Posts by Andevian

Well I'm watching software reinstall on my wife's MX7515. It's needed it for a while, but you know how it is. Software takes an eternity to reinstall, there's always that one little thing you forget to backup that earns you couch detail...

My money wouldn't ever go to Dell's software service until I talked to someone who had experience with them. We've already got mountains of evidence that their hardware support team is doing well to determine where the power switch is on...

Quote: Originally Posted by Yamil Thanks Andevian. Regarding the DEP, you mentioned 4 possible options for the /noexecute= section, but what you suggest?. I have no experience in this, so what I should do?. My processor...

Option 1: Disable Microsoft Indexing Service: Click Start and Run. Type "services.msc" without the quotes and click OK.\ Locate "Indexing Service" and double-click it. Set the startup type to disabled and click...

Start->Network Connections or Start->Control Panel->Network Connections or Start->Connect To->Show all connections then: Advanced->Advanced Settings Check the "Connections" box. The higher a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bryan'sM505x Gateway® MX7525 does the newer models with the new gateway top chassis (silver gateway box logo) have the cracked hinge problem? anyone? just curious thanks I have an...

XP is definitely out of date. A major reason XP is so horribly equipped to deal with many of the "bad things" that are out there nowadays is quite simply that those things either did not exist or were extremely rare when XP was...

An event that happens to an alone user nearly 100% of the time but doesn't happen at all in the presence of a technician is a completely normal occurrence in the computer industry. Experienced techs don't even bat an eye when we hear...

Wireless adapters ship disabled, usually via a hardware switch. Some units have an actual physical switch, others use a key combination like Fn+F2. The only purpose of a sign-on account on the Dell support website is so you can tie...

It sounds like SpyAxe. Google for that and you'll find directions on removing it. I haven't tackled this one myself but a coworker of mine did, and had a hell of a time getting rid of it. This one even breaks through Firefox...