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I Don’t know how to fix it on my hp laptop (vista) it said something with BIOS or something. Well i need someone to point out the exact steps to do it. for example Start>Control Pannel> ext.

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I have a dell laptop..Its a dell inspiron 1501 and One day it just stopped.
What and where do i go to re-install it.
It has a little red X beside it and says no audio output devises installed.
Could you give me a link and describe it really well please.
Thanks
im on vista

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I bought a Gateway laptop about 5 years ago that came with a copy of Windows XP. That laptop is dead and so that copy of Windows is no longer in use.
Can I legally install that copy of Windows on a different computer (that is not a Gateway)? My sister bought a Dell laptop, which [...]