Thursday, April 28, 2011

What wi-fi driver I need to install for my Toshiba laptop?

How do I know what wi-fi driver I need to install for my Toshiba laptop?
I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that originally came with Windows Vista, but I had XP installed instead. I recently just wiped out everything due to a virus and reinstalled XP, but I'm having trouble finding the necessary wi-fi driver to reinstall. I went on Toshiba's website and tried installing a few but no luck. Any suggestions?
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That was your mistake, you downgraded.. You may want to put vista back on, ~
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Go to toshiba's website, go to "Support" then click on the download drop-down menu, select your model and it should bring you to everything available for your laptop, just find what you need, download it and install it. good luck.
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If you canĂ¢€™t find the right drivers manually I would recommend just getting a software program that can do it for you. There is a program I use which will find drivers for just about all hardware devices. The best part is it takes a snapshot of your system specifications and matches the right driver to go with it. Perform a free driver scan at: http://www.best-driver-updater.com/
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Good choice, I did not like Vista too much as well, especially at the start (better now with the service packs). You could consider upgrading to Windows 7, as many Vista drivers work there as well. For XP drivers, you can check the Toshiba website, but chances are they do not have XP drivers for newer models. Some Vista drivers might also work in XP, but the easiest is to simply find the right driver automatically using a driver finder program. Most likely it is an Intel, Realtek or other manufacturer's wifi chipset anyway. Those drivers do not need to come from Toshiba.

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Toshiba Laptop for My birthday

I just got a new Toshiba laptop for my birthday and when I open Firefox it opens my homepage and a second tab?
I just got a new Toshiba laptop for my birthday and when I open Firefox it opens my homepage and a second tab? How can I make it stop opening the second tab and just open my homepage? Thank you!
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you have to go to tools then then options then it has options for tabs
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What u did is that when u set up your homepage u were in ur 2nd tab, you can set a homepage for every tab. So just go to ur first tab and set the homepage again.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Mobile broadband card for verizon work on a toshiba laptop?

Will dell mobile broadband card for verizon work on a toshiba laptop?
I bought the card from dell to work on my dell computer. I am thinking of getting a new toshiba laptop. Will the mobile broadband card work with the toshiba since I will be keeping the service provider or will I need a new card? It is a slide in card for the PCMCI slot.
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if it has the right type of interface, ie PCMCIA slot or what type of connection the computer has. Do you mean the internal card? if you can put one in. Should work fine

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Can i use a system restore disc to a dell to restore my Toshiba laptop new settings ?

can i use a system restore disc to a dell to restore my Toshiba laptop to like new settings ?
i need to restore my laptop to factory settings, but i don't have the disk any more. can i use one from my step dads laptop? we both have Vista. but i have a Toshiba Satelite and he has a Dell.
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No all the driver files and devices are different
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Look closely at you Dell disk. For whatever OS you have it says "dell version".
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Unfortunately you will not be able to use the Dell disk on your Toshiba laptop, however there are possibly a few options to get your system restored/working. I am not sure which model your Toshiba system has but on some of their notebooks there is a restore feature. Please note this restore feature appears to be similar to Dell systems, in that it will remove everything that has been added (software/data etc) since buying the system, and then put the system back to the factory shipped install. Always make sure to backup anything that is important before reinstalling/restoring because if you not it will be lost. I found this link at Toshiba's site (please note since I do not have your Toshiba model I am not sure if this is an option) http://askiris.toshiba.com/ToshibaSupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=http--cdgenp01csdtoshibacom-content-support-manuaerguides-su2184194-GMAD00176011SatProU40008Aug12pdf&sliceId=pdfPage_62&dialogID=68304269&stateId=1 (on pg 62) which details how to restore Toshiba systems back to Factory Defaults. If this option does not work, or you cannot find instructions on their site, you might want to try contacting them to see if they can send you a restore disk. I hope this helps.

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