Recent content by jazee

I've got a 2.5-year-old Dell XPS (their most powerful XPS at the time of purchase - Core i7 / NVME SSD). I run two external monitors with it. I've also done IT work (sysadmin/coding for about 30 years.) I'm not a gamer. I see the most touted reason to upgrade to Win11 is the "AutoHDR"...

I'm using BitDefender Free and I think I've always had Windows Defender turned off. Had very very few issues with blocking of legit traffic/apps/websites with either. However I downloaded some Trading Software and Windows Defender blocks it. The list of exceptions is long and would be a pain...

I may have found the answer. While USB Power Management appears to have been removed from Windows Advanced Power Settings, it's in Device Manager. Only time will tell if this works. Note, you need to right click on almost everything in the USB Controller section of device manager as many...

I recently applied some Windows Updates and Dell Updates (for XPS 9570 laptop) and my wireless trackpad is now operating strangely in that the Setpoint (which controls the customized settings) is disabling periodically and I have to disconnect and reconnect the UD3900 USB cable to the laptop to...

Ran across this article and it starts out by saying 300 nits is very bright yet the brightest in the list is 209? I read lots of reviews on Notebookcheck and typically all the units they review are in the 175-275 range. These numbers look very low to me. Granted I might not be comparing...

I'm shopping for a new laptop. Most of them in the under $1,000 range with good battery life just have one HDMI. I'm used to using business laptops with a VGA port in addition to HDMI so easy to setup dual external monitors without any additional cost of special adapters. Most machines with...