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Why does my Dell Latitude 5580 wake every day at 06:00?
I'm running Win10 on a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop, and I habitually hibernate it when not in use.
If the laptop is not connected to the Dell dock then it reliably stays hibernated.
If the laptop is ...
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DELL Latitude 7490 no hard drive available for boot
I needed several tries to install a Windows 10 on an empty DELL Latitude 7490. After giving up with a self created USB stick I bought an installation DVD and lo and behold Windows was installed. Or I ...
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Windows 10 on a laptop: putting just the LCD to sleep without affecting other operating system tasks
I have a laptop (Dell Latitude E6430) that I am using to record video files 24/7 at a remote site. I would like for the laptop LCD screen to turn off after a few minutes of keyboard/touchpad disuse to ...
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How do I tell whether my laptop battery is good?
I have a secondhand Dell Laptop, a Dell E5570. I had to replace the battery because it was bulging, so I bought a replacement battery from eBay. The listing said it's a new Dell 47 Wh NGGX5 battery ...
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Audio jack issues with Dell latittude 7410
My laptop audio jack is not working. So even if I plug my ear phones into audio jack.
The sound still comes from the laptop speakers. I have tried every imaginable thing.
At one time dell decided to ...
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Windows 10 on my Dell 7410 keeps locking itself when im idle for a few minutes
After about a minute, the screen dims, and another minute later the screen locks itself. This happens even while i am in a meeting or watching a video when im not moving my mouse. All while the laptop ...
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How to enable the laptop function F1-F12 keys by default instead of assigned multimedia "hotkey" option
How do you make the F1-F12 keys default to the F1-F12 key as opposed to the "hotkey" function that is assigned to it.
An industry-specific software that I use daily utilized the F1-F12 keys ...
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Controlling keyboard's backlight in Windows 10
Is there anyway I can control keyboard's backlight? In Windows 10 in general or for my Dell Latitude 7290 in particular?
My Dell has a great keyboard's backlight feature, but it turns it off after ...
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Exessive fan noise and overheating on Dell Latitude 7480, especially when on TB-16 dock
I opened a ticket with our IT department for this issue. They ran the onboard Dell diagnostics, which returned no issues. As such, they've essentially just given up and told me to live with it...but ...
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Longevity Mode for Dell Latitude 7490
I have a Dell Latitude E7490, and I want to turn on some kind of battery conservation mode. In particular, if the battery is, say, at 100% and I unplug it for a few mins, and the charge drops to 95%, ...
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Keeping laptop battery healthy [closed]
On our old Lenovo's, we used to have a Lenovo app which would stop the battery from charging when it reached 100%, it would then let the charge drop to 90%, and then it would charge the battery back ...
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How to know your PC's RAM model on Windows 10?
I've got a DELL Latitude E5470 and it's got an 8GB RAM. I saw there is an empty slot so I can put another one but I'm not sure which one to choose: this one or this one...
I didn't see any sticker ...
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How to change the display color of the screen on Windows 10?
This is the display color on Dell Latitude E5470 on Windows 7
whereas for Dell Inspiron 7000 series on Windows 10
The last one is a slight yellowish in color.
On the second machine, I want to have ...
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Keep laptop sound device from shutting down after some time of standby
I have 2 problems with my laptop:
(a) When playing, starting a video or audio file or a stream (youtube for example) the audio starts 4 seconds late (no sync issues, just no sound for the first few ...
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Enable bluetooth on Dell Latitude E5450 laptop
I have Linux and Windows 10 installed on my laptop. Linux sees my Bluetooth device, however I can't find one under Windows.
I am trying to solve problem with Dell Command Update
It downloads ...
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