Recent content by On the coast

Really like the way you are thinking. I close the laptop lid, so I assume this was "sleep" and not hibernate. I will check. But I still wonder what is running, does a computer take as many resources as it can to start or restart? I suppose this is a dumb question to you guys. It simply makes me...

Since the computer is waking up, I do not see how heat would be an issue. It is a traditional HDD, 5400 RPM speed, 1 TB. Only 3 years old, so unlikely. I can hear the HDD begin to spin.

What is my laptop doing? I wake it from standby and I start task manager and watch my i7 windows 7 pro with 8 gb ram hit 100% cpu usage as it "wakes up". I look for processes or tasks and see what I consider normal. What takes so much time and ties up my processor? Old guy, so please ask me as...

Buy from Dell business if you can. Dell consumer customer service sucks. Have computers from both companies (they seem to be different entities) and the business side solves the problem while the consumer side keeps transferring you until you get fed up. I have an ASUS laptop as a backup and...

I like the in home boosters, but it assumes you have high speed internet. Not everyone does. I have installed dozens of in home/business boosters. Sometimes they are the best answer. The boosters are not brand specific, so if you want to change carriers or a friend comes over, they have coverage...

My internet cable provider will not trouble shoot if it is not their modem. I am held hostage for their $10 rental fee. I tried having my own once and was more or less forced into renting again.

Hi all, Dell latitude 3330. Windows 7 Pro. I plug in the ac adapter and the light goes out, requiring I unplug the ac. Tried without the battery. No lights, no noises nothing. Made sure the ram and SSD are tight. Daily use computer and I don't know what else to try. Any ideas please?

It sounds like a simple wi-fi network issue. You call it a dongle, but chances are, it is a wired AND wireless (wi-fi) router. They can get into the wireless side. Routers are not setup with high security. I can guess and get into many, many wireless networks with 000000, 123456, etc. YOU must...