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    inverter or backlight issue?

    would you believe it !!! unplugged inverter, plugged back in, fired up laptop...............now it's working:confused::confused::confused: . That must've been the EASIEST FIX I've EVER done:cool: Thanks for reply Bigfella. atvb sg1
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    inverter or backlight issue?

    Toshiba Tecra A8, Screen dark, obviously either backlight or inverter faulty as external monitor works fine when plugged into VGA socket. If I rapidly press the F5 key(which controls the internal/external monitor) then the screen will flicker and stay on a few seconds and after a few minutes...
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    Can't locate WLAN driver after reinstall

    Thanks for replies guys :) , I was definitely having a 'blonde moment' with this one, and after visiting NEC support website 8 times over last 3 days - I FINALLY found the drivers under EMEA (I was expecting it to say Europe or UK !!) on their GLOBAL SUPPORT page. It led me to their NEC...
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    Can't locate WLAN driver after reinstall

    Laptop= Packard Bell I-Select Mobo= NEC International VC2 OS= XP Home Sit Rep... Had old laptop given to me to 'update' so said I would upgrade it to Win 7 which went okay until I could not locate sound driver but everything else worked, So I did a fresh install of XP instead and now have...
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    Has my HDD corrupted?

    I burnt at 16x but the CD was not the problem!! I put a secondhand SATA HDD in the machine and loaded Win7 in under 30mins:). I put the 'dodgy' HDD in a different laptop and tried to install Linux to it:- It took AGES and eventually on first reboot-didn't load up !! I guess that answers...
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    Has my HDD corrupted?

    Right I downloaded the Diagnostic tool ISO, burnt it to disk and booted from it. I got this error :- Causeway error 11 DOS reported an error or corrupt file found A:\> I may be wrong but doesn't A:\> normally point to a floppy drive? I guess the HDD is MORE SCREWED than I first thought...
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    IE more popular than FF ????!!!!!!

    I can see where you're coming from, It was only about 6/7 years ago I discovered Linux!!;) atvb sg1
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    Has my HDD corrupted?

    Advent Laptop OS:Win7 32 bit HDD:WD 320GB Sata RAM:2GB DDRII Hi again, I've just been given a laptop to look at due to startup issues . It was running fine after I reinstalled it a month ago until recently where it was running slow on startup apparently popping up errors(according to a friend)...
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    IE more popular than FF ????!!!!!!

    Just read an article on IE's future 'silent updates' and they said in the story "Globally, Internet Explorer is still the most popular browser, with more than 52% of people using it, according to net market research firm Net Applications. Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome are battling it...
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    missing/corrupted dvd rw driver(win7 x64)

    I actually found this before you quoted it and now has fixed it THANK YOU:) As for SP1- I downloaded it and installed manually :good: atvb sg1
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    missing/corrupted dvd rw driver(win7 x64)

    Packard Bell , easynote TJ61 64 bit OS, problem :- Optiarc DVD RW AD-7585H ATA driver is missing or corrupted (error 39) . I've looked in device manager obviously and tried updating via internet but no success, I've tried PB website support but no luck!! Surely I can just download the...
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    upgrading Vista trial to win7

    Thank you for reply , But am I right in thinking the trial versions 'can' be made licensed via purchase of a key? If so , then wouldn't the purchase of a Win7 key work in the same way?? atvb sg1
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    upgrading Vista trial to win7

    Have an old pc which was in back of friends cupboard which has Vista trial version on, Will I be able to install an upgrade to win7 if they buy it as it will have different product key so in my eyes it 'should' work!! is this so? They have some programs,files etc that they don't want to...
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    Windows live messenger 2011 error

    @Johnb35, Hey that seems to have done the trick!! I made another admin acc in win7, went online and downloaded the windows live installer and installed just the messenger part without all the Bing Bar stuff etc, tried signing in and it worked!! So I then logged out and switched to my original...
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    Windows live messenger 2011 error

    I can't sign in on my laptop which has only one account and I can't sign in on the kids pc which has 2 accounts but I can sign in on my office pc which also only has one account!!
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    Windows live messenger 2011 error

    I'm 99.9% sure that a new acc will sign in no problem but why will it sign in other people no problem on certain pc's and me on certain pc's but not on others that I never usually sign in on ? atvb sg1
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    Windows live messenger 2011 error

    Right, I've just tried logging in with 2011 version through my office PC in garage and it signs in no problem what so ever and it also signs in using my partners PC in the house but the kids PC won't sign into it and neither will both our laptops. But ALL the computers will sign other people...
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    Windows live messenger 2011 error

    I wiped out the new 2011, and installed the 2009 version...same result except this time it's saying my contact list is unavailable??? I wonder if it's an IP error of sorts?? but then again, it works through Pidgin!! ATVB sg1:confused:
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    Windows live messenger 2011 error

    I did try the pre 2011 version and got same issues, it's strange why everyone else can sign in on my pc except me and I CAN sign in through web based version and mobile version :confused::confused::confused: . I will now try the 2009 version. atvb sg1
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    Windows live messenger 2011 error

    I have just reinstalled Win7 and all my usual programs etc. When I try to sign into Windows live messenger it keeps telling me that the service is unavailable ,:- however other users can sign in through my pc and I can sign in on my mobile phone or if I use the web based version of windows...
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