dell inspiron

  1. Windows 8 Mouse and Keyboard not working Win 8.1 64gb Desktop

    I have a three year old dell inspron desktop running updated windows 8.1 64bit. Suddenly NONE of the input devices are working. I've tried several different wireless mice, and I've tried both a wired and wireless keyboard. NOTHING. I've tried using different ports (both on the computer on on...
  2. Windows Vista Windows Vista Install

    I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 PP29L running Windows Vista. The system freezes while booting from the HDD. During a boot into safe mode the system locks up at Loaded: \Windows\system 32\drivers\crcdisk.sys I have been trying to boot from a Windows Vista install disk, but it freezes as well. It...
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    Windows 10 Revert windows 10 to previous version

    I have a Dell Inspiron N5050 that has been upgraded to windows 10. I doesnt work properly. (It suffers from the black screen on boot issue where you have to close and open the lid to get the display to show, plus the desktop continuous flicker/refreshing issue, plus the start menu will not show...
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    Windows 10 Multiple Personality BSOD

    Hello all- I reluctantly turn to the online forum community for help, as I like to fix things myself, though I really am stuck here. I appreciate your assistance in advance! I have a dell inspiron 15 which i bought only 2.5 years ago. Around 7 months ago, i noticed it began BSOD'ing...
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    Windows 10 Unable to perform or search for updates

    I recently upgraded to Windows 10 on my Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop from Windows 7. After updating, I'm unable to check on updates. I get: There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for...
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    Windows 10 Tried to install Windows 10

    I was running Windows7 on a Dell Inspiron Laptop. Was sent a link to upgrade to Windows 10. I clicked on this link and started to upgrade to Windows 10. Everything seemed to be working right. During the process there were message on screen saying stuff like it's just about done, it shouldn't be...
  7. Windows 8 Windows Flashing

    Hello guys! I have a problem on my Dell Inspiron 5537 notebook and no longer know what to do. Basically, the virtual keyboard icon flashes, and other labels, such as calculator, sometimes excel. This causes delays in the system and has moments that desktop lock completely. The only alternative...
  8. Windows Vista Upgrade Dell Inspiron 546 from Vista: Recommendations for 64-bit Windows

    Hi all, Looking to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 546 desktop from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit............? Which would you recommend, Win 7, 8.1 or neither? I have run the Upgrade advisor tool and both say they will work with some minor updates and adjustments to my current system (attached). I was...
  9. Windows 7 Help with my BSOD

    Good day everyone, Recently I've been getting BSOD on my computer and I needed some help, so I joined here. Before my computer crashes again, a few things that I noticed... The first time I received a BSOD was when I was attempting to launch Firefox on my computer and that crashed and froze my...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 64-Bit, Event ID 5, KERNEL-GENERAL

    Hi there, folks. I am running Windows 8.1 64-bit on a Dell Inspiron 660s Desktop. This morning when I tried to sign-in to my computer, I used my password and got an error reading: "The Group Policy Client service failed the sign-in. The universal unique identifier (UUID) type is not...
  11. Windows 10 Explorer.exe - Application Error In Windows 10 Build 10041

    I had recently updated my build 9936 to build 10041. But one of the problem that I got in this build was that I had been working in my computer for few days but today when I opened my computer, I got an error message as: Title as: explorer.exe - Application Error Message as: The instruction at...
  12. Windows 8 Can I format windows without changing my partition scheme?

    Hi. I have a dell inspiron i5 core, and the 'dell backup and recovery' thing is not working. I called tech support and they told me to format my PC but I have a lot of important data ( about 130 GiB ) and I have a separate partition for that data. I just want to make sure that if I do a...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 unable to boot after installing Intel graphics driver

    Hi All, My laptop is a dell inspiron 14r N4010 which is installed on win 7. One day, all of a sudden my windows was unable to boot. I force powered off the computer and upon restarting i got an error message that a recent h/w or s/w change has caused windows unable to boot. I tried system...
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    Windows 7 Reinstalled Windows 7 - Help with Ethernet driver

    Hi All - Full disclosure, I am a "Mac" guy (apologies). My grandmother just moved in with us and wanted a windows machine. She purchased an AIO Dell Inspiron 2034 Intel Pentium (SKU 5954009). The new computer came with Windows 8 pre-installed, which made her cry because she was used to...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 clean install using OEM key...

    Hello! I've recently bought a Dell Inspirion notebook with Windows 8.1 Home Edition 64 bit OEM pre-installed on it. Now, what i want to do is to replace the HDD with SSD, so i did a little research and....well, I' am more confused now! But first thing first. For those who want to tell me about...
  16. Windows 8 Won't Connect to a Specific Network - 8.1

    I have a problem with my Dell Inspiron 3000 Series Windows 8.1. It will detect several networks in the area, but I can only connect to the ones which are not password protected. I keep trying to connect to my home network with (what I think) is the correct password, but it says, "Connection is...
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    Windows 7 Why cant I set this a device as the default device? Please Help!

    Next weekend I am djing at a summer party, I am pretty useless with computers and I just can't get my head around this. Mixxx, the program I am using allows the Dj to listen to preview music through headphones whilst another song is playing through the speakers. [My laptop speakers dont work...
  18. Windows 7 Recommended Browser?

    I have an ancient Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop which I only recently upgraded to Windows 7. This dinosaur is so slow it can freeze just opening the start menu. Is there any kind of super lightweight browser I could use that might stand a chance?
  19. Windows 7 Multi Device Streaming

    Well, here's my situation. I have 3 computers, and 4 android devices. (I never throw things away) I want them all to play music simultaneously, BUT, be controlled by the main computer. Here are the technical details MAIN COMPUTER: Dell Inspiron 530 Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.4 Ghz 3GB RAM Win 7...
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    Windows 8 Windows Update Service Is not Running / Possible Error with Startup

    I'll try to make this brief but descriptive. Noticed that Microsoft Security Essentials had not received definition updates in 5 days. Tried to update manually through MSE interface and could not connect to server. Tried to find updates using Windows Update and received an error that the...