laptops

  1. Windows 7 Intermittent SSD Freezing on Newer Laptops

    With new laptops coming out at a deep discount, many savvy computer users may be interested in taking advantage of such offers and then upgrading their laptop with a 3rd party solid state drive. The most common updates appear to be made through Crucial, OCZ, and Intel, all of whom make decent...
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    Windows 7 Display Settings of windows 7

    I am using sony vaio laptop and recently i connected a monitor to it.Now on the laptop screen there are blanks on both left and right side of the screen it is not using the entire screen.Can any one help?
  3. Microsoft's Windows 8: What We Know So Far

    Microsoft's Windows 8 represents a huge bet for the company—not only in traditional desktops and laptops, but also "post-PC" devices such as tablets. Link Removed
  4. Windows 7 Deploying Group Policy without a Domain

    Hi! I've got an annoying problem. Our business has a Domain, with approx. 100 PC's. We've just recieved about 10 laptops for people to use outside of the office, so, they can't be connected to the domain. For obvious reasons, they need to be restricted. On one of the laptops, I used the Group...
  5. The Best 2011 Windows 7 Laptops for Work and Play

    The iPad and other tablets are transforming personal computing, but most of the world still uses laptops for business and pleasure, and 90 percent of them run Windows. Here are the coolest high-end laptops released in 2011 that take advantage of Windows 7's networking, security and UI features...
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    Windows 7 Swapping hard drives

    I have two laptops that are identical...HP Compaq nw9440. I have a 100gig drive in LAPTOP#1, and a 750gig drive in LAPTOP#2. Both drives are running an identical Windows 7 Enterprise typical install. Can I put the 750gig drive in to LAPTOP#1? Can I create and save an NTBTLOG.txt file from...
  7. What Windows 8 means for laptops

    The demos of Windows 8 certainly look promising, but should laptop users be wary of the new emphasis on touchscreen and tablet features? Source: Yahoo! News
  8. You Can Run Either MeeGo or Windows 7 On Asus' Eee PC X101 [Laptops]

    # laptops This is novel— Nokia may not have released any MeeGo phones in the end , but Asus' Eee PC X101 dualboots both Nokia and Intel's beleaguered MeeGo OS, or Windows 7. No ubiquitous Android or Linux here, folks. More » More...
  9. HP expands voluntary battery recall for laptops bought July 2007 to May 2008

    There have been a string of voluntary battery recalls affecting HP laptops purchased between July 2007 to May 2008, with models added to the list each year since May 2009. The first recall began with Link Removed due to 404 Error and was then expanded last year in May to cover an additional...
  10. Intel Promises New PC, Laptop Innovations Coming Soon

    In a recent article, analysts refuted claims that the Apple iPad had much to do with the recent PC sales slump. However, they did warn that computing tablets would become a much more significant threat within the next two years. Rather than wait for PC sales figures to dip even further, Intel...
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    Windows 7 Network password - NOT homegroup password

    Hi, I have searched for this using the www and this forum and couldnt find a solution. Untill yesterday my homegroup was working just fine. Two laptops / home premium / windows 7. Now when I try to access it I am prompted for a Network user name and password, the same promt giving...
  12. HP reveals a handful of new laptops

    As sure as the sun rises in the East, every few months you're going to see some new laptops from leading PC maker HP. That time is here again, and the latest additions include new versions of the high-end Envy, the Netbook-size Mini, and even a few professional-level ProBooks and Elitebooks...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Service pack 1 keeps failing

    Is anyone else having problems getting the new service pack for Windows 7 installed? I keep getting an error towards the end of the installation. I dont rememeber the error code but it happed on both my laptops I tried to intall it on.
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    Windows 7 Unable to ping or RDP to windows 7 from XP

    Hoping someone can help I have 2 laptops both running widows 7 pro and enterprise and a desktop running windows CP pro service pack 3. I am unable to ping and of course remote to the Windows 7 laptops from the XP desktop. I have enabled RDP in the setting on all PC's. Any advise?
  15. Windows 8 May Recognize Your Face

    Forget about passwords and fingerprint readers, Windows laptops of the future may authenticate simply by looking at you. Using a leaked early build of Windows 8, the hackers at Windows8italia discovered a sensor programming interface with the ability to "detect human presence." Presumably, this...
  16. AMD to back USB 3.0 in its chips

    Advanced Micro Devices will support USB 3.0 in its chips, marking the first instance of a major PC processor supplier getting behind the standard. Intel has yet to support the high-speed interface. The USB Implementers Forum today announced that AMD will deliver the first chipsets to...
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    Windows 7 Cant connect to wireless network

    as of today i am not able to connect to my home network it used to work perfectly before but now when i try to connect it says unidentified network no internet acces it does work on all the other laptops here i also can conect to my neighbours wireless internet fine and when i plug the cabel...
  18. PCs loaded with Windows 7 SP1 due soon

    HP and Lenovo will to start shipping in April Laptops and desktops from Lenovo with the upgraded Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become available starting in early April, with HP planning shipments of business PCs soon after, the companies said. Link Removed - Invalid URL
  19. PCs loaded with Windows 7 SP1 due in early April

    Laptops and desktops from Lenovo with the upgraded Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become available starting in early April, with Hewlett-Packard planning shipments of business PCs soon after, the companies said. More...
  20. Taiwanese OEMs Consider ARM Products For Windows 8

    siliconbits writes "At CeBIT 2011, we went around the stands from some of the biggest component manufacturers in the world and asked them a simple question, would you consider bringing out ARM products (barebones, laptops, tablets, motherboards) for Windows 8? The answer was a unanimous yes...