Recent content by dave67

I think I need to mention that this laptop will not be able to run windows 11. The CPU the laptop has is not supported and there is no CPU the laptop can be upgraded to to fix this sadly.

That mouse pointer is when the mouse wheel is clicked. If the Dell mouse is old the wheel could be defective. You can purchase Logitech mouse from target or Walmart. which has a wheel also. My Logitech mouse is M510. But any mouse with USB adapter will work.

Old thread, Once on the site you want click use current pages than should be all you need. Unless the site is having issues. lets try a test site like cnn news if it works than sky site has an issue. If both of them fail to load the home page reinstall Firefox.

I know this is a old thread but if you are still having issues this may help. Linuxconfig variables

If you have not did a clean install you can try this. Not saying it will work. it did for me once. system file checker

When I install any OS I use a local account name password. You can create a new admin account and use if windows lets you user name and password. All the applcation icons will have to be re made on the desktop. Than if the new user is working correctly I think you can remove the old account...

I discovered it was the mouse causing the issue. When I turn the mouse off the screen stays off.

Wow old thread, but I would install lame. you can install it from the command line. some of the older versions of Audacity used it. sudo apt install lame

Lets Check your update history by searching for windows update select check for updates. scroll down to view update history make sure all installed successfully in the last moth or so. If not this let me know. The MS troubleshooter I send was a link from MS forum. There should be a option on the...

You cant get past the registration its illegal. I assume its does not have a WiFi card or Ethernet port? An old Acer computer is not much to go on for support. BTW its seems to work on windows 10.

Here is a link below for troubleshooting this issue. I suspect that Method 2 will be the one that works. But hey I am wrong at times. Let me know which one does. Link to thread Dave

This issue has been going on now for some time even before I upgraded to the latest windows update. than its stopped but continued. The issue, I have this system monitor to shut off in 10 minutes. This happens and on time. but than the monitor pops back on with no one near it and stays on 1o...

I been in the market for new drives for my win10 system and I have always had WD blue drives but I been eyeing WD black drives. But the reviews of the reliability are mixed on amazon and best buy reviews. I have one older model of the WD black and I going to install it and test it with smart and...

When I cloned my HDD to a new SSD I used an adopter and had the SDD attached to it and the HDD in the machine. This was thinkpad t520 and no is not windows. but USB power is limted on laptops. SSD use less power. If I had the HDD on the adapter it would not detect the drive cause of the power.

Windows is updated and had no issues only took 10 minutes or less.