HP Laptop Boot Up Problem hang and freeze - black screen

Laptop always hang after you boot up your computer, no BIOS, just a black screen. sometimes you can see the light blinking and then after that it's just freeze with no sounds from the BIOS.

probably it's the Monitor / Graphic card issue (you will hear some sound as well), check the hard disk light if it's not working then probably is not monitor or graphic card issue.


To solve the second one the HP laptop cannot enter BIOS, Freeze with black screen when you boot up your laptop, do the following:

1. Take out the laptop's battery
2. Take off the Power Supply from your adapter as well
3. Press the power button for 30 seconds.

Put everything back and it will work like a charm.

If it doesnt work maybe you can try to call the HP service centre to get your motherboard replaced.

hp 8440p docking station problems Black Screen After Boot Up Windows XP

this is the old solution: 

HP Docking Station Elite 8440p Black Screen After Boot Up Windows XP

This is the latest solution

The latest HP 8440P bios F0.B has been released and fixes a number of issues with the 8440P laptop. I’ve tested this on my new laptop with great success.

The fixes include:

•    No more black screen when starting the machine on a docking station (you don’t have to disable the serial port anymore in the bios)
•    Extremely noisy fan when you bring the machine back from sleep / hibernation
•    VT problem (when you enable VT it's not possible to do a warm reboot)

The update should be performed from a USB stick not from within windows:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=au&prodNameId=4095873&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=4095872&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093#120

Windows XP SP 3 performing cleanup service pack 3 taking a long time

Windows XP SP 3 performing cleanup service pack 3 taking a long time or freeze ... or the "performing cleanup" hang ...

I tried it and it's work (if you can just wait .... maybe 3-4 hours who knows but personally I think it's safer that way)

If you are a risk taker or simply cannot wait the performing cleanup at the final stage of the SP 3 upgrade installation ...

or if you are like me waited for 2 hours and fed up ... then you have 2 options

1. Stop the services (you can just go to task manager and stop the update.exe) or just hit the restart button, when it  ask to end the program just do it.

2. Just press the power button for 10 seconds to shut it down

I did the first one and everything looks fine now.

How to check if my windows xp sp3 upgraded successfully?
go to my computer right click on it choose properties you should see SP 3 over there...

then congrats ...

Windows XP SP3 upgrade Extraction Failed Data error (cyclic redundancy check) CD

You were installing and upgrading Windows XP SP3 and in the middle of extracting you received this error
1386\p2pgrah.dl file the extraction failed Data error (cyclic redundancy check)

Most probably you have a bad copy of CD try another Windows XP SP3 CD or simply run the Windows XP SP3 installation from the hard diskor simply download from Microsoft the soft copy so that you can run it from the hard disk.

How to insert page in adobe reader 9

How to insert a pdf page in Adobe reader 9?

the answer is that no, you can't

Can I edit a PDF file using Adobe Reader?No. You cannot make permanent changes to PDF files using Adobe Reader. However, you can perform many edit-like functions using Reader if the author has enabled these functions. For example, you can highlight text and add comments on electronic sticky notes. If you want to create and exchange documents, collect and compare comments, and tailor file security to distribute reliable and polished Adobe PDF documents, look into using Acrobat.

http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/faq/

Offline Folder Problem Unable to Save Microsoft Word 2007

Symptom:
Offline folder synchronization error when not connected to the network. Having difficulties when trying to save microsoft office 2007, microsoft word 2007, microsoft excel 2007, miscrosoft powerpoint 2007 inside the offline folder when it's not connected to the network.

Once you trying to save the Microsoft Office 2007, the problem occurred, the Office looks like hang and the saving box never finish. the Folder or word 2007 become unresponsive inside the offline folder.

Cure:
If you have Sophos or Trendmicro or any other antivirus it may cause the problem with saving office inside the offline folder when not connected to the LAN / VPN.

Just exclude the antivirus from scanning  c:\windows\csc

it seems that the antivirus scan and lock the offline folder which is in csc and causing the problem to save the microsoft OFfice 2007

Outlook 2007 Mobile Service account problem

Outlook always hang when you open it for the first time after hard reboot.

when you force to close it and open it up again the outlook 2007 prompt you with:
Outlook experienced a series problem with the ‘Microsoft outlook mobile service’ add-in. If you have seen this message multiple times, you should disable this add-in and check to see if an update is available. Do you want to disable this add-in

Solution of the outlook 2007 hang caused by mobile service account problem:

1. Go to the Outlook 2007, Tools, Trust Center

2. Go to Add-ins, go to the bottom (COM add-ins) and press go

 

3.  choose the Mircrosoft Outlook mobile service and remove the add-ins

If you are unable to do so, please go to admin tools, open the computer management (run as administrator)
add the user account in the administrator group. and log off and in again.

dont forget to remove the user from the administrator group after you have remove the Mircrosoft Outlook Mobile Service Add-ins