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    Windows 7 serious BSOD problem

    Recently, my computer has this BSOD problem almost everyday. Attached is 5 instances. Seems to be similar problems. But don't know how to fix them. Thanks a lot! Windows 7 Enterprise Dell XPS 8100 Intel Core i7-870 processor(8MB Cache, 2.93GHz) 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz-2X2GB/2x4GB...
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    Windows 7 LCD or Video Card?

    I've been running windows 7 on my laptop (Dell XPS 1530) for about 6 months and its been working well. Today I used my computer and it was fine, came back a couple hours and turned it on and nothing is appearing on the screen The backlight is working and i can tell the screen is turning on...
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    Dell XPS 8100 Display Driver Issues: Seeking Solutions and Experiences

    Hello I bought a Dell XPS 8100 in Nov. 2010 and had display driver problems for months. Dell finally replaced memory- 6 gbs, motherboard and video card. The card was replaced 2 times. Dell techs tried to uninstall and install drivers from both Dell site and ATI as the card is ATI HD Radeon 5450...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Shuts down Randomly (Kernel-Power Event Id: 41)

    What happened is kinda of long so I have simplified it but if you want to read the long roundabout version of what happened be my guest. Short: My computer has random shutdowns. The power cuts out completely, no BSOD, no dump file. In event viewer it says "Kernel-Power Event Id: 41". I have...
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    Windows 7 Random BSoD, help!

    The PC randomly BSoD. Sometimes, it happens during mid night when the computer is idle. Sometimes, right when I edit a file. There are four instances in the attached file. Thank you very much! Windows 7 Enterprise Dell XPS 8100 Intel Core i7-870 processor(8MB Cache, 2.93GHz) 12GB...
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    Windows 7 a disk error has occurred hit ctrl alt del

    2 external Maxtor usb drives plugged in when booting I get this message "a disk error has occurred hit ctrl alt del" and the machine a dell xps9100 win 7 64bit will not boot. if I unplug the drives it boots no problem. if I plu either one in I get this message. I tried plugging the drives into...
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    Windows 7 Random BSoD, help!

    The PC randomly BSoD. Sometimes, it happens during mid night when the computer is idle. Sometimes, right when I edit a file. There are four instances in the attached file. Thank you very much! Windows 7 Enterprise Dell XPS 8100 Intel Core i7-870 processor(8MB Cache, 2.93GHz) 12GB DDR3...
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    Windows 7 How recover missing files

    I have aDell Studio XPS with Windows 7 and 64 something. Most of my files disappeared. I tried search - no luck. I have an external backup drive but installed it after the files went missing. Thanks for any suggestions.
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    Windows 7 Two separate DVD Drives not reading disks!

    Hello, Recently my disk drive (optiarc dvd rw ad-7201s5) on my Dell XPS desktop stopped reading any disk I put into it. I previously had Daemon Tools Lite installed, and uninstalled it. This problem arose a few weeks after the uninstall, after I moved my computer into another office. What...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade VS Microsoftstore.com download?

    I am helping my Dad with something. Here is the situation: He bought a new Dell Studio XPS laptop that came with Windows 7 64 bit, Home Premium. For some reason he bought the Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade from the Microsoft Store for $200+ a few days after receiving his new laptop because I think...
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    Windows 7 Unstable internet connection

    Hi, Greetings to you people seeing that this is my first post/thread here :) I bought a Dell XPS 8100 at the beginning of the year. The PC came pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) and I have had no problems with it until a couple of days ago when I started to randomly loose the...
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    Windows 7 windows update causing problem

    Installation of April 13 updates for W7 home premium 32 bit rendered Dell XPS m170 laptop unbootable, goes into automatic repair mode on attempted boot. Repair is unsuccessful, system restore is unsuccessful, repair with installation disk unsuccessful as is attempt to boot into safe mode, all...
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    Windows 7 No Sound Recorder in Windows 7 Home Premium

    I've recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7. Now I'm not getting any sound from my input jack. I don't have a sound card; it's an "onboard audio" Dell XPS desktop. I've gone through the steps I found in other postings in the Windows 7 forums. *Select sound from control panel. *Select the...
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    Windows 7 HELP: MSCONFIG.EXE "access denied" must be logged on to an administrator account

    I attempted to run msconfig to uncheck some progs in my startup, like I did already many times before, always with no problems at all. Then my Windows 7 Ultimate PC (Dell XPS M1530) crashed with a broken RAM (one of my two 2GB is defect, so I took it out and restarted with 2GB). All is fine...
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    Windows 7 Any downloaded program wont run :(

    Hey all, Sorry I'm new to the forum, hopefully this is the right place to put this. I've just upgraded my Dell XPS 420 to windows 7-32bit Home Premium from vista and now any time I try and install a program from the internet (even things like iTunes or Firefox) I'm running into problems...
  16. Windows 7 Can not use Sharp LCD

    Hello, I have already had my case closed by Microsoft, with no resolve. I upgraded to Windows 7 pro. from vista home premium. I have always used my duel monitor set up, one dell and one Sharp LCD screen. From Xp to Vista. Now that I have 7, it will not work no matter what. I have all the most...
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    Windows 7 Single card quad monitor support for Dell XPS 8000 + WHP/64

    I need to add single-card quad monitor support to my Studio XPS 8000 Under 64 bit Home Premium. I don't need screamingly fast video, the most video intensive app I run is a single instance of Photoshop, 2D only. I do need minimum aggravation. To date the only quad head board I've found...
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    Windows 7 Startup repair fails, black screen, safe mode - classpnp.sys

    I've had windows 7 installed for around 2-3 weeks now and it's worked fine. I originally had Vista 32-bit, but I did a clean install of 7 with 64-bit (my laptop is compatible with it). In the past week it's froze up a bunch (programs are unresponsive, then when trying to ctrl, alt, del -> task...
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    Windows 7 local area network doesn't have a valid ip configuration

    I recently upgraded a Dell XPS Gen 2 M170 from Vista to Win7 Ultimate. Everything went fine except the Broadcom NIC was not recognized. I was able to get it installed using XP drivers in compatibility mode. Now whats driving me nuts is that when I try to connect to the internet, I get this...
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    Windows 7 blue screen on startup

    Hi guys, I have installed Windows 7 32 bit on my Dell XPS 1530 with 4 gb RAM. After installation the windows starts up correcl the first time. However when I then reboot I see the blue screen of death with the following error:. technical information stop: 0x0000007b...