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I have a friend with a problem.
"I have a laptop that wont even boot. numberlock button flashes then the power light goes out" Do you have any thoughts? Also my own laptop did something weird today. I turned it off last night and it installed an update. When I booted up this morning, it told me it could not find the profile. Then it loaded up into a new profile. I logged off as that user and my normal profile was there then. Thoughts on that one? |
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For the laptop that won't power off: try removing the battery and remove the power supply connect, wait 3 min, leave the battery out and then connect via power supply to see if it will boot up. What kind of laptop is this? For your profile: it may be nothing other than a hiccup but definitely watch it for a little bit. |
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Possibly. How long has he had this laptop and battery combo? Rechargeable batteries do a finite life to them (usually 2-3 years) and cost about $50-200 to replace. The Rechargeable Battery industry does have a recycling program in place (check at Radio Shack to see if they have a box) where you can drop off batteries (particularly NiCads) if that is the culprit.
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I have an HP Pavilion, less than 6 months old. My parents don't have high speed internet so when I try to get online there I have to use dialup. It's worked fine in the past, but recently it won't connect. I log on to AOL and can hear the dial tone. I can hear my pc dialing in but it will not connect. Could it be a modem problem or maybe a side effect of a virus? I even uninstalled AOL and reinstalled a newer version, and downloaded new drivers. Same problem.
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It's been a while since I've done modem internet. Since you are getting a dialtone that suggests that the modem is ok. From the time it did work to now was anything installed/added/changed (particular areas to focus on are firewall/AV software)? Have you also followed the following steps as outlined by AOL itself: http://tinyurl.com/yl3updn |
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Hi there Linus! lol Loving my new Mac but have a couple of questions.. when I highlight to change font color all the HTML code shows.. also shows on other peoples posts etc... i cant find where to change this there is no backspace button.. the delete button moves backwards and I miss the delete button sitting still while all the crap i want to delete magically gets sucked up into this delete button. any thoughts? |
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Do you mean when replying? As for seeing the code, you may need to change the editor being used. Which browser is it? Safari or Firefox? Quote:
I don't understand what you mean by this. Do you mean what the backarrow would do (move the cursor) or did you mean something different? |
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I'm really kind of starting to feel unloved here, Linus. Is it cuz I didn't pay upfront?
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