Recent content by maharito

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    Laptop Power Issue--battery, AC, or other?

    http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/foru...port/questionanswer.do?threadId=757265 I found this link. Suggests that the Voltage Transformer Board was damaged. Any objections or similar laptop experiences? (I hope I can even replace this...)
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    Laptop Power Issue--battery, AC, or other?

    Dunno if PP2040 is what you'd want--the model number is M700. Also, when I push the battery charge button for testing (just found out about that), I see a full five LEDs. This doesn't seem very hopeful to me. What should I do?
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    Laptop Power Issue--battery, AC, or other?

    Trying to determine if something here needs a replacement. It's for someone else who's seeking my help. I already know what I'd do if I had other geeks to confirm with, but this'll have to do... A lady who has no kids, dogs, or other disturbances in her home, claims that her computer...
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    Case of the 53s

    Alright. I have made progress at last. I changed the configuration of the problem comp's connection. I made the IP 192.168.0.17 (last number doesn't matter if it's not 1, I think)... used the default Subnet mask, and the default gateway is the server comp's internal network IP...
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    Case of the 53s

    It seems peculiar to me that running a 'repair' on the problem comp's network connection to the hub generates a 'Failed to renew IP address.' error box IMMEDIATELY instead of after 30 seconds of trying. That just doesn't seem right. *tries to reinstall it again*
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    Case of the 53s

    I'm...just about ready to throw the thing out the window. And it's too hot and my head is scrambled from all the stress and fatigue. All I know is that there's a computer behind me that I'm trying to get onto this network (linked by Ethernet cable through a reliable Netgear hub)... Other...
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    VGASave ain't saving me now! Can you?

    Alrighty. Dawned on me after the other AGP card failed to even be detected... The Windows Repair must've asked my stepdad for chipset drivers all that time ago, not video card drivers! So I went ahead and got those and, aside from an odd installation problem I cleared up later, all is well...
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    VGASave ain't saving me now! Can you?

    Well, it seems to be a blight common to ATI drivers all around. (I also find that the GeForce FX 5200 I popped in here right now produces no different results, so I'm in a state where no new video card drivers can be installed.) What happened, as far as I know: Goofball stepdad commandeered...
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    VGASave ain't saving me now! Can you?

    OKAY! Apparently, Windows put Vgasave back for me after I uninstalled it. How kind. This allows me to boot using just the AGP card again! Back to square one!! Alright, so eh, how do I get ATI to cooperate? Or how do I get Windows to install a device for this darn thing? >.<
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    VGASave ain't saving me now! Can you?

    Lotta help YOU bums are!! >.< Well, I pulled a rabbit out of my FRICKIN' hat for this. So listen up: I used a PCI card that I had that I knew was made before Windows XP was released. (Matrox Mystique) Even though modern comps don't support older AGP cards, PCIs are nigh-timeless, it...
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    VGASave ain't saving me now! Can you?

    Well, looks like I've just signed into the 'You tampered with VGASave' dunce club. Yippee. My parents' computer was having all sorts of problems earlier, so I assisted them with running Windows Repair, which fixed almost all the relevant problems. (Their network still wasn't working, but it...
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    Epson Stylus CX5200 Unknown Hardware Issue

    In helping someone out with their troubled printing situation, and discovering that their replacement printer/copier/scanner combo isn't even what they really need, I took a look at their old printer. I've seen this issue before in other printers and have been unable to solve it: the printer...
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    Bizarro Net Access Problem

    Turns out that Grandma herself had tried to remove Norton because she hates it. That makes this decision pretty easy for me--AVG and Router from now on! XD
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    Bizarro Net Access Problem

    AHA!! Their Norton Internet Security is TOTALLY botched up. I'll have to reinstall it entirely. It was so botched up that you couldn't even tell that it was installed on the computer. Either a novice repairperson or an expert hacker was responsible for this.
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    Bizarro Net Access Problem

    For novelty's sake, the error number I get when trying to use Windows Update (Web) is Error number: 0x80072EFD. Running the solutions offered by Microsoft related to 'This error may occur if your Internet connection or configuration is preventing access to the Update site' (two solutions...