Windows 10 and BIOS slowness on Inspiron 15 3000 series
FriendsI am trying to help a friend with her Inspiron 15 3000 series (3542). The computer has been running slower and slower, and most of that is caused by too many programs automatically started. So I...
View ArticleUSB Wireless Mouse Stops Working
I have a Dell XPS desktop PC with a Dell USB wireless mouse, running Windows 10. The receiver for the mouse is inserted in one of the four USB3 ports on the rear of the PC.When I insert a USB3 memory...
View ArticleDell SupportAssist gives DriverToaster.exe profile error message
At random times I have been getting this message out of the blue. If I manually open Dell SupportAssist, I also get the error:C:\Program...
View ArticleXPS 15 9560 Blue Screen Errors (3 different) following Windows Fall Creators...
Everything was perfect before Fall Creators. Then within a day I got blue screen PFN_LIST_CORRUPT . Following this, bluetooth mouse was no longer paired and would not pair. Tried to roll back to...
View ArticleSupportAssist fails to open after Windows 10 fall update
clicking on SupportAssist and it starts to open and the opening GUI appears then it just closes before opening SupportAssist. Dell 9360
View ArticleInspiron 5749 error on startup because the digital signature on a file could...
After forcing a hard reset after my laptop hung up for a long time without any display it started trying to repair itself, unsuccessfully. It now permanently hangs up with the following...
View ArticleNMI_HARDWARE_FAILURE - Windows 10 does not boot
Hi guys,I have a Dell Inspiron 3000 series 3543 Laptop with Windows 10. I need help as I'm struggling for the past 2 weeks finding out what is the cause of this error (NMI_HARDWARE_FAILURE) and what is...
View ArticleNightmare with DellSupport update after Win 10 creators update.
Both my Alienware Aurora R5 desktop and Alienware R3 laptop got stuck on an infinite "preparing to repair" flash page upon restart and kept looping back to the page on both systems. I researched for...
View ArticleWindows 10 Fall Creators Update
I previously had Windows Movie Maker 12 and Windows Photo Gallery on My Dell Insperion 5555 that had Windows 10 latest updates 1709 build installed. Now was uodated to Fall Creators Update and those...
View ArticleInspiron 7547 rebooting after Fall Creators Update - R7 M265 video driver issue
After receiving the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10, my Dell Inspiron 7547 laptop reboots almost immediately after booting. Windows disables the Radeon R7 video driver and uses Microsoft's Basic...
View Articleinstalling windows 10 on inspiron 3542 after SSD upgrade
Hi,I bought my inspiron 3542 (i5 4210u, 4gb Ram, 1TB HDD) 2 years ago. It came with windows 8.1 pre-installed and I've upgraded to windows 10 during the free upgrade period.However, I would like to...
View ArticleXPS 13 9365 = Sleep and Hibernate problem after Fall creator, computer goes...
The post talking abou this subject seems to have been closed without reason as the problem is NOT SOLVED The computer is still not going to sleep or hibernate but instead of this goes ao AIRPLANEThere...
View ArticleInspiron 11-3147, Windows 10 (1709), touchpad not working
After the Windows 10 updated to version 1709, the touchpad is not recognized. As a result, native drivers were not set. The touchpad works, but there is no skrol and other gestures. It is impossible to...
View ArticleDell System Detect errors...
Hello,My event viewer reports many Dell System Detect errors Event ID 0 - in fact 20 of these errors in the last week and always in pairs... I have seen this issue mentioned on the ‘net but don’t...
View ArticleFree up space in DELL\Update\Downloads
Hi, My Inspiron 3148 C drive is almost full and I was trying to do a cleanup. I saw this folder C:\ProgramData\DELL\Update\Downloads taking up considerable space. Can I delete files & folders under...
View ArticleCan not set up Win10 on Dell XPS 12
Hello!I have a Dell XPS 12 (model XPS 129250). Previous owner made a factory reset.Now I'm trying to setup Windows 10. But after selecting a language and setting some on-off options it shows me a "Just...
View ArticleWindows 10 Fall Creators Update
I would like to comment on the Fall Creator's Edition Update of Windows 10! This has to be one of the biggest disasters that Microsoft has ever accomplished. As one can see from the various problems...
View ArticleHow to (permanently) delete Alps Electric Dell Touchpad Driver?
This thing keeps coming back, it refuses to stay deleted.I want to remove/delte the Alps Electric driver for Dell Touchpad, and I go to Apps settings and Uninstall it. Things work better until some...
View ArticleInspiron 15R-N5110 (2011), Windows 10, Driver issues
Hi all, I have a Dell Inspiron N5110 laptop with core i3, x64 based processor and Intel HD 3000 Graphics driver (Sandy bridge). I had been using Windows 7 for 6 years and I decided to upgrade to...
View ArticleDell Inspiron 15 5567 Can't disable Secure Boot to boot from USB drive
A little background, my laptop suddenly crashed one day and it would not start windows, it would simply get past the Dell logo and then the screen would stay black until shutdown.After a couple of...
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