Dell is recalling some 22,000 notebook computer batteries sold with the Latitude D410, D505, D600, D610, D800, D810, Inspiron 510M, 600M, 6000, 8600, 9200, 9300, XPS Gen 2, and Precision M20, M70. These batteries can overheat and pose a fire risk with three reported cases. The batteries were manufactured in China and Japan and sold between Oct. 2, 2004 and Oct. 13, 2005 in the US. To see if you have one of these batteries, remove the cell and look at the part number. If it contains the series: 3K590, C5340, X5308, F5132, U5882, U5867, P922, C5446, or C2603 in the part number, your battery might be defective. If the numbers above are not present on your battery there’s no need to worry. However if you do have the numbers above on your battery you should visit www.dellbatteryprogram.com and enter your part number to see if it is included in the recall. If you can’t get online then call Dell at 866-342-0011 between 8 am and 5 pm (central time) Monday through Friday.
Solution #1: Here’s a little tip to shave about 2 seconds off your boot time.
* Hit Start > Run > MSCONFIG
* Click on the boot.ini tab at the top
* Check the NOGUIBOOT option
Solution #2: If you have been using your computer for a while and there are a bunch of little icons in your tray when you start up this ones for you.
* Hit Start > Run > MSCONFIG
* Click on the Startup tab at the top
* Uncheck everything that you don’t need
* Such as AIM, Nerocheck, qttask, DrgToDsc, adobe gamma loader, etc, etc…
Solution #3: This one is for the advanced user that knows what they are doing.
* Hit Start > Run > MSCONFIG
* Click on the Services tab at the top
* Uncheck everything that you KNOW you don’t need
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Can’t d/l updates from windows update because your not authenticated?
Well now you can ;)
Just copy and paste the following text into the address bar of IE and press enter before pressing the express or custom button.
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck=’all’)
If it still tells you that your not authenticated your doing it wrong.
Solution #1:
* Click on any open area of your Desktop or any icon on your desktop with the left mouse button.
* Press F5 to refresh the desktop.
Solution #2:
* In such cases where Solution #1 is not sufficient to implement your changes, you can still refresh Explorer without restarting.
* Press Ctrl-Alt-Del, and select Explorer from the list (don’t select “Exploring… ” though). Don’t worry; this shouldn’t affect your other running applications.
* Click End Task. When the window asking if you wish to end the process click yes.
* Now go to File > New Task (run) and type in explorer.exe and hit enter.
* The Task Bar and all Desktop icons will disappear temporarily, and then will reappear when Explorer is reloaded.
Solution #3:
* If you have any network components installed, you can select Shut Down from the Start Menu, and then choose Close all programs and log on as a different user.
* Note: If you have the Resource Meter running, make sure to close it before using Solution #2.
1.Click Start, and then click Run.
2.Type regedit in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
3.Locate, and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerVol umeCaches
4.On the File menu, click Export, and then click Desktop, type VolumeCaches in the File name box, and then click Save.
Note This step creates a backup of the VolumeCaches registry key. If you experience any problems after you complete the steps that are listed in this procedure, you can use this backup to restore the VolumeCaches key to its original state. To restore the key, double-click the VolumeCaches.reg file on your desktop, and then click Yes.
5.Expand the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerVol umeCaches
6.Delete the Compress old files registry key.
7.Quit Registry Editor.
Modern Day Pirates | Est. 2005
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