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Got a small WLAN network: PC and Dell XPS 15 laptop On the PC (W7) I've set Advanced Sharing to Anybody and Security cleared for Anybody too. However on the Dell (W8.1) I can't get this working the way I want: I have set C:\ to Anybody (Adv.Sharing),OK. On the Security tab I can add "Anybody" as...

I want to measure the speed of LAN vs WLAN on my Dell XPS 15 (W 8.1). It's clear that my Gigabit-LAN is faster than wifi, but by how much? I use LAN at home, and WLAN when I'm away. Does a program exist to compare the two? PS It takes quite long before the computer "sees" the "new" LAN...

Thanks @genet, this worked. I was led to believe that keystrokes could not work for the Dell XPS 15, because it started up too quickly. F12 worked but only if I pressed just before the logo and let go after!

OK, as I understand it's not possible to boot into a usb drive just to test "what if", but only from 8.1 itself or at the second failure to start... Learned not trust to MS too much LOL...

@genet But what if Windows won't startup properly? Can I enter this menu to use my usb stick recovery? @saltgrass Thanks, it works as per your description.

@ Saltgrass - But how do I boot into the BIOS without using F2 ? @genet - How do I get to see this blue screen? - I don't have a Windows disk, since the XPS 15 is a laptop. Sorry if I ask the obvious, bought the notebook one week ago, find 8.1 still a bit baffling after trusted old 7...

Made an emergency boot usb stick in W 8.1. Tapping F2 @ logo works only once out of 25 times, and there's no obvious boot order setting in the bios. How do I boot from the stick? F12 nor F8 work... In the F2 bios I saw it's set to "secure boot". Should I change that?

Thanks! Will keep that in mind, about the Intel Graphics angle. For now, since I haven't really installed much on the notebook, I just did a factory reset...

My brandnew notebook is a Dell XPS 15 (9530) with W 8.1. Suddenly I am getting this msg after login, with: c:\windows/Minidump\100914-6828-01.dmp c:\users\barend\AppData\local\temp\WER-47842656-0 sysdata.xml This seems very cryptic to me...the "explanation" (half a screenful) MS offers is send...

I've bought Start8 right away, read many rave reviews, also here in The Netherlands. Will it also take care of the outlook.com e mail account removal?

Please bear with me- I'm a complete 8.1 newbie and flabbergasted by the new screens! When I first started my Dell XPS 15 yesterday with W 8.1 I was forced to enlist @ outlook.com. Now I have an e mail acct I will never use plus my own... And two login instances. Can I get rid of this outlook...