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Dell computer with no input
Dell computer with no input capability!
My wife just bought a New Dell "all in one" computer. But the thing is bizarre. It has no DVD drive, nor place to install one. It has one USB port --- but the computer does not recognize anything plugged into the USB slot ! Further more, it has Windows 10 installed which doesn't have "Control Panel (at least none I could find) So how do we do anything? We can access internet sites It doesn't even have Internet Explorer! So what to do with the thing? |
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On 11/27/2017 1:06 PM, Mathedman wrote:
Â*Dell computer with no input capability! My wife just bought a New Dell "all in one" computer. But the thing is bizarre. It has no DVD drive, nor place to install one. It has one USB port --- but the computer does not recognize anything plugged into the USB slot ! Â* Further more, it has Windows 10 installed which doesn't have "Control Panel (at least none I could find) Â* So how do we do anything? We can access internet sites It doesn't even have Internet Explorer! Â*So what to do with the thing? For control panel click on the search icon and type Control, this should bring it up, I keep a shortcut on the desktop as I use it Often. The trend is not to have optical dvd drives anymore, the alternative are USB drives, You can add an external USB drive if you need it. I may be wrong but I was sure that Internet Explorer 11 came with Windows 10, Unless the newer version only comes with Edge. The USB port should recognize any USB device, ONE USB port is totatly unacceptable. My desktop has 8. If it were me I would return it and ask them for a properly working Computer. I hope that helps a little, Others may pitch in and try and help you out also. BTW If you posted the model number it would make it easier to help. Regards, Rene |
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In message , Rene Lamontagne
writes: On 11/27/2017 1:06 PM, Mathedman wrote: *Dell computer with no input capability! My wife just bought Why - old one died, or she just liked the all-in-one idea? a New Dell "all in one" computer. But the thing is bizarre. It has no DVD drive, nor place to install one. It has one USB port --- but the computer does not recognize anything plugged into the USB slot ! Did you (she) buy it sight unseen online, or from a shop? * Further more, it has Windows 10 installed which doesn't have "Control Panel (at least none I could find) * So how do we do anything? We can access internet sites It doesn't even have Internet Explorer! *So what to do with the thing? See below ... [] I may be wrong but I was sure that Internet Explorer 11 came with Windows 10, Unless the newer version only comes with Edge. I think you're right. The USB port should recognize any USB device, ONE USB port is totatly unacceptable. My desktop has 8. Seconded. I haven't even _seen_ a machine with less than three for years, even laptops. (Are you _sure_ there aren't others in odd places - top, bottom, sides, edge, keyboard? [How does the keyboard connect - wireless?]) If it were me I would return it and ask them for a properly working Computer. Me too. Only one USB port would alone make it unacceptable to me - especially if it doesn't work! I hope that helps a little, Others may pitch in and try and help you out also. But I'd hold back on applying such fixes, lest you get too attached to it - keep the "return it" option high in your mind. What did she _intend_ to do with the computer when she bought it? (If _she_ can do what she intended, then _you_ finding fault might lead to domestic strife - though a single non-working USB port _should_ be a reason to convince her.) BTW If you posted the model number it would make it easier to help. Regards, Rene -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad - I'm better! (Mae West) |
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:20:40 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
I may be wrong but I was sure that Internet Explorer 11 came with Windows 10, Unless the newer version only comes with Edge. I think you're right. My Creator Update has IE11. But Edge is default. |
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On 11/27/2017 3:20 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Rene Lamontagne writes: On 11/27/2017 1:06 PM, Mathedman wrote: Â*Â*Dell computer with no input capability! My wife just bought Why - old one died, or she just liked the all-in-one idea? a New Dell "all in one" computer. But the thing is bizarre. It has no DVD drive, nor place to install one. It has one USB port --- but the computer does not recognize anything plugged into the USB slot ! Did you (she) buy it sight unseen online, or from a shop? Â*Â* Further more, it has Windows 10 installed which doesn't have "Control Panel (at least none I could find) Â*Â* So how do we do anything? We can access internet sites It doesn't even have Internet Explorer! Â*Â*So what to do with the thing? See below ... [] I may be wrong but I was sure that Internet Explorer 11 came with Windows 10, Unless the newer version only comes with Edge. I think you're right. The USB port should recognize any USB device, ONE USB port is totatly unacceptable. My desktop has 8. Seconded. I haven't even _seen_ a machine with less than three for years, even laptops. (Are you _sure_ there aren't others in odd places - top, bottom, sides, edge, keyboard? [How does the keyboard connect - wireless?]) If it were me I would return it and ask them for a properly working Computer. Me too. Only one USB port would alone make it unacceptable to me - especially if it doesn't work! I hope that helps a little, Others may pitch in and try and help you out also. But I'd hold back on applying such fixes, lest you get too attached to it - keep the "return it" option high in your mind. What did she _intend_ to do with the computer when she bought it? (If _she_ can do what she intended, then _you_ finding fault might lead to domestic strife - though a single non-working USB port _should_ be a reason to convince her.) BTW If you posted the model number it would make it easier to help. Regards, Rene Yes I'm sure! I searched it over. I would return it if there was a suitable substitute. My wifes problem ---she only wants an "all in one". As far as I can find out, only Dell makes one --- this one. The previous model worked fine. I've tried to contact DEll. Ha! Try that! |
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"Mathedman" wrote in message ... Yes I'm sure! I searched it over. I would return it if there was a suitable substitute. My wifes problem ---she only wants an "all in one". As far as I can find out, only Dell makes one --- this one. You didn't look real hard, did you? https://www.newegg.com/All-in-One-Co...tegory/ID-3309 |
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:37:49 -0600, Rene Lamontagne
wrote: I may be wrong but I was sure that Internet Explorer 11 came with Windows 10, Unless the newer version only comes with Edge. Windows 10 comes with both--IE11 and Edge. And you can use almost any of the third-party choices available; as far as I'm concerned, they are almost all better than either IE11 or Edge. My personal favorite is FireFox. |
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On 11/27/2017 2:37 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 11/27/2017 1:06 PM, Mathedman wrote: Â*Â*Dell computer with no input capability! My wife just bought a New Dell "all in one" computer. But the thing is bizarre. It has no DVD drive, nor place to install one. It has one USB port --- but the computer does not recognize anything plugged into the USB slot ! Â*Â* Further more, it has Windows 10 installed which doesn't have "Control Panel (at least none I could find) Â*Â* So how do we do anything? We can access internet sites It doesn't even have Internet Explorer! Â*Â*So what to do with the thing? For control panel click on the search icon and typeÂ* Control, this should bring it up, I keep a shortcut on the desktop as I use it Often. The trend is not to have optical dvd drives anymore, the alternative are USB drives, You can add an external USB drive if you need it. I may be wrong but I was sure that Internet Explorer 11 came with Windows 10, Unless the newer version only comes with Edge. The USB port should recognize any USB device, ONE USB port is totatly unacceptable. My desktop has 8. If it were me I would return it and ask them for a properly working Computer. I hope that helps a little, Others may pitch in and try and help you out also. BTW If you posted the model number it would make it easier to help. Regards, Rene There is no "Control Panel" --at least not visibly --and "Search" gets nothing |
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Mathedman wrote:
On 11/27/2017 2:37 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 11/27/2017 1:06 PM, Mathedman wrote: Dell computer with no input capability! My wife just bought a New Dell "all in one" computer. But the thing is bizarre. It has no DVD drive, nor place to install one. It has one USB port --- but the computer does not recognize anything plugged into the USB slot ! Further more, it has Windows 10 installed which doesn't have "Control Panel (at least none I could find) So how do we do anything? We can access internet sites It doesn't even have Internet Explorer! So what to do with the thing? For control panel click on the search icon and type Control, this should bring it up, I keep a shortcut on the desktop as I use it Often. The trend is not to have optical dvd drives anymore, the alternative are USB drives, You can add an external USB drive if you need it. I may be wrong but I was sure that Internet Explorer 11 came with Windows 10, Unless the newer version only comes with Edge. The USB port should recognize any USB device, ONE USB port is totatly unacceptable. My desktop has 8. If it were me I would return it and ask them for a properly working Computer. I hope that helps a little, Others may pitch in and try and help you out also. BTW If you posted the model number it would make it easier to help. Regards, Rene There is no "Control Panel" --at least not visibly --and "Search" gets nothing The command is normally "control.exe". Typing "control" in Cortana should have found it. If you had Windows10-S, I don't know what the symptoms would be. And whether there are actually any EXE files on it... at all. It's not supposed to run legacy software. But since so far, I could only find four Surface products with Windows10-S on them, you should be pretty safe. I'd have tested Windows10-S by now, if there was a DVD for it :-) Paul |
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"Mathedman" wrote
| So what to do with the thing? Take it back? Maybe she bought a tablet? https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-in...?skuId=4205600 That's an all-in-one. DVD drive. 4 USB. Network jack and audio jacks. HDMI jack. Sounds normal. But why would you buy an all-in-one if you want a desktop? It's usually more money for less flexibility. If you've bought a tablet, or some kind of Win10S hybrid device, then you don't really have a computer and it won't run desktop software. As Rene said, no one can say very much useful without knowing what it is. |
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In message , Mayayana
writes: [] But why would you buy an all-in-one if you want a desktop? It's usually more money for less flexibility. [] Yes, but some people are willing to pay it for the tidier appearance. My brother bought one (around Windows 8.1 time), and he's certainly no dummy - just not "into" computers like most of us are here. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf What's really worth knowing is for the most part unlearnable until you have enough experience to even recognise it as knowledge, let alone as useful knowledge. - Wolf K , in alt.windows7.general, 2017-4-30 |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
| But why would you buy an all-in-one if you want | a desktop? It's usually more money for less flexibility. | [] | Yes, but some people are willing to pay it for the tidier appearance. My | brother bought one (around Windows 8.1 time), and he's certainly no | dummy - just not "into" computers like most of us are here. I think it's not just an idea of tidier. People get seduced by compact and sleek -- dumb or not. But smaller usually means more expensive. A good example is the competition to make the thinnest laptop. People get excited over cutting off a couple of mm, even though the laptop itself isn't made any lighter. The idea of a thin client was marketed around 2000. Really it's a dumb client. A small, compact computer meant to go online for functionality. But it was just more money for less computer. I can see buying less for more money (laptop) in order to get mobility. But buying a limited desktop with little or no upgradability, for more money, makes no sense. (Even the Apple fans knew enough not to buy Cubes, even though they fell for iMacs. |
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In message , Mayayana
writes: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote | But why would you buy an all-in-one if you want | a desktop? It's usually more money for less flexibility. | [] | Yes, but some people are willing to pay it for the tidier appearance. My | brother bought one (around Windows 8.1 time), and he's certainly no | dummy - just not "into" computers like most of us are here. I think it's not just an idea of tidier. People get seduced by compact and sleek -- dumb or not. But smaller usually means more expensive. A good Sleek, maybe, but not necessarily compact or smaller; the one my brother bought is quite a big screen (bigger than the monitor he'd had on the laptop it was replacing, by quite a bit IIRR). He just liked the idea of only having one thing - monitor (or all-in-one) - on the desk, rather than monitor plus another big box alongside, which would have given him no extra functionality that he actually wanted. (He transfers with memory sticks; OK, the optical drive is probably a bit more awkward to use, but as he uses that once in a blue moon, it doesn't matter.) example is the competition to make the thinnest laptop. People get excited over cutting off a couple of mm, even though the laptop itself isn't made any lighter. Like the concerns over weight - which don't include the power brick. My W98 laptop (which may actually originally have been earlier; it doesn't have Windows keys in the usual places. It had '9x on it when I bought it) has the power brick inside (the mains lead just goes straight in the back): much easier to transport around. (OK, it's thick and heavy! But that's more to do with when it was made.) If I was buying a new laptop, and one similar - especially as power bricks are now so much smaller anyway - was offered, I'd put it high on my list; but it's never going to happen anyway. The idea of a thin client was marketed around 2000. Really it's a dumb client. A small, compact computer meant to go online for functionality. It oscillates. We originally had dumb terminals - glass teletypes (or even printing ones!) that connected to a mainframe. Then we moved towards machines that did a lot of the graphics etc., and even processing, locally; then, for large companies anyway, there are dumb clients (even if they have more power than the mainframes of old!) that work with a central database. It drifted back, and now we are reverting - although it is more the software and storage that is centralised, rather than the processing and graphics capabilities. (When I've looked into some of these machines with only 32G of solid-state storage in my local stores, and seen how little of that is actually free once the OS and a little software is installed, I've decided they're not for me, but they might suit a lot of people.) But it was just more money for less computer. I can see buying less for more money (laptop) in order to get mobility. But buying a limited desktop with little or no upgradability, for more money, makes no sense. (Even the Apple fans To you. It does to some, especially in small homes. (Which, in UK anyway, are becoming commoner.) knew enough not to buy Cubes, even though they fell for iMacs. I use laptops, as you say for portability - though rarely on battery. Though when I got my first one (the '9x one mentioned above), I thought it would remain for use only when out and about, my desktop remaining my main machine - but it soon became my main machine. Now, my desktop (I still have one) hasn't been turned on for weeks if not months. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Science isn't about being right every time, or even most of the time. It is about being more right over time and fixing what it got wrong. - Scott Adams, 2015-2-2 |
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On 11/27/2017 5:50 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Mayayana writes: [] But why would you buy an all-in-one if you want a desktop? It's usually more money for less flexibility. [] Yes, but some people are willing to pay it for the tidier appearance. My brother bought one (around Windows 8.1 time), and he's certainly no dummy - just not "into" computers like most of us are here. No one reads what I've said. It my wife's deal. She ONLY WANTS AN "ALL IN ONE". Is there one other than Dell? |
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