now it's been stuck on update 6 of 18 for over 1/2 hour, anyone else? harmful to force a power-off? I gotta get home sometime!

daninboulder wrote:now it's been stuck on update 6 of 18 for over 1/2 hour, anyone else? harmful to force a power-off? I gotta get home sometime!

Just click cancel on the update process and finish it when you get home.

32ndFlava wrote:Try the Portable version of Chrome at portableapps.com. I got all of my software from there, from antivirus, to VLC media player. After everything was installed I still had almost 18GB free! I used Chrome Version 7 Beta, and it works great!

Hope this isnt a silly question, but whats the difference with the portableapps? Do they have all the same features? Equally as stable? This is the first device Ive had that Ive had to keep space in mind so I'm trying to do whats best to keep it functioning.

Mine got lost in shipping. Oh well. At least I am getting a refund. Considering what I have read here and reviews everywhere else, I think I am going to get a bit more green together and buy an iPad.

I have tested one before, and I think it fits my particular use case better than the Asus.

The only reason I got it was a impulse buy due to the price, and that I could get it sooner than the iPad.

oh well. It would have been a fun tinkering machine.

Does anyone know how to enable browsing a web page by sliding your finger across the screen (sliding your finger up and down will move the contents of the page up and down)? My iPhone has spoiled me by allowing webpage navigation merely by a finger swipe.

trdcelica wrote:Does anyone know how to enable browsing a web page by sliding your finger across the screen (sliding your finger up and down will move the contents of the page up and down)? My iPhone has spoiled me by allowing webpage navigation merely by a finger swipe.

By using the mobile version of the web page. The T91MT uses a full version of Windows 7 Premium, therefore you are viewing the full webpages rather than the stripped mobile ones that phones use.

Received mine today, and have spent most of the evening playing with it. Runs well - as fast as my Acer - and I even downloaded Kindle for PC on it,and love that I can turn it into a table and read it.

I'm still getting used to the smaller keyboard,but that will come in time. So far I am thinking it was worth the price, though I wish it had a bigger hard drive.

still patiently waiting . All I have is a tracking number that isn't in the system?!?!?

Still looking forward to it though, think positive!!

Does anyone know what the little button next to the power power button is? It has the picture of a hand pressing a button and of a screen switching orientation.

When I click it it opens some odd menu. I guess my main question is this button supposed to change the screen orientation when you have the netbook as a tablet?

krisannb wrote:Hope this isnt a silly question, but whats the difference with the portableapps? Do they have all the same features? Equally as stable? This is the first device Ive had that Ive had to keep space in mind so I'm trying to do whats best to keep it functioning.

All I really know is that it keeps the installed space down. For example, Google Chrome is 350MB installed and the portable version is 34MB. You can put the portable versions on USB flash drives and move them from one PC to another and still access the program because it doesn't install anything to your actual PC, just the Flash Drive. In this case, I just put them on my desktop in a folder titled "Portable" because they don't really install to Program Files on the C: drive.

Sorry if it didn't really answer your question. But as far as Google Chrome portable, It has all the same functionality. Bookmarks and extensions can be added. And VLC Portable plays videos just fine. They are just smaller in size.

TapDancingChrist wrote:Does anyone know what the little button next to the power power button is? It has the picture of a hand pressing a button and of a screen switching orientation.

When I click it it opens some odd menu. I guess my main question is this button supposed to change the screen orientation when you have the netbook as a tablet?

Hold the button for 3 seconds and you will see a graphic come up on the center of the screen of a person. The longer you hold it the more it will rotate by 90 degrees. That is how you can change the orientation of the screen.

Hope this helped.

trdcelica wrote:Does anyone know how to enable browsing a web page by sliding your finger across the screen (sliding your finger up and down will move the contents of the page up and down)? My iPhone has spoiled me by allowing webpage navigation merely by a finger swipe.

There is a plug in for firefox that lets you do this. Here's the link.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1250/


Enjoy!

TapDancingChrist wrote:
When I click it it opens some odd menu. I guess my main question is this button supposed to change the screen orientation when you have the netbook as a tablet?

If you hold it, a little person comes up and starts turning directions. This is how you change the screen direction when using it as a tablet. Wait until the little person is the direction you want to see the screen and let it go.

Took me a bit to figure it out, too, but thank goodness the thing came with a manual.

Anybody having a problem with the screen rotating on its own? If I touch the screen in a certain way it seems to start rotating. Maybe its not grounded properly? Going to return it if its not fixable.

The button that controls the rotation for the screen doesn't work for me. I did remove a lot of bloatware when I got the machine so maybe the button was linked to one of those piece of software?

miked475 wrote:There is a plug in for firefox that lets you do this. Here's the link.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1250/


Enjoy!

I, for one, praise this kind soul and acknowledge their wealth of knowledge!

Dude this is what I needed to surf web pages in tablet mode. Thanks a lot man!

Here is a little program I found that makes for a finger friendly way to rotate the screen: http://labs.karpanen.fi/tfsoft/tablettools.shtml
Drag the rotate screen icon into the start bar for easy access. I also set up a custom flick gesture for fullscreen (F11). That helps a great deal in tablet mode. I also recommend turning off the eye candy (Aero, etc.) Good luck fellow wooters.

Is it properly grounded???

Background: I just got it, and havn't turned it on. I'm charging it at the moment.

Scenario:
I'm wearing my sweet ablePlanet headphones (yay woot), no music at the moment. Whenever I touch any peice of metal on the netbook I hear and instant buzzing in the headphones. I remove my hand and it stops. I noticed it first when touching the long metal strip occross the top side of the netbook. I then touched the ethernet port, usb, etc. Same thing.

Thoughts???

(Note, I'm no electrition/electrical engineer. or at the very least, I don't own a voltmeter. )

For those of you (like me) who have issues with resting your palm on the screen when trying to write in Window's Journal, go here:

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Look up the Eee Family -> Eee PC -> T101MT and download the "Touch Series Applications" under Utilities. Install the PenWrite software. This will allow you to switch between a finger and pen mode; pen mode allows you to rest your palm on the screen when writing!

(Credit goes to http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=698157#p698157 )

The spacebar on mine is almost unusable, and makes typing very frustrating. I have to consciously press the spacebar in just the right spot, which often takes 2-3 attempts and makes me want to just take meeting notes on paper. The right side doesn't work at all, which is where I instinctively hit space, judging from the shiny spot on all my keyboards' spacebars. I'll be contacting Asus for a repair, which is really disappointing.

Aside from that, I like the little system quite a bit. It's actually remarkably snappy after upgrading to 2 GB and wiping the drive to load a clean copy of the OS.

nicklcarey wrote:I've got mine working great. Upgraded to 2gb of ram and got rid of crap software. I also rooted my phone so I can have wifi where ever I want. (Suck it Verizon I pay for internet once already). I've got youtube working.

**If you are having problems with youtube got t www.yotube.com/xl It takes some of the features away but it loads and doesn't skip.***


Down side is fingerprints like a mutha. I've got a screen protector and a skin on the way.... WOOT WOOT WOOT!

I installed the exact same RAM you purchased. Windows can boot smoothly, but the system still shows 1GB RAM. Do I need to upgrade software in order to accept the 2G RAM? Thanks!

UPDATED: Problem resolved by updating BIOS

zhukexian wrote:I installed the exact same RAM you purchased. Windows can boot smoothly, but the system still shows 1GB RAM. Do I need to upgrade software in order to accept the 2G RAM? Thanks!

UPDATED: Problem resolved by updating BIOS

How did you go about updating your bios? I've been to the Asus support page, but they list 60 something updates for the T91. Which ones should I get?

Not a bad little machine, not quite what I was looking for though.

jeffk11 wrote:How did you go about updating your bios? I've been to the Asus support page, but they list 60 something updates for the T91. Which ones should I get?

you can try using Asus updater that came with the computer

I want to reinstall a fresh windows 7 on mine. What of the drivers do I need to download from the asus support page for this netbook?

also, is there any way to make videos not choppy in tablet mode??

I had a prompt asking me if I wanted to change the color mode and I said yes... how do I change it back??

jeffk11 wrote:How did you go about updating your bios? I've been to the Asus support page, but they list 60 something updates for the T91. Which ones should I get?

I just used the Asus update utility. You can just search "update" in the start menu.details can be found here http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments_content.aspx?no=714
Hope it helps

Ken99287 wrote:I want to reinstall a fresh windows 7 on mine. What of the drivers do I need to download from the asus support page for this netbook?

also, is there any way to make videos not choppy in tablet mode??

win7 will cover 90% of drivers. right after my fresh install of win7, i was able to use touch screen. There is probably no way to prevent choppy vid during tablet because the integrated graphics card already comes with the latest updated driver after the win7 install.

trdcelica wrote:The button that controls the rotation for the screen doesn't work for me. I did remove a lot of bloatware when I got the machine so maybe the button was linked to one of those piece of software?

this also happened to me,i did some bloatware removal and it seemedthat i disabled one of them. the program responsible for the home key ability is called Asus EEEpc hotkey service, click it and run it and the key works again

I have been unable to make it startup successfully automatically at boot however,i dragged it to startup folder and nothing, if anyone knows how to start it up automatically it would be much appreciated@!

I didn't get a pen. Should I address this issue with Woot or Asus?

Okay I have netflix and youtube working WITHOUT buffer issues. Heres how.

Update windows
install 2gb ram
install mozilla
Enjoy!

ponie2kool wrote:win7 will cover 90% of drivers. right after my fresh install of win7, i was able to use touch screen. There is probably no way to prevent choppy vid during tablet because the integrated graphics card already comes with the latest updated driver after the win7 install.

will everything work like the screen rotation button? flick? multi-touch?

There's got to be a way to disable the "de-tune" in tablet mode. It just needs to think it's still in netbook mode, right?

Got this for my wife...

Spent about five hours yesterday "tuning" the machine (including the jump to 2GB RAM). I'm also a PC minimalist, so I like to do things like kill the start menu and blank the desktop (I use ObjectDock with no animations as a quick start shortcut).

She wanted it for on the fly photo display/editing when she's on a shoot (pop in the SD card, bring up PS, quick actions, throw the pic full screen to show the client). It actually works GREAT for that.

For the amount of money this thing cost it's a hell of a machine. The wife is happy with it so I'm happy with it.

FWIW - I also lost the tablet mode button after blowing through the list of programs I removed. Went back to Asus's site and downloaded the two touch utilities and reinstalled. Presto! The button started working again. I also disabled the Windows Tablet PC functions; had to re-enable that to get my touch keyboard back.

Ogres Mangling Freaky Ghouls! almost forgot!

How many freaking language packs does Office need? For frick's sake! Uninstalling all of those gave me a small brain blood clot.

I just got mine. Charged it all night, and it doesn't want to power on. Any suggestions?

My power brick does have a blue light on when plugged in, but that's the only sign of life I have.

nicklcarey wrote:Okay I have netflix and youtube working WITHOUT buffer issues. Heres how.

Update windows
install 2gb ram
install mozilla
Enjoy!

what resolution?
I can squeeze in 720p youtube sometimes when im lucky with chrome, im wondering if firefox is better?

If anyone wants to sell their netbook please get at me at {{mod edit: no personal info in public forums, please. If you wish to exchange private information, please use the woot private messaging system (the envelopes next to user names and the envelope at the top right of your forum frame). Thanks!}}

thanks!

oh yeah, i would like it to work please.

stinkfeet wrote:I didn't get a pen. Should I address this issue with Woot or Asus?

lol you should check on the bottom right corner of the netbook. that silver corner has the pen. push if right ward

For the people who bought a screen protector, where did you get yours? The only one I see on Amazon is 30 dollars plush shipping.
Thanks

zhukexian wrote:I just used the Asus update utility. You can just search "update" in the start menu.details can be found here http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments_content.aspx?no=714
Hope it helps

The updates are listed under T91 but the whole name itself...

Does anyone know where I can get a fresh bare Windows 7 Home Premium? I'm guessing the disk that came with the machine will have all the extra crap on it, right?