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Restoring a Dell
See first of all , new dell system come with what is called a system restore. so if u have bought system after june 2004, it will have pc restore on it...
Copying data to CD
Hi, DELL 2400 DIM w-SONIC CD WRITER I transferred several files from my HDD to a recordable CD-R disk, using drag and drop. Then I followed...
Need Dell edition of Windows Media Center Edition 2005.. 522
Allegro, Granted the apparent stupidity of all this, why not call Microsoft and ask them what legal options you have so far as they're concerned? I fully realize...
Need Dell edition of Windows Media Center Edition 2005.. 523
Hi, Mail to Mr. Dell sent and i also posted again on the Dell forums, and here...
Need Dell edition of Windows Media Center Edition 2005.. 524
Ah, I see you know what i'm talking about.. However, i've should have know.. When i bought my other Dell, a Dimension 8300, a year ago i had some earlier...
Disabling Dell Musicmatch
Hi, I just got a new Dimension 8400, running Windows XPHome. I had a heck of a time...
Windows Explorer under XP Pro taming zip files
G'day mates, Got a problem with friggin' Windows Explorer under XP Pro on a system I use...
Windows Explorer under XP Pro taming zip files
Colin To be honest, I dont mind either, but WinZip has a familiar feel to it. Exactly. Nice feature. Just imagine if we still had to use pkzip.exe and pkunzip.exe to work on these...
New HDD on 8300 jumper settings need help
The jumpers for both drives should be placed where they were originally. The (blue) SATA interface cable should be connected to the (blue) SATA 0 connector on the motherboard. Boot to...
OT possibly Celeron benchmarks
How about doing an apples-and-apples comparision? Windows 98 = Oranges. Windows XP = Apples. No benchmark comparision...
Enable write caching on disk
Hi All, I have a peer to peer network and just added a new secondary HD on my Dimension 8200 I use as the server. I also added...
Question about Firefox
Yes. It will prompt you when you open it the first time. You can also leave IE as the default browser and still use Firefox. Firefox will also prompt...
Question about sdram for a Dell Optiplex GXa
Which on of those sdram can made 3 same kind of sdram and can go into a Dell Optiplex GXa , so I can fill...
Still in need of Dell branded Media Center Edition 2005.. 535
Hi, As an update, i took a picture of the cd with my piece of crap camera.. It's not much, but i don't have a scanner. I...
Still in need of Dell branded Media Center Edition 2005.. 536
Even if you bought a legitimate MS full copy of WinXP, free support would only last 30 days. A window pun intended while you get Winwhatever set up. After that 30 days, the...
Still in need of Dell branded Media Center Edition 2005.. 537
Perhaps if you presented your story to a computer magazine they might be able to help. Almost every...
Help! My Dell is extremely slow now
I'd also try Microsoft's AntiSpyWare product, though it sounds like you've done everything I'd think of to rule out mal...
Dim 4700 heat & noise
scimark Roughly similar both 3.0ghz 800fsb. 4600's have the Northwood pentium with 512k cache and the 4700's have the Prescott pentium with the 1mb cache. When I say the 4600...
Dell E173FP monitor
You seem to be describing normal behavior. Some websites are designed to flow or stretch to fill the available width of your browser window. Other websites are designed to be of a certain, fixed...
Changing Transfer Modes from PIO to DMA
I posted a few days ago regarding my Dell 4550's speed problem, and was told to change my Current Transfer Mode from PIO to DMA by...
Driver_IRQL_Not_Less_Than BLUE SCREEN ERROR
For the past month, every so often while playing "World of Warcraft" my son gets a "DriverIRQLNotLessThan" blue screen error. From looking at this I...
Upgrading my Dell 2400 545
Take a look inside the system at the front panel connector - you will need to split out that ribbon cable and re-terminate...
Upgrading my Dell 2400 546
XP doesn't take well to being transplanted from one system to another. Do not try the move without a full backup of the drive - the most common...
It pays to be a Dellbot 548
Well, lucky you :-) Seriously. I don't believe you are a Dellbot. I guess I just attract the occasional 'bad guys' at Dell because I always have bad luck no...
It pays to be a Dellbot 549
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:34:46 -0800, Irene On my first trip to NYC a couple years...
How do you create the Dell diagnostic parbreastion and load it up with the diagnostics
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:42:33 -0500, Ogden Johnson III Ogden, I'm not trying to disprove you and actually I agree with you 99.9% but I...
How do you create the Dell diagnostic parbreastion and load it up with the diagnostics
Stay tuned, Tom. I may yet have a solution. I set up a Labreastude C810 yesterday, but got things a little out of order. I don't...
How do you create the Dell diagnostic parbreastion and load it up with the diagnostics
Of course, the imaging software needs to be able to create an image of a...
Using Dell OEM software to test non dell hardware
I have about 4 machines (2 IBM 2 HP) that have formatted hard drives in them. I would...
Using Dell OEM software to test non dell hardware
Check your copy of Dell OEM XP again. I've had no trouble using it to load up a non-Dell machine, except that it requests a COA, of course. I do...
Windows Media Center Edition or Windows XP for Home
Hi all I am getting ready to purchase a new computer. Im having trouble deciding which operating system I want. I did pick up a couple of books from the...
Memory usage, PIII vs P4 or portable vs desktop, or
Hi, This is, I'm buttuming, not a Dell question as such, but as both machines happen to be Dells, here I am... ;-) I have been monitoring memory usage on two PCs...
Inspiron 8200 Noisy Fan
Last week I wrote thinking that my hard drive was hurting. Have now concluded that it is the Fan. I know...
Hard Drive MiroringBackup & Data Recovery Service
Tom Scales Something to bare in mind is that if you plan to use the...
Creating a Dell diagnostic parbreastion on a bare hard drive
I'm an avid proponent of multibooting, as one can guess from my webpage at www.goodells.net-multibooting. I've also...
Whose waiting until dualcores
I feel like something's changed and I missed out on it. Nearly everything in the past decade...
Second Notebook HDD
I happen to have a spare notebook HDD (my previous laptops mobo died, but the HDD...
OTADAware query
You'll find this when you do a full scan. IMHO, it's not necessary to do a...
Dimension 4400 and 4550 and their Intel counterparts
Hi all, thanks to everyone, especially to Ben for his detailed instructions. Well, the board arrived today. I removed my 4400...
I'm back again..with more troubles
Hello, I installed a new benQ DVD Writer, DW 1620 in my DELl DIM. 2400. Using...
Dell Tech Support 565
What does a "knowledgeable American tech support guy" look like?" Surely you have seen their commercials where...
Dell Tech Support 566
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:34:59 -0600, Dave I agree, but in many instances the language barrier presents a BIG problem. What a US customer might call a disk drive or some other part...
Dell Tech Support 567
I got news for you, Dell has people working in their call centers in the U.S. whose native tongue is not English. I have a friend who works in Dell consumer sales in Austin. He...
Dell & Norton 2005
Odds are he's talking that, or Norton Internet Security 2005, or Norton System Works 2005. Those rumblings he is hearing typically arise from people who are not as familiar with firewalls, AV programs...
Dell technician took my failed drive
flashmail-SPAM.com says... Mike, This is the fault of the tech who set up the...
PCIE Video card and Hauppauge WinTVPVR150MCE recomendations
I just purchased a 4700 with the integrated video. At some point in the near...
Interesting Memo
An interesting memo went out to Dell employees this last week that says future Inspiron and Dimension systems that ship with CDRW or DVD+-RW drives in them will no...
How do you change Service Tag # on Dell Laptop
I too have recently had a warranty MB replacement on a Dell Labreastude D500 with the result that there was no Service Tag information entered into the BIOS and...
Use server as desktop PC
Guys Im in a quandary and need your advice Im in market for e new PC My uses would be the typical surfing and word...
A couple of questions about a PowerEdge 2300
Picked up a surplus PowerEdge 2300 server, and looking it over brings a couple of questions to mind. I downloaded the manuals from Dell, but didn't really cover the topics. 1) The motherboard, near PCI...
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