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I can't thank you enough! I've been checking all over the place every few weeks, hoping that either there'd be an update or someone would find a solution. I had removed "sleep mode" from all power settings, and I was regretting I hadn't kept a backup of the Windows.old folder. Your solution was right on. My L702X sleeps AND wakes. Now, if they could address that small issue between Excel documents and "Hey Cortana" the upgrade will be complete.
Thanks so much!!
[edit: I just found a workaround for Excel/Cortana issues. If you know what I'm referring to, I'd be happy to try and help.]
Last edited by platypied50; 04 Oct 2015 at 01:29. Reason: new info
Confirmed Again
The method left by mrsmith988works on my Dell XPS L502x.
Many thanks for walking me through the fix! I'm enjoying windows 10 and didn't want to revert. Sigh of relief...
Personally, I'm considering taking my Dell XPS 17 L702x back to Windows 7. That's the level that Dell supports for it, that may be the easiest path. I like Windows 10, but getting too much fan noise and keeping the sound coming out of the external speakers is just too hard. Have it on a cooling pad that helps a little, but still too noisy.
Dell needs to do a BIOS for Windows 10, looks like to me. Tired of struggling. This is a Windows 7/8 laptop, only about 4 years old now (was about 3.5 years old when Windows 10 came out, and over $1000 purchase price). No more Dell laptops for me, their support is about the worst. Already switched away from Dell desktops, the XPS desktop that I had would not allow upgrading the graphics card. Ridiculous, a $1000+ desktop where you couldn't upgrade the graphics card.
And I did make the mistake of buying a Dell monitor recently (UltraSharp U2414M) when the Samsung monitor that we've had for several years finally failed, since I figured it would play well with the XPS laptop. No dice, I've lost the ability to allow the laptop to sleep at all when using that external monitor (hence part of the noise problem), since the monitor won't wake up with the laptop. Can sleep when using the internal display, of course, but we use it mainly as a "desktop replacement".
Dell is just an expensive pile of problems and pain. I have a really nice Lenovo desktop that is just great, plays well with everything. Windows 10 support is there, and works well on Windows 10.
Oh well, so it goes, live and learn.