Hi, I have a Dell labeled Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 cd that i got with my system. A few weeks ago i wanted to reinstall the whole thing, but after a few minutes into install it failed because the cd was unreadible. I tried again and again, but no luck. So i decided to install my copy...

The following article appeared in my local newspaper (Newsday) yesterday: Selden couple sues Dell over defective PCs BY RICHARD J. DALTON JR | October 4, 2007 A Selden couple has sued Dell Computer Corp. for $50.5 million, saying

I am having a problem backing up to my CD/ RW & DVD/RW drives. The program I now have "RecordNow", that came with my Dell, will partially do the job, but would like a full backup program that will overwrite the existing files on the CD. Brian K. in one of my earlier posts sent me a link to two...

CEO Steve Ballmer has already said that Microsoft sold 4 million Windows 8 upgrades in the first weekend after its debut, but it seems like sales of the new OS aren’t going exactly as expected. Citing an insider, Paul Thurrott of Winsupersite.com writes that Windows 8 is already considered a...

I have a Dell Dimension PC in the office and I think it's time to reinstall the OS. The registry is crammed with unneeded strings, and I just believe in having a clean install at least once every two years (even though once every year is recommended). I remember that with Windows 2000 you...

I installed a plane version of windows and everything runs fine. I installed the graphics driver from the dell website. I recently bought two 512 ram sticks to upgrade to the max RAM and I kept getting blue screen windows crash dumps. I looked online for a BIOS update, which there is one. I am...

I went onto Dell's site and I can't find the driver for my built in SD card reader. Here is a screenshot of my Device Manager. Why doesn't Dell have the this driver under removable storage? http://tinypic.com/r/2gwc7qc/6

My long in the tooth Dell Dimension 8400 running XP (sp3) was not up to an upgrade without some significant upgrades. Though it was serving me well, it was becoming slower and slower. And, several vendors (Garmin, Microsoft, ....) have abandoned support for it. So, I took a look at some of...

Does anyone know how to get real, English speaking knowledgeable tech support from Dell? Is there a secret phone number somewhere? Is their only tech support grad school drop-outs in India? I cannot believe this company is still in business with the worse than nothing "tech support"...

Seems that Dell has phased out parallel ports on the Desktop PCs. The 4700 is gone now, and the 5100 and 9100 are unencumbered by parallel ports (and other things). I called Dell today to ask and they basically told me I should just buy a new printer too, because my printer will probably not work...

I have a small peer to peer network and want to add another Hub and/or switch to expand it to the first floor. Current setup (all Linksys) is a Cable/DSL 10/100 Router with four ports uplinked to a 5 port hub, with all computers Cat5 hardwired to the Router/Hub location. Cable Modem--Cable...

I am looking for a battery backup surge protector I am thinking of an APC but am confused by the voltage & watts. I have a dimension 8300 with a 17" screen. The printer & scanner don't have to be on backup only surge. Could someone advise me what I should get? Thanks k~

Hi, Since a month, I have been working with my brand new Dell Dimension D 3,2GHz, 4Gb, 500Gb HDD. Almost no additional software has been installed (XP Mediacenter, Office and McAfee are actually running). My problem: There are continuous very audible write bursts (+/- 15 per min) accesses,

My new Dimension 9150 should arrive tomorrow :) Based on Tom Scale's and others recommendations here, I bought the Hauppauge WinTV PVR-USB 2.0 and Beyond TV 4 bundle, with the Firefly Remote from snapstream for my new Dell. WinTV seems to have its own software for scheduling, etc., which is...

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Does Windows 7 support the need UEFI replacement for BIOS? If yes, does this require 64-bit Windows 7? Does it require the system partition and boot partition to both be on a GPT disk? I have a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit boot partition working on an old Dell computer. That computer's BIOS says...

I am currently using a Dell Dimension 8400 P4 Windows XP computer with 1GB RAM, two monitors, and 2 500G disks in RAID mirroring configuration (due to some previous bad experiences with disk drives). It is used for the ordinary mail and web and WORD stuff, plus occasional photo editing and small...

Every now and then I hear of someone in the Dell Forum deliberately reformatting their new computers to get rid of all the "garbage" that Dell installs, then reinstalling Windows and starting "fresh". How does a person do that, they make it sound so simple? Would there be an issue with needing to...

*My C drive is fine. 90% empty/free. Error check was uneventful but defrag said some files couldn't be defragged and said to view those files in the report. The report box showed no files that couldn't be defragmented. *My internal backup drive (E) is FULL. 14% free. Time to upgrade. It...

I am an independent computer technician. A Dell customer who bought his daughter a Dimension 4700 on 12/6/04, with service tag 9kr3761, Dell issue number 103961017. The machine has been kept very clean with entirely stock Dell-branded hardware and original software. The customer asked me to...