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September 23

fatal error

in my PC when i am tring to open my skype account fatal error is appearing how can i remove fatal error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.201.210.161 (talk) 02:47, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

What exactly does the error say? Then users familiar with these messages may be able to diagnose the problem for you. --.Yellow1996.^(ЬMИED¡) 02:52, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

The pleas from software developers the world over. When you see an error, read what it says and report that along with what you were doing at the time. Not just that you 'got an error'. Astronaut (talk) 14:54, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

90%+ of errors can be fixed by copying and pasting the exact message into Google and searching in my experience. Thanks ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 10:21, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Laptop Woes

Me again, in a shocking turn of events, my laptop is deceased (I would need to replace the motherboard and the screen, and it's simply not worth spending that much on an old computer when I could just buy a new one for the same price). This, along with my research on Mac and realizing how overpriced (substitute: out of my price range) they are, I starting looking for another system. I had always heard that Lenovo made a great, performance minded, rugged laptop. With my future in traveling, and using my computer on the go in who-knows-what situations (I foresee a lot of outdoors / toss it on huge counter type situations), this seems extremely appealing. I found this Lenovo G500s Touch... And I like what I see. Is this just me being easily impressed, or is this a good, sturdy laptop that can handle some video editing, business type software, and League of Legends when I get free time? I really like the processor speed, the 1TB of HD storage, and the easily upgrade-ready RAM (if I need to upgrade from 6GB). What makes me nervous is in reviews I keep running across something about the Ethernet being outdated, and I have no idea what that means. Also, I'm not sure whether the graphics are good or not, it's an Integrated Intel HD 4000. And the Bluetooth enabled is freakin awesome. It seems the webcam is also kinda low-end, but that is a non-issue for me. --Hubydane (talk) 14:09, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps the main thing to think about is whether the battery life meets your needs. The description says "up to 5 hours", but in my experience that means "usually less than 3 hours". Looie496 (talk) 14:43, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I would be okay with that, normally I back and forth between outdoors and inside, so I'd be able to charge if it became a problem. All of my LoL playing would be on charge, as well as a healthy chunk of the video editing. Off charge would be more the business programs and video showing, and that's if I don't have a tablet on me. After reading some reviews, DVD playback reached 3 hours 7 minutes, and I don't foresee my needs to go beyond the playbacks demands for any extended amount of time. And I could always buy an aftermarket battery if the need were to ever arise.--Hubydane (talk) 14:51, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Note that batteries lose capacity as they age. I dislike having to carry extra stuff around, so I would go for longer battery life out of the box. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 21:29, 28 September 2013 (UTC)