Forum: Hardware
February 15th, 2023, 03:05 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,213
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...
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Forum: Hardware
February 13th, 2023, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,213
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Forum: Hardware
October 19th, 2022, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,778
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...
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Forum: Hardware
November 1st, 2021, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,763
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...
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Forum: Applications
October 16th, 2020, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,333
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...
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Forum: Applications
October 12th, 2020, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,333
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...
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Forum: Applications
October 5th, 2020, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 957
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...
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Forum: Hardware
September 23rd, 2020, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 723
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
August 11th, 2020, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,619
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Forum: Windows 10
August 8th, 2020, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,619
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
August 7th, 2020, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,619
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
June 28th, 2020, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,917
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
June 19th, 2020, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,917
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
April 20th, 2020, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,768
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
November 28th, 2019, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,064
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
November 26th, 2019, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,064
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
November 25th, 2019, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,064
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
November 24th, 2019, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,064
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...
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Forum: Windows 10
August 24th, 2018, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,421
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Forum: Applications
August 21st, 2018, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 754
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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