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8 GB Installed, Only 3.48 GB Usable

January 29, 2015, 12:29 pm
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I have a Pavilion g4-1264ca running Windows 7 Home Premium (x64). I have a matched pair of  4GB sticks (8GB total RAM).  Both the BIOS and OS verify that 8GB are installed, yet I only have 3.48GB usable.

The sticks have been tried in both slots with the same results.

The BIOS has been updated from HP.  The BIOS does not have an option for memory remapping or memory extension. The update did not change anything.

I've tried checking and unchecking Maximum memory in Win 7 msconfig with no change.
Fan speed runs a bit high, otherwise it all seems to be functioning normally. 
How do I get the usable RAM above 4GB?

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questions bout updates

January 29, 2015, 2:55 pm
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Hi, I have a question, I am getting annoyed over my Laptops constant updating. Every second day its telling me to that there are updates and to log in to get them updated, and each update takes at least an hour in a half to two hours, because I Have to click up date at least six times before its fully updated. this is annoying and I really dont see why it needs to update that often. I have never seen a PC update that much or for that long ever. This has just started happening the past two weeks, before that it would update once a week and take up to two hours with six restarts and that was way too much and too long I thought. HELP whats going on with this, and how can I stop it. its ridiculous.  Also....I do not like the they have removed the contact techinical online support chat option in the HP help.

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Software for "Other Devices" in Device Manager in a fresh install

January 29, 2015, 3:21 pm
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Having rebuilt the above laptop with new motherboard and hard drive, I loaded a fresh copy of Vista using an ISO installation disk and my COA. All seemed to go perfectly.

 

But, I cannot get connected to my router, either by LAN or wireless. The Realtek RTL 8101 E Network Adapter driver seems to be correctly installed, but the Network Controller and several "Other Devices" , for example: Base System Device, SM Bus Controller, etc. need drivers.

 

My dilemma is that I do not know what driver(s) to search for.

 

In addition, while searching HP's websites, I have not been able to locate the drivers offered for this Pavilion model. The websites just keep asking me to key in the model number, then display the picture of this model and again ask for the model number. Have the locations of the drivers changed on HP websites?

 

Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.

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HP Pavilion 17-f004dx downgrade to windows 7

January 29, 2015, 4:52 pm
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I want to downgrade to windows 7 is there anyone that could help find the drivers

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how to copy my pictures to a disc from media smart photo

January 29, 2015, 5:45 pm
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what kind of disc do i use to copy my pictures to a disc im using a cd-r and the pictures wont go on a disc

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Hp Pavilion Administrator Password Screen

January 29, 2015, 7:38 pm
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I have a HP Pavilion DV7 with the same problem as  others here have, what can I do to stop the "Enter administrator password or Power on Password" pop up. This computer was given to me by a former employer - finally turned it on and cant use it. 

 

I have seen advice prior and here is my Disabled number - 72681290

 

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

Craig

 

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Hp leptop

January 29, 2015, 9:28 pm
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hi all 

my leptop have an issue when i press the power button its show start menu but windows is not starting and its restarting again and again what should i do please help me :smileysad:

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Please let me know how to enable Fn keys function

January 29, 2015, 10:49 pm
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hi Vidya, I am not able to adjust the brightness of the screen, volume up down by using Fn Keys.  Please let me know how to enable Fn keys function

 

 

 

i am using win 7 anfd my laptop model HP15-R062TU

 

Please send the download links

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hp security client blocked

January 29, 2015, 11:11 pm
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I set up HP security client password this morning, restarted my laptop and now it doesnt recognise my password or the three questions. any ideas how I can sort this out would be appreciated

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hp notebook cooling fan not working.

January 30, 2015, 9:53 am
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machine start-up shows error of cooling fan not working. 

and it is not physical demaged. 

shutdown my pc and start again after some time and it starts show error. 

and currently my window version is window 10. 

 

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Help. How to reboot my stream 11

January 30, 2015, 10:08 am
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How do I factory reset my stream 11. I can login with my password then after that all I get is a black screen. I can move my mouse curser around though.

Thank you
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Problem with new notebook

January 30, 2015, 10:11 am
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When I open a window in internet explorer the window is only about 1 inch  square

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HP Pavilion dv6-6135ez Entertainment Notebook PC usb3.0 no driver found

January 30, 2015, 10:11 am
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I simply cannot find any driver to fit ok with my laptop for 3.0 super speed socket.

 

Please help anyone.

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Presario CQ58 / Drivers are missing

January 30, 2015, 12:17 pm
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Greetings,

Having to reinstalla notebook I was offered, I am missing some of the key drivers.

Please direct me to the sources provided that the drivers for CQ58 don't seem to be available anymore on the Hp support site.

Thanks and regards,

SebouCQ

 

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numlock

January 30, 2015, 12:25 pm
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how can i use my numpad in my laptop?  It has no numlock key or just like it.I use on screen keyboard but can not numkey.

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battery is not detected while charging

January 30, 2015, 1:03 pm
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My laptop battery doesn't hold a charge while the charger is plugged in. Also, the battery icon on the bottom right of the screen has a red x. When I hover over the icon, it says "No battery is detected". 

I tried searching on the system's help features and Control Panel with no success. We use the AC adapter that was included with the computer.

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Laptop changing out screens/web pages back to the home menu unprompted evey couple of minutes

January 30, 2015, 1:17 pm
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I have a Pavilion G6 and after I open up the screen to the main menu and click on one of my favorite web sites it automatically goes back to the original main screen, after a short period of time, then may automatically go to the favorite web site unprompted? Anyone with an idea if it is SW or HW related?

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New hard drive, recovery discs won't work! Help!!

January 30, 2015, 2:04 pm
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Hi - the hard drive on my Pavilion 4070-us crashed, so I bought a replacement drive - a Samsung SSD 850 EVO, 256GB.  The problem is that I can't seem to get the recovery discs to work, and neither Microsoft or HP is willing to help me.  Microsoft of course tells me that they won't give me any help for OEM versions of Windows 7, and HP said that my product has been discontinued so they won't help me.  That's ridiculous - I own a legal copy of Windows 7 and I can't get any help from the company that sold me the computer? 

 

What happens after I go through the installation process with the recovery discs is that instead of the Windows installation continuing like it's supposed to, I get "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key".  I'm desperate, I tried two different options - one was the minimal image recovery, the other one was a factory restore.  Nothing seems to work. What can I do?   By the way, the original hard drive is not *completely* dead - I can still access most of the data on it.

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HP Support Assistant keeps showing same message

January 30, 2015, 2:04 pm
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A while ago I made a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on my HP Pavilion laptop that was shipped with Windows 8, and I installed HP Support Assistant to get quickly all th drivers and to keep the pc updated.

 

But the Support Assistant keeps on showing me two messages i can't get rid of: one about "Before updating to Windows 8.1" and the other about "After updating to Windows 8.1". These messages are displayed to make the user check driver/hardware compatibility before updating the pc to Windows 8.1 but they are useless to me; i already made the check trying to get rid of them but they keep showing up with a red exclamation point in the Support Assistant icon.

 

I keep on delaying them since pressing the "X" doens't actually delete them, but they are pretty annoying.

 

How can i permanently delete those messages?

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Windows 7 Professional isn't loading on my laptop

January 30, 2015, 2:09 pm
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Hello, I have an HP Elitebook 8540w laptop with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit on it. Few days ago I updated few programs which my laptop showed that they need to be updated. On the next day I started my laptop but it just didn’t want to load the Windows. I am not very competent when it comes to computers and operating systems, but I am very good in following instructions. So I will describe the problem and what I do, in details and with screenshots, and I hope some of you can help me.

 

Here’s what’s happening:

 

I press the power button, a screen with the HP logo appears and then a black screen with the usual message 'Starting Windows', but without Windows logo over it. Here’s a screenshot:

 

 

It stays like this for few minutes then Windows Error Recovery appears:

 

 

Then Startup Repair starts to load and try to repair the Windows, but it fails and shows this message:

 

 

 

If I click on 'View problem details' this is what it shows:

 

 

If I close this window and click on “View diagnostic and repair details” this is what it shows:

 

 

What I notice here is the line: 'Windows directory = D:\Windows', but my Windows is installed on local disk C. I don’t know if this is how it’s supposed to look like.

 

 

Then I close this diagnostic window and click on 'View advanced options for system recovery and support'

 

 

I chose a language and login to my user account with my password and it leads me to 'System Recovery Options'.

 

 

Here I notice again the line: 'Operating system: Windows 7 on (D:smileyhappy: Local Disk', but like I’ve said my Windows is on Local Disk C.

 

The first option - Startup Repair – obviously doesn’t work since I have already tried it, so I choose the second one – 'System Restore'. First it shows me a window box telling me what System Restore does, I click 'Next' and then it brings me to a window where I chose the restore point:

 

 

There is only one restore point. If I click on the 'Scan for affected programs' button it shows me these programs:

 

 

I remember that these were the programs that I updated the day before my windows crushed. And if I remember correctly, the message that I need to update these programs came from Avast antivirus. I don’t know why though…

 

Anyway, so I chose the restore point and click on 'Next' and then it brings this message:

 

 

I click on 'Finish' and a message saying 'Once started, System Restore cannot be interrupted. Do you want to continue?' appears. I click on 'Yes' and System Restore starts.

 

It loads for a few minutes and then shows a message saying that it didn’t complete successfully:

 

 

When I run the command chkdsk /R in the Command Prompt window this is the message I get:

 

 

I also tried entering Windows in Safe Mode, but it also doesn’t load.

 

I don’t know what to do. I really need my laptop since I work with it. I work as a freelancer and I have very important information on my Local disk D. I am backing up my most important folder on an external hard drive but there has been some time since my last back up and a lot of files aren’t backed up.

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