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hedmond:
Hi deji and other gurus, I installed PES2010 on my new dv6.an error comes up each time I try to open it saying, I didn't Hv the system requirement video card of VRAM 128M. The one I have is VRAM 64M,can it meet up with the 128M when I do windows update or what can I do?

Dear hedmond,

RE: PES2010

Thanks for the above enquiry and do appreciate your explanations. for PES 2010 to work properly your computer
needs to meet the system requirement in terms of processors, RAM , GRaphics and Hard drive. installing windows updating
will not make any difference.  Please find a link explaining in more details.

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,695060/Pro-Evolution-Soccer-2010-System-requirements-revealed/News/

Good luck

octus2008:
i have a dell vostro laptop,last week a fault developed which i hope u can help me out
when i connect the power cord it charges but the screen goes off(becomes dim) as if i disconnected the charger,when i disconect it it becomes bright,its supposed to be the other way round pls help the lap top is just a few months old wid me plssssssssssssssss

I have a Toshiba P300-20H laptop, when i connect the charger the screen turns bright when i disconnect the charger the screen goes Dim. This vary on make and model of computers. DELL has released bios update for some laptop and yours may need updating. what's the model of your computer ?
Visit http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=GuidedPathHomePage
make sure you put your model number and search for Bios or know issues available. Good luck and thanks for enquiring

[quote author=uni-kazzy link=topic=301179.msg5776851#msg5776851 date=1269674687]pls, i just format my laptop, if i click the local disk (E it will ask if i want to format it. what happen there pls[/quote]Dear uni-kazz,

This behaviour occured because windows is unable to read or access the drive.
Is this your main Hard drive, external Hard drive or a USB stick.
DO not click yes ! if you do, you"ll loose all your data !

Open up my computer and right click on the drive > properties and
look for file system make sure is set to NTFS. if yes then get back to us for
further diagnostics . Good luck and thanks for enquiring.

FL Gators:
@OlaDeji

I looked up the site you gave me plus the side info, but am still a bit confused lol.

1. What is the best precessor out there. What's the difference between these processors:

                      #Intel Core 2 Duo
                     # Intel Atom
                    # Intel Pentium Dual Core
                   # Intel Core i7
                  # Intel Core i5
                 # Intel Core i3
                # AMD Turion dual core

2.  What is a "RAM Size" and why is that important?

3. Hard drive size. . . .




_{P.S: I thought I couldnt care less about this qualities until my current laptop fccuked up. . . . I need to educate myself before buying a new one}

To make life easier and for the sake of simplicity, I would suggest googling up the difference.

Core 2 Duo-means two processors.

Atom- This can be found on small netbooks such as
Dell mini series. They are  small and energy efficient.

RAM-means Ramdom Access Memory- The bigger  the better in terms of
efficiency, performance and reliability.
Minimum requirement for Windows Vista/7 is 2GB, XP 512 Or 1GB

Hard drive- is a storage device where your operating system are stored.
The bigger the better in terms of storage. e.g. document, pictures and programmes.
Hard drive size of 80-150 GB will be enough.

Tjad:
Deji, thxs alot. I have formated the system. I installed a new os- win xp 2002- pls am i safe with this version of os.

certainly you're safe.

ponana:
I download some winzip/winrar files and they ask for password whenever i try to unzip.Does anyone know how i can bypass this?Any help wud be appreciated

Download the trial version. i take it you trying to open winrar files which belongs to you ?

Good luck

Akerekoroabijawara:
@ Deji2009,I formatted my Acer dualcore desktop.After the installation the sound refuse to work.Somebody told me that i need to install the sound driver software.Pls can u post a link where i can download it.the pc is ACER veriton M264(window xp)

Dear Akerekoroabijawara,

Thank you for the above enquiry. Below is a link to download your drivers

http://www.acer.co.uk/acer/service.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&miu10einu24.current.attN2B2F2EEF=3734&sp=page15e&ctx2.c2att1=17&miu10ekcond13.attN2B2F2EEF=3734&CountryISOCtxParam=UK&ctx1g.c2att92=122&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2980211862

Good luck

horseballs:
am quite sure i posted this earlier,
anyways here it comes again,
am having problem opening excel email attachment on my system
it keeps giving me an error: "command cannot be specified"
that is after excel must have opened and yet the attached document wont open.
please office gurus in the house kindly assist me to solve this issue.
thanks.

when the error message comes up press prtsc
                                                                  sysrq
on your keyboard to caption a screen shot and
attach it on your next reply. this will make life easier for
for you and ourselves. cheers

FL Gators:
lol no I dnt want to stress.
Most of my work are done and turned in through the internet. Right now my compu is bleeping up real bad.

I heard that HP computers are just pretty, tht they break down easily. True?

HP are very good laptop. stay away from HP DV series 4000 and 6000

Patriot 1 to 6 series and dell small netbooks

beInsipred:
Hi Dear! Please, I got these several black and white horizontal lines running across my LAPTOP LCD (Del Inspiron 1525). Do you have any clue what can be done to get rid off of it or have you idea where I can buy the replacement and what the price looks like?


Thanks so kindly

beInspired
aspireafrique@yahoo.ca

Dear beInsipred ,

Thank you for the above enquiry and do appreciate your explanations.

For us to verify if is a hardware or a software problem. Here's your diagnostics.

Swap test the laptop with a monitor and see if you"ll have lines

secondly turn off the laptop and back on again and keep pressing f2 or
f1 or delete and see if you have the same lines.

try moving the close lid backward and forward/apply small pressure to see
if will make any difference as this could be a connection problem.

apply small pressure next to the power button and see if we make any difference

check the manufacturer website for graphics or bios update

take your time and follow the diagnostics given and get back to us.

what make is your laptop xp or vista ?

Good luck
to gain access to the bios

FL Gators:
No, thank [i]you [/i]for helping

When buying ask for the one with built in recovery partition e.g. Advent, HP or Packard bell. so if were to have a virus or
a software problem you can always reformat by pressing some buttons instead of buying another windows disk.
A woman like yourself don't want to stress too much. do you ? we are here anyway.  lol

FL Gators:
Deji, I know you're good with laptops and what not.

What should I be looking for if I'm looking for a good quality laptop?

I'm not a compu person lol and I wanna buy a laptop that I know will last long and have good memory, good stuff like that.


P.S: No apples. I hate apples.

This will help http://www.vouchercodes.co.uk/articles/what-to-look-for-when-buying-a-laptop.html

Thanks for enquiring

Internet cash:
How can I off charge on my system

How do you mean Internet cash ?

horseballs:
i cannot download and open excel email attachments, it keeps giving me the error: "command cannot be specified" pls i need urgent help asap as i really want to open an important attachment. thanks

Hi horseball,

what make is your computer ?

WIndows XP, VISTA or Windows 7 ?

Do you have office installed and not a trial version ?

Were you sent the attachment by someone else ?

type of email been use. e.g. hotmail.com, gmail, outlook etc ?

Microsoft office type 2003, 2007 or works ?

To rule out which is  causing the problem, try opening the
attachment from another computer. Good luck !

babaearly:
Friends, my i.e 6 and firefox keeps crashing on startup and does not even load at all. please any one with an idea on what to do to solve this problem? But Google Chrome works well and i have no virus attack whatsoever. i'll appreciate very much. Thanks

Dear babaearly,

Thanks for the above enquiry. goole toolbar may be causing it. IE 6 has been around for
along time. you need internet explorer 8 which is the latest.

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/internet-explorer/browse-with-confidence.aspx?WT.mc_id=Search&WT.srch=1

Diagnostic 1

click start > run > msconfig >startup > and clear all the ticks apply
> ok > then test >

Diagnostic  2

Firefox had some known  issues when playing youtube videos etc.
And as a result firefox has provided a fix.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/

Like i said IE 6 is old you need IE 8 and you"ll be fine.

Good luck !

Tjad:
Deji & other people in d house pls help me out. When i put on my computer, it boots and then show me the desktop. After some few minutes. It shows a blue screen and then trips off. After that nothing would even show on my monitor again, meanwhille the cpu is still on. What could be the problem. Am completely frustrated.

Dear Tjad,

Level=Intermediate

Thanks for the above enquiry. here's your diagnostics:

Turn off/on your machine > Repeatedly pressing F8 > Advance option >

Last know good configuration > press enter then test>

If no joy then we need to carry out more diagnostics.

F8 like before advance option > safe mode > then > press
enter then wait. if in safe mode click start > run > rstrui > press
enter and select a date when everything was working fine > then test

If no joy, We are going to force the computer to display the blue screen
in making sure we know what the error message is.

F8 as usual disable automatic restart on system failure
then test or restart by pressing ctrl+alt+ delete if no joy then

safe mode > Level= Advance

Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

Click the Advanced tab.

Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and Recovery dialog box.

Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the necessary number of times.

Restart your computer for the settings to take effect then test.

Good luck !

just4just:
pls help i can  view any video from the net and i download flash player
but can t work.  each time it said a plug in  is missing the system is new. window xp.  also the picture from the system is blurrell it is not clear enough.  what can i do?

Dear just4just,

RE :Video issues

Thanks for the above enquiry. here's your diagnostics:
Click on the following link to view flash FAQ'S.
This a know issue make sure you follow the steps
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html

Pictures issues

Open up IE > locate tools > internet options > advance
and scroll down to multimedia to make sure picture is ticked

Good luck !

Got a lappie in July'2009,  still has good warranty on it so I guess I'll bring it in if I cant fix it myself. Only trouble is the store is sorta far so, am hoping someone is able to help me.
When I turn it on, i get a message that says:
"The SMART hard disk check has detected an immintent failure. To ensure no data loss, please back up the content immediately and run the hard disk test and system diagnostics". Okay, so I go ahead, windows opens (takes its time to open) but then it gets soooooo slow! Every letter I type takes about 3 minutes each to come up on the screen, and it freezes alot.
I've tried runing scans through Norton, which works till it shuts down and I get a message that says:
"Boot device not found. Please install an operating system on your hard disk, "
I go to run system diagnostics, start-up test as well as run-in test. They all fail. I get  message that says "hard disk does not exist"
PLEASE does anyone know how to fix this problem and what in God's name could be wrong? I tried system-restore but it always fails too!

Keep in mind that when I do open this lappie on safe mode, it works perfectly but of course, in safe mode some features dont work (e.g audio, which is a big issue because  I love youtube! lol). Please help! (less your heart)

Hello AqRiUs Ag,

Thank you for the above enquiry and do appreciate your explanations. I take it is HP or packard bell laptop ?

This can either be a software or a hardware problem. until we can prove the hard drive is faulty am not satisfy
to pass it as a hardware fault. Here's your diagnostics, make sure charger is plugged in then >>>>>>>>>>>>

1st turn off > press f10 > Main and see if hard drive is detected

Turn it off > keep pressing f10 until you see a bios setup utility

use your arrow key to go to diagnostics >primary hard drive self test

>press enter and wait for the result. Good luck !

is this common with hp compaq laptops? whenu plug your power pack it says "plugged in, not charging" then after a while it begin to charge by itself, i happens to my laptop n dat of my friend. we have the same laptop but bought it in different countries.

please help,

Dear xtremeidea,

Thanks for the above enquiry and do appreciate your explanations. for us to verify if is a hardware or
software problem, here's your diagnostics. if vista click start and 2cm below you"ll see a white box
type in battery and look for hp battery test press enter if available. if not then simply do this.

http://h20239.www2.hp.com/techcenter/battery/battery_ts.htm

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c00625471&product=18703

Good luck

octus2008:
rating - 1.0
processor-AMD TURION(TM)X2 DUAL-CORE MOBILE
RM-74 2.20 GHZ
MEMORY(RAM)3070
SYSTEM TYPE 32 BIT OPERATING SYSTEM
HP LAPTOP
BOUGHT FROM GERMANY AS A RESULT OF LANGUAGE,DECIDED TO REFORMAT WID ANOTHER VISTA ENGLIS VERSION BUT LOST MOST OF MY FUNTIONALITY WHEN I REFORMATTED IT,MY WEB CAM AINT WORKIN AND COUPLE OF OTHER COMPONENT PROGRAMMES
PLS I NEED HELP WHAT DO I DO

Dear octus2008,

Thanks for the above enquiry and do appreciate your explanations. for us to start diagnosing, we would like to
know your operating system type. e.g[b]. XP VIsta or windows 7[/b]. meanwhile click start > run >devmgmt.msc >press enter
you will see a screen similar to below. Good luck !

Roland Pet:
Thanks God for his journey mercy on you deji2009.

Pls deji and all the guru's in the house,im into selling fairly used laptops and recently i was receiving a lot of laptop for repair from some clients which i normally send to some system Engineers around to fix.

But now i have decided to get a clean knowledge in system maintenance which i have started the training for the past three months now.

Pls im founding it difficult in getting a material that will brush me up on MOTHERBOARD TROUBLESHOOTING,ITS FLOW CHART DIAGONISING,pls if you can help me with some materials,i will appreciate,both in software and hardware.

I will also like us to talk (Deji).but is not what i will tell you here.

Pls my email address is

ilonu@yahoo.com.

Thanks.

You cant go wrong with http://www.fonerbooks.com/pcrepair.htm

My personal definition of computer is the process of elimination.

Thanks for enquiring

Dear Wylout,

ther is nothin on d hard drive now! i'm trying to booth with a windows 7 cd. i've also tried xp and its d same blank screen now!!

Level=Intermediate

Restart the computer and tap the F8 key to load the start-up menu
Select Enable VGA mode
Allow Windows® to load (and complete registration if necessary)
Install the monitor as Standard SVGA 1024 x 768
Restart the computer.  It should now function correctly.

Level=Advanced

Boot to bios by pressing f2 > advanced then look for AHCPI mode or sata > if you are dual booting set bios to
sata or ahcpi mode if loading windows7. if you are loading xp at that moment then Ide compatabilty mode. seems you are using HP.

If no joy>
Either insert your
vista or windows 7
installation disk >
boot from it by
pressing f8 > repair my computer

>command prompt > then type this
bootrec /fixboot

Re: Post Your Computer Troubles Here.
« #1183 on: March 23, 2010, 05:13 PM »

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Help! Let somebody assist, I formatted my pc yesterday but its sound has disappear. it displays "no audio device" pls what can i do. (aboxphem@yahoo.com or 08068045904). Thanks

What make is the computer, xp or vista ?

1stknight:
thanks 4 replyin bt dere's somfin else, wat does d hardware looks lyk, i mean will i insert it at d botom of my system (d 1 dat looks lyk ram slot) or will i insert it in d pcmcia slot (pc cad) and plz wat is d name of d wifi hardware dat looks lyk a ram and plz hw mch'll i gt it in naira.
Thank you in advance

I'm not confident in asking you to get a new usb wifi card unless we can prove it.
follow the diagnostics our tecs has prescribed and give us feedback. take your time
and i would like to tell you something, computer is the process of elimination. so, follow my
colleagues advice

1stknight:
Som1 hlp: it was stated in my toshiba satellite l10-117 manual dat my laptop is wifi enabled and if i press the hotkey fn+f8 it'll be switch on, i've tried dat but it didn't work, and accordin 2 d manual it also shows dat at d bottom of my laptop dat there's a WIRELESS LAN COVER, after tryin, i opend d cover it was lyk a ram slot but looks smaller a bit and there's notin dere, it was empty, so i'm thinkin dat maybe d device may be missin. Plz gurus i wnt u 2 tell me if dis is d reason my wifi is disabled, and if there's any oda way i could connect wirelessly.
THANK U IN ADVANCE

Hello 1stknight,

Here's the specs from tosh website http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?service=EU&DISC_MODEL=0&ACTION=PRINT_WITH_BACK&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&PRODUCT_ID=101681

My prescriptions is to click start > computer > C drive or vista C > toshiba folder >driver > WLAN
click on your wireless type and folow on screen instructions > restart the computer for changes to take effect.
to verify you have succesfully installed the driver click start > run > devmgmt.msc > network adaptor. what can you see underneath ?  could be the wireless is disabled in the bios, who knows ?
Good luck and thanks for enquiring

Danatoy:
My system was writing no internal hard disk, no boot found on my lapi windowxp, but i install window7

Dear Danatoy

Thank you for the above enquiry. Is this XP or Vista and what make is the computer ?

Good luck

4llerbuntu:
bros go and download vlc player from videolan.org and stop disturbin urself from all his dvd activation code wahala. vlc will play any dvd in the world and most formats of video and audio in existence, with super quality output too. its free to download and need no activation.
besides how can u be asking for dvd player activation and u dont even mention the name of the software! GET VLC.


BROS the zain connection on pc will work if you use the internet.ng.zain.com apn.
i presume you are on vista? thats what happens on vista when u dial up zain with the wap apn.

your settings should be: apn-: internet.ng.zain.com
username: internet password: internet.
incase your sim has not been activated for that apn, call customer care o!

on xp even wap works perfectly

100% correct. VLC is the best, infact it can plaay anything you throw at it

[/quote][quote author=Ebuks link=topic=301179.msg5754007#msg5754007 date=1269384562]I got serious problems with my sony laptop.Need help. Number 1.The right click no longer works, 2 it doesn't update.ie.(windows updates) the last and worst it all, it doesn't power with the power on button. Unless thrugh av mode and only when pluged electricity. Pls help me.

Dear Ebuks,

Thank you for the above enquiry. before diagnosing one problem at a time, we would like to know
if this is a laptop or a pc ? Has this ever occured and when does it start ?

Do you use UPS for backup when Nepa take light or have you had any power cut/storm recently ?

Is this XP or Vista. would you explain better by Unless thrugh av mode and only when pluged electricity.

My understanding of AV mode is,instead of using the computer to transfer data to the moniter it will transfer it to a tv.

Could  this mean no display when powered up ? Good luck

[quote author=yahoo! link=topic=301179.msg5761430#msg5761430 date=1269469084]Will somebody help me here, whenever i start my firefox browser, it takes time to start up or wouldnt start at all. IF i finally want to shut down my system it says do i want to close firefox which did not open in the first place. I have the latest firefox browser. Thank you all[/quote]Hi yahoo!,

I visited Mozilla help and support section and found this.

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-wiki_rankings.php?limit=500

Good luck !

deji2009:
hey guys hope to see you soon

Just came back from 9ja

hey guys hope to see you soon

Dear Curiousman66,

Thanks for all your enquiries, follow this link
to download sound drivers and make sure is compatible
with your operating system type. I believe there's something
you are doing wrong or not telling us. I would like to advice you to
try playing youtube video then test.

Good luck !