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I've enjoyed using Yahoo Finance to view the portions of my portfolio containing stock market components, for about 15 years. Has anybody noticed a corruption of their portfolio page, where portfolio views can be created but not deleted? Also, I can't seem to get the totals of each view to...

Hello all, There's a good possibility that Samsung will run a phone trade-in promotion when the Galaxy S8 is released on April 21st, as it did when the S7 and S7 Edge phones were released in February 2016. My Galaxy S5 is in pristine condition and Samsung will most probably allow me to use...

I have 3 pcs, 1 desktop and 2 laptops. All 3 have SSDs. The desktop has Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit installed. The Lenovo laptop has Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64 bit installed. The laptop in question is a Toshiba with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit installed, which I bought in Aug. 2009. The...

My PNY 128GB USB3.0 flash drive ( light grey / dark grey version with a sliding sleeve ) can't be formatted, because it's write protected. The drive doesn't have any data on it. There's a story behind how this occurred. The drive was in my Lenovo...

Hello all, My two laptops and desktop pc have been working well since my last forum post on Apr. 29, 2015. This is a miracle in itself, since I use all three every day. But the miracle ended today. I've had my Toshiba A505-S6965 Satellite laptop since Aug...

I'm writing about a problem that I've had for about four years, that seems to point to the HD Tune 2.55 FREE program, released on Feb. 12, 2008. I have three pcs. One is a hand assembled desktop ( Apr. 2009 ), with the Win 7 Ultimate 64...

I've noticed a few problems, developed after replacing a laptop's HDD with an SSD. When I did the first chkdsk /F /V scan on the SSD, I saw the following message in it's log file: "The second NTFS boot sector is unwriteable." When I did the first chkdsk /R /V scan on the SSD, I saw the...

I received a Verizon G1100 FiOS Gateway 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz router, to replace the Verizon ActionTec MI424WR 2.4 GHz router I've had since July 2012. Using the InSSIDer wireless access point detection software, I detected 210 wireless access points in my 23 story...

I have two laptops that each has a maximum volume level that's usually too low to properly represent audio media. Is there a way to increase their volumes, with a program that digitally amplifies them? The two laptops are: Toshiba Satellite A505-S6965 ( Aug. 2009 ) with an Intel Core 2...

Today, I'll be helping a damsel in distress who's pretty knowledgeable with the workings of her 6 year old Compaq Presario laptop. The unit has a 160GB HDD and 1GB of memory, and is running Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 32 bit. This OS was installed when she bought it. No matter...

I've had a beautifully trouble-free Toshiba Satellite A505-S6569 laptop since Aug. 2009. I installed an Intel 530 180GB SSD with the Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit OS in May 2014. The weirdest thing happens when I least expect it. When I move the cursor using the touch pad and tap on the touch pad...

I'm in the immediate market for eight AA eneloop cells. The 3rd generation of Sanyo cells specifies 1,800 charges, up from 1,500 charges. Panasonic bought Sanyo's battery division and specifies 2,100 charges. The capacities are identical. Sanyo boasts 75% of charge remaining after three...

I mistakenly messed with the permissions of the 250 GB SATA drive in my desktop pc which I use for data backup, and now I can't open some of it's folders and sub-folders. The error message is "you don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to...

I have a desktop pc with Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit , a Toshiba laptop with Win 7 Home Premium Edition 32 bit and a Lenovo laptop with Win 7 Home Premium Edition 64 bit. In each pc, the setting to turn off the display in the Power Options applet suddenly returns from my choice of "Never" to the...

The 500GB Hitachi hard drive in my Toshiba Satellite A505-S6965 laptop died. What do you think about this as a replacement?.....SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) How about this?.....Intel 530 Series SSDSC2BW240A401 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC...

I've never been sure if selecting a restore point after a pc failure, has any potential of solving a problem that I can't solve by trial and error methods.

My Lenovo Thinkpad T530 laptop ( Model 2359-CTO, buy date: 11/11/2012 ) developed a problem that I can't seem to fix. When I schedule a chkdsk with the /F or /R command line parameters, namely making it a read / write operation by having it fix errors and recover bad sectors, instead of being a...

My desktop pc uses the Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit OS. When I put it to Sleep, either with the programmed Sleep key on the Microsoft Internet Keyboard or with the Sleep selection in the Start Menu area, the fans and hard drives stop spinning and the monitor's display turns off. I can awaken it...

Never having been on this forum before now, I innocently wrote this thread in the "Computers" forum..... I just ordered a 180GB Intel 530 series SSD. I'm going to install Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit on it. It will be the newest addition to a 4 1/2 year old desktop pc. My current boot drive is a...

I just ordered a 180GB Intel 530 series SSD. I'm going to install Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit on it. It will be the newest addition to a 4 1/2 year old desktop pc. My current boot drive is a Samsung 250GB SATA drive with Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit installed on it. I have 2 x 2GB DIMMs on an ASUS P5Q...

I've finally come to the decision that my almost 5 year old desktop needs some TLC. I'm ready to pull the trigger on an Intel, and only Intel, SSD. I'm thinking of the 180GB size as a happy medium between 120GB and 240GB. My plan is to install Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit on the SSD and build it up...

This is more of an inconvenience than a problem..... I'm using the antivirus program AVG FREE 2014 with great success on my two laptops and desktop, all Windows 7 based pcs. I find that when I start a scan and I Archive All to add to the activity log, the start time column has an entry but the...

I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 "Wolfdale" LGA775 configuration CPU. I have an Intel D946GZIS motherboard with an LGA775 configuration socket. I did some research on the Intel website regarding compatibility, and here is what I found in the way of Compatibility Charts...

For many years, I've Enabled the CPU and case fans speed control function in BIOS setup. What are the pros and cons of doing this on the stability of a desktop pc? Would disabling this feature be beneficial on any level? If I keep it Enabled, should I choose Silent, Standard or Turbo as the...

It appears that Yahoo Mail is trying to make us miserable with their spam feature.. They refuse to offer subscribers the option of immediately emptying the contents of the spam folder. The choices are "Once a week", "Every two weeks" or "Once a month." Other email providers like Verizon's...

I find this weird. With each of my laptops, the way I specify the boot devices sequence in BIOS Setup is followed without me having to bring up the Boot Selection Popup Menu page via F8 during a boot. With the desktop pc, the same sequence in BIOS Setup requires me to...

Hello all, This is a new thread pertaining to an old problem that was solved, but has resumed for no apparent reason.....my pc desktop freezes, locking the mouse and keyboard and requiring a restart via the case's Reset button. In the fall of 2011, the freezes started. I can...

I have two laptops: An Aug. 2009 Toshiba Satellite A505-6965 with Win 7 ( 64 bit ) Home Premium OS. It has an Hitachi 500 GB HDD ( a replacement under warranty ) with 118 GB occupied. The memory is 4 GB of DDR2-800 RAM. The CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00 GHz. The display...

I've been using both of my laptop's on AC power exclusively, since they're rarely mobile. They are a 2009 Toshiba Satellite A505 series and a 2013 Lenovo Thinkpad T530 series. I also removed the battery pack from each unit to increase it's lifespan, using them once every two months to keep...

Hello wireless router aficionados, No matter what I do, I can't seem to get my Linksys E2000 wireless router that is piggybacked to the Verizon supplied ActionTec router, gain access to the internet. I want to take advantage of the enhanced performance of the Linksys router. The...

Fellow pc lovers, I'm having a problem that has literally "appeared from nowhere", regarding CPUID's CPU-Z program. It has suddenly caused my Windows Ultimate 32 bit desktop pc to freeze almost every time I open it. By "freeze", I mean the mouse pointer freezes, the keyboard freezes and I...

I've been working on this problem for about a week, unable to solve it. I have a desktop pc with three 250 GB SATA drives and one 250 GB PATA hard drive. I have a local network using a ActionTec/Verizon FiOS modem/wireless router. The many folders I've chosen to be shared on the network, are...

I've been having a strange problem with my desktop pc and Win 7 32 bit Ultimate for about 2 months. Intermittently, it seems that any operation relating to Windows Explorer freezes that operation, either showing a "Not-Responding" message in the program's title bar, or forcing me to click...

I've just about finalized my configuration of a Lenovo Thinkpad T530 laptop, to serve as a playmate for my Toshiba Satellite A505-S6965 unit (bought in August 2009). I'm watching the price go up and down in an unpredictable manner, every few days. I'm not familiar with the pricing trend of...

What I'm about to write should be put under the heading "The X-Files", it's that mysterious..... I've been fine tuning my Verizon FiOS/Actiontec router via it's webpage for the last few weeks, trying to squeeze out a few more Mbps of download speed for my laptop. In fact, yesterday I was...

My Toshiba A505-S6965 laptop has a utility that protects the hard drive from impact damage by detecting excess drive movement and moving it's heads to the park location away from the platters. It's called HDD Protection. Is there any reason why this useful program keeps becoming disabling...

Hello all, My Toshiba A505-S6965 Satellite 15.6" laptop just had it's 3rd birthday. Sadly, my 3 year warranty has expired, as has all free tech. support. Although it has worked flawlessly, except for a hard drive replacement, I'm thinking of configuring a 2nd laptop with the same screen...

Hello all, The 3 year warranty for my Toshiba Satellite A505-S6965 laptop will expire on Aug. 23rd at midnight. Toshiba doesn't offer any extended warranty. The unit has served me flawlessly, except for a hard drive replacement by Toshiba. My first question is what...

Hello SF colleagues, I found a vintage 2/8/2009 Western Digital Caviar Blue, 250 GB, 5,400 RPM PATA hard drive (WD2500AAJB) in an old Dell case, and am having trouble getting it to be detected in Windows XP, although it is detected in Windows 7. Both drives are mounted in a...

This is the 2nd thread since my March 3, 2012 registration. I have been having a problem for the longest time, making me reluctant to alternate between my Windows XP and Windows 7 OSs, each one installed on a different physical hard drive. When I look at the list of system restore points in...

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, This is my first post on a pc related forum. The decision to write was long overdue. My problem has plagued me for the last two months. My desktop pc has been freezing without warning, disabling the mouse and keyboard and forcing me to restart by pressing the...