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fed up with wifes laptop.

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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Turns out the battery is knackered and therefore inducing a lag on keyboard and usb. Battery life measured in seconds not hours. Have replaced with good battery from my laptop and its back to normal, she ain't keeping it though.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • globalds
    globalds Posts: 9,431 Forumite
    Is it not plugged into the mains ?
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    disable microsoft acpi compliant battery method in device manager, and put the old battery in, you'll lose the battery icon, but it will run ok on mains.
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    globalds wrote: »
    Is it not plugged into the mains ?
    Yes.
    I'll try closed's suggestion whilst new battery is in transit as I now have the old battery and she has the working set-up. I must say I am most surprised that it is not made more clear that there is a very specific sequence of loading of the proprietory drivers in fact the small print says its IMPERATIVE that they are loaded in the correct manner.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    If it had a factory restore partition, all the drivers would have been there already
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    No, no restore partition unfortunately, all done from scratch.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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