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    Solved! JVC Led TV no picture

    Sudenly my TV has no picture. I do not remember about the sound. The light shows indicating there is power. I Used it from new for 3-4 years. …..thanx …..nick JVC Led TV model LT--40DG51J
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    Samsung UE40D5520RKXXU 40" Full LED HD developed Horizontal lines

    Thank you for the bad news ...........nick
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    Samsung UE40D5520RKXXU 40" Full LED HD developed Horizontal lines

    Hi, my above smart TV (7-8 years old) developed Horizontal lines over half the screen Googling about it gave no definite clues of how to fix it. I have it open & the three cards show no visual fault. Can you help please ........thanx ...........nick
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    Installing XP?

    SOLVED by These:- You can change the default menu entry to boot by either going to the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file and near the top of the file changing the entry: set default="0" to another number. Count the menuentry lines until you get to xp. Put that number in the set default. Grub...
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    Installing XP?

    Luckily on the last reboot I noticed a linux menu with 4-5 option, & one was "Acer eRecovery Management" which did my USB XP installation all on its own giving the option to save & install all files & programs. Then, I went & installed Ubuntu 11.04 from my USB stick but, now on boot-up it does...
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    Installing XP?

    No win 7, & how to get into <Windows root>\system32\ if XP do not boot to see the windows root. If you know a way of seeing the Windows root I can perhaps find hal.dll some other way.
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    Installing XP?

    Made a mess editing boot.ini of my dual-boot Acer Aspire One netbook so that XP boots first & now will not boot in XP, giving error:- "Windows root>\system32\hal.dll is missing please re-install a copy". Note that it boots in Ubuntu 11.04 OK, but not in XP. I cannot install "hall.dll"...
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    Compaq Presario laptop 1685 will not boot

    hi, Found this old laptop, OS unknown. will not boot up, just says "operating system not found". went into setup, all items are shown as installed (HD, mem, CDdrive etc), I selected CD drive first boot, inserted winME Cd & rebooted, but still get same error. Any help? thanx ..........nick