Linus' House of IT: 15 cents please

Linus · 11-04-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Arwen

RAH!

For my first question, what size is your

screwdriver?

Okay. grin. I don't have a question ... yet.

I have a multi-attach version -- Craftsman from Sears. Just plop it in and good to go.

Arwen · 11-04-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Linus

I have a multi-attach version -- Craftsman from Sears. Just plop it in and good to go.

I...

Um....

Well?

Oh never mind! You win this round!

Arwen · 11-05-2009, 10:08 AM

I have a friend with a problem.

"I have a laptop that wont even boot. numberlock button flashes then the power light goes out"

Do you have any thoughts?

Also my own laptop did something weird today. I turned it off last night and it installed an update.

When I booted up this morning, it told me it could not find the profile. Then it loaded up into a new profile.

I logged off as that user and my normal profile was there then.

Thoughts on that one?

Linus · 11-05-2009, 10:38 AM

Arwen:

For the laptop that won't power off: try removing the battery and remove the power supply connect, wait 3 min, leave the battery out and then connect via power supply to see if it will boot up. What kind of laptop is this?

For your profile: it may be nothing other than a hiccup but definitely watch it for a little bit.

Selenay · 11-05-2009, 10:45 AM

What's a good defrag program for macs?

Please and thanks.

Selenay · 11-12-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Selenay

What's a good defrag program for macs?

Please and thanks.

I'm really kind of starting to feel unloved here, Linus.

Is it cuz I didn't pay upfront?

Linus · 11-12-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Selenay

What's a good defrag program for macs?

Please and thanks.

Sorry. I missed your question.

I'm gonna guess that you're using OS X (10.4 or 10.5 or 10.6)

Uh.. no need for defrag on the Mac. The file system is different than others and does, by it's own behaviour, a mechanism to defrag.

Does that help.

Arwen · 11-05-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Linus

Arwen:

For the laptop that won't power off: try removing the battery and remove the power supply connect, wait 3 min, leave the battery out and then connect via power supply to see if it will boot up. What kind of laptop is this?

For your profile: it may be nothing other than a hiccup but definitely watch it for a little bit.

It's a Dell Inspirion 1200. I've got a Dell Latitude D600 refurb.

I'll tell him. grin! Love you. Thanks! If that works, is it a bad battery?

Linus · 11-05-2009, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Arwen

It's a Dell Inspirion 1200. I've got a Dell Latitude D600 refurb.

I'll tell him. grin! Love you. Thanks! If that works, is it a bad battery?

Possibly. How long has he had this laptop and battery combo? Rechargeable batteries do a finite life to them (usually 2-3 years) and cost about $50-200 to replace. The Rechargeable Battery industry does have a recycling program in place (check at Radio Shack to see if they have a box) where you can drop off batteries (particularly NiCads) if that is the culprit.

dixie · 11-12-2009, 10:51 AM

I have an HP Pavilion, less than 6 months old. My parents don't have high speed internet so when I try to get online there I have to use dialup. It's worked fine in the past, but recently it won't connect. I log on to AOL and can hear the dial tone. I can hear my pc dialing in but it will not connect. Could it be a modem problem or maybe a side effect of a virus? I even uninstalled AOL and reinstalled a newer version, and downloaded new drivers. Same problem.

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