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Re: Post Your Laptop Problems Here For Free Advice.
« #38 on: Today at 05:46:55 PM »
i am looking for the best antivirus for my tosh

I recommend AVG. you can download the trial version from their website

Good luck and thanks for enquiring.

dominique (f)
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Re: Help ! My Computer Cannot See My Dvd Driver.
« #5 on: November 06, 2009, 03:04 PM »
thanks

Dominique. How are you getting on with that.

Any update just checking to see if you have tried

what Busayo suggested. Good luck

Mbaegbu
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Re: Post Your Laptop Problems Here For Free Advice.
« #37 on: Today at 05:26:38 PM »
urgent help is needed for my laptop.

1. my compaq laptop cannot see its dvd drive. ( vista OS)

i have checked the the driver software and the computer says it is running properly but i cannot see it in the my computer . if i put cd into it , the light at the driver slot glows but the cd wiil not play.

plz tell me how to repair it.

Follow Busayo's advice

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-348228.0.html

Good luck and thanks for enquiring.

My Dell Latitude D510 got virus from a Flash drive, I then remove the HDD to an external device where I was able to connect it to another laptop and scan the HDD with the other laptop's AntiVirus program.

As I return the HDD to my laptop and boot the system, the system can no longer seen the HDD. Its displaying "PRIMARY HARD DISK NOT FOUND". I place a Windows XP CD on it so as to format and re-install the OS but the system cannot see the HDD.

I tried to but cannot access the BIOS settings. Please somebody help!

Make sure all connections are all intact

If you cant access the Bios then that alarming

What key are you using to access the Bios f2, F1 or delete key

Remove the hard drive and turn on then try accessing the Bios

What you should have done in the first is simply download security s/w then scan

No point in moving to a different laptop just complicate issue

If I may ask why don't you do that in the first place

Anyway make sure hard drive is well seated. who knows

check to make sure you haven't put the wrong hard drive from the other laptop

Good luck and thanks for enquiring.

jilcyber
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Computer Security
« on: Today at 05:51:03 PM »
please what can i do? A friend of mine password my computer and he did not know the password again, and i don't want to format the system please what i can i do?

You have come to the right place. a simple question a technician would often ask. is it a windows password you set or Bios password ?

That the basic we need to know before we can give advice. Good luck and thanks for enquiring.

I GOT A BAD BOY, Wink, BUT I ALSO GOT THE WHIP TO TAME HIM

What's your definition of a bad guy

tosh acer it is gonna work it seems you do not know much about computer

He still tried. @poster good luck however

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Re: Post Your Laptop Problems Here For Free Advice.
« #31 on: Today at 03:48:43 AM »

@deji
Continuation of my earlier post.
I dnt knw wat d space for sim card in my laptop used for.
The laptop is Dell inspiron 1526 windows vista.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfh/notebooks/inspnnb_1526/pd.aspx?refid=inspnnb_1526&cs=22&s=dfh

Good luck however

i dont have norton antivirus on my system,and the hanging of web pages does not occur to all pages.

Try much improved Internet Explorer 8 @ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Internet-explorer/default.aspx

Good luck however

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Re: Post Your Laptop Problems Here For Free Advice.
« #28 on: Today at 01:11:57 AM »

The explorer version is 6.0,and recently i wanted to download office on my system,it had gotten to 80% of download and all of a sudden everthing just sized,all i could see was just the background of my o.s. no icon ,no task bar,nothin nothing.i had to restart,with the regret of unsuccessful download.please what could have been the problem.somebody told me that the ram on my system which is 224 is low to my hard disk which is 80gig.please is this also true.thanks for your assistance

Minimum requirement for XP is 512MB. while Vista is 1 or 2GB to run effectively without using HDD resources

Your ram is low so the computer is accessing the hard drive for space which usually takes ages hence the problem.

Best bet is to upgrade with more Ram or scan for virus. Good luck however

he said it used to be fast no need to upgrade your RAM. maybe your system is infected with a virus or better still format your system.

More like it. I like that. right bring up Run box by pressing[b] windows logo+ R type Msconfig[/b] and then look for start up uncheck all the ticks

click apply and ok. click restart later then type in Run again[b] C:windows/prefetch[/b] and delete everything there.  Restart your system for changes to kick in

Good luck however

kehiinde (m)
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Configuration Of Blackberry
« on: Today at 04:04:41 PM »

All the Computer Gurus In The House Help Me I am frustrated. Have been trying to configure my blackberry 8310 as a modem and it s not recognizing my blackberry. Who can help me out

To make life easier for yourself google it. Good luck however.

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Data Execution Prevention : Error
« on: Today at 11:17:42 AM »

pls can any1 help me, my system keep giving me this error data execution prevention whenever i want 2 open a program it always prevent me.
pls can any1 help me on hw to stop that. i use windows vista o.s.
tanx

That isn't telling me anything. what exactly are you doing when you get the message ? just give us more details so we can narrow down the cause

I am 99.9% sure you have security software installed. Good luck however

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Re: Pls Computer Gurus In The House Help Me Out
« #5 on: Today at 04:59:17 PM »

tosh acer it is gonna work it seems you do not know much about computer

50:50 is indeed right. may work may not. As a first user i wouldn't suggest doing that much better is taken to a technician

@Poster good luck however

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Re: Pls Computer Gurus In The House Help Me Out
« #1 on: Today at 02:52:28 PM »

remove your hard disk and try using it in another system and you collect and store any useful things you need in it before dealing with the computer itself it may corrupt the hard disk if you do not act fast and if you are not a computer engineer take your computer to an engineer for repair act fast my friend

Good advice before is too late.

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Pls Computer Gurus In The House Help Me Out
« on: Today at 02:00:47 PM »

My desktop compaq computer has gone haywire. Operating system is windows vista.
When i switch it on it tells me that my computer is configuring 3 /3. It shows this for say 2 mins then switch off and then restarts
again showing the same thing continously,
Its getting me scared cos i have my theses and work files in it .
Do i have any hope of fixing this mess and how.
I tried downloading a discovery vista disc and i did run it but nothing happened. help pls

This problem is a known issue

Turn it off please back on again

Keep pressing F8 until you see

Advanced option use arrow key

to highlight Last known good config enter

if no joy then try

Safe mode press enter

Should get into safe mode

Dont be alarm! you"ll notice

big icons 640by 480

Click start 2cm below look

for plain white box start search

type in System restore if prompted

click continue next and select a

date before you install the update so

the computer can turn back the hand of time

if date is not available should display

show restore older than 5 days days

click continue and wait for the system to turn back

the hand of clock. alternatively we can manually delete the

update but the above option is much simpler.

Good luck however

@ebonyeye. would like to add you to my messenger list.

Regards

Deji

Pls brothers and sisters,how do i make my laptop Dell pentom 4 to be fast,it's too slow?HuhHuhHuhHuh??,it just started lately,it's use to be fast b/4


Secondly,how can i resize my passport photograph for visa lottery purpose,what site can do this for me?Huh

That isn't telling me anything. sorry! could please break the problem down. Good luck however

takeitall
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Re: Post Your Laptop Problems Here For Free Advice.
« #25 on: Today at 11:43:54 PM »

i have a problem with my system,have just got an internet connection and when am on line the web pages normally hang and sometimes i would have to restart my system.i use the home edition of avast,with a 224ram,80gig hard disk,996MHz.please give me
advice on what to do to make my being on line stable and problem free.thanks.i use a desktop computer.

Hello"

Hold windows logo+ R down on your keyboard please.

should get a Run box

type[b] MSCONFIG [/b]

Look for start up

right hand side look for disable all

or you can untick each items

disable is alot quicker

click apply and ok

prompt to restart click yes

for changes to take effect

now I wouldn't commence further diags

until i know what version of internet you are using

such as Firefox, Opera, Safari just to mention a few

After restart open up your web browser please

and wait till it fully loaded am guessing is internet explorer 6 o 7

Look for help > about internet explorer

what version is this as might explain the behaviour

Do you have norton security software installed ?

does this behaviour happen on all website or is it some

I'm just trying to think out of the box hence the questions

Good luck however

demiqueen (f)
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Re: Post Your Laptop Problems Here For Free Advice.
« #24 on: Today at 11:23:36 PM »

Help! My DELL Latitude D630 laptop is not charging. It goes off anytime NEPA takes light and when I try to put it back on,it restarts all over again.
What do I do?

When Nepa takes light laptop should remian ON without turning itself off unless you are just running on charger

The reason that being is because laptop has a built in memory cell that stores current so if Nepa

were to take light your laptop will should remain operational. right here is your diags

Pop out the battery, charger and other pheripherals such as printer, speakers etc

make sure nothings is plugged in. This may sound weired but dont be alarm yeah

after everything is out hold your finger down on your laptop power button for 30secs

Doing this will circulate the mother board which is like a car engine and release any static build up

Because the laptop was not shutdown correctly. after 30 sec connet just charge only no battery

turn it back on again then test. if no joy pop battery back in please turn on again and keep pressing

F2 or Delete key until you come to a BIOS SCREEN leave your laptop plugged to mains+battery

as we are verifying if this a hardware or a software problem

Leave it there for 1hr make sure is running through the mains if it keep restarting in a loop withinin an hour

Then you have a faulty laptop if doesn't restart and show sings of stability then is a end user error which is yourself

Having said that would you please check the USB port for any damage/defect as the power cut you had earlier might have caused

surge and damage the usb hence the behaviour. also check your laptop power button is not pushed in

Good luck however

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Re: Comptia A+ Certification: Any Info Would Be Appreciated
« #1 on: Today at 02:50:32 PM »

I am A+ 2009 Certified and I can give you my latest materials at the cost of N2,000 only.

Contact: etauso@gmail.com

Come on help him and others

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Please Can Some One Advice Me On Solar Laptop Charger.
« on: Today at 08:41:24 PM »

PLS I AM CONSIDERING BUYING A SOLAR LAPTOP CHARGER OR TIGER GENEATOR. THOUGH I HAVE NOT SEEN THE SOLAR CHAGER B4 SO I WANT SOMEONE TO ADVICE ME ON HOW IT WORK AND HOW MUCH THEY SELL IT.
PLS HELP!

To make life easier just google it. Good luck however