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Windows Update doesnt work New Inspiron 15 with Windows 7 and Mcafee

There is a shield with an x when I go to Windows Update. It seems to attempt to search but after hours it just keeps searching. Ive tried various "fixes" for Windows Update but nothing changes.

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System Recovery for Optiplex 380

I seem to have hit several brick walls.  Perhaps someone can point me to a procedure to get me through, or enter the steps I need to do that.I have W10 installed on the computer but would like to...

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How do you re-download the Microsoft Office that came with computer?

My niece had to reset her inspiron 11 laptop and now isn't sure how to get the Microsoft Office 2013 that she bought when she ordered the laptop.  It was already installed and didn't come with a disk...

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Desktop icon placement in Windows 7

My Windows 7 desktop has its icons arranged in two columns flush left. If I drag an icon away from that array, it snaps back. What can I do to allow icons to be moved away from the left margin?

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Internet Explorer 11 Auto Restart After Crash

Occasionally Internet Explorer 11 crashes/freezes on my Windows 7 machine and I need to kill the process (just ending the task doesn't always work).  However there is a behavior that I find quite...

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Issue reinstalling Windows 7 on my Dell E7250 Laptop

So I downloaded the image from Dells site and put it on a USB and booted from it. My SSD does show up, but it gives me an error when I try to install it on a partition. I forgot the exact error, but it...

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Bad image error

I have installed fifa 13 but when i am running it I am getting this error:either wsock32.dll is not designed to work on windows or it contains an error.how can i fix it?I am using windows 7

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Can i reinstall windows 7 professional on optiplex 380?

I buy optiplex 380 from 2nd hand pc seller. This pc have Windows 7 Pro COA, but the installed OS is Windows 7 Ultimate. The recovery partition was missing and i dont have any recovery disk. Where i can...

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How to reinstall original window for Dell inspiron N5110

I bought this laptop but the owner had installed some pirated version. I want to reinstall the original genuine window but the problem is the product key is not clearly read from sticker and original...

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Logo Loop

I have an Inspiron 5548 that when I turn on it stays on the black screen with Dell logo, sounds like it is trying to load, then reboots.  I can do F2 to setup and F12 to Boot Manager, but neither gives...

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Dell Mentor Media re-installation USB says its already been used. I got it...

I have a Dell Mentor Media re-installation USB directly from Dell that I got brand new. Its telling me its used and cannot be used by me to reinstall Windows. Anyway to fix it?

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dell inspiron i7559 OS installation issue

Hi All,I am facing the below error while installing the windows 7 or windows 8 OS on my Dell inspiron I7559."a required cd/dvd drive device driver is missing if you have a driver floppy disk".already...

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Bad image error

Hello I have a dell N5110 and I am using windows 7 home basic operating system. The problem is that I have installed a game and when I try to run the game I keep getting this error:wsock32.dll is...

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Dell Inspirion 2320 Service tag not found

I bought this about 3 years ago, and had a HD failure.  Tried to download window recovery image but service tag is not found.

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PowerPoint 2003

Greetings.When i try to open a presentation (which was created 2 years ago) in PowerPoint 2003 i recieve an error: PowerPoint found unreadable content in Presentation.pptx.How to repair PowerPoint file?

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EASY TRANSFER

About to buy new laptop from DellCan I get printout from web showing what different options are available with EASY TRANSFER (buying cable etc)I prefer to be able to see what would get done instead of...

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XPS13 not booting, HDD disappeared from boot menu

Hi!Last year I purchased a XPS 13 and was pretty happy with it until the mini Displayport stopped working and I had to send the device to Dell two weeks ago. Unfortunately they reset my laptop and...

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Restore point failure

Though I have created restore points before under Windows Vista, suddenly it doesn't work. Though I am logged in with administrator privileges, when I click the Create button to create a restore point,...

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BUG REPORT: Dell Update Software

Just a minor bug report about Dell Update Software. ;)On mouse over tray icon a message show the last update date. On PT-BR there is an "\ n" lost in the middle of the string.

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Where did the user name after C\:user\ come from please?

Just wondering how that name after C:\user was generated please. I don't recall being asked for a username during setup and would like to know if it can be changed easily. It just seems to have taken...

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