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 Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:47 am
So, I've got a Toshiba laptop, running windows Vista. I could dig up more info about it if you want/need.
So, here's my problem.
It won't connect to the internet all the time. When I go to try and make it connect, it is very slow to respond. But only when I try to double click the connect to a network thing on the task bar. Or anything with the network thing on the taskbar.
Before you ask:
It's been connected to the net in this room before. Earlier this day even.
I'm an Administrator on the computer.
And no, I can't change the OS without my dad's permission.
Other random computer questions:
My desktop is XP and the laptop is Vista. How can I synchronize them to easily transfer files from one to the other?
And now the internet works. I restarted the computer, if you want to know.
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:11 pm
Don't change the OS, because the laptop's built-in software is made for Vista, and anyway, downgrading to XP is a crap idea, no matter how annoying Vista is to begin with.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:14 am
Ummm...I got nothing, I'm awful with computers...I make my comp science major friends do everything for me. Course I have to delete all my pr0nz every time I need something done...thats a bit annoying...
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:50 am
Lolifoxxx~ all right.
Fallenseeker~ lol wow.
Everyone~ now it won't turn on at all. stare
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:51 pm
I can't help you too much with most of your problems, but file sharing is simple. You just right click the folder you want to share, go to properties and click the "sharing" tab. Then there's a checkbox that says, "Share this folder" and you click that, and you're set.
To access the folder from another computer, you have to make sure they're both set up on the same network, then go to "My Computer". Once there you enter \*computer's name or ip* and hit enter. It should then show you all the shared folders on that computer, from which you can copy them and paste them onto the computer you are using.
I think there's also something you have to do the first time you share a folder to allow file sharing, but I forget what it was. I'm sure you can figure it out from those directions though.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:18 pm
princess lolifoxxx Don't change the OS, because the laptop's built-in software is made for Vista, and anyway, downgrading to XP is a crap idea, no matter how annoying Vista is to begin with. Downgrading? I'm in College and most of the people I know who bought laptops "build for Vista" "upgraded" to XP, and the computer works brillliantly, better than it ever did with the original OS.
Vista is only ever a good operating system if you spend a crapload of mulah in the initial investment. My own brother bought a "Vista built" desktop, and it gave him problems from hell. Right now his internet isn't working well. The initial investment...was what? 500$?
Everytime he tried to play a game on it, he had to do all sorts of stuff to get it to work, and that is after he shelled over 600$ additional bucks to give it a better power supply, more Ram, and a better video-card.
If you have a Laptop with Vista and it runs poorly from the start, update it's Ram to at least 2 gig. Usually a comp doesn't come with enough ram for it to run efficiently. If that doesn't help it, "Upgrade" to XP. Sometimes that is all it takes to get the comp to work right.
How much did you pay for the laptop(original poster), and where did it come from? If you don't spend a lot on a Vista computer, laptop or desktop, it's destined to not work. Sorry...but that is how it is.
The most easy way I can forsee sharing files from one computer to the next is a Jump Drive. If your comp has problems getting online, than I doub't forcing it into a filesharing network will make it any more happy.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:17 am
Sanguvixen princess lolifoxxx Don't change the OS, because the laptop's built-in software is made for Vista, and anyway, downgrading to XP is a crap idea, no matter how annoying Vista is to begin with. Downgrading? I'm in College and most of the people I know who bought laptops "build for Vista" "upgraded" to XP, and the computer works brillliantly, better than it ever did with the original OS.
Vista is only ever a good operating system if you spend a crapload of mulah in the initial investment. My own brother bought a "Vista built" desktop, and it gave him problems from hell. Right now his internet isn't working well. The initial investment...was what? 500$?
Everytime he tried to play a game on it, he had to do all sorts of stuff to get it to work, and that is after he shelled over 600$ additional bucks to give it a better power supply, more Ram, and a better video-card.
If you have a Laptop with Vista and it runs poorly from the start, update it's Ram to at least 2 gig. Usually a comp doesn't come with enough ram for it to run efficiently. If that doesn't help it, "Upgrade" to XP. Sometimes that is all it takes to get the comp to work right.
How much did you pay for the laptop(original poster), and where did it come from? If you don't spend a lot on a Vista computer, laptop or desktop, it's destined to not work. Sorry...but that is how it is.
The most easy way I can forsee sharing files from one computer to the next is a Jump Drive. If your comp has problems getting online, than I doub't forcing it into a filesharing network will make it any more happy. To be honest, I assumed she had a new computer from the way she as talking, but I didn't take the U.S. economy into account. Technically I guess that means I spent $1100 on my Toshiba laptop, but it's only a mid-range machine, to my knowledge. If you don't have the memory, you shouldn't use Vista, but if you do, it's the prefered choice. If you're gaming at all, I'd just use XP and get an XBox to play Vista-only games, because it's such a hassle to run full-screen programs on Vista. However, overall I do feel the benefits outweight the detrimental parts of Vista, if only just. However, never, ever, ever, ever, EVER buy Norton 360. Just don't. Worst waste of money I've ever bought, and it ******** up the computer to no end, constantly. Also, it'll no be friendly with any of your favourite websites and will constantly put your IP on the blacklisted connections. Useless peice of s**t that is.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:01 am
Why would you buy an antivirus at all? AVG free is amazing.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:06 am
Luxx Aeternam Why would you buy an antivirus at all? AVG free is amazing. Uni network is fussy about downloads, though I may take the chance now I'm home.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:15 am
Okay, my dad has been meaning to upgrade the RAM.
I'm not sure how much, but I know it was over $1k. And we bought it at the Power Zone to the PX on base here. The wonderful shopping center of the military brats. rolleyes
Not sure about the anti-virus.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:46 pm
Oh, and if you ever torrent or download anything, make sure you have Peer Guardian. It's free software that can block unwanted seeds, such as adware, spyware, and government tracers. (Those last ones'll getcha vanned.)
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:34 pm
princess lolifoxxx Sanguvixen princess lolifoxxx Don't change the OS, because the laptop's built-in software is made for Vista, and anyway, downgrading to XP is a crap idea, no matter how annoying Vista is to begin with. Downgrading? I'm in College and most of the people I know who bought laptops "build for Vista" "upgraded" to XP, and the computer works brillliantly, better than it ever did with the original OS.
Vista is only ever a good operating system if you spend a crapload of mulah in the initial investment. My own brother bought a "Vista built" desktop, and it gave him problems from hell. Right now his internet isn't working well. The initial investment...was what? 500$?
Everytime he tried to play a game on it, he had to do all sorts of stuff to get it to work, and that is after he shelled over 600$ additional bucks to give it a better power supply, more Ram, and a better video-card.
If you have a Laptop with Vista and it runs poorly from the start, update it's Ram to at least 2 gig. Usually a comp doesn't come with enough ram for it to run efficiently. If that doesn't help it, "Upgrade" to XP. Sometimes that is all it takes to get the comp to work right.
How much did you pay for the laptop(original poster), and where did it come from? If you don't spend a lot on a Vista computer, laptop or desktop, it's destined to not work. Sorry...but that is how it is.
The most easy way I can forsee sharing files from one computer to the next is a Jump Drive. If your comp has problems getting online, than I doub't forcing it into a filesharing network will make it any more happy. To be honest, I assumed she had a new computer from the way she as talking, but I didn't take the U.S. economy into account. Technically I guess that means I spent $1100 on my Toshiba laptop, but it's only a mid-range machine, to my knowledge. If you don't have the memory, you shouldn't use Vista, but if you do, it's the prefered choice. If you're gaming at all, I'd just use XP and get an XBox to play Vista-only games, because it's such a hassle to run full-screen programs on Vista. However, overall I do feel the benefits outweight the detrimental parts of Vista, if only just. However, never, ever, ever, ever, EVER buy Norton 360. Just don't. Worst waste of money I've ever bought, and it ******** up the computer to no end, constantly. Also, it'll no be friendly with any of your favourite websites and will constantly put your IP on the blacklisted connections. Useless peice of s**t that is. My knowledge is limited to some extent when it comes to computers, but that does not mean I am ignorent to certain things, as my Vista worshipping younger brother assumes I am.
I know that if you don't want to spend too much money on a comp, than an Xp computer is the best because Xp is cheaper to run, and it doesn't have many problems. Finding computers with Xp and not Vista new is harder to get though. However, if you get a Vista computer, it is perfectly fine to downgrade (although I call it an upgrade) to Xp. You won't hurt your computer doing it, as long as you know what you are doing, or you find someone to do it.
If you have the money, Vista is fine so long as you spend a lot, and you get a computer that really was built around Vista. Vista is a bit prettier onsceen than Xp, but it's also kind of complicated (to me at least) and every time you do something it gives you this box "Are you sure you want to do this" and to some people it became so annoying that they went out, got Xp and replaced Vista with it on thier brand new comp.
The only way Vista will work with gaming is you buff up your computer. Bottom line, to make the best use of Vista, you better be rich or have mulah to spend. The upside is that most things coming out right now is made for "Vista." However, I don't care what anyone says, Vista is not a good system to run games on. It was meant for the office.
Personally I don't see the point of gaming on a PC anway. I am a console gamer. I love my consoles. If you want to see my rant on PC VS Console, check it out in my journal. To me, real gamers use consoles, not PCs.
If she (the original poster) has an older computer and put Vista on it, than the problem might be as simple and common as there not existing the correct drivers for her computer. Many people make that mistake, not realizing that if they upgrade to Vista, they also need to upgrade thier computer's parts.
That aside, if her computer is not turning on, something bad has happened. I've seen my own brother do things to his Desktop that would have ruined an Xp, but because of how Vista is built to protect and recover itself, he was able to go back and fix it everytime. Or, rather, the computer fixed itself.
Lydia, if you have older computer and you loaded Vista on it, you might have killed the computer. If not, and if you can get your computer to turn on, talk to the Vista people on the phone so they can tell you how to make Vista return to it's factory setting. Sometimes that can correct a problem.
Then, see what you can do to get your computer up to at least 1 and 1 half stick of ram. I think that would be 1 and 1 half gig, but I'm not certain if the word "Gig" is the right terminology. If you can, get two 1 gig sticks, and that should help your computer a ton.
Back to the person who I am quoting, I know all about how bad Norton is. My computer came with it, and I got rid of it. Right now it has something called PC-cillen or something like that. It works, too well. It updates itself everyday wether you want it to or not. If you have wireless in your home, it's very good at telling you about every other person in your home, and what computer just accessed the internet. Actually, that part is blatently annoying.
The update thing actually likes to pop up right when I am in the middle of something. For the minor annoyances it causes though, how well it works kind of offsets it's minor annoyances.
As for AVG, AVG is a nice program that is free. However, my mom went out and got a program, and it could load up to three computers, so ended up with what I have. If you don't have the mulah, AVG is nice.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:14 pm
The computer is brand new, and came with vista.
It's now turning on.
However, it says something about "Not enough system resources, please log on as someone who's already logged on" or something like that, though no one else is logged on.
But the mouse doesn't show up some times and it's really just a pain in the a**. And it's supposed to become our new desktop when my dad gets home. rolleyes
See, the problem with the RAM is that I think my dad wants to update the other laptop before updating this one. They've both got vista, but the other works fine.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:52 pm
Lydia Trebond The computer is brand new, and came with vista. It's now turning on. However, it says something about "Not enough system resources, please log on as someone who's already logged on" or something like that, though no one else is logged on. But the mouse doesn't show up some times and it's really just a pain in the a**. And it's supposed to become our new desktop when my dad gets home. rolleyes See, the problem with the RAM is that I think my dad wants to update the other laptop before updating this one. They've both got vista, but the other works fine. Than it's a Ram problem. Nothing will change or get better unless you get more Ram. If you can't, the only solution is to downgrade (*cough* upgrade*cough) to Xp, which should work better, being as it requires less Ram.
That said, I hope your father understands that Laptops are not meant to replace desktops. Laptops are only ever meant to be able to do some of the stuff that desktops can, only that laptops are good for on the go.
If your family is looking to set up a comp as a desktop, for the entire family to use, than your family needs to get a desktop computer, not a laptop. Laptops are meant for one person use, and desktops are meant for many people use.
If you attempt to run a laptop as though it is a desktop, than you will kill it very quickly because it's not meant to do all the things desktops can.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:10 am
It's easy to get rid of the 'are you sure' thing without entirely replacing Vista, though. You can just delete the program that does it. Slightly reduced security, but in most cases it doesn't really matter.
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