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Raymondfayowole: Tnks for ur response M usin hp pentium M it is nt dual boot.

If i wnt 2 update d hardware it say The wizard could nt find a better match for your hardware than the software you currently have installed. But if i check the general status of the driver it says Windows cannot load the device for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing (code 39).
Tnks guys.

visit hp website and select your exact laptop driver's

Pque: Pls I need all ur help @my gurus: my HP 6735s windows vista has refused to start for sometime now. When I power it on repeatedly, only shows black screen nd when it does not show black screen nd while booting it sudenly shows a blue screen with certain write up "A problem has been detected nd windows has been shut down to prevent damage to ur computer. A driver corrupted part memory used for holding pages destined for disk bla bla bla Technical information:... bla bla bla.

What I think is source of d problem?
Battery of my laptop spoilt nd when nepa took light while system is on, d system imediately goes off without shutting it down. It continues like that for like 2 months. After 2 mths, it began to show d blue screen nd now d black screen nd when it at times began to boot without black screen nd am able to get it to safe mode, it suddenly pop into d blue screen.
PLS HELP ME!!

Check if you are using the latest hardware drivers, especially the chipset and video drivers.
Older drivers are a common contributor to BSoD issues.

You can visit the laptop manufacturer's website to verify you have the latest drivers
and help keep all your drivers up-to-date. If you're comfortable with driver installations,
you can individually find and install current drivers on that same website.


If you have installed any software drivers, we may be able to turn the clock
back to when it was working okay.

Festinl: Bros,when i on my laptop,after DISPLAYING hP,it will write BOOTMGR is corrupt,system cannot boot...wat shud i do...am usin windows 7ultimate,hp pavilion dv9000

restart and keep pressing f8
then select repair your computer
automatically. if no joy restart then
safe mode. let us know if u get into
safe mode. Also restart and keep pressing f10
for bios and g to diagnostics, hard drive test
quick or short one will do and tell us the result

[quote author=dd_jay]TNX VERY MUCH,i tried changing d picture bt its still dsame,it took me time because d screen is realy blurred,but pls complete ur last statment on start-computer-index...[/quote]Windows Experience Index rates your hardware, is it 2.1 or what is it saying ?

What happened if you use another wallpaper ? blurry ?

did you follow the link ? have you check your resolution settings ?

use google to visit device manager and look for display adapter, what is it saying ?

any yellow sign. I might have to offer you a remote support where i can
take over the computer.I'd think about it

tosins: My laptop off when am playing pes soccer with d graphics on and someone told ♍Ƹ d vga is faulty pls gurus what can I do

Is this a PC or a laptop ?

Pes CD game you've installed or
the one you downloaded from the net ?

I"m playing pes soccer with d graphics on " how do you mean ?

"someone told ♍Ƹ d vga is faulty" technician or a friend ?


What make and model is the computer ?
mine is a toshiba P300-20H Windows Vista and Windows 7 Dual boot.
if yours is dual boot, please specify.

Raymondfayowole: guys pls help

[quote author=Røtten_egg]try reinstalling the yellow stuff with 100 tools driver....[/quote]I acknowledged my colleague advice and would ask you to go back to
device manager, right click on the yellow signs, properties and
tell us what the error code is. What make and model is the computer ?
mine is a toshiba P300-20H Windows Vista and Windows 7 Dual boot. if yours is dual
boot, please specify.

[quote author=dd_jay]tnx very much,heres a pic,d car (Background) is suppose to be pure red but u can see blurred effects[/quote]

wolebaba: You most have changed some settings unknowingly.

Right-click COMPUTER and click on PROPERTIES

On the system properties dialogue box, click on the ADVANCED tab and click on SETTINGS

A new dialogue box "performance options" appears, where you click on VISUAL EFFECTS tab and UNCHECK the option "USE DROP SHADOW FOR ICON LABELS ON THE DESKTOP".

Click apply then ok.

Shikena....that should work!!!!

In addition to wolebaba's advice, please visit http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6198985_make-desktop-background-not-blurry.html

I spent 10 minutes looking for the exact picture on google and please to tell you, it was ok on my desktop.

In addition to that click start, computer and make sure windows index is not displayed as run windows index exper...

Wynnah: Gurus in the house, pls i need ur help. i use DELL inspiron N4010, my room mates were watching a movie wit it while the WIFI was connected,dey didnt plug it to power and it gave d 'battery low' warning, while they were shutting down, it started updating windows and due to d low battery,it went off. On putin it on,i got to knw all these cos i was asleep..plugged it to power and Put it on and got this error msg...'FAILURE TO CONFIGURE WINDOWS UPDATE,REVERTING CHANGES,DO NOT TURN OFF UR COMPUTER' and this persisted fr abt 45mins,no changes..i turnd off wit d power button,nd turnd on using safe mode nd it workd..bt it jst doesnt start windows normally..nd it stil shows d error msg. pls wat do i do? nd sorry fr d long complaint.

Just as you did put it in safe mode and use Google to find out how
you can use system restore in safe mode to revert the changes

[quote author=ikhuoria2][/quote]you know what, just save your precious time.
you need a stable light to format. if i were you
i'd take it in for repair. it would waste your time.

drajjay: question : can a pc processor be upgraded? Mine is 1.5Ghz nd would have loved to upgrade.btw why does my pc fail to start charging as soon as its plugged .instead it displays ' plugged in , not charging'

it's better and cheaper to buy a higher spec than upgrading. .
why have you decided to upgrade your cpu ?

what make and model is the laptop ?

Please refer to http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404104,00.asp

ikhuoria2: help ooo....I decided to format my desktop.... and I used service pack 2....after formating.... d next was copying the files...BT while copying at 10%....there was power outage.....I don't have a ups.....BT now when I try reformating it with a new service pack 2....it shows a blue error screen at 8% of copying,....... what should I do ani1 pls......ah tried everything I know

Please answer the followings.

Why are you formatting ?

Is the xp service pk 2 an original cd
or copied ?

What was the blue screen error ?


what make and model is the pc ?

Did you selected quick format ?

"BT now when I try reformating it with a new service pack "
How do you mean, for example
another service pk 2 cd ?

pasqal09: [size=48pt]Help!!! My system keeps restarting on its own. Its very annoying when it does that. Pls what can be done abt it?[/size]

What is the make and model number ? for example,
my laptop is a toshiba p300/20H widows vista Laptop.

What sort of things are you doing when it's restart ?

Any blue screen error message ?

Have you installed any software recently?

What type of antivris do you have

Can you hear the fan running at the side or at the bottom of the laptop ?

Please follow http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/automatic-restart-windows-7.htm

If it is windows xp try and google how to disable auto restart
and let us know about the error.

crossben: hellow i was using my pc then sothenly it switch off and restart and the next thing i saw from the pc's massage was that it can not work properly becuase some files are missing or have been damage and i dont want to format the system, i need some help

If this window's XP, bad news !
If vista or Windows 7, good news !

If green, restart it and keep pressing f8 and select
safe mode then use google to find out how you can use
safe mode to turn back the hand of time. If the same message appeared
in safe mode. restart and select repair my computer then repair automatically.

If red, you'd need to tell us the error message and have you got windows XP CD.
If you live in Lagos we have a colleague here on this forum that may be of help.
he may charge you for his time. if so, let us know and we'd tell you who that is.

What make and model is the machine, for example mine is a Toshiba P300-20H windows vista

What was the last thing you did ? for example compressed your drive, partition software or
amend the registry through cclener. what is it ?

Holuphemmy93: I think its d fan cos d noise is coming from d air vent,but why is doing like dat since its doesnt do like dat before, can dat be a malfunction

There are number of reasons why this could have happened.
Most netbooks were designed with ultra low voltage CPU and
smaller fan hence why it's getting hot. you would ask, why
should it get hot if the CPU were designed as low voltage ?
To find out why netbooks get hot, visit Google for more information.
Given the nature of your post, I have been able to provide 1st
level support which is the minimum requirement. we have a colleague
that can help you in Lagos but he will charge you to examine the laptop.
If you do, look for onegig on this forum and send him a message.

In your reply please tell us if the laptop switched off and for how long ?
At what stage did you notice the breeze ? for example when powering it on,
browsing or virus scan.

Emmyk: Please I need help with my system.


My bro downloaded some stuffs recently. And now whenever I open my browsers - Mozilla of IE., it brings out Artemis.com, as my homepage and when new tabs open, it follows them.

I thought it was like this normal 3rd party thingy. Till I noticed it was not even what I used on my HOMEPAGE.

I have been trying to delete it, all to no avail, I even downloaded Malwarebytes Anti-Malware yesterday, yet, it wont leave my homepage and new tabs!

I deleted it files on Registry. That didnt even work.


Please how do I get rid of this malicious trash off my laptop??

I would advice you follow this link and do as told but be careful ! If I were you backup
your important data before continuing. I have provided this advice in the
hope that you would follow all the instructions and most importantly back up your data.

What make is the laptop ? for example, mine is a toshiba P300-20H Windows vista

When you get to option three, I would like you to use superantispyware. it's my favourite !


Source : http://smallbusiness.chron.com/erase-artemis-virus-50865.html

Holuphemmy93: Pls i need ur help
my 8months acer mini started making some breezing noise some weeks ago whenever it is switch on and d noise will persist till d system is short down or hibernated.I also noticed it consumes more energy since d problem started.Pls what could have caused it.

Could be the fan or the hard disk. Just try to find out by putting your ear near the air vent.
The air vent can be found beside or underneath the laptop. does it sound like beep beep beep

swiftrobin: my 2 year old hp pavilion lappy won't charge when in use.. it shows plugged on charging but the battery level keeps dropping.. to use it, I have to shut down, charge till battery full, then exhaust the battery and charge again..
I plugged it without a battery, the system won't boot, the battery and power pack are sound..
what could be wrong?

onegig: the adapter is not supplying enough energy to charge the ystem. Get a recommended adapor

[quote author=big-t]Yes! The juice is not enough to neither boot ur laptop without ba3 nor charge the ba3 when in use. Advice---- try another adapter abi wetin i talk, onegig[/quote]Considering all you've been told, please search for hp battery test using start search on the start menu.
If you cant find hp battery test, visit Google and download Hp battery test

This test will tell you the status of the battery plus the charger.

onegig: This is just to inform you guys i will be physicall present in ComputerVillage tomorrow. I will be willing to help anyone with issues for a limited period of time i.e hours 8am and 1pm. SEND me a pm and i will forward give you guidliness on how to reach me. Take care

It would be good, if you could register a sim card and
email address specially for this purpose.I'd recommend you
charge for your service but offer plenty of discount and
impeccable customer service. if you give us the number, we would
give it out to the user that needs help. I have a feeling that you're a
good Nigerian. They'd understand when you charge them. if you are consistent and
good at what you do, you'd get something out of it. That's my advice, Lol !

iffydave: Please gurus, I just boot my hp 625 laptop and got this msge:
"1720-SMART hard drive detects imminent failure (failing attribute: C8) please back up the contents of the hard drive and run HDD self test in F10 setup"

Wen I did the hdd test, it said "hard disk test failed"
Pls what do I do?, does this mean de hard disk is damaged or what, hope de files can be recovered because I didn't backup.

Pls help me...

On restart keep pressing f11 until you see recovery manager
select recovery backup data recommended and have your backup device ready.
If the option is not available try looking for advanced options.
you will need a usb stick or an external hard drive.

Connect the storage device to another computer to be sure that the
data was saved.

Valentinooo: After pressing f10, in the settings brought, I can't find the part i bold

keep looking until you find something similar to the above.

Valentinooo: I set it from the control panel. But i'm using window7

deji2009: Valentinooo: 8:58pm On Dec 10
guys pls help me. The time of my system has stopped working and i don't know what to do
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What's the time right now on your laptop ?

Does the laptop keep the time when
you set it or does it keep it and then
looses it ?

Have you or anybody else tempered with
the bios settings ?

Any recent service to your laptop and what ?

We need answers so as to narrow down what might have
caused the laptop not to keep its time/clock.

I take this is windows xp ? right click the time and check your
time zone. what is it set to ?

Restart laptop and keep pressing f10 for bios
scrool down to mains and check the time. the
clock is somewhere there search for it.

Note down the time and f10 to save and exit.
let start up as usual and compare the time
with the one you jotted down earlier. what's the difference.
It might be you need to go back to bios and set the time
then test it in normal windows. if no joy
it might be what we refer to as Cmos battery is faulty
and need replacing.

follow prev post and adjust the time in the bios,
remember to save the changes using f10. After making the
changes then test it

The laptop was windows xp before installing windows 7, is that right ?

Valentinooo: Thanks for your response bro. The problem is when i switch it on and set the time. It will start working. Once i switch it off, the time will stop where it was before i off the system. Once i switch it on again, it will continue from there. Once i off it, it will stop there again. May be the cmos battery is no longer working as you've suggested

How did you set the time ?
Did you went to the bios
to carry out the diagnostics
from my previous post

Valentinooo: 8:58pm On Dec 10
guys pls help me. The time of my system has stopped working and i don't know what to do
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[quote author=big-t]how did it 'die'? I mean under what condition? What is the model?[/quote]What's the time right now on your laptop ?

Does the laptop keep the time when
you set it or does it keep it and then
looses it ?

Have you or anybody else tempered with
the bios settings ?

Any recent service to your laptop and what ?

We need answers so as to narrow down what might have
caused the laptop not to keep its time/clock.

I take this is windows xp ? right click the time and check your
time zone. what is it set to ?

Restart laptop and keep pressing f10 for bios
scrool down to mains and check the time. the
clock is somewhere there search for it.

Note down the time and f10 to save and exit.
let start up as usual and compare the time
with the one you jotted down earlier. what's the difference.
It might be you need to go back to bios and set the time
then test it in normal windows. if no joy
it might be what we refer to as Cmos battery is faulty
and need replacing.

alaoeri: Its went off by itself, have tried your suggestion isn't working. HP pavilion dv6 window7

That's a surprise ! Okay, remove the battery again and
the charger and leave it completely out for 20 minutes
or so and turn it back on.

When was the last time it works and what was the last thing you did ?
for example upgrades, update or anything of that nature.

If it was a country where there
was a stable power supply, I would ask you to use the charger to
power it on. if you have a stable lights, please use the charger
first to power it on instead of the battery. I have a feeling this
might have contributed to why it doesn't work. In practice a competent
csr technician would first carry out an ATX reset or SMC Reset on apple mac's


On the far right, does it state NVIDIA
graphics on the label. we need the full model number,
turn the laptop upside down and there will be a white sticker
with dv6- with some digits US EA OR EU or SA

can you hear the hard disk running? shine a torch
flashlight onto the screen. can you see an image?

finally, refer to http://www.computercare.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=1579

alaoeri: Abeg make una help, am working on my system right now & the screen turn off (not showing anything, just go black), the light indicators, Bluetooth indicator, volume indicator & caps still responding but the screen ain't coming up, make una avail me with the solution.

Did the screen went off by itself ?

If you have had any issues with you computer
and phoned the help line number one of the common
things they will ask you to do is an ATX reset, Basically
this just resets the power supply in your computer and
in most cases can solve some display issues.

How to perform an ATX reset:

Disconnect the power from your computer.
If possible remove the battery and external devices.
Hold the power button for about 15 seconds
Put the battery back in the computer
Reconnect the power
Press the power button to turn on your computer

If this does not solve the power issue it may be the hardware
its self which is faulty and will need repairing or replacing.


What make and model is the laptop/PC. for example, the laptop I use are HP TX
and Toshiba P300-20H windows Vista. what's yours ?

When was the last it works and what was the last thing you did ?
for example upgrades, update or anything of that nature.

warrenweste: Pls hw can I knw d type of ram tympe my laptop uses wether its ddr2 or Ddr3? Cos wen I removed d ram its nt written on it

crucial ram scanner

De Tus: @GreatAustin, your OS is counterfeit. You know I mean. Now solving your other problem. First, open one of the preinstalled apps on your device for instance "The Calender". Then you hold down the "Sleep/Wake Button till the slide to Power Off Message pops. Further to that, you hold down the "Home Button" without letting it "go to Sleep/Wake Button". Then you'll either go back to the "Home Screen" or the device would be on "Sleep Mode". Finally, you slide to Unlock.

De Tus: @Gwinovich, you mean your computer freezes whenever you plug in the battery? Ok, in windows, go to "control panel" and then "power option" and "set the power high or maximum".

De Tus: @warrenweste, please check the technical details of your PC or you state the model no of your PC here for me.

Dear De Tus,

The above really impressed me and would like to see more of you when you have time to
provide technical support . My favorite post was, the user with WGA message.
We look forward to reading from you now and 2014.

oemmanuel: I recently change my operating system from vista to windows7. It worked for some times and this message pup-up 'you may be a victim of counterfeit software' and is asking for activation. How can I get the product key. Please help. Its Compaq CQ61 model.

The moderators will not be happy if we solve this problem for you because it's
against the rules. Just above me, look for onegig he or she might of help outside nai
raland. One thing have always tell people is ,if you want something just pay for it to
have it done and forget it. I would have been of help if I live in Nigeria.
Please refer to http://support.microsoft.com/gp/genuine-advantage

warrenweste: Thanks for the response...i really dunno how to format it can i do it myself or will need to take it to an engineer? though i have a recovery installation/recovery Cd that came with it should incase i format it and also it came with windows 7starter but i recently upgraded it to windows 7 ultimate due to d hanging...and it hangs when am flipping through web pages and multi taskiing..will be waiting for your reply..thanks

I would advice you take to a technician

warrenweste: Pls I need an urgent answer,my min netbook with a speed of. 1.66ghz and 1gig ram has been hangn a lot of recent pls what do I do? Should I format or just increase d ram to 2gig ram or just sell it? Thanx

If you an internal recovery/format and knows where to get the drivers and
can install all windows update after format, then yes. if you don't, No just increase
the memory to 2gb ram which is the minimum requirements. is this windows 7 starter,
if so try and see if you get to 3gb. how do you mean, has been hanging ? for example when loading up
for the first time or on the internet or when you're playing youtube movies

dazzy4real: Ok boss let's just say it hardly play any disk. Once I put a disk in it nothing happens n wen I try to play there is dis sign that no disk is inside. Then at times d same cd that doesn't play if I put it again it will play but dis time around is so diff for anything to play.

Given the nature of this problem, you would save plenty of time by taking it to the repair center.

olushollys: Hello computer gurus, I have an android tablet and it does not respond to touch again. Pls what can I do?

This may be of help http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tips-to-resolve-your-tablets-touchscreen-problems/