Recent content by morland

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    Thinking of trading in my laptop

    Hi, About 2 years back a laptop which is Intel Centrino Duo. It is a Core 2 Duo and the processor is T7100 - 1.80 GHZ. I don't know what's the FSB (bus speed) but assume it to be 800 Mhz??? (Though I don't really know the significance of FSB). It has 2 GB RAM. In the last 2 years, what has...
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    Desperate: Need FN key drivers for Sony Vaio VGN-FZ140E running XP

    Appreciate your reply. Unfortunately I did not find the solution to my problem on the URL that you have shared.
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    Desperate: Need FN key drivers for Sony Vaio VGN-FZ140E running XP

    I need to use use my laptop with a beamer/projector and turns out that the function key (F7) does not work since I am running XP. I need a solution desperately and can some please help me get just the right drivers/software/whatever is needed to that I can use the function keys (especially the...
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    Unable to remove Vista and install XP Sony VAIO FZ140E

    Thanks. BTW, how do you turn of these UAC's?
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    Unable to remove Vista and install XP Sony VAIO FZ140E

    Hi, What are UAC's and how can these be turned off? (Sorry if this is a silly question)
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    How do I make a "streamlined" CD/DVD for XP

    Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it :) Will look for nLite....
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    How do I make a "streamlined" CD/DVD for XP

    Hi, I recently bought a SONY VAIO FZ104E Laptop which has a SATA harddisk. The Laptop came with Vista..When I tried to boot the Laptop using my original XP disk (which I purchase more than a year back), everything appeared to go fine until I got a screen saying that no internal harddisk...
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    How do I make a "streamlined" CD/DVD for XP

    Hi, I recently bought a SONY VAIO FZ104E Laptop which has a SATA harddisk. The Laptop came with Vista..When I tried to boot the Laptop using my original XP disk (which I purchase more than a year back), everything appeared to go fine until I got a screen saying that no internal harddisk...
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    Unable to remove Vista and install XP Sony VAIO FZ140E

    Thanks for your replies.
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    Unable to remove Vista and install XP Sony VAIO FZ140E

    BTW, is it true that except for the premium/professional version, there is a limit on the # of windows that can be opened at a given time in VISTA Home version?
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    Unable to remove Vista and install XP Sony VAIO FZ140E

    Thanks for your reply everyone. Well, I guess we all are entitled to our individual likes/dis-likes. BUT to some extent I would give some weightage to your point regarding "lack of experience" with Vista.. I personally found the interface and everything to be extremely different AND...
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    Unable to remove Vista and install XP Sony VAIO FZ140E

    Hi, I ended up buying a Sony VAIO FZ140E which came with Vista. I was not expecting to face any problems and I inserted my genuine XP CD in the DVD drive and started the system.... Everything appeared to be working as it does when you are installing XP on a new machine UNTIL i got a windows...
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    AMD Turion 64 X2 and budget of USD $1250 (approx.)

    Hi, Due to cost reason I am thinking of buying a bit less expensive Laptop... I have some question related to the thread's subject: 1. I assume that amongst AMD processors, AMD Turion 64 X2 is the fastest available for laptops. Right? 2. What are the disadvantages if I buy a Laptop...