Laptops

Laptop support
Is there a clearly superior laptop manufacturer in its support function both within and beyond the warranty period? In "beyond" I mean such things as periodic firmware and driver upgrades that are specific to the laptop model. ... 6 Jan 2010 08:50

TOSHIBA A45-S120 - unable to change boot order to restore from DVD recovery medium
Jeff wrote ... <snip> I have not used it in a while, but I think you just plug it in (with the machine off), then turn on the machine, let it complete POST, turn it off and remove the dongle. Well, since your "secret" service manual says to use the parallel port dongle to remove lost password... 31 Dec 2009 12:05

Windows 7 & HP ProtectTools
I have a HP Compaq 6735s running Vista Home Premium. I want to upgrade to Windows 7 but the laptop came preinstalled with HP ProtectTools Security Manager. Windows 7 upgrade can't go ahead with that installed but there seems absolutely no way of uninstalling the damn thing. If I try to uninstall it from add/r... 2 Jan 2010 18:17

HP ProtectTools / Windows 7
I have a HP Compaq 6735s running Vista Home Premium. I want to upgrade to Windows 7 but the laptop came preinstalled with HP ProtectTools Security Manager. Windows 7 upgrade can't go ahead with that installed but there seems absolutely no way of uninstalling the damn thing. If I try to uninstall it from add/r... 19 Jan 2010 02:29

Eee PC 900 battery problems
I purchased an Eee PC 900 last summer. The battery is discharging with the unit turned off, after a few days. I have unplugged the battery when I am not using the 900. Is there an fix for this ? don ... 30 Dec 2009 13:08

EEEPC 1000 with XP 16GB
I bought an EEPC 1000 with XP installed that supposedly had 16GB disk space. However all Windows can see is 8GB on a single SSD (C: drive). There is no D: drive. The space is kind of tight, as you can imagine. How can I activate the "other" 8GB? These are the specs from http://tiny.cc/Q5XYq ASUS Eee PC 1000 ... 2 Jan 2010 12:47

How many use a laptop in your lap? [Re: Installing Windows XPto Lenovo Y730]
On 12/29/2009 6:32 PM, Richard Bonner wrote: How many use a laptop in your lap? *** I often do because when I type, I like the keyboard in my lap with my feet up and knees bent. That often follows with my laptop (an HP Pavilion N3438). However, at work, I have a projector table set up beside... 29 Dec 2009 16:22

Processor (T2410) temperature in HP 6820s
Hello everyone, Everest 5.3 shows temperature of the cores usually between 60-70 Celsius degrees. Motherboard - around 50-60 C degrees, while HDD less then 40 C degrees. Temperature sensor is Maxim MAX1617A. Aren't those temperatures too high? What can I do to lower them? I use this laptop only for Office progra... 31 Dec 2009 09:52

How many use a laptop in your lap? [Re: Installing Windows XP to Lenovo Y730]
In news:hh68en$udm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, ~misfit~ typed on Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:06:43 +1300: [...] Laptop is a term, like notebook. It doesn't mean that you have to use them on your lap or even use them to write notes. In fact I'd hazard a guess that most get very little 'lap time'. Ironoically 'netbo... 30 Dec 2009 00:06

Movita Fuego Model 200 Type 225 BIOS
"BillW50" wrote: You may not have to remove the BIOS and reprogram it. As some BIOS protects a very small part of the BIOS for emergency reprogramming for cases like this. And this is known as a bricked computer. It usually works something like this: 1) Place the BIOS file on a floppy and turn on... 26 Dec 2009 18:45