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I had to 'refresh' my Win 8.1 Dell Inspiron 3000 AGAIN. It seems to happen about every six months.:( This time after completing the refresh my homepage (msn.com) doesn't fully load. The pictures don't load and I can't scroll through the main window. Also when I try to load MapQuest the map part...

Kennedy Exchange in Columbia, CT.

I think Dell transferred me to one of their 'partners' because it is out of warranty. The guy was very pushy and I basically had to hang up on him. I wondered if I could attempt to boot it from the backup install disks I made or if their was a way to make a 'boot disk'. Apparently the USB ports...

I called Dell and they want almost $300 to send it back so they can 'look at it'! Any thoughts or suggestions to solve this issue?

I have a just over one year old (~14 months) Dell Inspiron 17 laptop with Win 8.1 (no touch) and of course it's out of warranty. The mouse simply stopped working, no cursor. I was able to use the touchpad but then that quit too in quick order. I spent hours searching here and the interweb...

First time for me joining this type of forum but I guess it's time to drag myself out of the past. I'm an old NT/XP user and did the NT MCSE training back in 1999-2000. I built my last XP machine in 2008 and I finally bought a new laptop for my wife and a new desktop for myself. Both Dell...