Guy's Random Support

I bought Inspiron9300 17'' laptop in 2005 and am in India now. Two years ago, 3 vertical blank bands appeared on the screen. The fault was isolated to the LCD screen. Since it was in Warranty, DELL India promptly sent their rep with a new LCD screen and connecting cable and changed them. Was so thrilled with their after sales service. That turned out not very longlived. About a month ago a blank vertical band of about 4" has come on the right extreme of the screen! However the 4 years warranty has expired in Oct 09. DELL wants me to replace the same items now at a hefty cost!! Is the life of the Screen/connector only 2 years? Any expert can guide me is there any other technical poroblem with the Video card/power supplies etc. which could cause this? Thanks a million.

THANK YOU!!

Who'd have thought disabling "Instant Office" (now there's an ironic name) would fix this?

Mike

a massive thanks to the guy decent enough to share his solution to a mind bending problem!!! this problem has been on my v1700 for a long time should have looked at this thread earlier!!!

many thanks

Thank you very much for ur help..me too faced same prob..i came through this page,then i fallowed the procedure as u told..i unchecked some of auto run applications..then my laptop working properly..

thank u very much ..

Hey all, I didn't have this exact problem but a similar one. I bought my daughter a Acer laptop so I could get on my computer and it was her birthday. At first it looked like the keyboard wasn't responding. I looked for a lock. No lock except it seemed the keyboard would respond to some functions. I looked for a conflicting process (service) but everything there seemed normal. I rebooted the computer and the password typed find, but after the login the same behavior occurred. Apparently the problem software related and not a hardware issue. I then noticed if I held down a key for about over second and a letter appear. I couldn't find a controls that would slow the keyboard response this long. Rather than reinstall the OS to get around the problem, I decided to create a new profile and viola! I'll try to find the exact problem but for now I'm letting my daughter use a new profile.

I was also facing the same problem as my input was displaying in a gaps of some seconds or soo. It disturbs a lot while working. Thanks a lot for such great tip.

I just received my second letter(the first from a George Dodd and the latest from a Charles Anderson) stating I owed taxes on a car my son had owned in Greenwich, CT. I find it interesting that all the towns are in CT. I've called them three times (which I have documented) using the number on the letterhead and got an answering machine. In the letters, they stated that they had tried to contact me "on a number of occasions to no avail." If that were true, I would have the calls on my answering machine. Automated calling machines that charity or political organizations use will usually hang up if there isn't a response immediately, but if they called in person, I should have received the call. This all doesn't seem right to me.

Reading the responses in the forum is helpful and supportive.

Thanks so much for the tip. I used autorun as you stated and it worked. Hopefully it will be all. Thanks again!

dell inspiron 1300 Laptop keyboard just started typing VERY slow.. Letters are taking a LONG time to show up onto screen...?makes a tuk tuk sound when i press or when the key appears.....no solution yet.....plz help......i hav no technical knowledge.....tried autorun/spybot/...not worked...removed batteries..no use.....couldn find pcm service/ati hotkey/instant office as well....plz help u will be my live saver....

wow, talk about a scam! I recently got two letters from these people. First, they claimed I owed money to one town in CT for the years 1995-1998. THEN, they sent me a SECOND letter within a week of the first that claimed I owed ANOTHER town in CT back property tax for a car I supposedly owned in 1997! How could I be owing two different towns for property taxes for the same time period? I am only one person, and can only reside in one town at a time. Whats worse, at the time they claim this was going on, I didnt live in the town, and for much of the time I didnt even live in the state of CT anymore. One of the cars they listed was stolen barely a month after I bought it, and even though that happened, they somehow are trying to tell me that I owe property tax on the car for four years. When I called them about it, they claimed that CT property taxes are automatically done in two-year increments....so when I asked why the 4 years, they had no answer other than "just pay the money you owe". I sent a letter requesting validation, and all I got was a statement dated 2010 that I guess is supposed to show that this money was actually owed 15 years ago...as far as I can tell, anyone can produce a bill NOW, all you need is a computer and printer.

Yesterday another letter came from them. They now claim that, despite several phone calls to them and two certified-mail dispute letters to them, they claim that I have so far refused to contact them! They are giving me a "final appeal" to talk to them so that I can "avoid further action and potential additional costs." Here's a very important tip--they are not licensed to operate their business within my state. Check your state's secretary of state office, youre looking for the corporations database. Most states will have this kind of requirement. If they arent licensed in your state, then they are violating your state's laws by trying to collect a debt from you.

The Media Direct Office solution appears to be working for me.

What a nightmare trying to find the solutions. I have disabled many things, ran scans, etc and not now I can
work effectively again on my laptop.

Thanks for the solution. Perhaps Dell should ensure a google search will find this solution for intermittent keyboard problems for laptops.

woww.. great article.. allow me to bookmark it buddy :) thanks for sharing, keep posting :D

2 Lara van Niekerk: A-PDF trial spoils (that is, watermarks) its output -- you should have mentioned that.

2 Ken Meyers: PrimoPDF installs just fine on winxp then dies silently (as a filter) or with an "error 0xc0000135" (as a drop-box). Seems a current version is a .NET crap.

Wow, this solves my Vostro 1700 slow keyboard problem that I have had for over two years since I bought it in March 2008.

Thank you.

I am great to see this post I am seeking for a free back up tool that works like the paid out there that has a snapshot. Thanks man!

Awesome. I'm glad it was so simple. Was so annoying, not just when typing essays but also for playing games.

Thanks!

Thanks. The battery removal worked for an end-user at my company. He put the battery back in and everything was still Ok. Very odd problem and fix....

Very Nice Explanation on Oracle 10g experss web interface remote access.

Thanks a bunch. I was facing this problem for my DELL laptop from the last 6 months and I thought there might be some Virus, got a new McCafe AV, but still problem persisted. Your suggestion of installing the Autoruns, and removing some logons really made my Laptop very fast. Thank you very much.

I am still wondering why DELL is not giving any solution for this.

Elegantly conceived, excellently written, and a huge help on my project. Thanks a ton!