Posts by wxmet

It's kind of an old case design, Gateway has been using it for at least 3 years now. I suppose if it was bad, they would have stopped it a long time ago. It only gets warm on the left half, and the fan runs when needed, which is not...

I've had a 450XL since June. It's a great laptop. The build quality is very good, and it's reasonably lightweight. I am getting around 4.5 hours from the 8 main battery. I only have the DVD burner for the modular bay, but it makes it...

I only had that one error to begin with, and it fixed it. Now there are no 1517 errors appearing in the application log. It seems to work pretty well. The linux cd that I made is a Live CD. I downloaded an ISO image, then burned it...

The only utility I found was the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service from Microsoft. I posted the link for it above. That stopped the errors from appearing in the log but not the beeping. It doesn't seem to be causing any harm, so I...

Quote: Originally Posted by kooloser Wait, were you sarcastic about the joy of installing Windows? What about all the great promises they give you saying "this windows is more stable?" What about when you...

OK, I'll try that. As much "fun" as reinstalling Windows is, I think a few Google searches might be a tad easier. If you got yours fixed, maybe there's hope for mine. Thanks for helping.

Ok, I cleared the logs and restarted, and the same one appeared in the application log once, for the time that I shut it down. I might try that registry program out and see if that helps at all. I've had the computer since June 22, but...

Ok, I looked in the event viewer and found this message for every time I've logged off since June 25th: Quote: Windows saved user registry while an application or service was still using the registry during log off. The...

I have a Gateway 450XL that I bought in June, (great laptop by the way). Anyway, since I can remember, it has made the "Default Beep" sound just before the windows shutdown sound. This happens every single time. I don't get...

I found this awhile ago: This person posted some pictures of their 200xl with the battery. http://forums.designtechnica.com/showthread.php?t=3586 Hope that helps. Edit: I don't own this laptop, so I can't answer the battery...