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Forum: Hardware February 15th, 2023, 03:05 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,179
Posted By Smokey
Many thanks, Ensign Tzap Your suggestion...

Many thanks, Ensign Tzap

Your suggestion worked as advertised, but didn't address my issue. The Fingerprint reader has worked properly all along. What it WON'T do anymore is bypass the power...
Forum: Hardware February 13th, 2023, 06:23 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,179
Posted By Smokey
Wake Acer Laptop from Sleep Mode with fingerprint sensor

When I got my Acer Aspire A517-52 in October, I was impressed by being able to wake it up directly, by scanning the fingerprint sensor. Somewhere along the line, I've lost this clever little...
Forum: Hardware October 19th, 2022, 05:23 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,737
Posted By Smokey
Acer Laptop Backlighting

The specifications for my new Aspire 5 A517-52-713G clearly state that it has keyboard backlighting. I've tried all the usual Fn combinations but cannot get lighting to work. I do a lot of work in...
Forum: Hardware November 1st, 2021, 02:04 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,713
Posted By Smokey
Inconsistent Fan Grinding/Buzzing

Hi

I've been getting a temporary grinding or buzzing noise for months--pretty sure it's from the fan. It normally commences on start, continues for a few minutes (2-5) then stops. Occasionally it...
Forum: Applications October 16th, 2020, 02:34 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,226
Posted By Smokey
New Outlook Installation nightmare

Hi, Monkeylove

Thanks for getting back to me. After (much) repairing, I uninstalled Office 365 and Reinstalled. This solved most of my problems, but I'm still left with the original: None of my...
Forum: Applications October 12th, 2020, 09:56 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,226
Posted By Smokey
New Outlook Installation Nightmare

'Morning all

I'm running a Dell Inspiron 7010 laptop, Windows 10 and have recently purchased and installed Office 365 Home. My Outlook is a nightmare--often stops responding and I have to close in...
Forum: Applications October 5th, 2020, 07:44 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 939
Posted By Smokey
MS Outlook 2016 Not Responding

Hi

I'm running Windows 10 on a Dell Inspron 17 5000 series laptop.

A couple days ago, my Outlook hung up on an email I was trying to send to approx 60 contacts. It hasn't worked properly ever...
Forum: Hardware September 23rd, 2020, 03:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 698
Posted By Smokey
CD/DVD Drive not recognized

Hi

I'm running a Dell Inspiron 17 on Windows 10. CD/DVD drive used to work, but I haven't used it for a long time.

I wanted to view a DVD today--No Joy. The ODD is recognized on the BIOS Main...
Forum: Windows 10 August 11th, 2020, 06:09 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,569
Posted By Smokey
https://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234277

Thanks, Digerati

I use WD for security as well. I don't have the patience to wait it out, although I have on occasion because I haven't used the PC for a couple days. It didn't sort itself.

I...
Forum: Windows 10 August 8th, 2020, 03:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,569
Posted By Smokey
Hi Digerati Thanks for your reply I've...

Hi Digerati

Thanks for your reply I've answered in turn:

And when you run System Restore, how far back do you go every time? There don't seem to be many choices, but generally I go back to a...
Forum: Windows 10 August 7th, 2020, 02:48 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,569
Posted By Smokey
Periodic Slow Down and Solution

Hi

Every three or four months, my Dell Latitude laptop grinds to a virtual halt: Everything is slow--startup, search, connection and page loading all bgged down. Every time this happens, I go...
Forum: Windows 10 June 28th, 2020, 02:00 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,877
Posted By Smokey
MS Account sign in blocks access to Safe Boot

Hi Murf

Thanks for coming back to me--yes, that's where I was trying to sign in. Since I successfully changed my PW when this problem first surfaced I KNEW it was correct so I just kept plugging...
Forum: Windows 10 June 19th, 2020, 02:39 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,877
Posted By Smokey
MS Account sign in blocks access to Safe Boot

Hi

This one's driving me batty. I need to boot my Dell Inspiron to Safe Mode. I'm going through the troubleshoot sequence to Start Options but when I reach the dropdown and select 'start in safe...
Forum: Windows 10 April 20th, 2020, 02:07 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,721
Posted By Smokey
Windows 10 Update Nghtmare

Hi

Once again, I've allowed Microsoft to install a suite of updates and watched my Dell Inspron laptop PC slow to a crawl. I'm smarter than I used to be--saved a System Restore point before I let...
Forum: Windows 10 November 28th, 2019, 06:09 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,018
Posted By Smokey
Can't set HDD as priority boot mode

Hi Murf

I tried that as well with a rescue USB from my old (Windows 10) computer. Nothing doing--obviously incompatible.

Sooooooo...I surrendered and called my local guru--two minutes of...
Forum: Windows 10 November 26th, 2019, 01:29 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,018
Posted By Smokey
Hi Murf No joy, I'm afraid. I managed to...

Hi Murf

No joy, I'm afraid. I managed to reset Setup defaults on the bottom of the Bios page, but I've tried the triple interruption routine a half dozen times and nothing happens.

Not sure...
Forum: Windows 10 November 25th, 2019, 06:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,018
Posted By Smokey
Thanks, Murph When I tried to locate Power...

Thanks, Murph

When I tried to locate Power Management everything tumbled. I now can't boot the PC (no bootable media found) and one tried just about everything I can think of. Ran the diagnostics...
Forum: Windows 10 November 24th, 2019, 02:58 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,018
Posted By Smokey
Can't set HDD as priority boot mode

Hi
I've recently windows-repaired my Dell Latitude laptop and run the Dell Update program and she's running better than she has in years. One small annoyance--during the process, the Boot priorities...
Forum: Windows 10 August 24th, 2018, 04:27 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,368
Posted By Smokey
Thanks, Wangyan

Thanks, Wangyan
Forum: Applications August 21st, 2018, 12:37 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 744
Posted By Smokey
Firefox is already Open..........

In the past few months, I'm getting this message almost every time I try to open Firefox and I'm fed up with it. Yes, I know how to go to Task Manager and shut it down, but I never used to have to do...
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