Posts by ckr

Dell has offshored their tech support. When you call up, you get someone from East India. In this economy, I try to support the country I live in, and I was very upset that they'd sent that function overseas. When I first had a...

As it turns out, turning off the WinXP Wireless Zero Configuration service,, keeps any wireless connection from happening with anything. I reinstalled the drivers for the D-Link card, and that all works now. But the internal wireless...

SirBA, I didn't want to buy a Dell because they've offshored their tech support. I currently own an I8000. I got it new and it's been a great computer. After the Alienware is gone - which might be soon- it's back to Dell, despite the...

Well, it's good to know that I'm in the wrong Craig. I did do my research, BTW, but I'd hoped to be able to buy a new warranty on the computer. At the very least, I thought I'd be able to buy some tech support. I was wrong. That...

OK. I really wanted an Alienware system, but didn't have 3k to drop on it. So, I went to EBay. After several weeks of looking through the scams, I found one that was a good machine that I could afford and bought it. I received it...

If you want a used one, I'll sell you mine. I bought it on EBay, it's in perfect condition and was exactly the computer I wanted. However... Their customer service treated me like complete crap. Their excuse (for treating me that...

Thanks for the suggestions. I think that one problem is that the signal strength is too weak. Yesterday though, I was reading a strong signal and still not able to get an address. Today, the signal is weak and I was able to get on for...

OK, I screwed up. On several counts, so I'm hoping that someone will be able to help. First screwup: I bought an Alienware second hand. Of course, despite the fact that the machine is in fine (only 5 months old) condition and they...