Recent content by Blade0448

Hi. I have a 4 year old laptop with Windows 7 and lately the network and sharing center has been crashing. It happens after I have turned on the computer from sleep. The taskbar shows the wireless signal icon with a blue loading circle and I cannot connect to the internet. The only way to fix it...

Finally fixed the computer and it is now running a genuine copy of Windows 7. I’ll explain what I did in case anyone else has a similar issue in the future. I think this solution will work for anybody that wants to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a Dell computer who either doesn’t want to use...

Hi mike, Thanks a lot for your help. I think I understand what I need to do now. Since I have the product key, I just need to use the backup & recovery files to re-install Windows 7. Either those files are partitioned on my drive somewhere (I checked under Disk Management but didn't see...

Thanks for the quick reply. Let me see if I can answer some of your questions. First off, the computer is a Dell XPS 15 L501X. The Express Service Code is 3443764429. The sticker on the bottom of my laptop indicates that it came installed with "Windows 7 Home Prem OA" and it also has a product...

Hi, first post here so apologies if this is in the wrong section. I have a unique situation where a friend deleted a genuine copy of windows 7 Home Premium from my laptop and replaced it with a pirated version of Windows 7 Home Premium. He was trying to help me clean up my buggy computer and...