unable to use apps that I download on my laptop
hello, I downloaded the popcorn time app and when I try to open it, it says "the program can't start because libVLCQtCore.dll is missing from your computer. try reinstalling the program to fix this...
View Articlecant clean install Windows 8 new drive Dell Studio XPS 8100
Hi I am having quiet the difficulties doing a clean install of Windows 8 onto a new hard drive. On each attempted, I recieved various stops from: cant find media (lost cd drive), cant write to...
View ArticleInspiron 530 Upgrade to Window 8.1
I am trying to upgrade to Windows 8.1 I keep receiving a notice that I need to have Windows 7 first. Is there any way around this. I only have the disk for Windows 8. Will my Inspiron 530 be able to...
View ArticleUnable to uninstall mysearchdial program
Hi, Like many people it appears I have been hijacked by the above program, ie it appears as my default search engine when I start up Google Chrome browser. I am fully versed with the ways of...
View ArticleHow to get the WIndows 8 installation recovery media from dell?
Hi.The HDD on my laptop crashed recently after which Windows was not booting. I had started the reset process using Dell Recovery but I do not have the recovery media of the original OS (Windows 8.1)...
View ArticleDell XPS l421 - Dell Recovery and Restore USB hanging forever.....
Hi all,Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.I upgraded (seemingly free) to Windows 10 (from 8.1 but suffered with various non-responsive issues so tried to install Win 7 from external usb...
View ArticleXPS8500 - Windows 8.1 installation / Cannot retrieve SLP key
Hello everybody, The installation procedure provided in this site says :"Look at the product ID at the bottom and see if the product ID mentions the words OEM. If the license is OEM then your product...
View Articlewindows 7 pro reinstall
My Dell Ispiron (direct from dell) came loaded with win 7 pro, and a re-install disc for win 8.1. I immediately created two re-install discs for the factory loaded win 7 pro. A few days ago, due to...
View ArticleDELL ST2 with Windows 8 is suddenly shutting down
Hy ,I have a DELL Latitude 10 ST2 and it has windows 8 installed. The problem with the tablet is that is shutting down by itself. What I presume is that Windows got some updates and because of that is...
View ArticleBackup error and MigRestore
I ran the Dell Backup and Recovery utility when my system had some issues. It created a backup on my C: drive but the restore utility locked up during the process and now cannot "see" the backup on...
View Articledownload and reinstall widows 8 to my dell inspiron 15R
I had a problem with my windows 8 and i tried to repair and restore but it didn't work.I downloaded windows 8.1 from Microsoft website and i had to reset my windows.Now my windows is not activated and...
View ArticleNeed to go back to Windows 8 from a 10 upgrade
My friend has a laptop, a Dell Inspiron 15, 3000 series that came with Windows 8. She upgraded to Windows 10 a while ago and has had a lot of problems with it. She wants to go back to Windows 8 and I...
View ArticleDell Recovery USB Media
I have bought my Dell 14Z 5423 from USA and I have moved to India for a project. Dell gave me a USB Recovery Media and the media has stopped working. My laptop crashed recently and I have lost the...
View ArticleINSPIRON 7520 WINDOWS 8 OEM
Good evening everybody,After quite some unsucessful researches, I decided to finally post my question to make it clear...I have a Dell INSPIRON 7520 which came with windows 8 inside (so that is what we...
View Articlewifi
I just did a clean install of windows 8 using a dell cd they sent me some time ago. It all went fine, till I booted it up and now I have NO wifi. The whole thing has gone. How do I get it back ??
View ArticleInspiron 3521, Clean Windows 8 install, no WIFI connection
I did clean re-install of windows 8 from a cd that Dell sent me when they first fixed my new computer. The reinstall programed on the computer was no good, so sent it back, they fixed it, but sent me...
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Need help regarding OS
Hi There,I could not find exact solution through the forum or internet. So posting my question here.I have A dell Inspiron 5542. It came loaded with windows 8.1. (the dell site shows this when service...
View ArticleChecking Media Presence and Press F1 to Reboot.
I had replaced by HDD on Alienware 15 R2 by Samsung 850 EVO and had MBR on that which was pointing to windows BOOT Samsung 951 NVME with SATA operation set to RAID. Everything worked perfectly. But...
View Articlewindows 8.1 activation errors
i have visited dell web suport i says as given below ,MY QUESTION IS THIS WHAT IT THE USER CHANGE HIS MOTHEBOARD , I HAVE ONE WORKSTATION ISSUE , ASKING FOR PRODUCT ACTIVATION KEY DETAIL BELOW,Dell...
View ArticleCannot install Windows 8.1
HiI try to install Windows 8.1 on a Dell Latitude 5550 but I cannot go through the installer because it won't show me any hard disk., The disk is available in the bios but not in the Windows installer....
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