Recent content by cognus

The BIOS check on this Satellite/Dynabook E45-B4200 disallows the execution of update without Both AC Power and some level of charge on battery. The battery on this one is dead, like really dead. Is there a way to override so I can get rid of the buggy 1.0 BIOS?

reinstalling won't help. wash/rinse/repeat. the steps above might help, if we only knew the EXACT circumstances under which the zombie occurs. the user is non-technical, but believes the one consistent fly in the ointment was that he was using the laptop to recharge a portable charger pack...

Gang - how do I dig through debris and figure out which version of MS Office this poor system had? Windows 10 killed it - the hard drive is healthy just in need of a brain.... This desktop had windows 7 and some office version. The Program Files [x86] folders are intact but I have no idea...

we have two Asus UX305FA notebooks running windows 10. one works flawlessly, the other not so much. several times the annoying one has ended up in a zombie state after going to sleep, and the choices for getting it back seemed to be either: - leave it for days til the battery finally reaches a...

Ashish I sure hope you are right! this is a huge 'plague' and most threads on the topic go endless pages with nothing but disinformation. for those who don't know this, there is a power report app/utility that will test everything and generate a scary readout. I would bet big bucks that there...

Gang I'm having a tough time finding legitimate info on how well the current crop of Windows 8.1 tablets connect with external monitors. Anyone have one that they have tested/used that works perfectly, no questions asked??? this shouldn't be hard but from what I'm reading, it is. [with ipad, its...

Friends I have actually a DMC-FZ18 and DMC-FZ8 and am pretty ignorant at this point about each. I don't really understand lens conversion issues ... adapter 'rings', adapter 'tubes', pros/cons of various sizes ... I gather that there are more choices in one size vs. other sizes [55mm? 58mm...