HP Laptop and Desktop Promos

Based in the US? Here are some promos from HP:

• Save up to $319 instantly on the NEW HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition Series Customizable Laptop PC!. Includes $200 instant rebate, FREE memory upgrade from 2GB to 3GB (-$30), FREE hard drive upgrade from 250GB to 320GB (-$40), and Save 50% on 4GB memory (-$20). From 10/25 to 10/28/2009.
• Save up to $209 instantly on the HP Pavilion dm3t Series Customizable Laptop PC!. Includes $150 instant rebate, and FREE memory upgrade from 2GB to 3GB (-$30). From 10/25 to 10/28/2009.
• Save up to $518 instantly on the NEW HP Pavilion Elite e9280t Series Customizable Desktop PC!. Includes $300 instant rebate, FREE 750GB hard drive upgrade (-$50), FREE 15-month Norton Internet Security subscription (-$49), and 35% off a 21.5-inch diagonal widescreen monitor (-$90). From 10/25 to 10/27/2009.
• Save up to $419 instantly on the NEW HP Pavilion Slimline s5280t Series Customizable Desktop PC!. Includes $250 instant rebate, FREE 640GB hard drive upgrade (-$50), and 35% off a 21.5-inch diagonal widescreen monitor (-$90). From 10/25 to 10/31/2009.

All HP promos also include free shipping (-$29), and are applicable only to US buyers. To those who buy Pavilion Elite e9280t, I’d uninstall Norton as soon as I can, as I’m not convinced of its benefits.

Lenovo UK ThinkPad and Accessory Promos

Obviously, the following promos only apply to UK buyers. They are active now, until Wednesday, October 28, 2009:

• 10% Off ThinkPad X301: ThinkPad X301 gives you the perfect balance of performance, portability and energy-efficiency. Use discount code AFF10X301 to avail.
• Extra 5% off all Lenovo ThinkPads: Get Extra 5% off all Lenovo Ultimate Business Tools, ThinkPad notebooks, with protection and performance just an upgrade away, with Intel technology. Use discount code AFFTALLTHINK5PC to avail.
• 10% off Any Options/Accessories: Get 10% off all Options/Accessories from the Lenovo UK website. Use discount code AFFOPTIONS to avail.

Post from: The Gadget Blog

If your computer is operating at a snail’s pace and your network or Internet connections keep disconnecting, you may very well have a process known as Ccapp.exe taking up a lot of space in your CPU’s processes. 

No, this program isn’t a virus, or a worm, or a trojan. It’s actually an executable application that’s keeping your system safe from these harmful infections. Ccapp.exe is one of the essential components of the well-known anti-virus program, Norton Internet Security. Whether the anti-virus arrived already installed in your system when you bought it, or perhaps you installed it yourself, you can verify that it isn’t harmful software carrying a similar name by finding out whether it is installed in the proper location on your hard drive. Most spyware deliberately hide files from My Computer, or disguise them with misspelled names that closely mimic the spelling of legitimate files.

To do this, double-click on Program Files under the hard disk drive icon in the My Computer folder, access Common Files, then the Symantec Shared folder, and there you will see the program ccApp.exe. You can also find it in the tasklist on Task Manager. Simply hit ctrl + alt + delete, and Window’s Task Manager will open up showing you all the programs and processes currently running. You will also come across the application every time your computer starts up. Deleting this file is dangerous, as it leaves you wide open to attacks from viruses, worms, spyware, and Trojans.

This means that if you have Norton Internet Security installed in your system, you may have to live with the program’s gargantuan process that’s liable to use up over 50% of your CPU’s system. In this case, the price of protection translates to a slower process once you start up your computer. If this kind of speed keeps getting to you, the best thing you can do is to defer from renewing your subscription when the old one expires, uninstall Norton from your system, and get yourself a new and reliable anti-virus program. Perfect Uninstaller is a good software program uninstall tool if you are struggling to remove programs like Norton through the Windows control panel. 

Downloading and installing software will help you with carrying out Windows XP registry repair rather than having to this manually with a program like Regedit.