Laptops & Notebooks - December 2007

I have viruses on my laptop which is causing a lot of problems with my computer. are there any free programs that I can use to completely remove all the viruses? or is there any way that i can completely factory restore my laptop without any recovery disks, because we never got any disks with the computer when we bought it.
(our computer is a toshiba)

2007-12-25 15:08:25 · 5 answers · asked by momma2rileydale 1

2007-12-25 15:05:34 · 1 answers · asked by dixie123456789 1

So my birthday is coming up (January 10th) and ALL I want is a black 13" MacBook. But my mom recently announced one of her friends was told there is going to be a new release of MacBooks, a thinner version.
Does anyone know if this is FOR SURE true? And if so, will it be out by my birthday?

2007-12-25 15:04:05 · 4 answers · asked by jobros11 1

My sound only works after my computer has been restarted and only when the computer is initially turned on. It will not play any sounds from itunes, cd's, system, or even error sounds. I have updated my computer, used system restore, gone throught the troubleshooting recommended by Windows and Sony Vaio, deleted a program that I though may have been the problem as well as restarted my computer a bunch of times. I have no idea what happened. I appreciate any assistance. Thank you so much!

2007-12-25 15:02:49 · 1 answers · asked by K. Lee 2

I turned the laptop on, got a black screen with nothing on it and then it went to the start windows, start windows with an earlier configuration along with all the safe mode options, nothing worked. So, I put in the recovery disk, and chose the recovery option, got nearly done with that and then it said a file was missing on a black screen and then shortly after that, Id get the blue screen. So I try reformatting my hard drive with the recovery disk and that was a failure and it said that quite a few setup files were missing and now I get so now I turn my I get the "NTLDR message saying I need to hit ctrl, alt, del" and nothing happens when I do that. When I was able to run a diagnostics on the HDD all I would get is a FAIL everytime. Is this a sign of a motherboard failure, a hard drive failure, or what do you think?

2007-12-25 14:50:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just recieved an acer aspire 5315-2153 this christmas and so far am pleased with. However, the box says the computer has an 80 gig hard drive but when I look at the properties of the drive in my computer it says I have 2 disks each with about 32 gigs on them, so if it's 80 gigs where'd the other 20 gigs go, or am I looking at it completely wrong.

2007-12-25 14:38:06 · 2 answers · asked by Jennifer O 2

When i put a CD into my laptop it responds and opens Media Player and works great.
But when i put a DVD into my laptop it does nothing. I have a DVD player called PowerDVD and I'd put the DVD into the laptop and nothing will happen. So i'd open PowerDVD and nothing would happen. It'll tell me to insert a disk. WTF! Please help. I looked at my D Drive and it says nothing is in it as well. How can it read my CDs but not my DVDs?

2007-12-25 14:31:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer (a compaq, vista laptop) will randomly shut down! Sometimes its right when i start it....sometimes in the middle of something...and sometimes something will be loading and it'll just shut down!
It might be a virus...but could it be something else?

2007-12-25 14:29:34 · 7 answers · asked by supertaters 2

I turned it on and at first the apple icon came on. Then it spun around for a long time. I turned it off. I did it again and then we heard a some clanking inside the computer. I turned it off. Then, I turned it on again and the screen is blank...on but nothing there. What do I do now. I have Applecare but I don't think they cover accidents. Hmmm. any way to see if there is anything salvageable?

2007-12-25 14:27:58 · 7 answers · asked by motormank 2

2007-12-25 13:59:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I got a new laptop for Christmas. It has Windows Vista Home Basic. I LOVE IT. What are some fun, cool, must have applications and downloads for a laptop (besides for antivirus)

2007-12-25 11:43:53 · 6 answers · asked by wlperie 3

I have a Toshiba A75-S213 laptop with an ATI mobility radeon 9000 integrated graphics card. I downloaded and installed new drivers for it and connected the s-video to composite cable correctly from my laptop to the TV. When I change display settings with [fn] - [F5], the TV flickers then remains black. I also tried to turn s-video on under the "display" tab under the advanced display properties with no success. I successfully tested the cord with my DVD player, so it seems like a software or driver problem. Any ideas?

2007-12-25 11:29:32 · 1 answers · asked by terrag 1

I cant seem to able to get sound on my laptop..device drivers shows all working...still no sound...whats up here?

2007-12-25 09:05:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My brother gave me his fairly new laptop and im trying to clean it up but not sure what all to do to it. please help thanks

2007-12-25 08:19:59 · 10 answers · asked by xxpop4nyxx 1

I have an HP laptop with integrated webcam. How do i use the webcam? the help information is rubbish and i dont understand....?

2007-12-25 06:56:12 · 0 answers · asked by boredperson 2

2007-12-25 06:51:32 · 1 answers · asked by Pao L 1

Our tv has only RCA plug and it is hooked up to the laptop but all we see on tv is black and white.

We have already tried different resolution settings on laptop and also have updated the graphic card's drivers but still useless and everything on tv is still back and white.

what can we do to have it with color ?

Many thanks for your help

2007-12-25 05:19:29 · 1 answers · asked by uighi s 1

2007-12-25 04:42:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

When i start to install win xp in my sony vaio VGN-FZ210CE NOTEBOOK it gives an error says that there is no hard drive known on my laptop so it doesnt recognize any hard drive on my laptop,but I work with its hard drive in vista,I also have its xp drivers

2007-12-25 04:16:04 · 5 answers · asked by sanjay_suji 1

My ac adaptor for my dell inspiron 1520 doesnt work. like the wire that plugs into the wall doesnt fit all the way into the wire that plugs into my computer. please help me!!

also is there a way to talk to dell workers online like instant message?

2007-12-25 03:56:26 · 2 answers · asked by smile beautiful x3 2

I've recieved a wireless laptop for Christmas and it has been set up for the internet. I already have a router for the PC and that works fine, but I can only access the internet on the laptop if I plug in the USB adaptor that we use for the PC. Do I need to do this if the laptop is wireless enabled? The shop assisstant at PC World said that I wouldn't need an adaptor because the laptop is wireless.
Help!

2007-12-25 03:27:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

what's the best way to transport a laptop? Hibernate? Standby?

2007-12-25 02:55:43 · 9 answers · asked by mzebrahimi@ameritech.net 1

2007-12-25 02:16:57 · 2 answers · asked by zaki 2

I got a new Dell Vostro 1000 laptop and it came with XP on it. I'm running it with our router we have from our home desktop which has XP on it. I'm trying to find out if I can install Vista on this laptop. Is that possible?

2007-12-25 01:33:26 · 9 answers · asked by Shawn 1

I just downloaded COD 4 on my laptop, which has Vista. When i try to play it, it always says:

Video card or driver doesn't support fullscreen gamma.
Video card or driver doesn't accelerate transform and lighting.
Video card or driver doesn't support UBYTE4N vertex data.

what can i do?

2007-12-25 01:03:06 · 2 answers · asked by BHS Via Sol 5

Is it possible the change the video card on my laptop? I recently bought a game but it won't run because my video card is not good enough. I haven't got a problem with buying a new video card but I've been told it's impossible or near enough to change it.
Does anyone know how or where to get my video card changed? Or if it's even possible at all?

2007-12-25 00:17:06 · 3 answers · asked by Confrontation 3

I am thinking to purchase a dell XPS M1530 laptop. I live in baroda,India. i wish to know if the technical support is good or not? I have come to know that if any problems occur in the laptop,it is very difficult to get it repaired in india. Is it true? What is the technical support after the warranty period expires?
Please reply. Or should i go with HP or any other suggestions? My budget is 60K.

2007-12-25 00:13:25 · 7 answers · asked by Nikhil 1

2007-12-24 22:53:31 · 5 answers · asked by riseball 2

I had a problem that my audio output device was not installed so I did a couple of googling and everyone keeps saying to reinstall the device so I uninstalled mine went to the website looked for a device that'll work for my model, but couldn't
and i'm out of the country and dont have the cds with me

what should I do??!

model toshiba satellite u300-111

2007-12-24 18:24:17 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2

but where do i enter it? so i can go onto the net

2007-12-24 16:09:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous