20 Most Recent Dell Latitude XT Laptop Questions & Answers

Hello, EIther your software is messed up on the hard drive and needs to be repaired or reloaded from cd's or your hard drive is bad. I would try repairing software first.

Chat with dell support, give them the service tag of your machine, and they can get you a reset password Chat Technical Support Dell US

your prob is u have windows xp tablet sp3 when by defoult gateway only provides u with sp2 so u have to uninstall sp3 or format your harddrive and u will need the recovery cd for that...but u can call micrsoft and they wil give u free support on how to do this...hope this helps!

A reliable method can be found here:
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look for Password recovery.

Try the backdoor password Dell

Christophe Grenier has written a program that will calculate the master BIOS password for Dell Latitudes from the Service Tag number. That program is available at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sk...s/latitude.exe.

You don't have to remove any chip from the old motherboard, simply make the same settings on the new motherboard (usually it comes with BIOS default factory settings that should work) if you had any special tweaks modified in there.

If you check your instruction booklet, (or download a fresh one from Dell.com), find out the optimum settings and use those.
Hope that helps and Happy Xmas

I know for a fact that there are issue with ATI and SP3 for windows XP, did you roll back to SP2 and then loading the ATI driver?

Try doing the following to see if it shore up the problem roll the computer back to the last known good installation "where everything worked fine". There is a roll back feature in Setting control panel, you would need to selct the date where it worked fine, select the date and it will roll you back. I do encourage you back up any important files or emails or any changes you made after the date so you do not loose data. Reboot and see if this works.

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There are a number of reasons that the unit could be freezing up.

1. Corrupted file(s)
2. Low available disk space
3. Viruses and/or malware
4. Too many add-ons/toolbars/etc.
5. Heat build-up

Number one is the hardest to find. So start with #2. The computer needs free hard drive space to operate. If the disk is nearly full or is very fragmented, this can slow the machine to a crawl. Check for available space and if there is plenty (20GB or more), then check for fragmentation under administrative tools. If the defragmentation tool recommends optimization, allow it to perform it and see if that helps. For viruses and possible malware, run your virus scanner. It is always a good idea to get a second opinion on such things. Malwarebytes is a free malware scanner that works very well to find adware and some things that many antivirus programs fail to detect. Many user feel that they have to have every bell and whistle. I've seen some browsers with 7-10 different toolbar add-ons. These almost always come with some adware and always slow down the browser. Uninstall all but the most essential toolbars for the best performance. Heat is a slayer of machines. Laptops are very susceptible to heat issue since they are often placed on beds, sofas, carpets, and yes, even laptop. Many of these units draw cooling air from the bottom and exhaust it to the side. Even those that draw air from the rear and exhaust to the side will often intake large amounts of dust, grit, and lint. These can partially or completely clog the heat sink unit and cause heat buildup of the processor. This will cause the processor to work slower and can actually cause it to thermally lockup, resulting in the need to reboot. Many units can be accessed to clean with a removable cover on the bottom; others may need to be serviced by a technician to clean.

BIOS admin or windows login/ we can not see your screen sorry can not. sounds like windows log in screens. to me. so reload the OS using he recovery key in your free manual at dell.com

no PC told , at all, model not told ok generic mode. 1: huge battery inside is bad, shorted remove it , even for ever. 2: run on AC power only now. 3: push power button 10 full seconds release, ,runs now? 4: no, remove all USB devices now. run now? 5: no, coin cell battery dead, , replace it , run nolw 6: no. strip the PC down to find the shorted model. lap-strip-101 https://www.pcdied.com/Dead_screens/dead-LT.html

NO if you do, a noob will blow it to kingdom come. as in letting the smoke out. the power-pack does 3 things it has the correct DC voltage and wattages and #2 prevents fire when the PC fails and things short inside. and prevents huge damaging surges landing inside the PC buy used power pack off fleabay and win. i bet I'd mow one lawn and and buy one

dell.com its there 24/7/367, to read any time you want for decades now.. vast model, endless huge, there. on their SERVERS. and echos of them if you learn to GOOGLE.

NO PC told maker and mode no OS told no printer maker or model told and no connnection types wanted. USB Ethernet wifi bluetooth what? steps

1. go to printers makes web site.
2. find the model there
3. get the manual
4. read it.
5. bingo, connection chapter. RTM

try restarting the laptop and before anything pops up on the screen hit the f8 key and the boot menu comes up then start in last configuration that worked and see if it helps