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Hello I cant connect to a certain WiFi network. I enter the password, says I cant connect. I turn WiFi off and on, restart my phone and it still doesnt work. I have never had problems with that WiFi before since I factory reset my Windows Phone. Also my phone cant turn off unless I take the...

Hi kemical, can you give a look at my dump file, please? I'm facing the same BSOD on the very similar notebook as OP have - ASUS N551JW I have several BSODs of the same kind during the day. I have a suspicion that they only happen when the notebook powers from battery and stays in the...

Hi HP G72 will only charge intermitently. A new power socket was fitted to see if it was that also anew battery I was told it is a common fault with HP laptops by someone calling himself A LAPTOP DOCTOR. I have had six HP laptops since 2002 and this is the first with this problem. Can anyone...

I bought a lap top battery from amazon (593553-001 - Brand New HP Original Battery - MU06 (GENERIC PACKAGING) The battery was dated 2/14 so I returned it . Now I got a ordered a new one (never heard of mark2218 fulfilled by amazon). How can these batteries more than a year old and be sold...

hi, i'm apheng. This problem started last week. BSOD occurs repeatedly. I tried to reinstall windows installed a (clean install), but the same problem occurs again, the BSOD happens over and over again. I've also tried chkdsk and memtest but did not find any error. please help. thank you spec...

I have a custom built desktop running Windows Technical Preview right now. I was currently running 8.1. On both 8.1 and Technical Preview, I was seeing this icon on the lock screen whenever booting up my computer: Link Removed The icon I'm talking about is the one to the right. It usually has...

Hey guys, I recently purchased a set of bluetooth wireless headphones. When paired to my iPhone, a battery level indicator is displayed for this device on my phone. I was wondering if there was a way to display battery level on my PC for that bluetooth device when it is paired with my windows...

For some reason my computer has just started turning the brightness on my laptop to 100% when the battery is connected. This is a seriously pain in my eyes and i usually keep my brightness around 20 unless watched videos. So at first i would just alter the display settings of the 'Balanced...

I would like to check how long i have been unplugged from the power. To test my battery and how long it lasts. Is there somewhere in windows I can find how long I've been unplugged? Thanks!

How do I activate battery notifications for Windows 8 when the battery reaches a certain level? I did go to Power Options and then to Advanced Settings. I could not find the option to do this. Anyone know?

So I was changing the settings for my battery and all of a sudden, I wasn't able to change my brightness. Not with the fn shortcut and I can't even go to the settings and lower the brightness manually. It doesn't work! I really don't want to keep staring at my screen because it is making my eyes...

Hello, As a student I had quite a lot of trouble with my previous laptop's battery. It had an autonomy of 4h in the beginning, but one day, while it still had 50%, it suddenly dropped to zero for some reason, and after that incident the battery has never exceeded 50% charge again. So I had to...

Hello. I was playing BlueStacks on my laptop, when it died from battery. I plugged it in, and tried to boot it. It couldn't boot. When I got the option to use the restore system, it gave the same error. The error code was 0xc00000e9. This is what happened, when trying to access my drive...

Guys, I own a Sont Vaio Fit 15 notebook. It's just 8 months old but all of a sudden, yesterday my laptop is not charging at all. It says plugged in and charging but even after 2 hours it remains at 0% and when I unplug the charger, it shuts off instantly. Is my battery gone?? Before this problem...

Hi I have installed a brand new Gigabyte GA-870A-USB3L motherboard for my dad and it has been working for the last few weeks until today, he tells me that a Bad CheckSum error appeared on the BIOS when he rebooted his computer. I have completely powered down the computer and powered it back up...

I'm having a problem with my screen brightness setting. I'm currently using a (very old) dell latitude e6400 with Windows 7 while my normal laptop is being repaired. The battery is shot, so it only runs for about 30 seconds without being plugged in. A few days ago, the screen went extremely dim...

Hello, When i tick an option, e.g 'power saver' in the battery meter, it is not retained after a restart and he two radio button return to unticked. I could not get help from Asus: They want to reset the machine to factory(!) though I know it was so since the first day Any Idea? Many thanks...

After only 35 yrs in the general purpose OS business, MS cannot devise a reliable "wake from sleep" scheduler. The task scheduler can shut down, or sleep, but not awake with any hope of reliability. The BIOS can set a base "power management" start-up, but it is insensitive to refinements in...

Is it appropriate to use a laptop on ac power with no battery?

Hello, I have a laptop HP EliteBook 8740wWhose original charger no longer works, but the battery is good (thankfully) , it almost a year. I found a universal charger planet saturn " hama " model achg -07: 100v- 240v , 1.6A max, output: 19V / 4.7A , 120W max !the original charger is Dell PA-10...