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Hey guys. I've been having some issues with games (Mass Effect 2 and Call of Duty 4) jerking around a lot during gameplay. I've updated my graphics drivers and for the hell of it i updated turbo boost and my sound card drivers. I've also uninstalled a crapload of unnecessary software and...

Hi I am unable to boot (my Dell Studio 15 running Win 7) into Safe Mode using F8, however many times I try the PC still ignores my F8 presses and boots normally! On one of the threads there is a warning that if you are having trouble entering Safe Mode via the F8 method you should not use...

The sound from external speakers is muffled unless I pull the connecting-wire plug halfway out of the laptop's audio port. But when I do that the cable doesn't stay in place unless I hold it. What explains this? What is the fix? Details: I have a Dell Studio 15, with Windows 7 64bit, video...

Hi everybody out there. I just really wanted to post this article/thread about why you should love Windows 7. I'm born XP fan, and after Windows 7 came out, and i wanted a new PC, i was 100% sure i wanted Windows XP for everything, because XP is the OS i have had most best experience with (and...

My girlfriend has a Dell Studio 15 and it originally came with windows vista. Since she really enjoyed windows 7 on my computer, I installed it on hers. Everything works well except for the bluetooth: After installing windows 7 the drivers didn't update/configure correctly and the bluetooth...

I have a Dell studio 15 running Windows 7 professional 32 bit ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 graphics card Pentium duel-core CPU T4200 2GHZ My problem is that my fan speed is stuck at 30% which sometimes causes my laptop to overheat. Last night it reached 95deg cel which is a high level. I've...

every time i try to watch a flash video, whether it be from youtube or a tv station's webside like fox or abc i will get a bluescreen when i go full screen. somethimes it doesn't happen for 1 min, sometimes i can even watch a full episode in full screen before it crashes. but it keeps...

hi i need an urgent help regarding dual booting.but just for some info,i want to tell u that i have windows vista ultimate x64 and windows 7 ultimate x64.Both are retail version,to which i apply crack to activate it.which works. this is the case in single OS installation. but i want to install...

hi guys... i have vista sp2 OS installed(this prob is same in win7 too),on my dell studio 1737 laptop...it has 2 hdd options,my primary hdd is 320GB n secondary one is 500GB (purely for data,movies,songs). when i install OS,n in my computer it takes 500GBs hdd 1st drive as D drive.n then 320GBs...

I have a new Dell Studio Windows 7 computer with a locally connected printer that works with this machine. I have a wireless router that is the access to the internet for two XP laptops and two iPhones. All access the internet without difficulty. I have been able to share files from the...

Hello, I am using a dell studio 1555 in combo with a benq E2200HD 22" widescreen monitor. It has an ati 4570hd card in it. I am connected to the monitor using Hdmi > Dvi The problem is on many of the resolutions i am getting a black border around the edge. Now i understand this is because it...

I'm trying to do a 64 bit upgrade, I'm currently running Vista home premium 64bit on a dell studioXPS 16 laptop. I'm having trouble with my install, I get so far in the compatibility and I get this message. The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade...

Hi, I recently purchased a new Dell Studio desktop with an Intel Q8300 and 6GB RAM. I missed the quick launch from WinXP so I enabled it but have a very annoying issue; it takes 8 seconds for the programs to populate the quick launch bar. Any ideas how I can speed this up? Also, on a...

This has been happening in the title bars and main portion of windows I open (whether it be Firefox, MS Office, Windows Live messenger, VLC media player). I recently upgraded from Vista and right after I had done so, I upgraded my display drivers to the latest one (According to Intel) which are...

I just got a new Dell 1555 Studio laptop with Windows 7 Home Professional, the router I have is a Actiontech MI424WR and our provider is FIOS...everything works great except I can connect to the router and the internet will work for a variable amount of time but then suddenly not work. It'll...

After upgrading my 6 mo old Dell Studio (15" screen) from Vista 32 to Windows 7 the data displayed is in a 13" wide format. I have 1" black stripes down the side of my physical display. Can't locate any driver software that will help, any suggestions?

Hi all, I've scoured the internet in search of a solution to this. I'm sure the solution to this must be pretty simple. When I open disk defragmenter it doesn't list my C drive -- which is the primary internal HD on which the OS, windows 7 64 bit, is installed. I have another partition...

Hi I have a Dell Studio 1535 with a Dell Wireless 370 halfcard. I have recently bought an iPhone 3Gs and can tether it happily via USB but can't when I try to do this through Bluetooth. When I attempt to pair the phone (untethered - following advice on another post) I get an error when...

Once I finished loading WIN 7 RC this past weekend - I attempted to copy some files from an old XP Pro Drive via USB Ext HDD to my new DELL Studio XPS machine. The XP machine died a couple of weeks ago. I am able to see and access the files from the old C; drive but when I attempt to connect...

Hi, i had installed windows 7 (RC candidate build 7100)on my Dell studio 1555 laptop which had windows sp1 32 bit home premium. I had opted for clean install. My problem is that it worked like a dream for almost 3 weeks . But after a normal shut down now comp won't boot,it just freezes when the...