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cannot disable dell xps 13 9360 content adaptive brightness for FHD 1080p builtin display
I bought a new xps 13 9360 laptop with the basic 1080p FHD display (as opposed to the higher-res QHD one) and when I got the laptop, I immediately installed Ubuntu. However, I noticed that the ...
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Disable mouse button area of Precision touchpads
When a thumb is resting on the bottom part of a precision touchpad, the touchpad may frequently detect it as if it were a normal finger during gestures.
I've found lots of threads regarding other ...
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Connect a Dell XPS Windows laptop to Ethernet via a generic docking station
I have a generic docking station for laptops. It connects to the laptop with a USB 3.0 connection, and supplies several USB connections plus an Ethernet connection.
When I connected it to a two-years-...
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The selected boot device failed. Press any key to continue
I am attempting to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows LTSB on my computer. To do so I have taken the following steps.
1) Procured an ISO file containing Windows LTSB
2) Tested that this ...
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Windows Defender, Bluetooth and Sticky Notes, all stopped working overnight. Plus blue screens
I've updated Windows.
Every time blue screen appears I run the diagnosis that requires me to run the Windows Defender. And I can't access it through any method. Every time I click on any executable ...
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Dell 9550 Crashes while on battery - Win 10
Been trying to solve this forever. Dell 9550 (XPS 15) - consistently crashes after 20-60 minutes while on battery power (fine on AC). The way the crash works is this: first the mouse/trackpad and ...
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Can't adjust brightness on Dell XPS 13 under Windows 10
Every time my Windows 10 installs a new major update I lose control over screen brightness. I can't adjust it neither via hardware keys (FN+F11, FN+F12) nor via system tray battery icon widget.
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How to Fix Fingerprint Reader on Dell XPS 9560 after January 8th 2018 Bios Update?
After updating to the Dell XPS 9560 Bios dated January 8th 2018, fingerprint reader and pin entry no longer work.
When trying to set the Fingerprint Windows Hello, I get the code 0x80070032.
When ...
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XPS 13 9350 battery grossly uncalibrated
For the past week or two, I noticed that my windows 10 battery percentage on my XPS 13 9350 would max out at 55%. powercfg /batteryoutput showed a design capacity of ~56mWh and a full charge capacity ...
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Windows 10 Hibernating on Lid Close
This is a strange occurrence that I can't for the life of me figure out. For information: I'm running a Dell XPS 13" with Windows 10.
To reproduce the issue: I will close my lid while working on ...
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Map Two Finger Tap Middle Click touchpad Windows 10 Dell XPS 9360
Using two finger tap for right click seems superfluous on a windows built machine, as I already have a right click button on the track pad. I am certain it is possible to use two finger tap for the ...
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Very high CPU usage for Windows Audio service
I'm using a Dell XPS 13 (3960) laptop, with Windows 10 operating system.
Recently, after I was hearing loud laptop fans noises even when no high resouce programs running, I decided to check, and ...
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New Dell Computer Windows 10 (XPS) gives strange multi-window monitor
How do I turn off the multi-window monitor that comes on my dell XPS 15 computer. Attached is a picture of what I'm seeing
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Cursor moves slightly during trackpad click
I've noticed this on a few laptops, but this question is specifically for the Dell XPS 13 with the precision touchpad. Often if I attempt to click using the trackpad, the cursor will move slightly ...
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Dell XPS 15 9550 4k Intel 530 UI performance Windows 10
My Dell XPS 15 9550 has a slight performance problem around the windows 10 UI. Every time I swipe to the next desktop or I use three fingers to swipe up to show the task view, the animations seem very ...
