I recently got a new Dell and love it. However, when I move or copy a file (usually a picture) from one folder to another, the picture will go to the correct folder, but suddenly I get 20 or more copies of that picture appearing in it's original folder. Sometimes they copy so fast, I can't keep...

The power to my computers, monitor, accessories is controlled from a multi-plug power control/surge protector. I turn everything on with one switch. However, I still have to manually push the power button to start my 8300 which runs Win XP. Is there a way to configure it's "power-up" status so...

Looking at a 2350 with flat panel for my college kid. If I have it shipped home first and she takes it off to college in 6 weeks, does the regular & ext warranty cover shipping back to the college if she has trouble there?

I doubt it, but what OS are you running. Tom "FredFarkle" wrote in message ... HI; I bought a USB 2.0 card,installed it, but when I loaded the drivers it told me I didn't have enough resources. So I took it out....

I'm running WinXP Pro, and I want to put in 2 new 80GB hard drives, one to backup the other, both eventually formatted in NTFS. I currently have a 17GB hard drive formatted in FAT32. Can I add in one 80GB HD as the secondary drive, copy the current 17GB primary HD to it, then convert the secondary...

I'm going to buy a X200 notebook and I'd like to buy an 18" FP Ultrasharp monitor to use w/ it when the notebook is in my home. Can I do this? Are there any problems w/ this combination? Thanks, Tom

What is the native resolution or the sharpest resolution for 18" Ultrasharp FP monitor? What is the desired amount video memory and the minimum amount video memory to use w/ the monitor at the best resolution? Do these monitors work well on Optiplex PCs w/ DIV out and using shared RAM as video...

I just bought a new Dimension 4600. It came with one IDE drive and I added another so including the CDROM and CDRW all the current channels are being used. It also has two SATA connectors on the mobo though. Can I use these in addition to the current drives I'm using? If so, any caveats or info...

Dell offers DVD+R/RW which gives the same capability, just a different media standard. And it is great for backups, IMHO. This Old Man wrote: A MPC (formerly Micron) is going to send me a demo model of one of their latest and greatest to convince our company to choose them over Dell. One ...

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Hi Groupies! I have a Dim8200 with "intel tehama i850(E)" chipset- and Bios-Version 09. The feature "Ultra-DMA" in the harddisc-option, setting, is set to OFF. Is this correct?

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3033335475&category=11213 Any coments help my decision. TIA

Our server detects the scsi cards, disks and cd-roms, then stop... since we activated the USB in the BIOS. It doesn't try to boot on any disk or even diskette. It stops before that. It doesn't even enter the BIOS. We strike F2, we have "entering setup", then the detection of all cards and drives...

Few Questions 1. How quite do you find it. 2. Comments good bad etc. I find that when I configure and XPS and 8300 the same way there is very little difference in price.

I have been using my dell 4550 (2.66GHZ with 533MHZ FSB and 128MB DDR SDRAM 333MHZ PC 2700 memory) for the last two months. Just yesterday, I tried to install memory upgrade of 512MB DDR SDRAM 333MHZ PC 2700 memory in my computer. After I booted the system, the first screen showed that the memory...

Try the following site. You can call them if you are not sure of the PS type. http://www.pcpowercooling.com/home.htm Regards, John O. "plated metal" wrote in message

I need to get the SERVICE TAG utility, to change or delete the service tag. anyone have it?

HI all ive downloaded the "fix" from the dell site and nada, processor still checking out at 1.2 ghz. Does anyone know a work around or patch that works? -- Webmasters are not hired, slaves are bought

Please forgive is this is repeated question, I am still learning about this. I am considering using a raid0 ONLY due to the increase in performance. I do not need any data loss prevention that the other configs give. I have not been able to confirm whether the current eide drives I have will work....

H ello, I am looking to try and buy our son a new computer and saw some really great deals at Dell's website. Is there anyone kind enough to send me an extra email coupon that I could use to purchase a system for when he goes away to college this year? Thanks very much if there is someone that can...