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Going laptop hunting

I would like some advice on buying a laptop mainly to access the Internet for online share trading and to download and store photography-related news from the Internet. What kind of software would I need to install on my laptop? Can I go in for a second-hand one, since I'm facing a cash-crunch? Could you also please suggest a reliable brand that has low-maintenance requirements?

S Sunkara Narayanana

From your requirement and constraints, you can go in for a Celeron 2 GHz processor system with a 30 GB HDD. However, a new system at this configuration will cost you between Rs 45,000 and Rs 52,000. If that exceeds your budget, you can get a second-hand system with P III processor and a 20 GB hard disk drive (HDD) costing between Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000. Make sure you get the system from a reliable source. For, if the system goes down soon after you buy it, you could end up paying quite an amount to get it repaired. The second-hand market for PCs and laptops has gone down lately, so you can get a decent configuration with a P III 800 MHZ + processor, 20 GB HDD and other USB and PCMCI interfaces for about Rs 27,000.

As to the brand, you can opt for Compaq because it is comparatively cheap. And for your photography, you can use Photoshop by Adobe, which is a simple and effective editor.

Starting trouble

Whenever I switch on my computer, the following error message appears. "Windows cannot find `cp.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click Start button and then click Search." When I double click on OK, the message disappears. Please let me know how to avoid this message. My computer runs on Windows XP Professional.

R. Paul Mohan Roy

It could be that this program has somehow entered the Start Up and has probably deleted or removed it to another location, as a result of which you get the above error. To solve the problem, please follow the procedure below:Click Start menu and select Run, type in msconfig and press Enter. In the dialog box that pops up, go to the "Start up" tab. There you will find all the programs that start at system start up. There, please uncheck the entry referring to cp.exe and click OK. Next, check on Start menu -{gt} Programs -{gt} Start up and delete any short cut referring to cp.exe. You can do this by right-clicking on the short cut and selecting Delete. Now please restart your system.

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