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Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by stephenponti(m): 5:23pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
deji2009: deji2009: adetwin: @all thank you 4 your contributions, I decided to just buy new disk and removed the old one from the system instaled vista and it works just fine now. i bought disk case for the old disk and copied my files back. it ll now serve as an external storage for backups |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by onyekabe(m): 8:35pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
[quote author=onyekabe]Why have all my files become Windows Media Player shortcuts?: When I open a file, it opens Windows Media Player. I don’t know what happened fellow please help me on how to stop media player from opening all my programme here is the model of the pc toshiba equium A100-549 |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by great063(m): 9:30pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
wolebaba:No anti-virus currently runs on my laptop,its a 4GB RAM. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by great063(m): 9:36pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
deji2009:RAM-4GB,Norton has expired,no anti-virus installed/running. The laptops fan hasn't been cleaned.Service Pack 1...After running the Primary Hard Disk Self Test,it came up with this-HARD DISK 1 FULL. Do I need to create more partitions or something else? |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by emmaugoh1: 10:28pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
pls users online,i have this windows 8 evaluation preview copy running but since I can get a product key to activate it,i activated it, but now after 3 months or so,yesterday it came with a message that if I don't get the windows 8 pro is going to be going off in an hour and will work for two hours,pls do anyone have a clue for this,since I don't have 40 dollars to to buy d pro. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by wolebaba(m): 10:52pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
great063: RAM-4GB,Norton has expired,no anti-virus installed/running. The laptops fan hasn't been cleaned.Service Pack 1...After running the Primary Hard Disk Self Test,it came up with this-HARD DISK 1 FULL. Do I need to create more partitions or something else? There is the reason for the slowness. How many partitions do U have? Just free the C: a little let your PC breathe. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by wolebaba(m): 10:55pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
emma ugoh: pls users online,i have this windows 8 evaluation preview copy running but since I can get a product key to activate it,i activated it, but now after 3 months or so,yesterday it came with a message that if I don't get the windows 8 pro is going to be going off in an hour and will work for two hours,pls do anyone have a clue for this,since I don't have 40 dollars to to buy d pro. U have to buy the Original. No two ways to this or downgrade back to what you were using b4. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by flama(m): 9:01am On Jan 17, 2013 |
Gurus in the house kindly help with this problem, my hp pavilion dv3, is writing: no bootable device, insert a boot disc and press any. How can solve this problem plsss. |
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Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by steve20114ril(m): 11:32am On Jan 17, 2013 |
helo gurus in da house, a hapi new year to u al. Plz i nid ur hlp on ma dell inspiron m5040 dat suddenly refused to on again after i borowd it to a frnd. What causd it i dnt knw even d battery does not charge nd a technician told me dat i wld have to change d motherboard but some how i fil i wld find a solution here plz hlp me. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by xtus(m): 11:59am On Jan 17, 2013 |
@all, plz i need help in resolving this problem with my hp laptop....... it keep showing me: Windows 7 Build 7600 this copy of windows is not genuine wht can i do....... thanks all |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Nobody: 12:20pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
flama: Gurus in the house kindly help with this problem, my hp pavilion dv3, is writing: no bootable device, insert a boot disc and press any. How can solve this problem plsss. Your hard disk has totaled or may be you moved the laptop around too much and the hard disk has shifted. Try opening the back cover and locating the hard disk if you can or simply take it to an engineer to help you check it. If it is the hard disk that has stopped working then you need to get a new one else if it's that the hard disk has shifted from the slot then all you need to do is to slot it back well and try and hold it in place. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Nobody: 12:39pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
steve20114ril: helo gurus in da house, a hapi new year to u al. Plz i nid ur hlp on ma dell inspiron m5040 dat suddenly refused to on again after i borowd it to a frnd. What causd it i dnt knw even d battery does not charge nd a technician told me dat i wld have to change d motherboard but some how i fil i wld find a solution here plz hlp me. There are many things that can affect your system not coming up again. ..is it that it powers on the fan rolls but its just not coming up or it is totally dead. Also ask you friend if he any way tampered with the system i.e. maybe there was was an electric surge or something of that nature. Also smell near the vent at the back to see if it smells like burnt electric appliance... return these answers and we can proceed from there. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Nobody: 12:58pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
xtus: @all, plz i need help in resolving this problem with my hp laptop....... it keep showing me: Windows 7 Build 7600 this copy of windows is not genuine obviously ur win 7 is a pirated version. Best option is to purchase a genuine window 7 software. Read thru d tread on this page, a link for where to download genuine win7 was posted. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Nobody: 1:04pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
andante: In Nigeria?...hmm ., almost all win7 are pirated except you got a factory installed lapi with win 7 installed or you coughed out $180 to buy the original.. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by steve20114ril(m): 1:33pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
@ mdsocks, tanx for ur response. D fan does not come on n dia is no smell in d vent. Plz continue |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Nobody: 2:03pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
steve20114ril: @ mdsocks, tanx for ur response. D fan does not come on n dia is no smell in d vent. Plz continue ok...then there are two options left. 1. There's no power feeding the system. Try removing the battery and connecting the ac adapter only. If it does not power on. Maybe the power button connector has a fault(but wait does it give the led indcator showing it's charging when you connect the charger) if none of these 2. Then maybe the charger is bad,try to get a similar dell charger and see if it works. If all these don;t work then i will go with the repairer then... 3. Am sorry to announce,your motherboard is fried. |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by deji2009(m): 11:32pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
great063: RAM-4GB,Norton has expired,no anti-virus installed/running. The laptops fan hasn't been cleaned.Service Pack 1...After running the Primary Hard Disk Self Test,it came up with this-HARD DISK 1 FULL. Do I need to create more partitions or something else? 1st In practice we usually remove norton by[b] norton removal tool[/b]. if you had used the add remove program to remove it, norton will still there even though is gone. some files are left behind. Hp test usually give an error code i.e., Hard Disk 1 Full (305) whta's yours Click start, computer, can you see D Recovery/Hp recovery ? Did you ran the short or long hard drive test ? only if that option was available at the time. pls remind us what's the full model number of your laptop ? e.g. hp 530 windows vista home premium. If you are able to backup your data in recovery mode via f11 hp recovery manager backup data using a bigger external hard drive let say GB depending on how much data you've got. its advisable to have a backup of your data just in-case the unexpected happens. depending on your reply we would be able to conclude this for you. You also have to remember that we can only do our best here on nairaland. however you can call this people if need be. I am not related to them so don't worry. I tend to recommed because of their popularity on this forum Contact ADETWIN IT CONCEPT ENT. We are into all kinds of IT SUPPORT Mobile: 07082998588,08133018196 |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Nobody: 11:46pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
onyekabe: Why have all my filesCheck this link : http://all4naija..com/2012/08/all-desktop-shortcut-icons-changed-to.html |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by deji2009(m): 11:49pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
flama: Gurus in the house kindly help with this problem, my hp pavilion dv3, is writing: no bootable device, insert a boot disc and press any. How can solve this problem plsss. Turn off the computer and wait five seconds. Turn on the computer and immediately press the F10 key repeatedly until a BIOS Setup screen opens. If nothing happens, press the F1 key repeatedly. Go to either boot sequence/boot order and look for hdd its self explanatory you shouldn't have a problem. use the key on the screen to move the hard drive so that the hard drive is 1st, cd/dvd 2nd the rest doesn't matter. press f10 to save and exit then see. If no joy make sure no camera, ipod, iphone, usb or any other device attached to your laptop. if there is remove it please and see. If no joy restart again pressing f8 go for repair your computer and follow instructions If after following the instr...still no joy If you bought the laptop new, I blamed you that you didn't create a set of rescue recovery DVD for the unexpected Your Hp laptop comes with a built in recovery to bail out.however this option is a last resort. if thats the case we are smiling. all you need is an external hard drive say 50gb depending on how much data you have.though we cannot boot to the computer but hp laptops do offer data backup before we use the inbuilt recovery to remaster the laptop to factory settings. Recvoery is the last resort to the problem.if you can hold of boot disk that can match your O/S say Win 7,Vista etc then we can run some automatic repairs. If still no joy make sure yuou have enough battery power or just connect charger and restart go back to bios f10 and go to diagnostics and run either the short or long hard drive test, preferably I would like you to run the long one if the option is available. fif not just run the one it got and should report failed or pass At anytime pls get back to us one of my colleague would be able to take over incase am offline |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by deji2009(m): 12:04am On Jan 18, 2013 |
all4naija: Check this link : http://all4naija..com/2012/08/all-desktop-shortcut-icons-changed-to.html That should get the job done. Nice one all4naija. I have been using it for sometime now and is okay. nice1 |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by deji2009(m): 12:10am On Jan 18, 2013 |
mdsocks: What an excellent piece of advice. @poster In the meanwhile you can try this. How to perform an ATX reset: Disconnect the power from your computer.If possible remove the battery and external devices. Hold the power button for about 15 seconds Put the battery back in the computer.Reconnect the power Press the power button to turn on your computer Also, the Enr. said is a motherb..problem he is more accurate because he can see the laptops but we cant so don't doubts him |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Nobody: 12:20am On Jan 18, 2013 |
deji2009:Thank you, Deji! Nice job you're doing here. I really appreciate your effort in finding solutions to people's system troubles. Meanwhile, how are you doing? |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by deji2009(m): 1:01am On Jan 18, 2013 |
all4naija: Thank you, Deji! Nice job you're doing here. I really appreciate your effort in finding solutions to people's system troubles. I'm fine.What about you ? Been a while ! Lets see and read more from you from time to time.Gdnight |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Nobody: 8:50am On Jan 18, 2013 |
deji2009: ok deji..i thought as much...but since the guy was crying here for help.. Maybe i need to go through the section rules again and understand every bit.. But, Thumbs up to you guys. You are doing a nice job here and would drop in once in a while to post my lil. thoughts 1 Like |
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Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by DAVE5(m): 3:06pm On Jan 18, 2013 |
pls house i need help my mini is misbehavin, if i connect d charger while d battery is inserted d system shuts down after some time, but if i remove d battery and connect d charger it would stay on,but d battery charges if i put d charger while it is off, i dont know what seems to be d problem so if u can help i would rili appreciate it greatly |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by adewasco2k(m): 5:44pm On Jan 18, 2013 |
D.A.V.E:now if i get you well, your AC adapter and battery are not compatible? first!!! is that the original battery and charger that came with your PC? Mind you! you might be damaging your motherboard if the power adapter is outputting incorrect voltage, so your PC shuts down to prevent damages. so try this. 1. Try using a known working power adapter, you can borrow one to troubleshoot, but make sure its same voltage with yours. 2. Try a known working battery on it to. 3. Try to reduce the performance and brightness of your PC or probably disable the graphic card and see. If problem persist, i suspect a board problem. Wait for my colleagues to comment @Deji2009 @Adetwin @all4naija and co |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by mekky316: 5:51pm On Jan 18, 2013 |
Please i want to install windows XP or windows vista on my laptop which is currently running Windows 7. I want to install the XP or Vista without uninstalling Win7 so i can have a dual boot system. Plz how would i go about this. Thanks! |
Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by adewasco2k(m): 6:22pm On Jan 18, 2013 |
mekky316: Please i want to install windows XP or windows vista on my laptop which is currently running Windows 7. I want to install the XP or Vista without uninstalling Win7 so i can have a dual boot system. Plz how would i go about this. Thanks!i will give you a shallow guide believe you are savvy enough to catch...in case of any further question, just come back here. 1. Create a New Partition from the Windows 7 Hard Disk Drive (you will shrink your hard disk from disk management, then create new partition)but i will advice you read up windows XP and 7 minimum requirements, you will not have problem if you have enough disk space. 2. After creating a partition take note of the name, then install windows XP on that partition with a genuine CD (you will be asked to select a partition to install it to in the process) 3. After installation you wouldn't be able to logon to windows 7 just yet, so on your newly installed windows XP install the .NET Framework 2.0 and the you need a program to repair the boot file of your windows 7 its called EasyBCD its a freeware which can be downloaded here install the .NET Framework first to be able to download the EasyBCD, so run the EasyBCD that will help to repair the Windows 7 boot file and add XP to the Windows Boot Manager list. 4. On the EasyBCD On the left side, click on the Add New Entry button, -In the top section under Operating Systems, click on the Windows tab -To the right of Type, select Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3 from the drop down menu. -To the right of Name, you can leave the default Microsoft Windows XP as the name to be displayed in the Windows Boot Manager, or you can type whatever name you would like to have instead. -Click on the Add Entry button -On the left side of EasyBCD, click on the BCD Deployment button, select (dot) the Install the Windows Vista/7 bootloader to the MBR option, and click on the Write MBR button. 5. restart and you will have option to select which OS to boot into Okay i know you might be scared of the steps, its easy when you are on it that as stated. I hope some other gurus in the house can help drop a simpler step to follow, this are the steps i also follow when doing that and i have never stumble on any problem so far. NB for the EasyBCD software, at the bottom of the site you will see registration for free users (non-commercial purpose) |
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