Windows 7 SP1 is available for download at Microsoft Download Center

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Starting today, Windows 7 service pack is available to everyone via the Microsoft Download Center . The service pack will also be available via Windows Update.

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an important update that includes previously released security, performance, and stability updates for Windows 7. Additional improvements to services and features in Windows 7, such as improved reliability when connecting to HDMI audio devices, printing using the XPS Viewer, and restoring previous folders in Windows Explorer after restarting.

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Dell Inspiron 7500 Troubleshooting Manual

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Download Dell Inspiron 7500 Troubleshooting Manual


Dell Inspiron 7500 System Specification

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Dell Dock - organize your icons

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Dell Dock is a utility from Dell and Stardock that enables you to organize your desktop icons. Instead of having icons on your desktop you can organize them at Dell Dock by Categories. The Categories is like a drawer where you can group your application icons accordingly. When you open the folder the shortcuts will pop up. By default Dell Dock have few categories like Office, Photos, Music and Videos where all the shortcuts of your Office apps, My Pictures, My Music and My Videos are in placed. You can also add your own categories and shortcuts.

So far I have no idea of any icon dock solution that offers categorization like Dell Dock that is free. Although RocketDock is available but it has no categorization capability like Dell Dock. But we are Dell user right?


Features of Dell Dock

• Easy access to commonly used programs & files.
• Reduces icon clutter on the desktop.
• Groups like applications under categories, such as: Take Pictures & View Pictures grouped under Photos.
• Avoids confusion over which icon does what, by viewing easy to read titles for each icon.
• Add, move, or delete: category(s), shortcut(s), and separator(s).
• Customize your dock: change the location, color, lock dock settings, enable autohide, disable run at startup and more.
• Bring to Top When Mouse Nears Edge - allows you to access the dock when a full screen application covers it, by simply moving the mouse to the edge of the screen where the dock is located.
• Backup & restore customization settings - nice if you want multiple dock configurations for different purposes or people (i.e. business, school, gaming, Mom's dock, Joe's Gaming dock).
• Supports touch screen monitors (i.e. tablet computers) by displaying a larger dock with visible icon titles.

System Requirements

• Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit) or Windows XP.
• Dell Computer.

Documentation

The conventions in this manual include:

• Click or select - means to press your left mouse button.
• Right click - means to press your right mouse button.
• Cancel or abort - are used interchangeably and mean the same thing (i.e. cancel/do not save changes).
• Default - this refers to a setting that the Dell Dock is set to when factory installed (i.e. Run at startup).

Dell Inspiron 14R Windows 7 Desktop Screenshot 

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Xtreme-G Driver for Dell Inspiron 14R

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The reason why I bought my Dell Inspiron 14R (N4010) is to play games on it while on the road. Mostly I spend long hours traveling so I looked for mid-range gaming laptop that can handle games very well. Dell Inspiron 14R gaming caught my attention with its specs, Intel Core i3 @ 2.2Ghz, 2GIG of RAM (added 2GIG), and its ATI HD5470 - 1Gig VRAM.

However after installing the Tom Clancy's HAWX I noticed that its unplayable, The video driver that comes with it is a little bit outdated so I decided to use an optimized video driver. I've been using Tweakforce ever since so I  downloaded the Xtreme-G 10.10m Win7 64bit  and it worked, the game is running smoothly now. Currently I am playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and the system is working flawlessly. However, you need an extra cooling pad just to dissipate the heat and provide cooler air especially in the HDD and RAM area.


Here's what I did, after uninstalling the stock ATI - Catalyst driver and clean the drivers using driver cleaner pro, I installed the Xtreme-G Driver and everything is history.


So if you own a Dell Inspiron Laptop with ATI video, you can download the Xtreme-G and use it instead of stock ATI driver. I forgot to mention that the Xtreme - G by Tweakforce is a modified driver, it's optimized for gaming. So it would not harm your system. It's been 2 months now and I found no issues regarding my video.

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Welcome To Inspiron Resources

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Inspiron Resources is a blog dedicated to Dell Inspiron line of laptops. This blog provides all the resources you need in maintaining, fixing, troubleshooting your dell inspiron laptop. Futhermore more, we will aggregate all the necessary software links that you need in troubleshooting and fixing your laptop like drivers, utilities and free software.

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