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Questions tagged [laptop]

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hp 6716s, 6715b, and 6710s laptops on linux wireless problem

A year ago we bought several HP Compaq's laptops. Different models, from 6715s, 6715b, 6710s, 6735 ... (not all of them have gone through my hands so I don't know every one of them). They came with preinstalled Win XP Home, which worked fine (except…
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Replacing an ATA-100 hard drive

I was instructed to replace the hard drive in an old laptop, a Dell Latitude D505. I'm suspecting that there was a head crash when someone moved the laptop while it was turned on. In the specifications, I found this about the hard drive: 30GB…
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Should I join technicians' laptops to our domain?

I have been charged with distributing about a dozen laptops to technicians at our company that will spend almost all of their time in the field not connected to our network. They may come in for quarterly meetings and may or may not connect their…
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How do I adjust mouse sensitivity on Dell Mini9 running Ubuntu?

I recently picked up a Dell Mini9 netbook running Ubuntu 8.04. It runs great and I love it, but there's one glaring issue out of the box. The trackpad mouse and mousewheel are way too sensitive. I'm able to adjust mouse acceleration and…
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Remote Office 365 worker - laptop lockdown

We have a small Office 365 tenant of about 20 users, mix of E3 and Business Essentials. We are now migrated from a local LAN file server to SharePoint Online and OneDrive so would like to move the few remote workers from a Dial-in VPN/RDP setup to…
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How many people can a normal laptop server serve?

I'm just trying to play around with my laptop by hosting a small WordPress blog on that. I wonder how many people it can serve at once. About the network, I've tested on Speedtest.net and got this…
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"Windows does not appear to be on the drive from which it boots". Veracrypting corporate laptops

I work on the Help Desk of an org. I have been encrypting laptops with VeraCrypt for months now, but suddenly running into the message above in the title. The laptops getting this error don't have multiple drives. They have one C: and its listed as…
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Set Proxy on the Office and Automatic Outside

I am in a situation where I need the computers to use my proxy server for internet access but I still want laptops to be able to connect outside of the Office. right now I push the proxy on the computers via GPO, works fine, but mobile users cannot…
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Flash Performance on Ubuntu

I just reformatted my laptop and installed Ubuntu 9.04. Everything is working great except Flash. YouTube videos play but are horrible quality and choppy (was fine when Vista was installed) and I can't click Flash hyperlinks. I am currently using…
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Need help setting up user and computer management for small business

I work for a small business, which currently has 4 PCs, and everyone else uses laptops (about 10 other people). Some of us use Mac, but the vast majority of us are on Windows 8. We are currently expanding, and are about to hire out another 40 or so…
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Roaming Laptop accessing CentOS LAMP Box - Security Concerns!

Let me preface this question with some information - I am a developer working for a small startup. The company can not afford to hire a proper *nix sysadmin at this time; Subsequently, I have been tasked to setup a LAMP server running CentOS that…
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HP laptop wireless network problem

I have a fairly new HP Compaq 6715b laptop. It is running Windows Vista Business 64-bit with the latest drivers and HP updates for the Broadcom network adaptor. My problem is that I can only get the wireless networking to detect networks when I am…
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non-laptop thin client for lap?

Yea I know its a weird question title, but what I am looking for is something like a KVM that you would see in a server rack, only to server as a laptop kind of device. I am imagining having a computer on the floor and the KVM device with a screen…
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Imaging Sony Viaos -- Missing drivers

I've been given several Sony Viao VGN-BX760's from old software engineering students. I'm supposed to install Windows, drivers, necessary software, and image the other laptops with it. The problem is Sony's drivers from their own website are…
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Connecting to a Server with Laptops

We have a small office with 7 staff that work in it. We have recently got hold of a server in the bid to keep office work separate to private work. What is the best way for the laptops to connect to the server in a remote desktop kind of way? I know…
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