System Restore Discs - How To Get Them?
Can someone tell me how I can get system restore discs for my Inspiron 537 with Vista Business? Hard drive has failed, I do not have restore media. I have tried to talk with anyone in Dell who will...
View ArticleOptiplex 790, HDD not found on boot
We have a half dozen or more of these <profanity removed> Optiplex 790's that are suffering the same issue of "hard drive not found". You can power it off and it will usually then boot. We are...
View Articledriver for dell optiplex gx620 for Windows 7
I ran a compatibility test and was told that my 128 MB ATI Radeo X600 SE driver on my Optiplex GX 620 with XP is incompatible with Windows 7. Would anyone tell me where I could get/download a...
View ArticleRecognizing and Reporting Phishing and Whaling Attempts
Regarding the article "Social Engineering – Recognizing Phishing / Whaling attempts" http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/virus-spyware/f/3522/t/19599150our friends at SpywareHammer, have a...
View ArticleDell T3500
I am running Windows 7 on this machine. Can someone tell me if I can upgrade to Windows 8.1.I was told that to do this, the machine must support 'Second Level Address Translation.' I have noidea how to...
View ArticlePrecision T1500 CPU Upgrade core i5 to i7?
I have a Dell Precision T1500 with a core i5 processor, specifically i5 750. The spec sheet says that the T1500 will support i7 processors, but not which ones. Does any know if a core i7 920 will work...
View ArticleWindows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this...
I got my new computer a couple of days ago, and to make it easier I'll list everything I've done:1. Set-up Computer2. It had Windows 7 Pro. Installed.3. I put the Windows 8.1 install disc in.4. It took...
View ArticleHow do I set Inspiron 3647 to Auto Power On Weekdays only?
I'm able to get to area where I can set the system to power up but the options are every day or a specific day - I cannot find the weekday option for the Inspiron 3847 or the Inspiron 3647. All my...
View ArticleBlank taskbar icons accompanied by sluggish system
Hi folks -We've got an XPS that's experiencing sluggishness to the point where the system appears frozen (after a minute or so it'll semi-recover). One symptom that might give a clue is lacking...
View ArticleDisk defragmenter will not open
Hello, I have a inspiron 530 running Vista and i wanted to clean up some files i dont need any more, i did that but now defragmenter will not open. Can anyone point me in the right direction, thank you.
View ArticleYahoo servers hacked
Romanian hackers used Shellshock bug to hack Yahoo's serversIt just never ends... [:S]
View ArticleBugzilla bug makes security flaws accessible
Bugzilla is the Mozilla site and software that tracks details of unpatched bugs in Firefox etc.A vulnerability in Bugzilla could be exploited by attackers to view detailed information regarding unfixed...
View ArticlePC keeps shutting down while gaming?
Hi, so I just got this new dell inspiron desktop a month ago.Whenever I play any sort of game(WOW, diablo, the sims, skyrim) after about anywhere from 15 to an hour of playing my computer completely...
View ArticleSATA0 Connector doesn't work
Hello,I'm strugling with this problem in a dell optiplex mini-tower 390, where I think the sata0 connector is not working, I tried the harddrive in another computer and worked fine, it give a...
View ArticleT5500 upgraded to Windows 8.1 x64 no longer recognises E-sata port
Hi there, as the title says, since installing Windows 8.1 on our T5500 workstation, the external Esata port is giving us problems.Nothing shows up for our connected Raid drive under disk management,...
View ArticleXPS 8500 RAM UPGRADE
My XPS 8500 came with 4 x 2gb ram [8gb total] I wanted to upgrade and saw a great deal on 2 x 8 gb modules.When it arrives, should I remove the 4x 2gb and replace with the 2 x 8gb, or can I leave 2...
View ArticleDell XPS 8500 USB ports have disappeared
My Dell XPS 8500 running Windows 8.1 has suddenly stopped recognizing my USB ports; and of course my mouse and keyboard are connected through USB........clueless in NB
View ArticleRestore
Is there a way to restore the system back to factory specs when the Windows 8 icon in the lower left corner is not working?
View ArticleXPS 8500 No boot device available...
My 1 year old XPS 8500 is just barely out of warranty and just stopped booting. I have had intermittent problems with it not coming back from sleep mode prior to this, but unfortunately didn't submit...
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