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I implemented Dell's Data Protection/Encryption on the C:/ drive of my 30 month old Latitude 5400 series laptop in late-2014. I disabled that same encryption mid-2015, because it detracted too much...
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I've a T3500 XP Windows 64 bit which has served me really well for years. I am very reluctant to upgrade the OS but expectedly it is coming to a point where many of the software min requirement is...
View ArticleWindows 8 DVD
Not exactly sure where to post this, but I'll leave this here for the time being.I have an X51 desktop that shipped with Windows 8 installed. Since purchasing (three years ago), I have recently...
View ArticleHow to do a manual factory reset when..
HiI have a Dell Inspirion 15. Ever since I upgraded to windows 10, I can not get on my laptop, It will load and I get an error msg that a data app kitf ollow wont open it's a run dll error. I click X...
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I had to have my HD formatted and now I need the product key for activation but the cd is long gone and the label under the laptop is illegible. Tried some apps and also generic numbers, neither...
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Is it possible to downgrade the Operating System of Inspiron 3451 from Windows 8.1 to Windows 7?My mom is asking me to make this laptop to run a Windows 7 instead of Windows 8.1 as she is having...
View ArticleWindows 10 has killed my Dell Inspiron 14z Ultrabook - Help!
Against better judgement, I allowed my 14z to install W10. It performed like a dog, but worked OK. However Office 10 was unusably slow, possibly because I was running a 32-bit version. My troubles...
View ArticleComplaint about Microsoft's Licensing Practices
Dear Microsoft+Dell,I recently bought a Dell laptop coming with Windows 7 Pro. The Windows were preinstalled, and of course they were running fine. A small worry come up to me when I noticed that the...
View ArticleUnknown device on my Dell Optiplex 7020
Hi,I have a dell optiplex 7020, with Windows 7 pro 64 bit installed. I have tried to update the system and install all the drivers/application on dell website, but there's still one "Unknown device"I...
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How to Upgrade to Windows 10 - Information on Obtaining a Clean Install
Identify What Edition of Windows 10(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)A Device with Windows 10 Home OEM or Windows 10 Home Single Language OEM preinstalled. Unfortunately Microsoft don’t distinguish between these...
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I have ordered the basic 8900 with i7 and 1TB and 8MB. I noticed that one particular option at the time I ordered came with a SSD drive in addition to the 1TB that most came with.To save quite a few...
View Articlewifi driver for inspiron 15 5558 on Win7 64
I just installed windows 7 64bit on my new Dell Inspiron 15 5558 and I'm having problems installing the wifi driver.I tried the drivers section on Dell website for this model and OS version but the...
View ArticleNew 2015Alienware 17-R2: Moving OS from HDD to SSD
Hello,I gonna have a new alienware 17 R2 next month. It just has a 1TB HDD, I want to buy a SAMSUNG 850 EVO MZ-N5E120BW M.2 120GB SATA III Internal SSD online and use it for the OS and games. Since I...
View ArticleWindows 7 Installation Disk
I need to reinstall Windows 7 on my Dell Latitude E6230 laptop. I went to the Microsoft web site to download Windows 7 but when I entered the Windows Product Key, they told me to ask Dell for...
View ArticleHow to get my original windows product key
greetings!i bought this dell inspiron 5520 few years ago for my son to university. over the years i had reformatted / reinstalled couple of times (as with my other computers, to clean out the garbage...
View ArticleClean windows 7 install on SSD
HelloCan someone help me out how to do a clean install on a SSD hard disk. I have a Dell XPS L502x windows 7 home premium.The told me its better to do a clean install on you're new SSD hard disk. But I...
View ArticleWindows 7 Dell laptop issues.
I know I have viruses but I can't figure out how to reset my computer without a disc. When I turn on my computer I can't sign in. It is a blank profile an it says username and password. That's as far...
View ArticleWarranty void question and also hardware issue
Hi there, I have an Inspiron 15R SE. Bought it in 2013, been great.I've decided to downgrade it to win7 back then as win8 really was annoying to deal with. But I'm scared, does that void my HARDWARE...
View Article(Factory Restore) F8 is not taking me to restore screen "Latitude...
Hello,I want to restore my windows 7 by pressing F8 the screen is not coming up for repair windows to reload factory Image need help.Thanks
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