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    Laptop Hard drive and Battery Life - Lenovo y480

    Does hard drive capacity affect battery life? I just purchased a Lenovo y480 laptop and was caught between 2 options with all other specs being the same. One had a 500GB @ 7200 RPM and one had a 1TB @ 5400 RPM. I ended up buying the 500GB @ 7200RPM because I wanted to have slightly...
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    D-Link Router Wi-fi issue

    So my router's wireless connection has suddenly become extremely slow. This happened last night, at first it thought it was an issue with Rogers, but then i decided to plug in an Ethernet wire and the speed is perfectly fine. So theres something definitely wrong with the wireless connection...
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    Installing Windows on a Netbook - Need Help

    So my dad has a netbook that is currently running linux. I am trying to remove linux and install windows onto the laptop. Now the problem is netbooks dont have dvd/cd drives so i had to use and external dvd drive i borrowed from my cousin. Now every time i try to install windows, The process...
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    zwz.exe , virus or something

    So i got this zwz.exe that runs automatically on my computer, i see it on my taskmanager, it basically streams a bunch of pop ups onto my computer with random ads on it. When i close it in task manager, it stops, but it re starts itself later on... i have used ad-aware and spybot, as well as...
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    Windows Vista, Notebook Battery Configuration

    is there a way to have my laptops "power plan" switch to High Performance automatically when a battery is plugged in and switch to PowerSaver when the its running on battery. thanks in advance
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    Removing Linux and Installing Windows

    I'm trying to remove linux of my netbook and install windows. I have no idea how to remove linux, ive tried searching online but im having trouble understanding how do i reach the command prompt of linux, i read about something called fdisk.. dont know how it works can someone provide me a...
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    Network HELP Windows VISTA

    So my girlfriend has a sony vaio laptop, its running vista and it often has problems connecting to the internet, now this happens on her home network which uses i THINK a linksys router, now my laptop as well as my phone and her brothers computer all work with no problem through the wireless...
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    linux online media problem

    Hi, i have a netbook that runs linux, but i have a wierd problem with the online media... Theres a site that buffers online radio and i want to try listen to it on the netbook.. its a site from hong kong, but it doesnt work. the media doesnt load.... it says it does but nothign happens.. the...