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My Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop is a little under a year old now. It came with Windows 7 x64. When I first bought it Windows Aero was working fine. Anyway, it got infected with trillions of viruses (almost literally) throughout the year, many of which I was unable to remove without damaging boot files. So I decided to reinstall Windows.
I mistakenly installed a 32-bit copy, and when Windows started, the resolution was very small by default. I can change the resolution, but every time I start it the resolution is wrong again. Also, if I select an Aero theme, it just doesn't do anything. So I installed a 64-bit copy and the same issue is present. I can't imagine what the problem is since it was working correctly when I initially purchased it. Can someone help me?
In addition to that I'm also unable to find any networks without an ethernet cable, even though I always had wireless capabilities before. Is the malware still affecting it somehow?
Thanks.
1Do you have the video and wireless drivers installed? – Renan – 2012-05-01T00:34:27.823
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When you install a new operating system, you need to install any hardware drivers that the operating system does not already include. Most likely, you need to install proprietary video and network adapter drivers. If you go to Dell's support/download website, you can get downloads for your model of computer.
– iglvzx – 2012-05-01T00:34:51.3171
See: Dell.com | Drivers and Downloads
– iglvzx – 2012-05-01T00:40:48.283