Sorry for such a slow response to this - been busy with other things, so this has been a bit of a background task

Thanks Helmut, I managed to get the printer to work using your method. The only...

Hi Dennis,

This is the link I used:

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-laserjet-4-4m-printer-series/25487

And sorry no, I dont know which update caused the problem.

When...

Hi,

Trying to help a friend who says his HP Laserjet 4 plus has stopped running on Windows 10 since a recent update. It is connected to his desktop using a USB to parallel converter cable, so my...

After waiting over the weekend, I was able to reset the Microsoft password, and then the Windows PIN
So all fixed now :D

Regards
Keith

Thanks Tairiku,

Will try that when I can get access to her smartphone

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Well, Its asking for the PIN with no option apparent to use the password (Which I dont know...

Hi all,

Trying to help a friend with her Lenovo Ideapad320 laptop running v slow. Windows 10 home

What I did was ran ccleaner with all selected.

Then reflashed BIOS to Ver 5QCN24WW as...

Am I right in thinking there is a microphone input available on the headset 3.5mm jack on a laptop?

If so, I would like to feed in a line level signal which I understand is at a much higher level,...

Hi,

Please excuse basic query, I have never used this before. Anyhow I prepared the bootable usb and when I tried it I get a box with X:\windows\system32> command prompt showing. Is this right?
...

Sorry, I am not familiar with "Lattitude on" option, so I had a look at Dell support, this is what I found:

200247

I understand that Dell do not support Win10 on this machine, however I have...

The HDD is 250G.

This link shows that UEFI causes problems on some Dells:
Dell PC fail to shut down after Win 10 1803 feature upgrade

Oh thats good news...
I have made a macrium image. So far so good!
Can you explain "convert it to MBR" in a bit more detail please?

If I want to set my Boot mode to Legacy, does that mean I have to wipe my disk, re-install windows and all my programs?

I dont know anything about "Lattitude on" option, looking at your pdf my model is excluded I think.

I have 4 other Lattitude E6410's that are fine with 1803, but they were setup with Legacy boot...

Hi,

I have several Dell E6410's here with latest Win 10 1803 update and A17 BIOS. All ok apart from one machine which the power light stays on at shutdown. This particular machine happens to be...

I tried turning off DEP for the driver, but got a message saying (from memory) you cannot turn off DEP for this program...

However, I have just discovered that the touchpad works just fine with...

My error log


[08/11/18 20:39:05] Update Package Execution Started
[08/11/18 20:39:05] Original command line: "E:\SetupFiles\Touchpad\Input_Driver_GXX0X_WN32_10.1207.101.109_A02.EXE" ...

Tried all that, with the same result. The compatibility mode was for Windows 8, and I r clicked and ran as administrator as you suggested. Device manager shows 8.1206.101.112
Keith

I have five Dell Lattitude E6410's here all with a sticky touchpad. Sometimes works, sometimes sticks for a few seconds. Been going on for some time now, so its not a recent update type problem.
...

Thanks Shawn, for the reply.

Will try out your suggestions as soon as I can get back to the job. A bit distracted at the moment.
Keith

Ran Update assistant with complete success. Now 1809...

Trying to update windows generates the response"Your device is at risk because its out of date and missing important security and quality updates....."

On running the batch file, it reports "could...

made a note of the settings before I changed them. I intend putting them back, then do all my maintenance when on the school network. I have an admin account login there. Hopefully this will work!
I

From memory, this is what I did....

First thing was to get a bootable USB stick running Lazesoft. With this you can see your user accounts, and reset any passwords to null, in particular the...

it department? That would be nice....

Understand your concerns about hacking. All I can say is I have managed to do what I want now, so will close this

Thanks

I help out looking after the laptops a a local private school. Simple things like checking updates, and basic care which they otherwise wouldn't get. I usually bring them to my home and login to my...

Thanks too all for your input on this. Now a much better idea of the way forward.