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Dell XPS 13 strange power behavior - won't shut down, BSOD upon attempting to hibernate

I have a Dell XPS 9310 2-in-1 laptop running Windows 10. I generally keep it up to date but have been getting BIOS update fail messages occasionally that I haven't been able to fix. It is otherwise ...
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Windows laptop will not turn on after installing Wireshark

I have a Dell XPS laptop running Windows 10. I installed Wireshark from here, including Npcap from the same installer. All the additional options were left default. After closing the laptop lid for a ...
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Dell XPS Audio Dropouts - ACPI.sys Latency

As documented across the internet, many users of Dell XPS laptops encounter a problem of high DPC latency, which manifests as clicks & popping sounds when audio is played on the system. For these ...
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XPS 8920 Crashes after Windows 10 update - Page fault in nonpaged area

This happens after a quality update as well as a feature update to 21H2, the system won't boot and blue screens with the error (where the fault happened isn't shown on the blue screen). These are the ...
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Permanently disable power management for trackpad (using Powershell or WMIC)

I kept having a problem with my Dell XPS 15 going into a sleep state (disabling the display) when my computer was left unattended for more than 10 minutes. When the system resumed, the touchpad would ...
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Bluetooth mysteriously disappears from Windows 10 until computer restart

Randomly, bluetooth will stop working and disappear from device manager after I've shut my Dell XPS laptop running Windows 10. There's no way to "turn it on" and it doesn't show up anywhere ...
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Can Dell dock wd19tb with dell xps 13 drive two 4k 60hz and 1 wqhd 60hz monitor?

I have a Dell laptop, connected to Dell's WT19TB dock. I currently run two 4k 60hz monitors via the dock and they run fine. I'd like to add a third monitor, a BenQ WQHD (2560x1440) 60hz monitor. Right ...
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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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Can't Run SFC Scannow (Windows 10, Dell XPS 8500)

I have been having issues trying to update Windows. Whenever I access anything related to the Windows update processes that program freezes up. I try to check updates from the settings menu and the ...
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How to connect DELL computer to Samsung Frame Tv (2021)

My TV arrived today and I was so excited to use it also as a second screen with my laptops (Dell XPS 13 & Dell Alienware R3 15"). My problem is that I cannot do that right now. The wireless ...
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Windows USB boot disk for Dell XPS 15 (9570)

I am trying to create a USB boot disk for Dell XPS 15 (9570). I tried unetbootin and etcher (on Mac), I also tried copying files from ISO directly onto the USB (on Linux). I am never able to get it to ...
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Bluetooth is turned off. Windows Update, Device Manager and Services unable to turn it on

Starting yesterday and in the middle of work (not after a specific update), I noticed that my Bluetooth keyboard stopped working. And then saw that Bluetooth is turned off. So, I tried a few restarts ...
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Brand new Dell XPS 8930 freezing intermittenly with Windows 10

A friend of mine gave me a Dell XPS 8930 tower because it was freezing intermittently with no obvious cause; he didn't have time to figure it out himself and was past the point of being able to return ...
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Differences between Dell SupportAssist and Windows restore points

I've noticed that a "restore point" is created when updating a Dell laptop computer using SupportAssist: However, under the System Protection tab in System Properties, protection for ...
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Windows Dell laptop does not automatically reconnect to the Internet

I have a Dell Windows 10 laptop connected to the Internet via a router. Whenever I go away from the laptop and close the lid, then return and open the lid, I find that it is disconnected from the ...
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