Latitude E5550 - BIOS Upgrade Failing
I have just received a Latitude 15 5000 Series (E5550) with BIOS A07 installed. Looking through the drivers and software section for the device on the Dell webpage indicates that an update to the A10...
View ArticleInspiron 3650 ships with Win10PRO. What's the downgrade rights procedure...
HI,just bought 4 inspiron 3650's with Win10pro preinstalled. For business applications, I require win8.1pro to be installed on the machines. Microsoft (and Dell) claim to grnat the right to downgrade...
View Articleinstalling windows 7 on new drive in XPS 8900 desktop
I just bought the XPS 8900 desktop.Was supposed to come with windows 10 but when it boots it is windows 7 pro sp1.So I replaced the drive with a samsung 500GB ssd.Booted from my windows 7 ultimate cd...
View ArticleActivate new version of windows 8
A friend of mine had an Inspiron all in one 2330. They were having problems with it and asked me to get them a whole new desktop, and build it, which I did - a Dell of course :-). I paid them for the...
View ArticleHow to perform a clean installation of window 8.1?
Hello,I'm using an Alienware X51 R2 with the follwing specs (if this matters):Intel i5 4440U 3.3GHzAMD R9 270 2GB8GB RAM1TB HDDBasically, my alienware ran into a lot of crashes lately before I did my...
View ArticleWindows Vista Key for Windows 7?
I'm having a local guy do some maintenance on my computer which originally came with WIndows 7 Home Premium. I had done the Windows 10 upgrade and thought I might want to return to Win 7. He says my...
View ArticleDELL OmniPlex 760 Win7 ONLY???
My 760 seems to be stuck on accepting the recovery disk's version ov Win 7 as THE only OS??? I've 1) tried 3 different (blank) HDDs, 2) five (5) different Windows OSes and 3) inserting the OSes the...
View ArticleDowngrade from Windowa 10 to Windowa 7
I have a brand new Inspiron 3459-5025BLK All-in-one. It currently has a Windows 10 64bit OS. I like Windows 7 better. How do I install Windows 7 64bit OS,and make it work? Also, can I replace the HHD...
View Articlehard drive
my hard drive went bad in my 740 installed new one when installing win/7 it gets so far then ask for drivers where do i get the drivers?
View ArticleXPS 8900 Default SSD/HDD Configuration
I recently received a XPS 8900 with a 256GB SSD and a 2 TD HDD. On arrival the HDD wasn't visible to the operating system. This was resolved after assistance from the Dell technical team.After...
View ArticleHARD DRIVE ERROR 2000-0142
My hard drive got an error and it is to be replaced. Model is 15r 5521 and i want to know whether sata 3 and 7200rpm is compatible for it or not?
View ArticleXPS 8900 Adding Second Hard Drive
Good day:I recently purchased a Dell XPS 8900 with a C drive WDC WD10EZEX-75M2NA0. I have a dell Vostro 430 with a C drive Samsung HD103SJ that I am not using anymore. I wish to install the Samsung HD...
View ArticleDell Latitude e6420 ALPS Touchpad on Windows 10
Hello.I've just updated my e6420 to Windows 10, and I have a problem with the ALPS touchpad.If no driver for it is installed, Windows see it as a PS/2 Mouse, and the touchpad works (no multitouch, no...
View Articlerevert to W7 from W10
I need steps and concerns to delete W10 and reinstall W7 from a USB
View ArticleXPS 8500 - Anyone successful with Windows 10 ?
As per subject has anyone successfully install Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 8500 ?I've read posts about drivers not being available, other say they work fine..I've read the BIOS won't support it... other...
View ArticleHow to Install Windows 7 on a new SSD, from Dell Windows 7 DVD
I have a new SSD for my Precision 7510 workstation. I need to install windows 7 on it from the DVD provided by Dell. The DVD has no Drivers and consequently when I try and install, I get a message...
View ArticleDell Studio One 1909 Touch Screen
I was recently given a Dell Studio One 1909 to do with as I pleased. Basically I took it to save it from the landfill.I can't get the touch screen function to work at all. I'm wondering if all of the...
View ArticleInspirons 13 7000 (7347) Ghost touch
I am Italian but leaving in Germany. I bought the 7347 1 year ago and just recently I started working more often on this PC and noticing this problem..I know that this is very common for this laptop...
View ArticleWill my Dell product ID for windows work if I reinstall windows with a repair...
Just want to make sure, because Microsoft wont allow OEM product keys to download the Windows image from their page.But if I find the install/repair disc, I won't have problems with my product ID and...
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...
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