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    xps 1530 problem!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by tranman1, Nov 16, 2008.

  1. tranman1

    tranman1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I turned on my laptop and it loaded to the desktop and everything, but when i try to click on something, it doesn't do anything...

    The icons on the bottom right don't show up, and when i hover the mouse over a desktop icon, it doesn't highlight as it would if it was working...

    I press control, alt, delete and i click task manager, but then it just loads forever...

    the only thing i can do it hold off the power to shut it off completly


    It's about 5 months old
     
    tranman1, Nov 16, 2008
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  2. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Do you have an active AV installed? If so, do a complete scan in safe mode as well as scan using Spybot SD as well. Next, check to see if you are still having issues; if so, then try any of the following:

    -CCleaner to clean up all temp files
    -Defraggler to defrag your main partition
    -Check Disk

    Good luck
     
    gengerald, Nov 16, 2008
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  3. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Sounds like you have some sort of malware loading. Check to see what it loading by booting into safe mode.
     
    atbnet, Nov 16, 2008
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