Fault: Windows Help and Supprt Centre does not work. Also System
Information. This is a fault on new machines - straight out of the box.
I have at last had some sort of response from Dell about the faulty
operating system install on new machines, whereby Help does not work, as

I had posted a query and many people replied.
(see below). I changed settings to cable select.
Everything worked for a while and now I have
the same problem again. If the drive is failing,

I would like some help doing a format and new OS install on an inspiron
8000.
I have a new copy of Win XP Pro to put on it.... had ME on it b4.
Are there any links on the DELL web site that anyone knows of to help us out

This is my third Dell and I find them exceptional. Any advice on
setting it up or otherwise? Thanks

Looks like my Dell may not be worth fixing so I may be in the market
for a new one soon.
The one that I have (had) is a Dell Dimension xps-b800.  800mhz, 32
gig harddrive, 512 rdram.  I've had it for four years but I still

I have a problem with my modem. When I try to dial out I get NO DIALTONE but
I know the line is good because ringing is detected by the modem, I get the
RING message. If I listen to the line on an extension while I dial, I can
hear a click as the modem tries to pick up the line. ...

In response to a Dell site that is part of one of the many Dell programs
here on my computer I enrolled in a News Group of sorts.  Dell sent the
confirmation to my E-mail address  and that was that.....
Now I can't find that program folder again...........

I'm behind when it comes to the newer hard drives...
If I bought another Dell with a SATA HD or the 120 serial HD could I
just put in the HD from another PC, "80 gig 7200 rpm" without a problem?
I notices that a cable was mentioned in some of the descriptions on the Dell

Could use some advice.  This morning booted up and got message that
file "c:\windows\system32\refe744f.dll" was infected with
download.trojan.  I quarantined that file with Norton Anti-Virus.
Norton also found three other files infected (also in \system32\),

An escalation Dell support technician from Texas strongly advised against
performing scandisk weekly as it may cause Windows to corrupt and crash
prematurely.  (He recommends once a month.)  Is there such a thing as too
much maintenance?  I've been scanning for virus, defragging, ...

I have a Dell Dimension 2350 running XP. It is approx 18 months old.
On power up the PC appears to start correctly,the HDD light flickers
etc and  the light on the LCD monitor turns green, as though there is
a video signal, but there is no display.

Could someone tell me what type (style) of motherboard I can replace
in a Dell 2300?

I formatted my hard drive and installed Windows XP Pro and now my network
will not connect.  XP says the cable is disconnected (tried several know
good connections).  I'm pretty sure its a driver issue but the XP native and
Dell drivers for this card don't work.  Has anyone found ...

Using a Dell Dimension 4100, W2K pro, 512 meg ram, 80 gig hard disk; just
updated the free version of ZoneAlarm to version 5, defragmented fine,
scanned for virus fine, but ScanDisk goes back to boot up after the initial
screen.  Could ZoneAlarm be interfering?  What else could it ...

When a document or picture is chosen for attachment to an email, the
following sentence always appears at the beginning of the message---"Your
(pics or docs) are attached and ready to be sent with this email." If I
don't delete it, it goes right along with the mail. Is there any way ...