Need help asap! Laptop problem - Murphy's Law
Sep 17, 2015, 2:32 pm
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Great. So now he knows your mother's maiden name, first pets name, etc. If you saw the film "Now You See It" you know that knowing that info can get you into trouble...
Sep 18, 2015, 9:27 am
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BTW - I make up fake names/cities/etc for the security questions; always have. So he had access to that info (and it can obviously be changed), but it's not related to my real life.
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Sep 21, 2015, 3:17 pm
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Just curious. I've had the laptop plugged into power since getting it/it's in home office (6 days ago). I'm down to 98% on the battery. Obviously that's not a big drain/minimal, but if I'm plugged into power why is it less than 100%? Again, not a biggie but just wondering if there's anything I should be aware of/keep an eye on.
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Sep 21, 2015, 4:00 pm
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BTW - after 14 days of driving to McD's & the library to access i-net, it's so nice to have the new laptop & stay home. It's even nicer that right now the weather is great, I have a view of the lake & a 3-season porch. I spent a few hours on Sunday on the porch doing some non-work stuff & admiring the view while I was online
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Sep 22, 2015, 2:53 am
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Sharon, you might not have noticed this post
Sep 22, 2015, 8:39 am
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But too many FTers know me as SkiAdcock, and I get emails & PMs saying hey Ski
. However, having Sharon as my signature sometimes helps w/ those that think I'm a guy 
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Sep 24, 2015, 1:22 pm
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Not really laptop related, but tying into all the electronics have been failing since I moved scenario (continuing w/ Murphy's Law theme). Now my cell phone charger has stopped working & I'm down to the barest charge. Grrrr. I think/hope I might have an extra charger, but who knows which of the (many) boxes from moving it's in. A FTer gave me his cell phone of the same model this past summer when I was having some problems w/ the phone, so I got that one & figured I'd swap the batteries while I look for the charger. Only to find out that that battery is also at the minimum charge level. Argh....
Sep 24, 2015, 1:29 pm
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Not that it will help you in the short term, but new chargers are $10 on Amazon. Cheaper if you could wait and buy off eBay or something.
Sep 24, 2015, 1:46 pm
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Not that it will help you in the short term, but new chargers are $10 on Amazon. Cheaper if you could wait and buy off eBay or something.
http://www.amazon.com/Home-Travel-Ch...5%3A2470955011
http://www.amazon.com/Home-Travel-Ch...5%3A2470955011
Sep 24, 2015, 3:44 pm
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Sep 25, 2015, 10:22 am
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Thanks to psuedoswede's suggestion in this post:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25477161-post629.html
it reminded me that I have a set of int'l/US adaptors. Wasn't sure what box it was in, but then remembered one that I had for particular items/found it & the cell phone is now charging. So it won't matter that the new charger won't arrive until sometime between September 30-Oct 5.
On a different note - I'm now superstitious. It seemed that the Kindle not charging properly (and I had to order a new one) & the cell phone charger dying seemed to occur after I moved here/would plug them in one of the kitchen outlets. I know, electricity is electricity, but I'm not going to use those outlets anymore & will just plug them in to recharge on the same surge protector I've got the laptop, printer & phone plugged into.
Cheers.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25477161-post629.html
it reminded me that I have a set of int'l/US adaptors. Wasn't sure what box it was in, but then remembered one that I had for particular items/found it & the cell phone is now charging. So it won't matter that the new charger won't arrive until sometime between September 30-Oct 5.
On a different note - I'm now superstitious. It seemed that the Kindle not charging properly (and I had to order a new one) & the cell phone charger dying seemed to occur after I moved here/would plug them in one of the kitchen outlets. I know, electricity is electricity, but I'm not going to use those outlets anymore & will just plug them in to recharge on the same surge protector I've got the laptop, printer & phone plugged into.
Cheers.
Sep 25, 2015, 10:49 am
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Thanks to psuedoswede's suggestion in this post:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25477161-post629.html
it reminded me that I have a set of int'l/US adaptors. Wasn't sure what box it was in, but then remembered one that I had for particular items/found it & the cell phone is now charging. So it won't matter that the new charger won't arrive until sometime between September 30-Oct 5.
On a different note - I'm now superstitious. It seemed that the Kindle not charging properly (and I had to order a new one) & the cell phone charger dying seemed to occur after I moved here/would plug them in one of the kitchen outlets. I know, electricity is electricity, but I'm not going to use those outlets anymore & will just plug them in to recharge on the same surge protector I've got the laptop, printer & phone plugged into.
Cheers.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25477161-post629.html
it reminded me that I have a set of int'l/US adaptors. Wasn't sure what box it was in, but then remembered one that I had for particular items/found it & the cell phone is now charging. So it won't matter that the new charger won't arrive until sometime between September 30-Oct 5.
On a different note - I'm now superstitious. It seemed that the Kindle not charging properly (and I had to order a new one) & the cell phone charger dying seemed to occur after I moved here/would plug them in one of the kitchen outlets. I know, electricity is electricity, but I'm not going to use those outlets anymore & will just plug them in to recharge on the same surge protector I've got the laptop, printer & phone plugged into.
Cheers.
Sep 25, 2015, 11:20 am
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SkiAdcock, this may sound a bit weird, but sniff the broken chargers. Do they smell burnt in any way?