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@Dclique is your laptop repaired yet ?

@Timsilver what the name of the previous security software before you installed and uinstall kerpesky?

How long does it take to boot up ? e.g. 5, 10 minutes. you need to tell us if vista or xp ok, next time when your computer boot up press

ctrl+Alt+delete on your keyboard go to performance check the cpu usage. secondly we need to check how many programmes the computer load

up when booting. am finding difficult to give advice since i dont know if xp or vista that why we always say to nairaland computer users to tell us

if vista or xp you know them basic infor. anyway back to topic. I"ll assume is XP becaus of it's popularity.

Click start on your right hand side look for run if it is vista you need to type inside the start search box

and type this in msconfig

click startup then click disable all except your security software if you still have any install click apply and ok


it may ask you to restart just do that and notice how it takes to boot up should be a little bit faster

if still no joy try ruunin disk defragment on your computer as this would free some space or try disk clean up. all the best

@Allansmith sorry I dont know of any as I dont live in nigeria, should you need any technical advice or support. you know where to find us

@dushku the previous tec has cover most of things you need to know. however, we need to check to be 100% sure is a mechanical problem.

and the reason that being is because you said when charger is not plug in is ok but when is plug in then it's start flickering on and off

screen flickering on and off can be a problem with the internal TFT screen itself, software related issue, wrong ac adaptor, lacking update.

ok, here's what you need to do:

Turn off the laptop, no charger plug in ,no pheripherals attach, back on again dont wait for anything keep pressing f2 on your keyboard you

should get a blue screen if not start the whole procedure again and keep hitting delete key you should get something called BIOS SETUP UTILITY

wait for 5 minutes and see if flickers without the charger remember secondly connect the charger and see if it flickers if it does then just a case

of taking it in for repair. just to add to that if you can get it tested on a monitor that would also tell you something

jollof rice

hello, my name is deji sunday am a IT support Technician. dejisunday@hotmail.com

the security sector is a profitable business

when you delete it, what does it say ?

built or boot ? anyway is it xp , 98, vista

@colonel you"re right xp is widely accepted because of it's simplicity and software capabilities. vista is much faster and more secure. anyway you try that and we see what happen, Deji sunday

windows98, xp or vista ?

Do you have norton on ?

Is it slow when you turn it on?

is it slow on the internet?

Dej sunday

@colonel in the boot section make you have 1st cd. 2ndhard disk doing this would enable the disk to copy to the hard drive, because we have bootbale cd at top. just a bit of curiosity why are you installing xp on top of vista, Deji sunday

@colonel seems you know what you"re doing. well, turn off your laptop

Back on again dont wait for anything and keep pressing f10

You should get blue screen bios setup utility

look at the top you should have main, system configuration, boot, diagnostics and exit

Go down to diagnostics look for hard disk self test press enter follow screen instruction

That would check if the hard drive is intact

If the hard disk test pass which am hoping so then we need to check the boot priority. the laptop may not be set to boot off the disk

if the hard disk test fail then you need to take to a technician to get it replace

use the arrow once again go to boot and make sure hard drive or sata drive is at top sometime it may say USB Hdd
whatever the name just make sure you got hard drive at the top . hope this help, Dejisunday

certainly

I forgot to add the third one, this can test any brands of computer hard drive either reporting it as pass or failed

http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=6917051000

I"ll just keep mute as I dont want to stress too much on this 3 things have posted here, vey good trust me

Hello Tecs,

my name is deji sunday , have come to reliase in other for us to provide desktop support, we need to be able to experiemt with application

software to help i guide the users where I work we cant do without using this, so i thought i share it with you

just click on the link or copy and paste into your address bar and would automatically lauch itself. very good tools to have

www.vistualise.org

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sidk04/index.html

@ayobase, let the battery runs flat after whcih you need to:

remove the battey, charger and any other devices attach to your laptop

hold your finger down on the power button for about 20 seconnds, now dont be alarm! nothing would

happen because we"ve disconnect everthing dont remove your finger until 20 seconds what happening there is that the laptop is discharging the static build up on the motherboard

Connect battery+charger into mains and let charge for1 or 2hrs should be fine , Deji sunday

how old is your machine and what the make? does it have a warranty ? meanwhile, I know this may sound weired but it does work 80% of the

time. well let keep our fingers cross and hope it work. hold your finger down on the power button on your PC, now dotn me alarm! nothing would

happen because we"ve disconnect everthing dont remove your finger until 2o seconds as this discharge the static buil up on the motherboard

Connect just power cable, monitor, keybaord, mouse and power on and see if it restart if does then likely is hardware fault but we need to do a simple test to verfy that

After you"ve check all this let us know if it is xp or vista and how is your machine ?

I wouldnt suggest that you open the casing simply because you havent got all the safety equipment like anti-static wrist bands etc.

please answer the following simple question, this are the question we ask a customer where I work as IT support Technician

Is the fan running (back of pc)

Can you hear the hard drive clicking, any pheripherals attach like printer, speakers etc

how long does it stay on before it restart?

Does it gives any error message?

Any beeping of sound known as (post beeps) ?

are you using the correct power cable

has there been power cut recently?

check all the usb ports for any damages !

Deji sunday

system restore takes 12% of the hard drive space. I"ll rather sacrifice that for system restore instead for hibernate, Deji sunday

The disadvantage of hibernating your laptop or pc is that it uses lots of disk space and suystem resources. it can however, be disabled and re-enabled. hope I was helpful, Deji sunday

@nice one guys. but this more or less like tuituion. the best thing i can advice you is to go the website of the player you"re using to see if you can get tuitorial enabling subtitles. hope I was helpful, Deji sunday

@spikedcylinder well, what can I say.

@emyn so, you said is vista. all you need to do is follow the instruction you"ve been given. doesnt seems you are at the moment well,

click start, control panel , switch to classic view, Administrative tools , services. everything is in alphabetical have just tried

this on my vista machine so it should work ok look for problem reports, task scheduler right click on each of them click on properties make sure start up type is set to automatic and the service staus is started if not you need to start the service (self explanatory) shouldnt find it difficult.

restart your computer and everything should be fine if you"re still not getting on I"ll be suprise because you been told many times on how to get this sorted.

hope am been very helpful, Deji sunday

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

I want to use this time to thank you all for your advice and contribution towards this trends. And to tell you am no longer searching. Thank you

Thanks

@Theseeker

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pasakosa

spikedcylinder

patwhizkid

you all more than welcome to join us in the computer section, we need more troops dont worry if you"re not technical just give your advice am sure people like blackface and skydancer just to mention a few and i myself we back you up

come on guys

certainly

same to you bro and sorry for the grudge we had ealier on, good night all. still have 20 minutes left anyway

30 minutes for me before I marry my bed. am bit exhausted now, yawning