Powering Up Hi there I have switched the laptop on this morning, it seems really slow, the mouse icon is showing on the desktop, the desktop items are all there but the mouse won't move the keyboard won't work and it won't even power off if i hold down the power button. It's just stuck on...help!

A monitor can only show one screen at a time. If you connect your laptop to your monitor, it will only show your laptop, not your desktop. That is why your desktop mouse and keyboard don't seem to respond. You won't see them on your monitor if you have the laptop plugged into it.

If you are in Windows and all your desktop icons have vanished, do the following:

On the desktop, right-click the mouse.
Select VIEW.
Look at the bottom of the list for the item that says
"SHOW DESKTOP ICONS". It should have a check mark with it.

If it does not, select it to get a check mark and your icons should reappear.

Try removing items from your desktop screen. If it is cluttered with lots of icons, it slows the machine down considerably.

Plz right click on destkop and move the mouse pointer towards view option, it will show up the items listed under view, you need to click on the option show destop icons.This will solve the problem.

I think someone played a practical joke on you. I bet one of your friends changed your desktop to look like it has icons and then hid the real icons.

Right click on your desktop, and then under the "View" menu item, make sure "Show Desktop Icons" is checked.

Also, right click on the desktop and select "Personalize", then at the bottom of the dialog, select "Choose Desktop Background" and change your desktop background.

HI there

Hello, If your laptop shows something on your desktop before and suddenly it just stop showing things then right click on your desktop,under VIEW, click on SHOW DESKTOP ICON. If this does not work then your laptop has been infected with Virus.You need to get a good anti-virus to remove the virus or format your system. Regards

you will have to keep doing that or restor to factory steings

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If you have installed any softwares recently it might slow down the pc as many softwares will install a startup file in order to start faster. You can shut these programs from starting up when the pc starts.
I put 2 steps to resolve this in order of simplicity.

Remove icons from the Startup folder
Some programs open with a shortcut icon in the startup folder (Startup icons). Use the following steps to show any startup icons that might be hidden and remove startup icons from the startup folder:
NOTE: Removing items from the Startup folder does not uninstall the software program.
1. Right-click the Start button, and click Explore . The Windows Explorer window displays with Start Menu already selected.
2. Click the plus sign ( + ) next to Programs .
3. Click Startup . The shortcut icons are listed in the right pane of the window.
4. To show any hidden icons, click Tools , click Folder Options , and click the View tab.
5. Click Show hidden files and folders (Windows XP/ME) or Show all files (Windows 98), and click OK .
6. Click an unwanted startup item in the right pane of the window and drag it to a blank area on the Windows desktop. Release the mouse button to drop the icon onto the desktop.
7. Continue dragging unwanted icons until all unwanted startup icons are on the desktop. Click Yes to any window that display asking to confirm the removal of a read-only file.
8. Close Windows Explorer and restart the computer for the changes to take effect. Delete the startup icons that were moved to the desktop after you are satisfied with the way the software programs are working.
If you find that a particular software program should not have been removed from the Startup folder, double-click the startup menu item to open the Startup window. Then drag the icon from the desktop back into the Startup window.