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Dell Inspiron 1521: How do you turn mic on and off

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:58:33 -0700

in Skype I can see people but they can not hear me. how do I turn on the mic?

⟐ Commented February 20, 2026 at 8:58 MST

Dell Inspiron 1521: How to wipe the laptop completely clean

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:25:25 -0700

i have taken the harddrive out and format it by another computer then i installed a fresh vista home premium os after installed there is still old stuff on the computer how do i get everything off so i will only have a fresh operating system on it

⟐ Answered October 11, 2017 at 16:25 MST

Dell Inspiron 1521: error booting windows vista

Sun, 05 Feb 2017 02:28:14 -0700

i need advice. heres my problem.... i have a dell 1541 and a dell 6400. the motherboard seems to be dead in the 1541. both the lcd screen and hardrive are working fine. the 6400 has a cracked screen. i changed the 1541 screen into the 6400 and works perfect. now i want to transfer the 1541 hdd to the 6400. done this but vista wont boot. i know the drivers are different and what not. heres my question. if i create a recovery disk from the 6400 hdd and and try 'repair disc' option on startup with the 1541 hdd installed, will this correct the drivers on the new hdd so vista will boot and not loose any of my files and programmes installed on it?

⟐ Answer edited February 05, 2017 at 2:28 MST

Dell Inspiron 1521: forgotten bios password lock

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:15:15 -0700

I can not get pass the bios pass word screen how can I by pass plz help

⟐ Answered November 07, 2016 at 23:15 MST

Dell Inspiron 1521: How do I install and Setup for Device Management App?

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:49:17 -0700

Last week I downloaded a free trial version of MDM app from https://dm.comodo.com/ for my startup concern. But I don't know how to install and setup the system. Can anybody help me regards installation & setup.

Dell Inspiron 1521: Inspiron 1521 does not boot up

Sat, 09 May 2015 04:16:28 -0700

When I press the power button continuously, the computer does not start ,making a "tick" sound about every 3 seconds.

Battery connected, power cord connected.

Tap f2 key or f11 key.

Black screen.

Please advise.

Thank you.

⟐ Answered May 09, 2015 at 4:16 MST