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Windows 8 Display - Screen imperfection issue that expands & resets when off
This is an old existing issue that I have had on an old Laptop that I purchased in 2015. On the top left area there is a bright discoloration that takes only a small part of the screen. Maybe 0.1%. This would reset and go away at any time that the screen is off for about 30-60 min. No need to...- Johncoool
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- 2015 backlight defect discoloration display expansion heat imperfection issues laptop lcd old devices pixels reset resolution screen symptoms tech support tips troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Display resolution, Intel Graphics 3000 on Dell laptop
Hello y'all. I have an unusual problem with my display resolution. As many others, I have an older Dell laptop with an Intel Graphics 3000 adapter. Like many others, Windows 10 suddenly won't let me change the resolution to 1920. But in my unique case this happens only ONCE IN A WHILE. A...- Hezi
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- dell device manager display driver issues february update graphics adapter graphics driver intel drivers intel graphics old devices resolution restart reverting update security updates troubleshooting update issues windows 10 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Installing windows 10 to an old macbook air 2008
Hi Long shot this but i have an old macbook air, 2008 model, that's been sitting in the cupboard for years, I wiped it to put Linux on it, which is ok, i was just trying it out really, to see what linux was like but i want to ideally put windows 10 on it .... i know it will be slow but its just...- pr501
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- bootable usb compatibility installation linux macbook old devices ubuntu windows 10 work programs
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Simple games to play at night
Hi, I'd like to play some simple games at night like cross word puzzles or jigsaws however I am not remotely impressed by the fact you have to read thirty pages of terms and conditions of the free apps on android play store. Is there any way I can use my old smart phone or android pc tablet to...- anotherwindowsuser
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- android app crossword games jigsaw linux old devices privacy puzzles terms
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 8 Windows 8 on an older Netbook? (Dell Inspiron 910 "mini")
I'm considering loading Windows 8 on an older Netbook - it has an Atom N270 1.6ghz cpu, 2GB of ddr2 and a solid state disk, so I'm thinking while far from a beast, it should be able to keep up? http://www.cnet.com/laptops/dell-inspiron-mini-9/4507-3121_7-33240837.html this has more info on it...- serpJedi
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- atom n270 compatibility ddr2 ram dell netbook old devices performance solid state drive upgrade windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Nikon total station surveying devise
we have a Nikon total station DTM-720 and its an old devise, and can only be connected to dos system, through serial port. we tried connecting the serial port to a USB but the windows only show a USB input devise and no data is received orcan be shown on the computer. we used transit and trimble...- Hoz Serkany
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- card reader compatibility connection issues data transfer dtm-720 hardware legacy systems nikon old devices pcmcia serial port software tech support total station transit trimble usb windows
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 HDMI Port not recognized
My laptop is several years old and I haven't had the need, until now, to use the HDMI port. I plugged a Kodak video camera into the port and the camera is supposed to come on automatically and begin the download of software to use with the camera. This doesn't happen and I get no error...- Nisko
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- camera connection download hdmi laptop old devices ports software sync troubleshooting video
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Phone "Pre-Mango" Devices
Hello everyone, This is part two of my Windows Phone devices summary. See the mango (7.5) devices here.That thread also shows minimum OEM requirements for Windows Phone devices.Now, for the original Windows Phones, mostly launched with the operating system on November 8th 2010 (NA) and October...- Mitchell_A
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- camera data speeds devices htc keyboard mango mobile old devices ram release date samsung smartphone specifications storage technology timeline windows phone
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- Forum: Microsoft Products and Community
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Windows 7 Word 2003 loses window size, position
Howdy, all So. Running XP.2 (can't run XP.3; it kills Adobe's CS2 apps, which I need). Had a spare partition. Before putting Ubuntu back on it, I figured I'd install the Win7 Ultimate that'd come (unused) with another computer. (The install was smooth enough. The updates were slower'n snail...- homyakchik
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- adobe cs2 anti-user interface compatibility device support document size experience microsoft office normal.dot office 2007 old devices portrait monitor registry software installation update issues user rights window position windows 7 windows classic word 2003
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Vista Cleaning up old laptop
How do I best erase all my stuff from my old HP laptop running vista? Can I format the drive and still have only the HP and Vista stuff left or should I do a restore?- Fred Smallwood
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- cleaning data deletion data security format drive laptop old devices restore system restore windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Lagging / Freeze when installing/extracting anything
As the title says, whenever i install, or extract something on my computer, everything seems to lag horrendously and often freeze. This started happening when i re-installed windows 7 onto my computer because i had way to many programs installed that i couldn't uninstall and almost no hard drive...- smede2
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- amd boot issues computer diagnostics extraction file management freezing gateway hard drive hardware issues installation lagging nvidia old devices performance performance issues ram statistics troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support