dell dimension

I am using a Dell Dimension 3100 with an Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz with 2GB RAM. Also, I am running Windows 7. I am currently using WMP 12 to play DVDs and AnyDVD to help Iplay DVDs I buy when travelling. Recently, in England, I just bought a Star Trek: First Contact DVD. When I put it in my...

I own a dell demension 4600 also i have upgraded the ram to 4 gigs, the cpu to 3.02, a nvidia geForce 6200 agp graphics card, i know i will be needing a sound card, what would you recommend. What i am looking to do is install windows 7 home premium. I seem to have all of the necessary...

Hi I haven't changed an internal hard drive in years but my main concern is getting the correct type of hard drive to add. My friend has a Dell Dimension 8300 from abut 2004 that he want's to add a hard drive to. He has only a 80 Gig drive in it and wants to get some thing it the 160 to 250...

So yesterday I upgraded my computer and installed Windows 7 onto it (from Windows XP). However, the video card does not have an updated driver that it or myself could find and now my screen is fairly screwed, stuck at a resolution of 640 x 480. I was wondering if anyone could help me find a...

I've recently upgraded my desktop from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit. The Ethernet controller seems to be missing a driver. I already downloaded Everest Home Edition. I went to the network tab and PCI / PnP network. All it says is Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller [NoDB]...

About a year ago, I did a clean install from vista 32 bit to Windows 7 professional 64 bit. Everything went smoothly and I had no installation issues. A couple of days ago, my hard drive crashed so I put in a new one and used my computer's recovery cd to load windows xp back on the system. I...

I was wondering if there is any way to change the windows 7 start up logo. Right now when i boot up windows 7 it shows the vista like start up is there any way to change it to the new windows 7 startup logo? specs I upgraded to windows 7 ultimate 32 bit Dual boot windows xp home edition...

I upgraded my Dell Dimension 4600 to Windows 7 (clean install on new hard drive). At first everything worked perfectly. At some point, there was an update installed that included an updated Bluetooth Driver. Now, everything works except for my Windows Keyboard and Mouse Elite for...

I recently installed a fresh copy of Win 7 Home Premium on a Dell Dimension 8400. Apparently everything is fine up to now, except that I can't get any power plans to work. The display does not turn off and the sleep mode doesn't kick in, not even the screen saver works. With XP Pro I had no...

Tale of 2 Computers Dell Dimension 4700 Pentium 4 4gb Ram Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit. Boot Time: Power on to Starting Windows Screen 8 seconds Power on to up and running 38 seconds Home Built System ASUS P7H55D-M EVO Motherboard Intel i5-750 CPU 4gb G-SKILL Ram...

lsst week i noticed, that i had 99GB of unallocted. so i extended it to my current HDD.. when i rebooted the computer i had the message 'autochk program not found- skipping AUTOCHECK' and then the computer reboots endlessly. this is a cycle. i have only found one solutiuon on the net and it...

Hi folks, I have a relative who is running Windows XP Media Center on a Dell Dimension 5100. In my opinion MCE is somewhat "quirky." He expressed interest in upgrading to Windows 7. How well would Windows 7 run on this machine? From what I understand it doesn't run all that bad on older...

it's a bit of a long story, but I have been battling the blue screen of death for months now on my machine. My system specs are: Dell Deminsion 8400 (really just the case and mobo are Dell OEM) Antec 650w psu Geforce 9600GT 512mb western digital harddrive 4GB Crucial ballistix ram Pentium 4...

Hey everyone, I have a Dell Dimension 3000 (running XP) that I want to wipe the hard drive and install Windows 7. The problem is, the computer doesn't have a DVD drive. I can get Windows 7 Professional from my school for only $42, but it's the dvd hard copy version. So is there anyway I can...

Hi all - did a lot of research on this and have seen similar threads but no real solution. I have a Dell dimension 5150 with a junky sigmatel onboard card, Since migrating from vista - im only getting sound through 2 speakers, have lost 5.1 surround. Strange thing is if i go and test the device...

hey i got the 4500 and rebooted with the windows 7, so usually i upgraded from service pack 1 xp, basically i have the drivers disk which i install chipset,audio,and video but none of them work on windows 7. i just wanna go to the internet on it but u cant i was in device manager theres a ! on...

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 currently running Windows XP, and I cannot seem to get past this problem. I have overcome several obstacles just to get to this point, but now I seem to have hit a dead stop, and I am not making any progress at all. "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is...

Hi all, I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my Dell Dimension 9150 a few days ago and applied the Microsoft language pack to translate it in French. Since the beginning, I have the same problem : randomly, the system partially "freeze" during about 10 seconds. I can't open any new window, can't...

I have a Win 7/64 7100 and a Win 7/32 7100. My 64 bit platform set up the homeGroup just fine. My 32 bit Dell Dimension 4700 4 GB ram, after some time, displays the error message "Windows Cannot Setup HomeGroup on This Computer" I ran the networking troubleshooter and the HomeGroup...

Hi. I have installed Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 new drivers, but I can't get the card to go inot the dual monitor mode. Do I need additional drivers--wddm. I really do not understand why it will not show two displays. It works in Windows Xp Pro. Windows 7 is on my 2nd hd, but that should not make...