Can the 1464 run the LCD screen and an external display showing different views of the desktop at the same time? Thanks -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

My wife own an inspiron 1545 laptop. She upgraded the wireless card for an "N" card. It doesn't work anymore. I tried to uninstall the driver and install it again, I even tried a clean install of vista. Nothing worked. Right now she use a RJ45 cable to go on the net. The problem is, she need her...

Had a customer bring in a Insp6000 for a broken screen replaced the screen and although it displays it is not at full brightness, however disconnect the flex cable from the inverter and then reconnect voila up it comes at full brightness. Reboot the Pc and again it displays alot dimmer and...

A scratch'n'dent laptop came without AC wall-to-adapter portion of the power cord. Curiously, it's missing from the system description sheet as well. Somebody's extremely good at bookkeeping but not exhibiting common sense. --

Where do you guys recommend purchasing a new laptop battery for my Inspiron 6400. This battery I purchased from Amazon only lasted 6 to 9 months. Thanks Wayne Brownlee

Are there any Vostro 3400 owners out there? I know it is a new model but I really want to find a review on it before purchase. So if anyone owns one can they comment on battery life, build quality etc .. Thanks

Just a question thats off topic really but just thought someone might know. If I download a high definition file in MKV format I play it on my PC with videolan player np everything is fine as you would expect, now sometimes I need to edit a file but my movie edit software wont recognise mkv files...

Hi All, I need to replace my wife's Inspirion 6000 laptop with something a little faster. Looking at the Inspirion 17 laptop with the I5 processor and 500 gb HD and 4 gb of memory. I would be interested in the experience others have had with this laptop. Thanks in advance.....obtw, the Inspiron...

I've got a new Inspiron and I'm practicing with backup and recovery before I start using it for real. I've run the reimaging CD and it works but the system needs lots of drivers and Dell software foundon the second CD. WHen I start the D&U CD it scans the machine and gives me a list...

Just recently, the networking icon in the system tray has a red "X" through it. Ordinarily, this would mean that there is a problem with connectivity, right? However, I am having no problems with internet connectivity either through my wired network or my wireless network. I am running...

If you power a few laptops with a UPS, their batteries can do you in. If the power goes off and the UPS runs down completely, then the laptops begin using their own batteries. So far so good. When the power comes back on, the laptops continue runing except go on AC power, and in addition start...

The UPS has line protection for the telephone line. The two jacks are unhelpfully labelled "in" and "out." Which one goes to the computer? --

The only laptop dock for my Inspiron is USB-connected. Does anyone have any experience with it? HOw do they get decent video through a WUB2 cable? http://accessories.dell.com/sna/PopupProductDetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=A2854308&price=150 How high can the video resolution and refresh rate be...

Hello, I am helping out a friend who I had to do a clean install of Vista. It was a Dell with a D drive that was a recovery partition. After I ran all the updates then I installed MS Security essentials and iTunes. I am going to use Acronis to create and image but I was shocked to see drive C...

Can someone compare the Dell Precision T7400 and T7500 workstations? What feature improvements are in T7500? -- W

Attention All: Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create...

I've noticed this before, but was too busy to pay much attention. When I hit F2 and go into the BIOS setup on my XPS 9000, the fan at the back of the computer revs up; noticeably faster and louder than most of the time when I'm in Windows, and it doesn't slow back down until I exit setup and the...

I have Vista on my Dell 1501 with 2gig ram and I find it slow compared with my old XP machine with less spec. Is it worth upgrading to Windows 7 on my Dell 1501.

Something got me to wondering recently about M$'s once highly touted Win FS (see URL after post). Going from memory (mine, that is, not the XPS 9000's DDR3 g), it garnered a lot of press until M$ decided to "decommit" from Vista. Well, Vista's successor, Win7, is here (and which I like); but...

Something got me to wondering recently about M$'s once highly touted Win FS (see URL after post). Going from memory (mine, that is, not the XPS 9000's DDR3 g), it garnered a lot of press until M$ decided to "decommit" from Vista. Well, Vista's successor, Win7, is here (and which I like); but...