new inspiron 15 100% hard disk, windows updates fail
I just brought a new inspiron 15, windows 10, 1tb conventional disk. After leaving it for a while (3 hours) to go through its updates the system is running 100% HDD continuously . Performance is...
View Articlenot able to create a recovery drive
I have a brand new precision 3510 ( win10 64bit ) and as instructed tried to create a recovery drive through windows.The problem is that when having the "backup system files to the recovery drive" box...
View ArticleWill upgrading to Win 10 Professional allow me to control downloads and...
Hi, I have a Windows 10 Home edition. In this version of Windows updates are automatic and get installed on the system on their own. This creates problems for my work and also causes network usage...
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Unable to resize 2 snapped windows simultaneously
I got a DELL XPS 15 a week ago. It doesn't let me resize 2 snapped windows simultaneously.Specifically, this doesn't happen :-I'm having to manually resize the other window every time i resize one. I...
View ArticleAlienware X51 R2 command center can't change case lights after windows 10...
So I upgraded my SSD to 500gbs did a clean windows 10 install, updated everything from the X51 R2 resource page. I've tried everything from the troubleshoot page, clean uninstall, update bios and...
View ArticleIssues with XPS 15 9550 laptop and Windows update KB3213986
I've been having issues updating Windows 10 with packages KB3213986 and KB320632 for the past few months. I've been trying to get support via the Microsoft community portal for some time now, but don't...
View ArticleW10 Creator Update 1703 build, XPS8700 lost Card Reader Icons in Windows...
I got the latest files again from the XPS 8700 Drivers (XPS-8700_Removable-Storage_Application_NMR90_WN32_10.0.10125.31214_A00.EXE) and that didn't work. Then tried the XPS 8500 file...
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XPS 15 9560 random hard drive failure
Anyone else having this problem? My XPS 15 seems to have random hard drive failures at least once a week. The machine will recover from this failure but it's troubling at the least! I've updated all...
View ArticleAnyone know how to get Windbg working 15063
I am trying to check my dump files on the new Creator's build but keep getting error messages related to not being able to find ntoskrnl.exe.Not sure if all the path not found errors when doing a...
View ArticlePrecision 3510 - Windows 10 says it has a touch screen but it doesn't
I get pop up keyboards, applications offering to switch to touch screen mode and all kinds of other problems.So how do I get Windows to realize there is no touch screen? It's not in the HID section in...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 10 On Inspiron 620
I'm thinking about installing Windows 10 on a Dell Inspiron 620 - circa 2011 currently running Windows 7 Home Premium. Has anyone had any experience with this? What problems should I expect? Thanks...
View ArticleCan't Install DirectPlay in Windows 10?
I am uing a Inspiron 5548 Laptop and playing some games on Windows 10, which requires DirectPlay. But when I install it I have an error message "Error code: 0x80073701".I've tried sfc /scannow in...
View ArticleWindows 10 Complete Format
I bought new Laptop with preinstalled Windows 10 Home Single User. I want to do complete format because of performance reason. I want to know that in which step, it ask for license key and how can I...
View ArticleInspiron 7547 missing drivers in Device Manager
After replacing a dead HD and reinstalling Windows 10 Pro, and installing all known drivers that I could find, there are 3 drivers still showing as missing in Dev Mgr:PCI Data Acquisition and Signal...
View ArticleFormatting Dell Inspiron 5559 and making recovery
I have a laptop with pre installed windows 10. I want to do complete format of laptop. Please share me the steps of formatting laptop and making recovery. How much memory i have to keep separate for...
View ArticleFresh install/update to Windows 10 Creator - What key
Have an Inspiron 3268, and just wondering how the licencing works. Currently has Win10 Home, and would like to update to the Creator version - will I need a key, or will it just recognise that it has...
View ArticleOld Dell E4300 Laptop missing compatible drivers after Win 10 creators update
After updating my wife's old Dell E4300 with the new Windows 10 creators update, two drivers are shown as missing in the Device Manager. There are:Device description: Base System DeviceDevice instance...
View ArticleE6430 Windows PE 10.0.14393.0 BlueScreen
Hello,we just encountered that some E6430 got a bluescreen while trying to image this computer with a task sequence. In detail, the computer bluescreens while initializing hardware devices (reference...
View ArticleXPS 15-9550, 5 to 10 second freezing
I'm experiencing intermittent freezing with my 5 month old 9550I've seen a similar problem for the 9560 hereThe freezing mainly happens after the screen has come out of standby mode, then when using...
View ArticleDowngrading
I have an XPS 8900 that came with Windows 10 on it. I want to install Windows 7. Other than preference and opinions, does anyone know of a reason why it won't work?
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