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Recover Product Key from Dell

Hi,I inherited an Inspiron N4010. The original OS was Windows 7 Home Basic and have a massive malware infection. I wiped the OS and installed Windows 10 (after adding an extra 2GB of RAM). Windows 10...

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Reinstall windows 7 home premium

I purchase my laptop(xps15z) with windows 7 home premium 64 bit sp 1 installed in it(pre-installed).My hard disk crashed and i had to change new hard disk.Now i have to re install windows 7 home...

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Reinstalled windows on the laptop I just bought, now it's asking for a...

I bought a Dell Inspiron 1470 from a friend. It was covered in ***, so I reinstalled windows home premium. It asks me for a windows key, which I thought was stored on the BIOS? Then I flipped the...

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Recovery

My Dell PC came with WIndows 8, pre-installed. I just upgrade it to Windows 10 and have few question:I believe that when I recover my OS from the recovery tool it will recover the Windows 8, and not...

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No Windows disk/activation key provided with Dell XPS13?

Why is there no Windows disk/activation key provided with the Dell XPS13? How can I get back to Windows 8 and activate?My dad is having some issues with his XPS13 on Windows 10 (it won't activate...

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Recovery error (error code 0xc0000098) while downgrading from Windows 10 back...

Hi. Can anyone help me on this error?I upgraded my Dell Venue Pro 11 5130 tablet to Windows 10 a few days ago. Everything was fine but I noticed that apps are not downloading from the Windows Store....

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How to update drivers for Windows 7 on an Inspiron 1501?

Hi Folks,Maybe I just shouldn't try this, but since I hate throwing a working machine away, I just installed Windows 7 pro on my Inspiron 1501, only to find that Dell does not support Win7 on my...

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Unable to update Dell Studio 1555 to Windows 10 (or 8)

I would like to update Windows 7 to Windows 10 but after starting installation my CPU doesn't support NX. CPU is Core 2 Duo which I'm sure supports NX.I updated BIOS to A13 (from 2011) hoping there...

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lost product key

Hi there,i upgraded my windows 8 which was pre-installed to windows 10 using ISO file. and accidentally i wiped my hard drive. without knowing my windows product key i cant get a genuine OS. So i...

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XPS 13 (L322X) reinstall of Windows 8 blocked by postgreSQL

Do to a malware intrusion, I have fully re-set the SSD and have re-loaded Windows 8 (from Dell recovery DVD).  In the process of allowing the massive number of automatic Windows updates and installing...

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Windows 7 update hangs

Just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on Dell 1737 and I can't do a Windows update. The update just hangs....and hanggggggs....I've done all the options and fix it's fro MS site and still can't get...

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Work around for Broadcom adapter with Windows 10 install.

80240020 was my install error code for the Windows 10 download. Also, the Windows 10 compatibility wizard in the Window 10 App said the Broadcom virtual adapter was not compatible.1. Disable the...

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Win 8 - problem with Windows license

Hello,I have purchased the Dell Inspiron-15 laptop in October 2014.The microsoft product - Win 8.1 Pro was sold along with the PC. This was a fully embedded verion, i.e neither Flash nor DVD containing...

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Windows recovery fail

After some software problems, I tried to reinstall Windows using Dell DataSafe Restore, using only one availabe image "factory image 2012-01-28 08:01:00".But after completed HD format and copying all...

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Windows recovery fail - Inspiron 1090-1266

After some software problems, I tried to reinstall Windows using Dell DataSafe Restore, using only one availabe image "factory image 2012-01-28 08:01:00".Computer model is Inspiron 1090-1266But after...

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Dell studio 1558 preinstalled windows 7 question

Hello community. I have got a preinstalled version of windows 7 on my notebook activated but im not using it I rather stick to linux. My father bought a new DELL XPS without any OS. My question is, is...

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WINDOWS UPDATE ; UPDATES WERE INSTALLED; FAILED ( 2 off)

What is happening re Windows update (windows 7 ; L702X laptop )this week 2 upgrades have 'FAILED1. Windows19 ; I am not using Windows 10 !!2 Quanta Computer Inc (?) WEBCAMI do not want to make things...

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Black screen with blinking cursor...

OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5 Processor Count: 4 RAM: 8151 Mb Graphics...

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Dell Studio 1555 - video drivers?

I've upgraded Studio 1555 to Windows 10 yesterday. Everything seems to be working great, except Minecraft, which crashes in video land.Minecraft is aware of the problem, and issued an advisory with...

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UPDATE/UPGRADE WINDOWS 7 Labtop L702X

2 windows 7 updates have failed in past week

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