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Sorry, I could not find a proper place to ask this question. It is about Google's superfluous and inconsistent localization (IMO). I live in Hong Kong but I cannot read Chinese. Every time I open Google.com the interface is entirely in Chinese, and there is no way to change the language...

Thank you, t53186, for your prompt reply. This is the solution, but I'm afraid the docking stations prices are about the price of the monitor; the cheaper ones either do not have a VGA port or they require Thunderbolt or USB-C port neither of which are on my laptop.

My laptop is HP Pavilion dv6-7025tx Entertainment Notebook PC on Windows 10. I plan to buy an external monitor HP 22es (FHD monitor), which has HDMI and VGA input. I am presently using a second monitor connected to the VGA port of the notebook. Can I connect the FHD monitor to the HDMI port...

Thank you for your reply and consideration. I did contact the Shenzhen company. I understand that an SSD is not typically used externally but I can testify I've had the best experience in this way. I'd be grateful if someone knows for sure any external enclosure or docking station which does...

I'm considering buying a two-bay ORICO HDD docking station SATA to USEB 3.0. From experience I know that external enclosures do not show the drive name and type. For example a Samsung 850 EVO SSD in an IT-CEO external enclosure shows the name "IT-CEO Storage USB Device". As a result Windows 10...

Hi to all. I have a Dell Inspiron 13 7000 2 in 1 laptop, running Windows 10 version 1607. I want to buy an Intel NUC Kit and use the laptop monitor as display of the NUC Is it possible? Thank you for your replies.

Updating the system with the same driver did not solve my problem. Here in China the Dell service personnel are very unhelpful and reluctant to share any information, so it took me 4 months and complaints to all possible institutions to make them do something about this defect. They changed the...

I solved the problem by updating the Audio driver with Realtek Audio_Driver_VR8Y0_WN32_6.0.1.7908_A03, which can be found on the drivers website for the laptop.

MERGED QUESTION Question from academica : "Audio problem on DELL Inspiron 13 7368" I have a 1-month old DELL Inspiron 13 7368 with Windows 10. Every audio signal is preceded by a loud click, then the sound is heard minus the first second. It seems to me that some software switches off the sound...

I have a 1-month old DELL Inspiron 13 7368 with Windows 10. Every audio signal is preceded by a loud click, then the sound is heard minus the first second. It seems to me that some software switches off the sound after a minute or less. It could be DELL Audio or Windows or the audio driver - I...

My notebook is HP Pavilion dv6-7025tx Entertainment Notebook PC, CPU is Intel Core i7-3610QM. Graphics card (integrated) is Intel Ivy Bridge-MB GT2 - Integrated Graphics with Graphics chipset Intel HD Graphics 4000. Second graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M [HP] with Graphics chipset...

Thank you Palorim12 for the prompt reply. Yet another Question: Will Magician work if I connect the SSD via a USB - SATA cable, not enclosure. If yes, I'll buy one immediately.