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PC starts but Windows doesn't, have to go to bios and select boot drive each time, how to fix?
I was installing windows 10 using a usb on a windows 7 device. It said there were no upgrades found during installation and said to take out usb and it should restart so I did that. Once the PC ...
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Dell BIOS Has Random Dollar Signs on Boot Up
On my older Dell XPS 630i, I get some strange boot up behavior that is causing me to be unable to install Ubuntu 16 LTS or 18 LTS. Windows 7 runs fine with no graphical hitches at all. I don't know ...
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Computer restart loop w/blue screen, can't f8 safe mode
My computer will boot up to the login screen, then after a few seconds I get the blue screen of death and my computer restarts. This continues until I perform a hard shutdown. F8 won't bring up ...
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Dell OEM windows 7 disk
I have Dell XPS laptop, which is not booting at all.
I have Windows 7 activation code attached to bottom of my laptop. Would like to know if I buy Dell OEM Windows 7 disk to install Windows 7 and use ...
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Error trying to install Windows 7 on Dell XPS13 9360
I just bought a brand new Dell XPS13 9360. It came with Windows 10 but I'd like to install Windows 7 on it because I really, really want to stay on Windows 7 and not upgrade until they pry it out of ...
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Windows 10 Download Failed
I am downloading windows 10 by using Windows Media Creator. Currently i am using Windows 7 Dell XPS L502X 15R(Early 2011)Laptop. My Download is stuck at 78% and my Panther Log file detail at that ...
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Is it safe for keeping my laptop plugged in while updating to Windows 10 via windows update
I have Dell XPS-L502X(Early 2011) Laptop with 6-cell battery and currently I'm Downloading Windows 10 via Windows Update from Windows 7 Home Premium-64 bit.
But my Internet Speed is just 512 kbps ...
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Dell XPS 15 L502X monitor light not off when using external monitor
I mainly use an external monitor (via HDMI) when using my XPS 15 (L502X), however, I noticed an annoying problem when I tried to update the Intel HD 3000 video card driver.
After I started my ...
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Recover to windows 7 factory OS from windows 8.1, dell xps
I have dell xps 15, it came with windows 7 in its recovery partition, and I upgraded to windows 8.1.
Now I want to recover to windows 7 again from the recovery partition, but It didn't work, it always ...
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How to clear 217Gb of <Unknown> space on my C drive?
I have a Dell XPS 15 (2013 model L521X - Windows 7) with a capacity of 680.3 GB on the C drive.
But WinDirSat says that 217.4 GB of that space is <Unknown>
and I can't access it!
SpaceSniffer ...
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How can I get a better control over the brightness [duplicate]
I have a Dell xps17 (windows 7) and I find the brightness control very annoying.
I often work during night time and the lower settings is fine but if I increase the brightness settings by just one ...
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Dell XPS 15 in that the wi-fi would drop out every 20 mins
I'm having serious issues with my Dell XPS 15 in that the wi-fi would drop out every 20 mins or so at home. It has been widely reported that the XPS 15 (L521x) has had wireless problems.
I have ...
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Dell 8400 XP Blank Screen [closed]
My wife has a dell 8400 XP which was working fine yesterday. This morning the screen was blank. The on/off button is flashing (not sure if did that before or was constantly on). I tried holding the ...
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XPS L502x with external DellST2210 24" LCD which won't play sound, while external ASUS VH242H 24" LCD will
MY CONFIGURATION
I have an XPS L502x hooked up to 2 external monitors:
Dell ST2210
connected via to my only HDMI port
no adapters on either end of the cable
HDMI cable from back of laptop to HDMI ...
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Dell XPS17 factory image reinstall of windows 7
After a year of using win7 on Dell XPS17 I want to restore it to the factory image. However if I press f8 on boot and select repair computer, I only get the repair options, nothing to reinstall ...
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Replacing laptop hard drive
I have two laptops, a Dell XPS running 64-bit and HP Pavilion 32-bit and I want to replace the Dell hard drive with the hard drive in the HP temporarily because my Dell laptop became very slow and I ...
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Adding drivers for a device that's not listed in Device Manager
I'm running Windows 7 x64 on a Dell XPS m1730 laptop. I recently re-installed Windows 7 (complete wipe) and since that time, have been unable to get my Creative Labs Integrated Webcam working (or even ...
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Number of Processors and Computer Speed relation?
Does changing the number of processors under Boot Advanced Options affect computer speed?
I have Dell XPS 15z Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) OS with 4GB RAM, intel i5 processor @2.5 Ghz and 1GB ...
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Does recovery to factory image remove all files on all drives or just the one which has the OS?
I have a Dell xps15 and I want to run the recovery to set the laptop back to factory settings. I have the OS on C: and have D: which has other files and docs not related to the OS.
Does running ...
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How do I install Windows 7 to boot with UEFI and Intel RST
I need to install Windows 7 x64 over the existing OS (unwanted factory issued Win8, for which I've already made restore media for) on a Dell XPS 15 (L521x). It needs to use UEFI boot and use the 128GB ...
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How do I install Windows 7 (with Intel RST) and Linux to dual boot on a Dell XPS 15?
I have recieved a new $work laptop, a Dell XPS 15 with a 128GB mSATA drive and a a 1TB 5400 HDD. It came with Windows 8 installed, which is not supported by my employer and must be re-installed with ...
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I coudn't hibernate my Windows 7 system (Dell XPS laptop) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Hibernation does not work, I’m always returned to the sign in screen
I've enabled hibernation in the power settings and the hibernate button is available in the start menu. ...
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Black Screen on Logon (windows 7 Home Premium)
I have been having some trouble with a dell XPS 15 laptop that I recently purchased. It is under a month old, and a problem has occurred, upon logging on just after start up, the computer will just ...
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Can I delete the OEM partition on the new Dell XPS 15?
My new Dell XPS 15 L521X just arrived. I need to set this up to dual boot Linux. Sadly, the system comes with four primary partitions. I can't do a clean install at the moment, so one of the ...
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Windows 7 Installation Fails at 7% Extraction on Dell
Alright, before I begin I want to clarify some points so no one wastes their time giving solutions that have already been addressed and haven't worked:
I am aware that this is a common error (...
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Studio XPS 16 Fn key does not work
I had Vista on my laptop. After a Windows 7 clean install Fn key does not work. For example Fn+1 should be equal to Numpad1 but it does nothing. I have installed several drivers from Dell website but ...
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Logitech H800 bluetooth headset with Dell XPS1330
When I use my H800 bluetooth headset I can get everything working except of Stereo audio. I have tried to re-install the driver, but I fail. Obviously I cannot find the proper driver, I have tried ...
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Why is Windows 7 throttling my laptop CPU?
I have been dealing with this problem for months.
The Computer
Model: Dell XPS M1330 (specs found here; I have the full 4GB of RAM)
Age: 3+ years
OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
Problem ...
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Windows 7 directly turn monitor off when just listening to music
Windows 7, Laptop DELL XPS 1330:
When just listening to music, I want to turn off my laptop display immediately. It perfectly works after the usual delay (e.g. 10 mins) set in the power management, ...
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Dell XPS 17 laptop: USB 3.0 Ports don't work until machine rebooted
I have a new Dell XPS 17 laptop. My issue: The two USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) ports on the rear of the machine are not recognising anything when I start up. I've tried attaching a mouse, keyboard, headset, ...
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My Dell laptop has Nvidia GPU but it runs on Intel graphics
I have Dell XPS L502x and I bought which has 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M Graphics card
But it runs on Intel Graphics
How to use Nvidia Graphics instead Intel Graphics?
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Dell XPS l502x wi-fi speed is dead slow
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I have purchased a new Dell XPS L502x laptop which has Windows 7 Home 64-bit which has this Wi-Fi Option: Intel ® Centrino ® Advanced-N 6230 (2x2 agn + Bluetooth)
And I have 4 Mbps Internet ...
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Dell laptop connecting to an external monitor - everything looks too big
I have a Dell XPS Studio 1640 which displays in 1900 by 1200 res. Recently, I bought a 19" monitor for it which has a maximum resolution of about 1300 or so.
The problem though is when I plug it in, ...
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Is it possible to add 2 monitor to Dell XPS 15 Laptop?
Is it possible to add 2 monitor to this Dell XPS 15 Laptop ?
Mini DisplayPort (1)
2 total USB 3.0
HDMI 1.4
Do we need to buy extra hardware for this?
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Secondary monitor stops working after computer restart or sleep
Hardware and setup:
Dell XPS 15 Laptop
Intel i7
Nvidia 435M
Win 7 64 bit
8GB Ram
My secondary monitor stops working after I reset or sleep my computer. It temporarily works after doing a clean ...
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How do I force Windows 7 to recognize my Projector?
I have a new Dell XPS with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M and an old (several years) Epson PowerLite Cinema 550 projector. Windows 7 refuses to recognize that the projector is connected under normal ...
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Video driver freaks out, but not in safe mode
I have a Dell XPS m1330 laptop. Recently, the video started breaking up and generally freaking out. I updated the NVIDIA driver, but the problem persisted and might even be worse.
I assumed the ...
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Can you add a second hard drive to a Dell XPS M1530?
I'm looking to add more storage after getting an SSD in my Dell XPS M1530, and I was wondering if there was some way to add a second hard drive, maybe in place of the CD drive as I've heard is ...
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Can I connect two other monitors to my Dell Studio XPS?
I currently have a Dell Studio XPS laptop that I connect to an external monitor with the standard VGA output. I have also bought a Display port to DVI adaptor that I would like to connect to another ...
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How can I write Spanish accents on my Dell XPS Studio 16 keyboard?
I state the model number because generally you would type ALT + to type a letter from another language. But you would have to use the numerical pad with NumLock on.
Most laptops usually have the ...
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XPS M1730 Freezing & Crashing unexpectedly
I have a Dell XPS M1730, freshly installed with Windows 7 Professional 32-bit that every so often crashes completely unexpectedly. It need not be running any applications at all for this to happen, ...
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BSOD During Windows 7 Install
I current have a working XP partition a Dell XPS m1330 laptop along with a working Ubuntu partition. After launching the Windows 7 install DVD from within XP I run through the options for a custom ...
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No Mouse During Windows 7 Install
I'm having a problem installing Windows 7 on my Dell XPS m1330 notebook. When booting from DVD I get to the screen where you select the language; time and currency; and keyboard input or method only ...
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