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Sue - Aug 20, 2011 3:02:38 pm PDT #17589 of 25501
hip deep in pie

dcp, my netbook was out of commission for a couple of months becaus eit took a while to replace the power adpater, but before that, it was fine.

And no, it still won't connect to secure sites when plugged into the router.

dcp - Aug 20, 2011 3:27:05 pm PDT #17590 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Confirm that the date & time on the netbook are correctly set?

Sue - Aug 20, 2011 3:33:02 pm PDT #17591 of 25501
hip deep in pie

DCP, you are a genius! The time was off when I first revived the netbook and I reset that, but didn't look at the date. And it was set for Jan 2, 2002. Thanks so much!!

ETA: Setting the date reminds me I have to call my sister and wish her a happy birthday.

dcp - Aug 20, 2011 3:34:27 pm PDT #17592 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I guessed right! Yay!

DCJensen - Aug 20, 2011 3:37:02 pm PDT #17593 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

If I'm just recycling a laptop do I really need to be paranoid about erasing it?

Where is it headed? I guess you could format the hard drive a few times, most people aren't going to be mining your hard drive, but still...

Rob - Aug 20, 2011 7:09:07 pm PDT #17594 of 25501

I thought HP was stopping the HW, not the software, And that they were going to try and get someone else to pick up the hardware slack.

Yah, I think that's what the webOS folks hope for, but it's pretty unlikely. I can't imagine why any hardware manufacturer would license it instead of Android or Windows Phone 7.

Jesse - Aug 20, 2011 7:12:05 pm PDT #17595 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Possibly a dumb question, but when you format the hard drive, does that wipe out all the software including Windows or whatever? (Also have a dying-fan laptop I need to get rid of....)

megan walker - Aug 20, 2011 7:57:22 pm PDT #17596 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Where is it headed? I guess you could format the hard drive a few times, most people aren't going to be mining your hard drive, but still...

There's actually nothing private on there, no email, passwords, or financial account numbers, so I don't even know what they could get out of it.

dcp - Aug 21, 2011 5:15:05 am PDT #17597 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Jesse, generally yes, but it depends on how you do it, and how much effort the 2nd party is willing to go to in the recovery.

Juliebird - Aug 21, 2011 1:46:49 pm PDT #17598 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

What is this? [link]

When I squish the screen, it moves and then bounces back.

I'm assuming dead pixels and am taking the laptop in to get it fixed under warranty, I'm just curious as to why it seems tangible.

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