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Compaq Presario C716TU Laptop Drivers for Windows XP

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Laptops | 2 min read
HP-Compaq has a model of laptop - Presario C716TU. This is a pretty good model of laptop which is based on Dual Core Processor. It is equipped with an Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor 1.46 GHz, 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 160GB SATA Hard Drive, 8X Dual Layer DVD writer, 15.4" Widescreen display, Modem, Integrated Wi-Fi, and it comes pre-installed with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. The company does not provide driver for Windows XP as this model is pre-installed with Vista. Here we have given links to all the driver for XP for Presario C716TU.
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Compaq Presario C738TU Laptop Drivers for Windows XP

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Laptops | 4 min read
Presario C738TU is a Dual Core based laptop from HP-Compaq. It is a good machine with an Intel Dual core Processor with 1.6GHz, 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 120GB SATA Hard Drive, a SuperMulti DVD burner with Dual Layer, 15.4" Widescreen display, Wi-Fi, LAN, Integrated Webcam and Microphone and the Operating System used is DOS. You need to install an operating system to work on this machine. We have given the list of all drivers required for the same laptop for Windows XP. You can either click on the given links or copy and paste them to a new browser to download the drivers in to your system.
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Compaq Presario C722TU Laptop Drivers for Windows XP

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Laptops | 4 min read
Hp-Compaq has a mid-range model of laptop - Presario C722TU. This is a good model of its kind with an Intel® Pentium® Dual Core Processor(1.6GHz), 2GB RAM,160 GB Hard Disk, Super Multi DVD Writer, 15.4" Widescreen display,  WiFi, Modem, 1 year Warranty and more. The drivers for the same for Windows XP are given
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Compaq Presario C733TU Laptop Drivers for Windows XP

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Laptops | 4 min read
Presario C733TU is an entry level laptop from HP-Compaq. It is an Intel Celeron based machine. It comes with Intel Celeron-M(1.73 GHz) processor, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 80GB SATA Hard Disk, DVD Super-Multi burner, 15.4" Widescreen Display,Wi-Fi, Modem, 1.3 MP webcam and many more.  Here we have  given  links to various driver of this laptop for Windows XP.
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Compaq Presario V6613TU Laptop Drivers for Windows XP

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Laptops | 4 min read
HP-Compaq has a Presario model of laptop - Presario V6613TU. It is a good model and it comes with the following - Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5 GHz Processor, 1GB DDR II RAM, 160GB Hard Disk, 8X DVD Writer with Double Layer support, 5.4" WideScreen Display, 6-cell Li-ion Battery, Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, Wi-Fi, Media Card Reader and many more. If you ever plan to install Windows XP on to this notebook, you can find links to its driver here. You can either click these links or copy and paste them to a new browser to download the driver files.
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Installing Ubuntu on Laptops with single NTFS partition with Windows XP or Vista

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Linux | 5 min read
Installing Ubuntu on a fresh system is very easy. It is easy on computers that already have Microsoft Windows XP or Vista already installed provided the hard disk has multiple partitions. Laptops that come with Windows XP or Windows Vista pre-installed has a problem in that they normally have only 1 partition (with a second hidden partition storing recovery data). Windows does not allow you to resize the partition on which you have the operating system. So how do you install Ubuntu in such a situation.
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Compaq Presario C710TU Laptop Drivers for Windows XP

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Laptops | 6 min read
HP-Compaq has a Presario model laptop - Presario C710TU. It is equipped with a 1.7GHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 80GB Hard Drive, Super Multi 8X DVDRW with Double Layer, a 15.4" Widescreen Display and it comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic. Incase you want to install Windows XP, you need separate drivers for the same. Here we have given all the drivers for Presario C710TU for Windows XP.   To download these drivers, you can either click on the given links or copy and paste them into a new browser.
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Compaq Presario C707TU Laptop Drivers

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Laptops | 3 min read
HP-Compaq has got a Presario Model laptop with model No. Presario C707TU. It is equipped with Intel Pentium Dual Core processor (1.73 MHz), 512 MB DDR II RAM, 120 GB SATA HDD, DVD Super Multi Dual Layer Burner and other features. The drivers for the same for use for Windows XP is not available in the company's website. You can use their Online Chat system to talk to their executive and get links to these drivers. Below given are the links to various drivers of Presario C707TU Laptop for Windows XP.
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Compaq Presario V6608AU Laptop Drivers

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Laptops | 3 min read
HP-Compaq has a laptop with model number - Presario V6608AU. Its an AMD Athlon machine with 1GB DDR II, 160 GB SATA Hard Disk, DVD RW etc. But they do not provide driver CD along with the laptop. Windows Vista drivers for the same are available for download from their website. Incase you require drivers for Windows XP, you can visit the website of HP and use their online chat system to talk to their representative and get links to most of the drivers. Here, we have provided links for the drivers for Windows XP for Presario V6608AU
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Compaq Presario C702TU Laptop Drivers

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Laptops | 2 min read
It is surprising that HP cuts costs by not giving a driver CD with their entry level laptop models. However the end user can get online and chat with an HP representative through their online chat system to get ftp URLs (mostly) pointing to the right drivers. Here are the Windows XP drivers for Compaq Presario C702TU model laptop.
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Removing startdrv.exe - trojan backdoor cutwail family virus

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Technical Solution | 2 min read
Recently we came across a virus in one of our customers computers. The system was brought in with the complaint that it was running very slow and internet access was too slow to be of any use. We scanned the system with AVG and as was expected found a slew of viruses which AVG removed successfully after a complete scan. All but one - a file named startdrv.exe located at C:\Windows\Temp\startdrv.exe. AVG could not delete the file, neither could we delete it manually from Windows.
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Compaq Presario V6307TU Laptop Drivers

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Laptops | 2 min read
HP does not give a driver CD with their entry level laptop models. However the end user can get online and chat with an HP representative through their online chat system to get ftp URLs (mostly) pointing to the right drivers. Here are the Windows XP drivers for Compaq Presario V6307TU model laptop.
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Recovering a lost Administrator Password in Windows XP

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Technical Solution | 4 min read
A general issue faced by many of our customers is that they forget the administrator password which is required to login to the computer. Without this password, there is no way a normal user can gain access to the computer system and its contents. Most of us will end up formatting the hard disk or installing a fresh copy of Windows as a remedy. As a result, we make an unwanted payment for the service provider for both formatting and installing Windows. There is always a remedy for gaining access to the computer system without formatting or installing new copy of Windows.
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Get rid of Microsoftpowerpoint.exe virus

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Technical Solution | 4 min read
Mircosoftpowerpoint.exe is a file that is created by a virus named w32.USBWorm. This virus is an epidemic and spreads very rapidly through USB drives. When a USB drive is connected to a computer which is already affected by this virus, it gets affected. The virus in the computer will transfer all its files into the drive. When this USB drive is connected to another unaffected computer, it will transfer all the required files to the computer's hard drive.
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Restore GRUB after Windows installation

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Technical Solution | 4 min read
Ubuntu installation on a system which already has other operating systems is simple. Ubuntu will automatically detect other operating systems already installed on the computer and enable booting into them from the grub boot menu. However if you install Windows on a system which already has Ubuntu installed on a partition other than the partition on to which you install windows then you will inevitably lose the option to boot into the Ubuntu installation. There is a simple way to rectify this issue.
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