How do I make my laptop hand-touch mouse not work and only my mouse that I plugged work ?
My Laptop mouse (that works with fingers) is weird. It automatically clicks and doesn’t go where
I want to and sometimes it even bothers my usb mouse to work bad. How do I turn off the laptop mouse ?

Control panel, pointing devise/mouse, touch pad tab, adjust or disable, click apply and save.

Hi eveyone, as you can tell by my question, i am not to literate when it comes to computers. I ‘ve got an old Ibook G3 bought in 2003 in france and was wondering if i could run Garage band to create music demos on it ? Would it be powerful enough ? Thanks for the info !
Cheers.

No its not. Garage Band required a G5 processor on its first release. The latest version requires an Intel Processor.

Every night, my router keeps transferring data slower and slower until it finally disconnects from my laptop. It never happens during the day and I’m positive that it is not the dsl or the Laptop, but the router.

Do you use any online backup services? A client of mine used Dells backup services which transferred files at night, which caused the wireless network to drop due to the high-bandwidth usage. Also, try power cycling the router (unplug it, wait 20 seconds or so, plug it back in)

So I’m planning on purchasing a new laptop, and it’s intended for mostly school work and graphic design and basically just for general use that any high school student would have. It’s going to serve as a desktop computer for me because I prefer Laptops over desktops. I want it to last for years to come and I just want to know which laptop sounds best for me. I also plan on upgrading the processor and memory. Any suggestions?

I am not an expert but i have been on just about every laptop there is so hopefully i can help

Apple laptops are good for the arts like photography, media, making films. I make some short films and i love using apples for this. On the other hand if you are used to Microsoft the apple software is very hard to get used to but when or if you do you’ll love it.

Dell Laptops are probably the best for you they can do graphic design they are very easy to use. I have a dell and it can last through about anything i dropped it sat on it and it’s still holding up fine. Dells are just good all around

Gateways are crap don’t get one they break way to easy. there just all around bad computers.

I have a budget of 60000 pesos to buy my own laptop. What is the best laptop with this worth? I want laptop with good specs of course. Thanks!

That’s a big budget for a Laptop. You can get Alienware M17. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

http://www.alienware.com/customize/M17-notebook.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-M17&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT&cs=1&source=SA&from=SA:PC-LT-M17

http://www.alienware.com/products/notebook-computers.aspx

I have had my laptop for a couple of weeks and due to being uncareful my sister scratched my laptop screen! And it’s not a minor scratch it is a deep scratch that you can feel. So i was just wondering if anyone out there knew how to fix a severly scratched laptop screen, either by home remedies or buying products or sending it to the shop, anything will help! Please respond!
P.S- My Laptop is a dv6000 hp pavilion with an HD screen.

You will more than likely have to replace the LCD if the scratch is so bad you can’t ignore/work around it. To my knowledge… there are no laptop screen repair kits that really work. They are offered, but I’ve never heard anything good about them.

Here are some tips… can’t promise they will work though:

Vaseline Method
Clean the surface of the screen.
Take some Vaseline and fill the scratch with it.
Gently wipe off the excess Vaseline, being careful not to press too deeply so as to leave some inside the scratch.
Voila. Hypothetically, this works because the optical density more closely matches the LCD face than air. However, it can make the scratch more noticeable.

Pencil Eraser Method
Find a pencil with a clean, soft eraser. It must have no pencil graphite on it as you won’t want to smudge that on your monitor.
Lightly rub the eraser over the scratch or nick on the screen.
Keep rubbing until the scratch completely disappears [1].

Scratch Repair Kit
Type this into a search engine: +LCD +Scratch +Repair
The plus sign makes the search results include those words.
Maybe Scratch Pro will work for you.
Either way, test any repair ideas on something unimportant (if possible).

I have hooked up my laptop to the home stereo via an external sound card (RealTek). It works great for playing music but I was wondering how I may select for the laptop computer speakers to still be used for certain computer functions like log-in sounds, playing video clips, etc.

I’ve heard the Laptop speakers work on little test functions in the control panel but can’t get any other use out of them.

Thanks.
The laptop is running Windows Vista.

The answer you seek is usually only within a specific program.
For example: In Skype, you can open the audio properties from the options window and manually select which output device you’d like to send the sound through.
However, for any programs that don’t allow you to manually select your audio output device, you’ll have to use your control panel, under "sounds and audio devices", and change the default output device. (that’s in the audio tab)

You may consider setting the default to your internal motherboard-based sound controller, and adjusting your media player manually within the options menu, to only use your external sound card to deliver audio. If your media player doesn’t have that option, try downloading one that does. Since I’ve never tried this I wouldn’t be able to make a recommendation, but try maybe VLC media player, winamp, real player, or any other.
I don’t know if windows media player 10/11 will allow this. Just fiddle around with the options till you find one that works for you!

Need more help? Try www.timstechtips.com

I have a laptop that I intend to have running 24/7 (with minimal breaks). How often should a laptop be shut down for a break (possibly from heat) without causing damage? How long should a Laptop be left on for?

This is hard to say, sorry. I have had customers who go close to a year and not shutdown and others shutdown every couple days. It all depends on how you use the computer, the type of programs installed (well made versus junk) and environmental conditions.

Most of the time a restart is necessary to updates and conflicts between programs. An example is Internet Explorer and Google toolbar. Two different pieces of software made by two different companies and so sometimes they do not behave correctly.

If you are worried about power consumption or wear on you computer this used to be more of a factor. I recently read that you would need to leave your computer off for more than 1 hour to save energy. Even then the wear and tear on the hard drive spindles and the power supply makes this not worth the trouble. The power surges that occur during start up and shutdown put a greater strain on the computer than leaving it on.

I normally do not turn off my computer unless I will be not using it for more than two days. People may gripe about the wasted energy but consider the cost and energy that is required if I need to replace the hard drive prematurely.

I will be starting college tomorrow but I don’t have a laptop or voice recorder yet. If I need to take notes, I will have to do it, the old fashioned way by pencil and paper. Hopefully sometime later, I will get a laptop and voice recorder, but I’m just wondering if people use their Laptop and voice recorder a lot in college.

A laptop will be helpful, but definitely isn’t necessary in a lecture type of class. I WOULD, however, recommend a recorder. When I was an undergrad I had some profs who talked so fast there was no way for me to write out my notes and still catch everything they were saying. With the recorder I was able to have it on while I took notes, and then I could go over the recording and see what, if anything, I missed while I was writing.

As far as a laptop goes, I didn’t need it for any work IN class, but it sure made doing homework, paper writing and research a lot more convenient.

I have got a wireless router and am able to connect to the internet if the Ethernet cable is connected from the router to the Laptop. Once I unplug this I lose internet connection. My laptop apparently has inbuilt wireless features I just don’t know how to make it all work!!! Do I have to get another part or set up something on the laptop to make it receive the wireless connection?
Totally Confused

Some Laptops have a switch for your built-in wireless card. For example my Dell Latitude has the switch on the left side that turns on/off the radio. Some laptops use 3rd party wireless configurators, but windows has its own contained in Network Connections in Control Panel.
To connect to an available wireless network
Open Network Connections.
Click the wireless network connection icon, and then, under Network Tasks, click View available wireless networks.
Choose the wireless network from the list that appears, and then click Connect.
If the network is one that supports Wireless Provisioning Services, such as a public wireless network or a corporate network, you might be asked to download additional files that will allow your computer to connect to the network.
If the Web site listed in the dialog box is one that you trust to provide you with this information, click Download. Otherwise, click Cancel and choose a different network to connect to.
Once the files are downloaded (or if they were previously downloaded), follow the instructions in the Wireless Network Registration Wizard.
If the network you choose is security-enabled, one of the following will occur:
If the network key is automatically provided by your network or system administrator (that is, the network supports IEEE 802.1x), the connection will be made automatically.
If the network key is not automatically provided, in Network key, type the key.
To configure other wireless network connection settings, or if you are having difficulty making a connection to the wireless network that you selected, under Related Tasks, click Change advanced settings, select the wireless network that you want to configure, and then click Properties. If the wireless network is not in the list, click Add.
Notes

To open Network Connections, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network Connections.
Some wireless networks might not appear on the list. For example, a public Internet service provider (ISP) can be configured to use another provider’s wireless network name. In that case, you might see only the public ISP in the list of wireless networks. To show all wireless networks, click Show wireless access point names.