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I recently acquired a used Dell laptop and want to do a clean install of Windows 10 on it. The laptop started out with Win 7 installed and has the Win 7 Key listed on its case. It's currently running Win 10 which is the result of the Windows upgrade offered a few years ago. I own a copy of...

How does I share this device? I have network sharing turned on but don't seem to be able to share the printer device nor is it visible from the other computer on the network. Jim Driskell

I run windows 10 on a two Dell computer network. I have a Canon MP610 printer attached via usb to one computer, have shared the printer and found and assigned the printer to the second computer. Everything was working well until recently. I suspect that a windows 10 update broke this...

I recently installed an ASUS NIVDIA GeForce 1060 6GOC card in my Dell XPS 8500 i7-3770 w/8GB Ram in order to try to extend the life of the system. I had previously done a clean install of Windows 10 on a new c drive and the system seem to be running well before I installed the new card. I...

Just tried Firefox in safe mode. It seems to work as advertised. So I've got a problem with on of my add-ons. I'll try to track the problem down and report back. Thanks for the response, Jim Driskell

I recently replaced my old stock graphics card with a ASUS EX-GTX1060-6OC card to try to extend the life of my old Dell XPS 8500 for another year or two. I'm very pleased with the results overall. Most applications seem unaffected and my flight simulator systems run much better. I do notice...

Updated NVIVIA drivers but it didn't help with Firefox. Edge works OK. Any more ideas? Jim

Thanks for the idea. Ran the refresh but the blank/greyed out action click spots still persist. Because of Firefox's recent problems, this is a completely new install. I did notice that my video drivers were way out of date (10/27/17). I'll update these and see if that makes any difference...

I recently installed an ASUS Ex-GTX 1060 in my wheezy Dell XPS 8500 in order to try to extend the box's life for another year or two so I can run flight simulation software. Everything is working well now with the exception of Firefox. It seems that many of the action click points on various...

Thanks for the previous information. I see this morning that Newegg is offering a new Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 for about $170. What about that card? I realize that the GTX 1070 is more powerful, but I'm thinking that the lower price for a new under warranty card might be what I need for my...

I've got a wheezy Dell XPS 8500 running Win 10 with a it-3770 four core chip running @ 3.4 MHz and 8 Gb of Ram. The system is on a WD 1 Tb HDD with I have a aviation simulation on a Samsung 256 Gb SSD. The video card is an AMD Radeon HD 7500 with 1 Gb of on-board memory. I'm running the...

Thanks, USMCRet!

I'm running Win 8.1 on a Dell XPS 8500 64 bit. The machine is fine but the c drive is getting long in the tooth. I bought Microsoft Win 10 Home Edition 64 bit USB version and a new 1TB WD HD. My plan is to remove the old HD and install the new HD in load it with Win 10. The Dell has UEFI...

Thanks for your reply. I think I'll go with the OEM Home versions since I don't think I'll need to move the OS. Jim Driskell

I'm thinking about wiping two Win 8.1 machines and installing Win 10. What's the difference between a OEM version of Win 10 and a fully licensed version. Any advantages going to Win 10 Pro over the Home edition? Thanks in advance, Jim Driskell