When running windows on notebook (treated like desktop) on battery and with inactivity it switches to locked is that a drain on the battery and secondly how do I extend that time before it goes into lock
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have an ASUS K50IE laptop that i had for 2 years now. been working fine until 2 days ago.this problem has been bugging me for the last 2 days. here's why.my laptop suddenly didn't detect my battery. thought it was because my battery was dead. I searched the net on things to do before "throwing in the towel" on my battery and today i came across a blog where the instruction was to uninstall the Microsoft ACPI compliant control method battery driver. I did just that and my battery suddenly worked! well sort of. now here's where it gets all weird.every time i open my laptop i do the following:1. plug in AC to laptop.. turn on laptop.3. unplug AC.3. laptop runs on battery.4. log on to windows.5. battery icon shows up as an empty charging icon then shows the "Battery is not detected" icon again.please take note that my laptop is still ON and WORKING. so this means (MAYBE?) that my battery is working.
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View 6 Replies View Relatedive installed windows 7 ultimate 32 bit and what ive noticed was - high cpu drain from hardware interrupts.
I have two sound cards- first is Realtek HD which is integrated with motherboard. Second is SB Audigy.
Ive noticed some trick to clear the cpu drain from hardware interrupts to a normal size (close to 0%). The trick was to enter sleep mode and come back from it. But the problem was- my system was running quick and easy but without any sound ! Thats a common problem with vista and windows 7 that ive heard of.
So i took out the sb audigy and there is some small improvement. Cpu doesnt get that much load from interrupts (around 10 -20% less). I use now only Realtek HD and now the sleep mode option doesnt work because the interrupts drain stays aswell with the sound.
What to do ? Drivers as windows 7 says are - up to date. I guess that problem was even before installing Windows 7, but then because of xp which works faster on my machine could have been unnoticed by me.
I have to replace the battery on a toshiba L355-S7915 laptop. Which battery is better? The Toshiba battery or the B-5040H from battery-biz.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI just unpacked a new PC here at work and begun setting it up. I neglected to set a password for the default Administrator account and proceeded with the setup. Once I was at the desktop I connected the computer to the domain. At that point I logged off, switched over to my account on the domain. I started installing the programs which the employee required to do her job but because of the heightened security in Windows 7 I was not able to run any files as administrator. When I did try it said the Administrator account was disabled. I logged off my account and tried to log back into the Admin account and sure enough it's disabled.I've done searches in this forum and found similar problems but not quite like the one I am facing in that I never created a second account. So the only account that exists on this PC is the default administrator account which is locked out. I tried booting into safe mode and it still said the account was disabled. How can I resolve this issue?
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View 6 Replies View RelatedI had no password assigned to my windows account. Yesterday I signed out and restarted my machine. Windows now wants a password. I don't have one. How do I get back in to windows? The interesting thing is that same day my brother called me to tell me the same thing happened to him . He is running win xp. I ran a boot and run virus scanner (bit defender) and it found a few things. I still can't get in to windows.
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy dell inspiron laptop was working fine, I was using Adobe Lightroom when it gave me An error prompt and shut down. I tried rebooting the computer in safe mode and regular mode, no matter what I do I reacts the same. Takes me to the login screen where I am able to type in my password, then it goes to the welcome screen and stays there. I have a lot of work on this computer and it hasn't been recently backed up.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a generic USB Flash drive and I used it on a computer running XP Pro and now it has been write protected digitally, there are no manual switches on the drive. I am running W7 on my computer
View 2 Replies View Relatedbought a acer with bad screen, replaced only to find out it is password locked. How can I reload windows7 or get pass the password so this unit is operable.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am missing a password for win 7 ultimate. I dont have administrator and also cannot just open bios and reset all passwords.It seems that this computer is networked to others and it is locked from outside.
View 3 Replies View Relatedi would like to know how to disable the (locked) screen on windows 7. if im not do anything on the computer for a while the screen goes off and when i return it comes up with a little box saying locked what u have to click on to get your desktop back up.i would like to know how to disable it completely so the desktop stays on please or at least lengthen the amount of time it takes until it locks itself?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen my Windows 7 domain joined PC is locked, I get the 'Press CTRL - ALT - Delete to unlock this computer' screen. After pressing CAD, my profile icon is displayed with the word 'domainusername & Locked' below it. I have to then click this icon (or press enter) to get the password box. How do I get just the password box after pressing CAD and not this 'Locked' icon?
View 9 Replies View Relateddid not forget password, I'm locked out of my notebook altogether. from the first page that says windows 7 starter.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have problems deleting files and folders which were created for temporary purposes. Usually folders with a temporary picture collection, which I have created just to get it zipped and mailed. Since I use Picasa (which is usually open), there are systems files which are created automatically and stay locked for quite some time, even when all the pictures were erased. Is there any quick and simple way to delete locked files in Windows 7?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've set up a secondary account on my Windows 7 machine and I need to find out how to disable the switch user thing.In Windows XP, I could hit winflag+L and switch user as I would instantly be taken to the user list.In Windows 7, for some reason they had to complicate everything. When I hit winflag+L it just displays a picture of my account and a "Switch User" button, which for me serves no purpose what so ever.Is there any way I can regain Windows XP's user switch functionality in Windows 7, where winflag+L takes me directly to the user list on the login screen?
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI was waking up one morning to get a quiz done before my Computer Science class. I like to think I'm pretty proficient. But when my computer was going really slow, and eventually locked up, I was forced to do a hard shutdown. Unfortunately, when I went to load it up, it loaded the BIOS, and then it goes to load Windows and poof. Starting windows pops up, but the windows icon never pops up. After about 5-10 minutes, my computer will restart.
Alright, so the first general action is to boot into Safe Mode, but this doesn't work either. I try to boot it up and the greyish screen with "Loading Windows Files." at the top and "Please Wait..." at the bottom. It stops there. Nothing loads up, it just stops. So, I hard reset it again, and THIS time, it says " Startup Repair. " So, I think to myself, this should fix the problem. I load up the startup repair. Loading Windows Files works, then it looks like its loading up and then BAM!
Black screen with a white cursor. SO! I have read up on this error quite a bit, but unfortunately, most of them happen before log in. They say to Ctr+Alt+Del into task manager. I don't have that option because the ctrl alt del doesn't work. So, I break down and try and load up the recovery console from my USB drive that I have on boot. All that does is mimic trying to do startup repair.
Performance
PROCESSOR
Intel Core i7-740QM processor
OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
GRAPHICS ENGINE
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
GRAPHICS MEMORY*
2270MB total: 512MB GDDR3 discrete memory + up to 1758MB shared memory w/NVIDIA TurboCache technology
Memory and Storage
MEMORY*
4GB DDR3 memory
HARD DRIVE*
640GB HDD (5400rpm)
OPTICAL DRIVE*
DVD-SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash drive
Audio and Video
DISPLAY SIZE
16.0" widescreen
DISPLAY TYPE*
HD TruBrite - LED Backlit display
DISPLAY RESOLUTION
Supports 720p content, 16:9 aspect ratio, 1366x768 (HD)
AUDIO
Harman/kardon - stereo speakers, Headphone jack (stereo), Microphone jack (mono), Built-in microphone
I have recently updated my hdd with a clean windows 7 install, but had the old one on a secondary hard disk as a back up. I now need to delete these files to save space on my data drive, but am unable to delete the system and windows files as they are owned by TrustedInstaller.
I discovered how to take ownership of these directories, but now the UAC is telling me that I need permission from myself to delete the files which I own!
Is there anyway to get round this without shipping out my data and doing a format, which I don't want to do as I always seem to miss something important..
When I was setting up my computer for the first time, I misspelled my user name. When I go to My Computer > Local Disk [C:] > Users, I am unable to change the name of my User file.
I have corrected how the user name appears when logging in, via User Accounts, but this "source" seems un-editable. It appears in several places, when I install new programs etc. and I know that there must be a way to fix this.
How can I change the name of the User file folder?
I basically had 3 accounts on my computer, one being "Administrator" (w Admin rights), one "test" (Standard User rights) and one more "User" that is the one I use most frequently (with Admin rights). When I last used it last Friday the User account was still present and all my programs were working fine.
However, when I came back to office today, I found that the User account was missing from the welcome screen, and only the "Administrator" and "test" account were there. Somehow, I could not login to the "Administrator" account. When I logged into the "test" account, all the program shortcuts were blank (Firefox, Adobe Reader Etc) and only IE and the default windows programs would work. I suspected that there might be a virus, but I couldn't install anything because I did not have the admin privileges.
My question is:
1. How do I get back into my admin account?
2. is there any way to install anti-virus programs (by going around the admin account) to solve this issue?
I'm basically stuck with a standard user account and I can't do anything with it. I tried using System Restore on the Standard account, but when I click "Open System Restore" nothing happens.
I'm locked out of my Acer 5253 laptop, which is currently running windows 7
View 12 Replies View Relatedsomeone tried to open my system without knowing my password. but the sytem was locked. i cant access the system.It will open after 2 to 3 hour.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy laptop was hacked and infected and I could not install an antivirus or install or run any program, I also tried to create a System Recovery Point and It didn't let me make one.
So I decided to install again windows 7 from safe mode, everything was Ok installation was on 60% when my computer battery died, now it don't let me complete the installation from my DVD. It said:
"The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation" no matter how many times I restart/shut down.
I also tried f4 and f8 options:
- WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER
setup rolback
-ADVANCED BOOT OPTIONS
-safe mode
-safemode with networking
-safe mode with command prompt
-enable boot logging
-last known good configuration
-directory services restore mode
-start windows normally
-WINDOWS ERROR RECOVERY
* launch startup repair(recommended)
*start windows normally
-STARTUP MENU
F9 boot device options
f11 system recovery
I tried all of these options and nothing work now it is only restarting and sending me again and again to the same listed options.
I have a laptop. i install windows7 in it. aafter insatlling it .
my PC is turning off when i try to running on battery.
a blank screen displays and then turning off.
how can i correct it?
So yesterday, i opened my laptop to change the keyboard. But when i turned the laptop again, everything worked except that at the batttery icon there is an X. And if you click it it sais ''consider replacing your battery''What to do ?
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