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Why is the keyboard and mouse freezing periodically while connected to another device over USB-to-serial?
I am programming and debugging external devices such as Arduino and Atmel ARM chips (in electronics development). Whenever I connect via serial (USB-to-serial), I notice that my keyboard and mouse (...
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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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Windows 10 laptop changes brightness depending on the screen contents
I have a Dell XPS 13 (9350) running Windows 10 and I can't seem to disable the automatic brightness changing depending on what's on the screen. If the screen is primarily light the brightness will go ...
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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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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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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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External monitor is washed out with Intel HD Graphics
I recently bought a Dell XPS 15 with an Intel HD Graphics 530 installed.
Here is what my monitor should look like:
And this is what my monitor looks like when I say it is:
So this problem seems to ...
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Windows 10 updating from Windows 7 via Windows update fail after 84%
I have Dell XPS-L502X(Early 2011) with Windows 7 Home Premium-64 bit. I already reserved my Windows 10 copy and started an update to it that was 2,712.6 MB and failed after 84%, it took for that 17 ...
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How to disable CPU throttling on the laptop
I realize this has been asked before, every solution I've found doesn’t seem to work for me..
In a nutshell, following an activity where CPU is highly taxed, the speed drops from 2.8 GHz to 0.79 GHz. ...
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Upgrade to Windows 10: speaker volume is not as high as it used to be
I recently upgraded from Windows 8.1 to 10 on my Dell XPS 13. It comes with the following audio devices and associated drivers:
I have version 6.0.1.7544 of the audio driver installed
The audio ...
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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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Giant system dialog font on Windows 10
A couple of examples which should be self-explanatory -
Notepad++
Visual Studio
The setup is an XPS13 (3200 x 1800) but the screenshots are from external monitors (2 x Dell U2414H 1920 x 1080) ...
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"A recently served boot binary is corrupt"
My Windows 10 said it needs to update, so I restarted it. Instead of restarting, I got the following sequence of screens:
"Preparing automatic repair"
"Enter the BitLocker recovery key:...
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Dell XPS brightness changes automatically even when Intel Power Saving is disabled
How to disable "Intel Display Power Saving Technology"?
I'm using a Dell XPS 13 9380 running windows 10 (cry).
When a bright image is displayed, the screen brightens. When dark images are on ...
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WavesSvc64.exe causing Dell XPS 9570 with Windows 10 Insider to freeze after startup
I usually never restart or shut down my computer, since I always put it in hybernation mode, so I don't know when this issue started.
System
Windows 10 Insider (19592.1001)
Dell XPS 9570 i7, 32GB
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