dell laptop

I recently purchased a Dell PC and a Dell Laptop both running Windows 7 Software. After carefully constructing the HomeGroup the Laptop is still unable to communicate with the PC although it can see the folders. I have checked the permissions etc and all is the same on both the PC and Laptop...

I have a new Dell 1545 laptop (bought in Dec of 09) that came preloaded with Windows 7. I havent had any major problems with it but the other day when i tried to start it it flashed the Dell screen (with blue bar at bottom) like normal, then goes to a black screen with a flashing cursor at top...

the other day me and my friend want to see if a Mac OS would working on a pc and it did after a lot of playing around with the settings. has anyone else tryed this befor and if so do you like it? and would it run good on a Dell LapTop very old Laptop (sorry if Thread is in the wrong fourm)

Hi Everyone I am getting a blue screen of death when ever my laptop starts up from sleep mode Not sure why this is happening , i have checked Drivers etc , i have attached the mini dump file if there is anyone Fluent in Microsoft Jargon :) regards Gerry Ps any help or a pointer in the...

Hi Guys, I have a Dell Laptop and left it open at a party. Afterward I noticed that it I cannot start windows anymore. Somehow someone enabled Microsoft bitLocker on my computer. When I start the computer the following message shows up: " Dell MeiaDirect Express cannot access your hard drive...

I did a 'clean' install of Windows 7 Pro onto a Dell laptop. It previously had Vista Home Premium but I formatted first. I did not activate the license since I had already used the license on another PC. I have 30 days to supply a license/product key. I do not want to reinstall. What license...

I have an ASUS EEE netbook running Windows 7 Starter and a Gateway 832M running XP Media Center Edition. An HP LJ 1200 is connected to the Gateway and a workgroup is set up to share the printer (and allow file sharing). A Dell laptop (running XP) sees the workgroup just fine and can transfer...

Hi guys, I just found out that Tomb Raider Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider lol , which got me interested in playing it. Anyway I downloaded the demo but I can't get it to run - the game crashes after the copyright screen with the standard message "Tomb raider anniversary...

Hey everyone. I hate doing this when I know there are already other similar discussions, but I haven't found any solution to my problem and since it sounds like most others who have experienced this problem have done so after upgrading to Windows 7 from a previous OS, which is no the case with...

Hi all, I've just bought a new Dell laptop (studio XPS 16: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7450) and when I start it up, I get a black screen half of the times; The Windows 7 start-up/welcome 'picture' is displayed correctly - the problem arises when I am to login (the screen is black, but I can...

Win 7 automatically shuts down on me after about 8 hours. No matter what I'm doing, it just powers down and I lose whatever was on the screen. I have a Dell laptop and use it on electricity only. It also sits on a unit with two cooling fans. Have never used it on battery. I checked my...

I have a dell lap top that came with vista. If i was running on batteries the screen was dimmer to save power but I could go to control pannel and overide that setting to have a screen as bright as one using AC. I installed W7 last month and now find it impossible to get a "bright" screen with...

Hi, I don't remember when this started, but whenever I boot my laptop it asks for my permission to run update.exe just after the start-up. When i click on Yes to allow it, it shows the following error message: "Run-time error 339: Component 'MSWINSCK.OCX' or one of its dependencies not...

I use a Dell Inspiron 1750 laptop, 64-bit based. Since this laptop does not have signal lights to indicate if my caps or numlock is able, I have to rely on the small transparent popup that appears on the lower right of the screen. Eventually, that stopped appearing. And with the way i type i...

Hi I have just bought a Dell 1645 Studio laptop - actually two. I returned the first one because it constantly froze. The second one is doing the same thing. It does it about twice per day and I cannot pinpoint the reason for it freezing. I can be working on a document, moving between...

Hi, I have recently adquired a Dell laptop with Core 2 processor and Windows 7 Home Edition (64 bits) installed. Its seems to work pretty fine except for a little detail: sometimes Windows Explorer crashed a lot of times (it then restart and nothing else ugly happens but it is annoying:mad:) The...

i have a dell laptop with win7 ultimate on it. when i am done with the laptop i put the thing to sleep, never shutting down. lately, i noticed the laptop keeps showing me a Resuming Windows screen when i hit the power button now. its never done that before. prior to this new thing, i would turn...

I have a new Dell laptop with Windows 7 Professional. It came with McAfee security. I am comparing W7's Explorer's left hand folder tree with that of my desktop computer which has Win XP Pro. I find W7 to be confusing. W7 has a folder called \Users\ which seems to be similar to XP's...

JUST got my dell laptop with win7 on it. When it was first starting up it showed a list of networks and when I chose mine it gave me the option of typing in the password. But I put off asking my dad for the password and just continued. Now, when I try to connect to the network it just says it's...

Dell laptop E5500 running windows 7 x64. DVD ROM appears in device manager after start up for a few seconds then disappears. Showing Error Code 45 (not connected to computer) Earlier this evening it also showed error code 10 (device cannot start) Opening and closing the tray prompts it...