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I have a Compaq Presario CQ62-219WM. Windows 7 4GB PC2-6400 Intel Celeron 900 2.2GHz 3 Days old as of todays post Symptoms: Can hibernate then wake up. I try to hibernate again, after doing whatever it is I have to do and it fails. Power and WIFI LED stay on. After X amount of minutes (I...

I have a Compaq desktop windows 7 and a Gateway wireless laptop running windows XP. I set up a network so I can share files between both computers. I have an ATT gateway DSL router modem which is a 2wire connection. It worked fine whan I first set it up. Now the win 7 cpu cannot see the...

Just got a new laptop (well second hand) and it is supposed to be ACPI compliant. I cant install windows7 as it says it isn't ACPI compliant on the bios, i cant find anything in the Bios to enable it. It comes up with saying the Bios is not ACPI compatable, i have tried looking in the bios...

I popped in my Elder scrolls IV oblivion cd and install sheild froze.Then after a few seconds popped up and said Error 5009. I tried another software cd I had and its the same thing. I can't even install anything I download off the internet without it freezing up on me. This seems sudden to...

Here is what happens every 10, 5, 30, 90 or 2 minutes: Link Removed due to 404 Error I then need to send the comp into stand-by by closing the lid and revive it. This usually works, but sometimes (1 case in 7) not just screen crashes but entire comp and I have to hard-reset it. Compaq...

The Problem: Cannot access homegroup because I am told "Homegroup Password Incorrect.":(:confused::mad: Before anyone flames me, I have spent at least 10 hours over the last week trying to find why in the world I have such a stupid issue. Please only serious "helpful" responses. I am not a...

I have installed W7 Ultimate on a Compaq Laptop Presario 2132RS, and I need a graphics driver. I believe the card is ATI. All I get is 640 x 480 VGA TIA Jim

I have Windows 7 installed on a Compaq laptop and my Bluetooth was working before I resize my C partition. Now I reinstalled my Iogear GBU221 driver and windows reported that all drivers installed and I can use my adapter. But in reality the BT icon is not available in the control panel, and...

Im running ubuntu and windows 7 on a compaq preasario Sr5210nx. connecting wirelessly to a linksys WRT160Nv2 using a linksys WUSB600N usb adapter. Im using the exact same WPA2 setting under ubuntu and windows 7, but windows 7 wont connect (ubuntu connects automatically / flawlessly) in the...

Hi, I download from the official Microsoft website the Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 (32-bit) , with a file name "drvupdate-x86.cab". I have a Windows 7 Professional 32-bit, in my laptop Compaq 610. It happen that when I execute the cab.file the setup start to run, but then in the...

Hello, Okay, I have a big problem. I got a laptop from Ebay (Compaq Evo N800c [15" screen]). It came with Windows XP that looked like crap because he had it "rigged" to look like Vista, and I hated it. So I installed Windows 7 after finding out that the laptop can support it. The problem is...

Hi there. I recently (~6 months ago) bought a new laptop. An HP Compaq 6735b to be more exact. I have been running Windows 7 32-bit until lately where I decided to buy another 2Gb of RAM. I now had 4Gb ram in total and didnt see any reason why not to use the 64-bit version of Windows 7. (we get...

From Vista to Windows 7: Office 2003 compatibility Hi, I have a Compaq dual-core notebook with Vista Home Basic as operating system: needless to say, I have been experiencing performance problems since the early months after the purchase (2007). I expanded its RAM capability up to 2 GB (the...

Hi, Not sure if this has been discussed before and if so please provide me a link because I've been looking for an answer for this one for a bit. I have two laptops, one 32 bit Window 7 Premium and another laptop 64 bit Windows 7 Premium. They are connected wireless through a Buffalo...

I purchased a new Compaq Presario running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I downloaded and ran the approprite WET on my old Dell Dimension running XP. Since I only have one monitor, I ran the WET on the old computer and saved to an external hard drive. After hooking up the new computer I ran...

Bought a Compaq laptop and have been using it for about 6 weeks, it came with window 7 pre installed. All well bar every 10 or so startups it would not bootup but would stick with blank screen. I would take out battery and restart then ok. now the problem ocuurs everytime I shut it down and only...

Hi all :(ok so i did the upgrade to windows 7 from vista on my compaq. During the process it said i had to flash my bios this freaked me out as i've heard horror stories but it also said it was backing up the old bios so i did it. now when i try to run everquest in compatability mode to xp and...

Hi people. I'm new in here, and my knowledge about computers are quite limited - therefore I need your help :) I just got HoMM3 + the 2 expansions from a Torrent (since my old HoMM3 CD broke) - and its said that the game should work just fine after it has been extracted to a folder. Now i'm...

I have a Compaq Presario V2000, which has only 512MB of RAM. I just so happen to have Windows 7 Ultimate as well, which takes twice that much. I've got a theory that Windows 7 can run perfectly with just 512MB of RAM, here's how I made my discovery: I was given Windows 7 Ultimate for free by a...