Funny Vent Smell in Lenovo v100
There was a best-I-can-describe-it portable heater smell emanating from the vent of my Lenovo v100 a few days ago. I’d been leaving the laptop on and leaving my glass a tad too close to the vent and caused 2 auto shutdowns due to overheating (this is from retrospect). The most likely possibility was that perhaps [...]
Read More7 Green Things You Can Do Online To Save the World (and some Money too!)
Yes! It is possible! 1. Pay all your bills online You’ll save time and fuel paying online than standing in a queue for hours and later eating a fuel-guzzling meat patty on processed bread and trans fat-filled fries, then taking a fuel-guzzling cab or adding your weight to that piece of public transport home (costs [...]
Read MoreMissing GB in Vista Recovered!
When I first acquired my Lenovo v100, my 100GB went from 70GB free to 0.5GB free in a matter of weeks. This never happened on XP, 98SE, or any other system I had. Only with Vista. Initially I thought the problem was just system restore. I’d managed to free 13GB by deleting all the old [...]
Read MoreTips for Buying a Laptop
1. Decide what you want your laptop for. Is it for work, school, design, gaming, or just surfing and email? Each function requires a slightly different configuration. If you need it for work or school, you’ll probably carry it around. So portability is a concern. You’d probably want to look at the laptops with a [...]
Read MoreVista Adventures Season 4: Speeding up Vista
How to speed up the performance of Vista? Simple… 1. Turn off Aero Yes, you bought the upgrade for the pretty but it seriously lags your computer. I finally turned it off after yanking out wads of hair in frustration. Save your hair, especially if you’re a little short, and turn off Aero. Download some [...]
Read MoreWindows Vista Adventures – Season 2
Today I decided to test run my new mini-mouse and work from the Lenovo. I have to say I’ve found a wealth of good and a sea of bad. I always like to give the good news first. The good: I enabled the Aero display setting again and this time it doesn’t seem to lag [...]
Read MoreWindows Vista Adventures – Season 1
My spanking new laptop, the Lenovo 3000 V100 (okay, really need a nick for it now) comes with Vista Business. I have used it 4-5 times since I got it (still on company laptop for now) and here’s what I think so far as a new user. Vista is a very different animal. It is [...]
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Christina Sng worked as a web developer, information architect, account executive, producer, technical writer, and usability consultant in the 10 years (that's 30 years in Internet time!) she brought bread home. She has since retired to raise her children but still spends most of her waking hours on the net, no thanks to Apple. Here are some of her adventures.
