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Problem with Recovery and Restore USB Key

HI All,Just had a new Optiplex 5040 repaired with new HD and motherboard.  HD was blank with no factory image installed.  When using the Dell OS recovery and restore usb key it loads into the recovery...

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Dell E6510 Win 7 Pro SP1 32 bit exits to blue user login screen unexpectedly

System: Dell Latitude E6510, Win 7 Pro SP1 32 bit, BIOS A16CPU: Intel Core i5 560M Arrandale @ 2.67GHzChipset: Northbridge  Intel Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge rev. 02                 Southbridge...

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My Dell Downloads windows 7

First of all, please accept my apology if this question is not posted in the correct spot. It is as close as I could find. I need to download software from the My Dell Downloads site and burn them to a...

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Microsoft Office/Error when importing MPP file (Mircosoft Project)

Hi, today I tried to import an mpp file and I got the following error:java.class.path: eclipsito.jar;.java.home: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7java.ext.dirs: C:\Program...

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BT EMAIL Yahoo EMAIL

I have been using Yahoo Email since I got this computer .... 4th yearApparently Yahoo email will become BT EMAIL ( United Kingdom .. UK .....Can someone give me a forum address for asking then...

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downgrade from windows 8.1 pro back to windows 7

I would like to dual boot windows 7 and 8 or factory reset my laptop to original (windows 7), settings. it came with windows 7 and I upgraded it to 8 then 8.1. I don't have the original disks. I bought...

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Dell XPS 17 L702X cannot find my camera - webcam

my Dell XPS 17 L702X cannot find my camera - webcam.  i have updated all recommended device drivers (there were no urgent ones to update).  i did not update the optional ones.  i installed R277344.exe...

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New Dell computers with wrong language

Hi, we just received 5 new laptop computers (Dell Latitude 3550) with Windows 7 Pro OEM OS but they came with only 2 languages (French and English) and we need Spanish.What can I do in order to get the...

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List of files in folder to be printed

Can I print list of files in named folder on printerLAPTOP  XPS702X Wndows 7

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ObjectDock or StarDock Missing

I use to have the dock.  I had to re-install Windows and now it's gone.  How do I get the dock back?

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Lost Factory Recovery Image ! Please help!

Hi All,I had a new Dell Inspiron 15 with Windows 10 preinstalled. I bought it from Vietnam, but now I am living in the US. My problem is I cannot recover my Dell to the Factory setting because there...

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Lost Factory Recovery Media ! Please help !

Hi All,I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 15 with Windows 10 preinstalled from Vietnam. Now, I am living in the US. My problem is I cannot recover my Dell laptop to the Factory setting, when I used the...

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Dell inspiron 15 not booting up

I had some sort of error message saying windows 7 needed to be backed up.  My laptop came with Windows 8 and I upgraded to 10 when it came out for free.  I closed out of all the screens and turned off...

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Plugged in charging but not charging

I own dell latitude e6410 and had its bttery replaced bout 4 months ago. the battery did good giving me 4 hrs backup (9 cell). now whe i hover above the battery icon in the taskbar it says 0% available...

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does dell offer a free windows 7 upgrade from the outdated oem windows xp

I have 2 dell laptps, (an E1705 and an 9400) and have the oem windows xp that came with them. But Microsoft is now doing away with XP and will no longer support it. I cant even upgrade Internet...

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Partial freeze and lag- Continuous

I purchased a new Dell Inspiron 3459 i5 processor with Windows 10. The computer works fine for about 30-60 minutes, then begins to lag for about 5-10 seconds every 3 to four minutes. For example, when...

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OS reset

HiOptiplex 7020.PC came with Win 7 pre-installed and a Win 8.1 disk. How can pc be reset back to Win 7 factory setting? If possible it would be great to also preserve user data ie drive is not...

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HDD caddy causing Vostro 3750 to NOT power down?

Hi, I got a generic HDD caddy from eBay for installing a 2nd hard disk in the DVD drive bay. I ended up replacing the internal HDD with a SSD, did a clean install of Win7 on the SSD, installed required...

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Problem with MS-Office product key

Some years back I bought two Dells with Windows 7 Home Edition and MS-Office 2010 Professional pre-installed. As I later bought several others with win7 Pro, I recently upgraded the two old ones to...

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PC restore after windows 10 installed.

I am having a problem with one of my pieces of software.  All of a sudden the icon is grayed out and it will not launch.  I tried removing/reinstalling it and it says that .net 4 is not found. When I...

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