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Eyes killing me after purchasing laptop? [closed]
I am new to this site and in need of some information regarding a recent purchase.
I had a HP laptop that broke down before the year was through so I just went to purchase a new one & got a ...
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Unable to connect specific monitor via DP 1.2 to laptop
I have an DELL U2414H which I'm trying to connect to an Alienware 17 R4 via the DP 1.2.
Whenever I connect the monitor to the laptop:
The laptop freezes for 5-10 seconds then it's ok, then it ...
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Prevent windows 10 from sleeping for next lid closing only
Sometimes I let my computer (Lenovo laptop under Windows 10) do stuff that takes a while (e.g. scientific computation). When it does that, I would like to be able to close its lid without it going to ...
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Make windows honor my setting to do nothing when I close the lid of my computer
My Windows Version 10.0.15063 computer (Dell Precision 5520) will go to sleep when I close the lid, even though in the settings I have specified to do nothing. See image:
I've tried restarting my ...
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System wont allow me to set laptop audio to default,when connected to monitor through HDMI. (PC windows 10)
I have tried to do:
"Follow these steps after connecting the HDMI cable.
go to control panel
Hardware and Sound
Manage Audio Devices
if you have a branded audio set-up (eg. BEATS) make changes there....
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Windows 10 - close laptop lid
I have two screens - a laptop and external monitor. Sometimes I want to shut the laptop lid and use ONLY the external monitor. On my old laptop all the Windows would just move over to the external ...
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Windows 10 Clean Install Failed and Stuck on a Boot Loop (No Administrator Account)
So, my son recently got a virus on my HP Windows 10 Home laptop. So what I did was backed up all the files that I need then I went into Settings -> Recovery -> Reset this PC -> Remove Everything and ...
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Laptop won't hibernate if Hyper-V enabled on Windows 10 Pro
I'm running Hyper-V on my laptop - Docker for Windows requirement.
Windows 10 version 1709. I noticed that Hibernation is not working if Hyper-V role enabled. Hibernation working fine if i disable ...
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Not able to get 1080p resolution when connecting laptop to full HD TV
So we have a new FHD Tv and I tried to connect it to my laptop just to check gaming/video capabilities.
I connected them through a HDMI cable, which supports 4K and 3D as well.
My laptop’s display ...
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Windows 10 does not sleep; turns on airplane mode instead
I have a Dell XPS 13 9350. It runs Windows 10. It is the latest insider preview, but this issue has appeared and disappeared, even on the stable builds.
When I put the computer to sleep, either by ...
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Bricked my computer by accident - need help repairing
So I've bricked my pc by disabling all HID devices, so I can't do anything. Right now I'm using a installation USB that I have booted off to try and reverse my changes (using devcon.exe), but after ...
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Swap function keys at OS runtime
I have an Alienware R2 anw17-7493slv and I can't figure out how to change FN keys to multimedia keys at runtime. I know there is a option in BIOS to do this, but I want to do this at runtime.
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Restoring positions and sizes of windows after undocking a laptop [duplicate]
I have a laptop which docks or plugs into 2 large monitors at my desk. When I unplug my laptop, to go to a meeting, it moves all the program windows onto the small laptop screen. Then when I plug it ...
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F5 key behaving as FN + F5
All of my laptop—a Samsung Expert running Windows 10—f[number] keys are behaving now as if I press Fn+f[number] shortcut.
For example, Fn+f5 normally disables touchpad. Then, when I press f5 key to ...
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How to change my Laptop (Windows 10) login password from another pc
I have lost my laptop and I want to change the windows 10 login password from another pc. As I remembered I was not using any microsoft account to sign in. Just that pc username and password.
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Can I install Windows 10 on new laptop after formatting previous laptop?
Recently I got a new laptop, and I want to move the windows license from my previous laptop. The windows installed on my old laptop is the retail version of windows 8.1 and upgraded to windows 10. Is ...
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Windows 10 battery usage information is incomplete
I have been trying to test my laptop's battery recently but I have found an issue where the battery usage breakdown in the settings app is incomplete. Screenshots on the internet show percentage ...
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Windows incompletely shuts down after heavy use
My HP Pavilion 15 Laptop (came with Windows 8 and upgraded to 8.1 and now on Insider Preview) has a Shutdown problem.
It'll shutdown completely without any issue if it used for a short while. But ...
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Laptop randomly completely freezes up
I own a Dell E6420 laptop, that runs Windows 10 Pro.
My laptop has this one issue. Randomly, out of the blue, it just freezes up. My touchpad becomes unresponsive. The DVD Drive switch would not ...
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HDD I/O error on high usage
I've got an Asus X550V notebook that has a 1TB HGST HTS7210 HDD.
I've managed to replace the optical drive with the hard drive, and insert an SSD into the original HDD bay.
So far so good it's ...
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Awful Battery Life After Windows 10 Anniversary Update
I am running Windows 10 on a 6 month old Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 460.
I started to notice that I was originally getting about ~6-9 hours of battery life using painting and lite graphics apps, Chrome ...
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How can i download a file from virustotal for free? [closed]
I want to download a file from virustotal.com
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/655bde7f3c270b7b06e6c3dbba5c041727aec5389339f71b3ca73f80316212f9/analysis/
http://processchecker.com/file/LidLock.exe....
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How can I fix my Alienware? Software problems
I have an Alienware 18 running Windows 10.
I am having an Application Process Problem, how do I fix it?
Specs: 1TB hd, 256 ssd, Dual Nvidia gforce860's, 8GB RAM. not under warranty.
I bought the ...
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Windows 8.1 downgrade is not working
A while back I upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 because it worked fine on my desktop. From the get go I realized that wasn't a good idea. My laptop has run significantly slower ever since, and every '...
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Laptop goes to sleep at random times ever since I upgraded it to Windows 10
My gs's laptop goes to sleep at random times when she leaves it idle for as short time as 1 minute.
I've checked the power configuration, and it should NOT be going to sleep at any given time, it's on ...
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Advanced ways to improve battery life for Windows 10
I've noticed that going from Windows 8.1 to windows 10 I've lost a lot of battery life. Talking about hours worth.
Are there any tricks other then the basic common sense like battery saver, power ...
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Laptop restarts with blue screen with error 0x00001d8
My Lenovo U31-70, is restarting with a blue screen with printed "error 0x00001d8", normally when i have the pc on for a couple of hours, like 3 hours, and when it happens it returns to happen if don't ...
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Prevent screen turning off when lid is closed
Is there a way to prevent the screen from being turned off when a laptop's lid is closed? The power-action for closing the lid is already "do nothing".
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Caps Lock only works for certain letters?
A very weird problem. For the letters a, o, s, and u, caps lock leaves them lowercase; it works for every other letter. I noticed it 3 weeks after getting the computer; I have a 1-year warranty. Any ...
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Im seeing high battery usage by the system under Windows 10
Recently my lap started to heat up. When on battery it's draining very fast. When I checked the task manager... the System and Compressed memory shows nearly 1.5G to 750 MB of memory usage. Never saw ...
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Windows 10 is still shutting down
Apparently I closed my laptop too soon after turning it off. And now, when i tried to turn it on, it shows me, that laptop is still shutting down. I tried to restart my laptop using keyboard shortcuts,...
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Clean install windows 10 keeping the original key
So, I have a few questions about a pretty straightforward scenario: I purchased a new laptop - namely, Dell's XPS 15 9550 - which came with Windows 10 Home (x64), and also, as usual, with a lot of ...
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Windows 10 Does not Shutdown Correctly
I have a problem with my Windows 10 machine
When ever I try to Shutdown my laptop it looks like it did
but my Hardware is still Active.
The Light are On and if you listen carefully you will hear the ...
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Windows laptop waking on touchpad click
I have a laptop that keeps waking from sleep. My cat sits on the laptop when it is closed and the screen bends which clicks the touchpad button. I can't turn off the wake setting on my touchpad in ...
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Windows 10: Computer switches to internal screen, messing up window sizes and positions
I have a Fujitsu P772 notebook computer. It came installed with Windows 7 and I recently upgraded to Windows 10. After the upgrade, I noticed a problem whenever the screen would go to sleep by the ...
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