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    Question Can someone recommend a great laptop for work within $700-1300 price range?

    you can look at the Lenovo Yoga 7i View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGx0cc23xoc take a look at the others... https://www.rtings.com/laptop/reviews/lenovo also check here ... https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-laptops
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    Question Lost drivers for trusty old Toshiba P50-t-10K (9PSPNVE-00X00CEN)

    I actually use this ... https://www.snappy-driver-installer.org/ you will need a big thumb drive though.
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    Question internet speed question

    I am not really sure about this, but some say that ISPs have been caught increasing bandwitdth when a speed test is run to make it look like you have more speed available than advertised, so you're "happy" with your service. But overall with about 3 or 4 tests, you can get an average and be...
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    Question internet speed question

    ookla has a strong reputation for consistency and is one of the first speed tests on the web. you can also try https://fiber.google.com/speedtest/ and https://www.earthlink.net/resources/internet-speed-test/
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    Question Can I have a solution to be able to edit my BIOS settings?

    what? by replying on here? Strange?
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    Question Choosing a Password Manager

    Bitwarden is free and open-source. Firefox does have its own password manager similar to Chrome as well. However, you some say that you should move away from browser-based password managers if for no other reason the freedom to access it from anywhere.
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    Question Looking for inexpensive chromebook

    The HP 2023 Chromebook Laptop is nice. [14 Inch Display, Intel Celeron N4120 Processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, Intel UHD Graphics 600] the ASUS Chromebook CX1 is pretty cool too.
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    Question USB port started getting problems

    sorry, getting back so late on this. I tried and they work for charging, but not transfer of data. What's strange is I can use a the SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe and it works fine.
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    Question USB port started getting problems

    My USB port on my Samsung Galaxy S10+ starting getting issues last week. It could charge but it couldn't connect to my pc to transfer pics. I restarted and it worked. A few days later it couldn't connect to transfer data at all, but could still charge. Now it says moisture is detected when I...
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    Solved! Anyone got a fix for the constant download update for Google Speech Services?

    Fixed it. Just went to Google Play store and uninstalled it. I thought that I needed this for talking into phone for text, search, etc. But no I don't.
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    Solved! Anyone got a fix for the constant download update for Google Speech Services?

    It's really anoying and draining the hell out of my battery. Every fix I found on the web doesn't work. I guess the uninstall fix works, but why in the world wouldn't Google (billion dollar corp) have someone just fix that.
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    Should I upgrade my i7-6700?

    A question probably better suited for our sister site: Tom's Hardware
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    web searching

    do you have any addons or extensions? What browser are you using? try starting your browser in safe or trouble shooting mode? does it still happen?
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    Not paranoid, concerned

    This is very strange. I would unplug everything and try see what happens .. then each night plug one item back in at a time.
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    What is the major difference between DDR4 and DDR5 Ram

    In Hardware forum ... not this one. https://forums.tomshardware.com/ but on your topic ... try watch View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEq7H4Wf6U