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    Windows/HDD

    So my Lenovo laptop's hard drive failed. I wanted to use the warranty I payed for through square trade, so I sent it in and they replaced the HDD and installed a generic windows 8. Now I am unable to upgrade to 8.1 or 10 without a key. Square trade said this is my problem. I have no disk...
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    Laptop Lagtime

    I own a one year old Lenovo G510 running windows 10. Similar to this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HIYA9ZM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00 except I added some additional hardware. My problem is with lag. I click on an application, anything really, blue circle comes...
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    Outlook web app problems - file attachment

    I work three part time jobs, and all three use OWA. For the past year, I have not been able to attach a file using Chrome. As a fix I used IE, because no one seemed to have a solution at the time. I still can't find one. Now, with Windows 10, same thing happens when I use Microsoft Edge...
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    Bluetooth mouse problem

    I am running windows 8.1 with mouse labeled (2), mouse labeled (1) was run using windows 7. Both mice disconnect randomly to the point that mouse (1) was replaced with mouse (2), using a different OS. I have tried going into device manager and finding every single bluetooth driver possible...
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    Hard drive issue

    I bought a new laptop, and want to keep the HDD from my other laptop. Lenovo IdeaPad G510 15.6-Inch Laptop (59406709). I installed an additional 4GB of ram, which shows up in windows systems, and in the BIOS. I used the program Lenovo OneKey to backup windows 8 onto my external drive. It...
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    DSL Internet problem

    I have two laptops, a TV and Xbox, a phone and a kindle, all sharing the same problems. Symptoms include extreme internet lag; Google Chrome error screens asking to reset my router or refresh; same symptoms while plugged directly in either the router or the modem. I ran two separate...
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    Router Malware? Unknown problem never encountered before.

    Ok, so check this strange problem out. My wife's laptop, running windows 7, suddenly runs at a snails pace. Turns on, and then it takes about 5 minutes to open the first program, any program. Internet almost unusable, slow, but using it now to write this message, so intermittent. Thought...
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    Turtle Beach X31 Headset Xbox360 keeps turning off

    My new headset keep turning off/sound cuts out. I read it's probably the batteries, but when I replaced them with new electronic equipment quality, they still cut out. Happens about 2-3 times an hour. Very annoying. Suggestions? And yes I have an 2wire wireless router in the same room, not...
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    LG LV5500, Real Cinema, and Xbox360

    Just bought a new xbox and hooked it up via HDMI. I noticed the "Real Cinema" feature is now greyed out (changes films to 5:5 pulldown as opposed to 3:2). Is this because of the xbox or hdmi? I think my old dvd player was composite and the feature was on. Thanks.
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    Headphones/sound issue on Asus laptop

    My new laptop doesn't have the best speakers so I want to use headphones to play games. For some reason, when I plug the headphones into the headphone jack, I can hear the game through the headphones and threw my speakers. I only want sound in my speakers and have never had this problem...
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    Power management windows 7

    Silly question, but every time I restart the computer, the power management options resets to 'Power4gear Entertainment' instead of what I selected last. Any suggestions?
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    Asus U56E - 99% (plugged in, not charging)

    What gives, 99% not charging?? My last Asus went to 100%, whats going on here?
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    DNS Lookup Failed; Slow internet and symptoms on multiple laptops

    History: Had a Dell notebook for 3 months. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, it slows down (gets DNS lookup failed error) on the internet, and in two days, the hard drive fails Then I take it back and get an Asus. First day, same error, notebook slows down, no antivirus works, hard drive fails...
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    DNS Lookup Failed - Big Problem

    History: Had a Dell notebook for 3 months. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, it slows down (gets DNS lookup failed error) on the internet, and in two days, the hard drive fails Then I take it back and get an Asus. First day, same error, notebook slows down, no antivirus works, hard drive...
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    windows experience index - whats the deal?

    Curious about "windows experience index." Bought an Asus laptop, i had a 5.8 score. Had to take it back, and got the same one. Now says 5.7, what gives and does this matter?
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    Laptop may have virus from external hard drive?

    I had a Dell laptop for about 2 months, then it started to slow down one day, programs would open slow, antivirus (AVG and Kaspersky at the time) would not complete virus scan, sometimes slow internet page loads with DNS errors. I ran a scan from BIOS and found it had a bad hard drive (could...
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    Laptop may have virus from external hard drive?

    I had a Dell laptop for about 2 months, then it started to slow down one day, programs would open slow, antivirus (AVG and Kaspersky at the time) would not complete virus scan, sometimes slow internet page loads with DNS errors. I ran a scan from BIOS and found it had a bad hard drive (could...
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    Hard drive virus?

    I have a western digital 1T external hard drive. I plugged it in and noticed when you add up all the files on the drive, it is short by about 100G compared to the "used" pie chart (450/930G of files when looking in properties, but pie chart says 550/930 used). I have hidden files exposed...
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    Blue Screen - DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    This happens almost every time I convert a file, burn onto a DVD, or run too many programs. I have a pic of the blue screen error if needed. Please help. Windows XP Profressional Asus A8N32-SLI Delux GeForce 9500 GT 1G Opteron 170 x2 2.0 500w seagate ps onboard audio Dell 22 widescreen...
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    Computer slowdown

    Specs: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe ATI X1800XT 512 Opteron 170 x2 2.0 500w seagate sound blaster live Dell 22 widescreen monitor corsair 2G ram I build this computer 4 years ago, but in the last month or two, when I click to open a window (XP), especially if the folder contains media...
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    Computer freezes/blue screen

    I get an error on a blue screen after playing Civilization IV. The game freezes, and goes to this error, but not always. Sometimes it just freezes and I have to restart. Any suggestions? A setting change in the BIOS? Asus A8N32-SLI Delux GeForce 9500 GT 1G Opteron 170 x2 2.0 500w...
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    Blank monitor/no mouse or keyboard access

    Specs: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe ATI X1800XT 512 Opteron 170 x2 2.0 500w seagate sound blaster live Dell 22 widescreen monitor corsair 2G ram I built this computer myself, and its worked fine for 4 years. I woke up this morning and the desktop was frozen, no use of the mouse...
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    HD, space info on xp wrong

    I had to reinstall windows xp, and then install sp2. For some reason it says my C drive is 50 Gbs and my D drive is 80 (I have a 250 Gb HD). Someone told me to install SP2 to see the correct info. I already tried that. It still says my D drive is 80, should be 200! What do I do, this didn't...
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    SP3

    Installed sp3 for xp. Once the computer reboot, it just did a continuous loop. So I formatted my HD and tried to reinstalled XP. Half way through install I get a message: Blue Screen: BIOS is not fully ACPI compliant, etc. So I can't reinstall windows. Why does this message come up if...
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    SP3 reboot loop BIOS problem?

    Installed sp3 for xp. Once the computer reboot, it just did a continuous loop. So I formatted my HD and tried to reinstalled XP. Half way through install I get a message: Blue Screen: BIOS is not fully ACPI compliant, etc. So I can't reinstall windows. Why does this message come...