I bought a Toshiba 17 inch C675 and have some problems

i made the setting 150% so the buttons are big and the Windows menu are big. But this made the Chrome browser overblown, while it didn't affect IE. How do I make Chrome it's normal size, and also I downloaded the LastPass whole package but it seems like it wasn't installed on the IE, while it was on the Chrome.

Also when I signed in to Chrome it has a saved version of it from long time back, not the most recent. So how can I save new set of bookmarks and extensions for my GOogle Chrome account?

 

1. To resize chrome, in the upper right window of your Chrome browser, click the "wrench" icon. You'll then see "Zoom" in the dropdown window, select the zoom you want.

2. I use IE 8, don't know which Internet Explorer you use.
For IE 8, click the "Page" button in the upper right side of the main IE browser. In the dropdown select the zoom you want.

3. I've never heard of or used LastPass before, so you may want to check their support site: https://lastpass.com/support.php?lpnorefresh=1


Good luck and keep us posted.

 

1. For the Chrome, the whole browser is zoomed in. So I think it has to do with the system.

2. I use IE9.

 

Maybe try to resize the system windows size.

Click: control panel ---> Appearance and Personalization --> Display.
Then select the windows size you want: small, medium, large.

 

It's just Chrome that's overblown. All others are ok.

 

My original reply should work, if it's only Chrome that has the abnormal text size.

 

Well that's the problem. I want everything to be 150% (for example the buttons so that it's easier to click them)

But I don't want the whole browser to be blown out. It's puzzling why this only happens to Chrome and IE also.

Also, Adobe reader is blown out as well.

Another problem I have is that this computer seems to be slower than a Samsung that I bought but returned, which was an intel pentium 950 (and this Toshiba I have is 960).


How can this be? Perhaps could the Samsung have a better motherboard or something that makes it faster?

 

Best bet is not allow Windows 7 to override the zoom settings of programs, and go back to the default windows settings using the advise above. For each program you can try manually setting a zoom with each program [Chrome, IE, Adobe]. Also, it may help to lower your screen resolution, as that will also increase the size of text and windows on your desktop.

Those CPUs only have marginal differences, they should perform the same without any noticable differences.
See these links to compare the CPUs:
B950: Intel® Pentium® Processor B950 (2M Cache, 2.10 GHz)
B960: Intel® Pentium® Processor B960 (2M Cache, 2.20 GHz)

Other things that affect system performance are: amount of ram, speed of harddrive [5400 rpm vs 7200 rpm], amount of programs running in background [goes back to amount of ram]. All these factors must be considered when comparing varying laptops.

To help address system performance, make sure you only when virus scanner when the laptop is not being actively used, and disable unneeded startup programs in windows.


Good luck

 

Ok. Also I had an HP laptop that I returned, and it said on the review page of it (since deleted) that if you clean the computer somehow (I forgot what it was called but I pressed the Windows button on the left and keyed in the word and ran the program) the speed doubled (a little exaggeration). Anyway, I do think it became faster and I would like to do that to this Toshiba.

Do you know what this function is called?

 

I'm unfamiliar with HP laptops; perhaps its a builtin function that runs a system cleaner to delete temporary files and clean internet browser data and files ?

A program that I use and does a similar job [to what I stated above] is CCleaner. I use it to clean out my system once a week.
CCleaner - PC Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download
You may want to study up on what the cleaning options do; as there are a lot of them. My advise would be, if you don't know what it is, don't check it.
CCleaner - CCleaner Settings

Good luck

 

One problem I have with this Toshiba is that it doesn't have good sounds and also has very small mousepad. How do I get around this?

 

From my understanding, the C-Series is Toshiba's lowest tier laptop series. You may fair better with a Toshiba that has Harman/Kardon speakers, but they are usually the Satellite P series, and higher end Qosmio laptops. As for the mouse pad, for most PCs they are inadequate.

As a fix for the C-series, if you use the laptop at a desk, you can try external speakers and a USB/wireless mouse.


Good luck

 

By the way, how do you get rid of the crapware on this? I heard one of the first thing you should do when you get a new computer is to trash the crapware to speed up the computer.

 

Here's a detailed specification sheet for a generic C675 which includes a list of factory installed software on your laptop [this is not necessarily your model as I do not know your exact C675 submodel].
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/product/pdf_files/detailed_specs/satellite_C675-S7318.pdf

Anything under "3rd Party Software" and "Trial Software" is fair game [However I would recommend keeping Microsoft Office Starter as it comes with standard versions of Word and Excel].

Good luck

 

A lot of those preinstalled things are needed, except the trial softwares. And I feel trial softwares don't really take that much space. So is crapware a myth?

Anyways,
I'm having WiFi connection problem with my Toshiba C675.

I had internet connection problem with this Toshiba before too and returned it without figuring out how to get the internet back.

Anyways, the internet connects to the free WiFi at our apartment but doesn't connect to the home internet (connects but no internet).

And then even the free internet didn't work for a while (for about an hour) and then after multiple tries it works now, but I don't know when it's going to not work again. Is it a sign of broken WiFi catcher?