked by Autumn 5

I don't mind if it still says $ on the key, I just need it to type the pound sign instead!
Thanks.

2007-01-15 04:26:10 · 5 answers · asked by mookie 1

I recently purchased 512mb of RAM for my hp pavilion ze5600 (Intel (R) Celeron (R) CPU 2.60 GHz it currently holds 706 of RAM. after I installed 512 mb card i notice little or no speed change when opening programs or files. I have McAfee virus scan installed as well as anti spyware software. I run these daily, but it seems my laptop does not run as fast as it should with all the RAM in it. My computer is fully updated as well (windows xp). Please help, I appreciate any feedback, thanks!

2007-01-15 04:21:23 · 3 answers · asked by David S 1

it has a pentium m 1.60 GHz processor, and is too slow for many applications. can i upgrade the processor instead of the whole laptop? i have plenty of ram, so i know that's not the problem.

2007-01-15 03:58:44 · 3 answers · asked by jo jo 3

i have a psp and i was wondering if i could use the build in wireless internet chip in my gateway swivel screen laptop to get internet on the psp without a wireless router and all

2007-01-15 03:45:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-15 03:44:50 · 4 answers · asked by Sunny 1

I have a compaq presario (R3000us) laptop bought in 2004. It has an AMD Athlon XP-M processor. However, the system info says 399 MHz. How many MHz equals 1 GHz? Also, I was planning to take off Windows XP and put on Windows Vista Business (and upgrade RAM). Will 399MHz processor handle 1GB of RAM. It has 512mb now. Is 399MHz low for 1gb ram or doesn't it work that way? Thanks!

Addl Info: I'm putting on Windows Vista because XP is not working correctly, some files are missing that make the computer run at full potential. I am not planning to reinstall XP. It's mainly an OS problem, not a computer hardware problem.

2007-01-15 03:30:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

also need msn tech support and MSN software
bgsnoopy@msn.com

2007-01-15 03:23:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-15 03:22:07 · 5 answers · asked by Miguel D 1

Can I play my pc game on my new MacBook pro ?

2007-01-15 03:06:43 · 3 answers · asked by Billy 2

i was never sent a disc with the pc....when i try to clear this message says another installation is in place but wont let me clear this message ...what do i do it driving me nuts

2007-01-15 02:53:02 · 4 answers · asked by broodymareuk 1

Has anyone participated in a *free* laptop program? Did you actually get the laptop after you completed the sponsers offers? How much did you actually spend to get this *free* laptop? Thanks for the help!

2007-01-15 02:19:34 · 11 answers · asked by mptodora 2

2007-01-14 23:44:54 · 15 answers · asked by deares 2

Does this shorten their life?

2007-01-14 23:15:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous