This is an Inspiron 15.6" Series 5000, 5559 Laptop. I purchased it new around July of 2016. It came with Windows 10 Home, probably Version 1511 or 1607 back then. It's currently fully updated, running Version 1709, build 16299.309. My question has to do with the number of Recovery Partitions...

Today I had to speak with Tech Support Rep whose English was terrible. I could hardly understand him. He had a heavy Spanish accent and the phone connection was bad. Is Dell outsourcing to other countries besides India? -- ~alan -------------------------

I have an Inspiron 5559 laptop, that I got in June 2017, shipped with Windows 10 Home Premium (1709 at the time?). I used the on board "Create a recovery drive" program then to make a USB recovery drive. All went fine. About a year and a half later, as I'm organizing all my USB drives, I...

1) We bought one PC and all went fine. 2) Ordered a second one many months later and for technical reasons, cancelled the order within 24 hours by both fax and email. We received a confirmation of the cancellation from the service rep. This rep was not available by phone and would not return my...

Someone accessed the following link on my computer today and I sure would like to understand what it is~ http://www.w00w00.org/files/dumptoken/wmpipe.txt

I have a 12-year old Dell Natural keyboard (probably a Microsoft clone) which I really like but which I'd like to narrow so my MS trackball mouse can be closer to the text keys. Since I *never* use the number pad, I've thought that I'd just saw it off if I could. Does anyone here know what wiring...

Will a standard (retail) PSU fit properly in this mid tower desktop? The current one is underpowered for things I would like to do Thnx

My Dell Inspiron 15 has an Intel HD Graphics 520 driver, per Device Manager, that was installed at the factory. It's running Windows 10, version 1803. I keep getting a Microsoft Update notification that it wants to install "Intel Corporation - Display - 2/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - 23.20.16.4973"....

I waited 8 weeks for a $100 rebate check. I called, they said to wait another month and call again. On Nov. 10th, I made that call and they said they would send another check in two weeks but in the meantime if check #351 came, not to cash it because it had been canceled. Sure enough, 4 days...

Machine is a Dell Inspiron 3668 desktop running Windows 10 Home Premium, 1803 build 17134.765. Looks like this machine is two builds behind (.766 and .799) before even getting to 1809. I'm set to get updates automatically, and I keep hitting Check for Updates, but that's for another...

I got a call today from a person (India or Pakistan probably) in a 3rd world country claiming to be Microsoft Certified, and that my computer had forwarded data to Microsoft indicating that it had a virus, and that he would help me fix it. I did not tell him about my tech street cred, but I busted...

I registered my Dell desktop when I first set it up. It came with the Dell Help & Support, and Support Assist programs. Both programs seem a little buggy. While in Dell Help & Support, if I click on the link that is supposed to take me to the Dell Community, I end up at...

The minimal HD memory Latitude 3180 at the outlet store is pretty cheap ($250, less on coupon days) and offers win10 pro. I got one to be able to play modern youtube videos, which XP can't deal with. Use Edge to download Firefox and you're good to go. Turn off all the awful win10 malware...

I went to watch a bunch of recorded HD shows this morning and almost all of them are a mess. Started doing the typical debugging and discovered a problem with my new Dimension 9200s (both have the exact same problem). If you run HDTune, it should show a consistent 65-75Mbs. It doesn't.

I have a Dell Precision M6800 laptop that I disable the touchpad and touchscreen on. Every so often they get turned back on! The touchpad is disabled in the UI for the device but will show up as enabled. There is a control for that. Oddly the first time I used it the buttons were turned off as...

I've always ignored this notice from Dell that pops up on a couple of my machines, usually when I reboot: https://postimg.cc/image/9purjioaj/ I just click Remind Me Later. I've never ordered any software from Dell, but I guess this is just in case I have, or do, and this notice is installed on...

Ok, for those who were waiting for a killer deal, here it is, its under $500!!!!!!!!!! http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayitem.cfm/76208

Anyone know what this is. My daughter is getting it on her dell Lattitude 610, Google provides nothing useful. Thanks, mike

Do you guys think that it can FIX my hdd that has been compromised by a 0zx24 stop error. I need for the drive to be fixed just long enough to run a couple programs so I can run their backups. Ubuntu let me recover data but I need to run a couple programs. This is everything I've done to no...

An Inspiron 5755 crashed while running a BIOS udpate (from A08 to A12). None of the solutions that work for some Dells work with this one. I called Dell but they won't tell me the price to reflash the BIOS. There's a base $39.99 to arrange shipping for them to then look at it and provide a...