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How to restore a Dell to factory original settings

If you’ve got a Dell computer (desktop or laptop) that you’d like to restore to its factory original settings, hit CTRL-F11 on boot (at the Dell logo, before the Windows logo) to bring up the built-in system restoration features. You … Continue reading

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Resetting a Mirra: discovery error

If you’re using Mirra and you experience a problem where the client software can’t discover or detect the Mirra server, try hitting CTRL-SHIFT-R in the application to reset Mirra. This undocumented command will refresh the cached network settings and possibly … Continue reading

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Dell Dimension E510, iastor.sys, Windows XP blue screen error, stop code 0x000000D1

visitors: Thanks for coming by. If you’ve experienced the problem described below, please leave a comment and Digg this story. Dell is aware of the problem identified here, but rather than take the proactive step of notifying customers who purchased … Continue reading

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