You all helped me! I went to the site that Genes told me to go "fixya.com". Scroll through the posters with a similar problem as I had. This one worked... I now have a Dell Touchpad icon on my system tray by downloading the suggested download. My touch pad is disable...thank you, thank you, thank you....I really appreciate your advice. I am typing like mad and love it. Thanks again. Here is the information in case anyone else has the problem with Dell Inspirion.... "I had the same problem, contacted Dell and they had me download the following driver: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R176423&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1525&servicetag=6Z6GNF1&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=14029&devlib=0amp;typecnt=0amp;vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=17&fileid=239968 I then had the touch pad icon on the right hand side of the task bar, clicked on it, selected touch pad, and unclicked the click options. Worked grea ,so far."

these are the steps as listed on ehow Share Your Printer in Windows Step1 Install the printer. Set up the printer as normal on a machine that is already connected to the wireless network. Connect all necessary cables and install all necessary drivers. Step2 Open the printers and faxes folder. Click "Start," then "Control Panel," then "Printers and Other Hardware" and then "Printers and Faxes." Step3 Share your printer. Find the icon for the printer you just installed. Click the icon once and then select SHARE THIS PRINTER in the tasks pane on the left. Now, right click the icon, select properties and go to the SHARING tab. Click "Share Name," and then click "Okay." Step4 Connect to the printer. On the other computers within the network, open the control panel and click "Printers and Other Hardware." Select "Add a Printer." Step5 Select "Printer Connection." When prompted, select this option instead of the local printer. Find and select the printer you just installed and select it. Step6 Print as normal. Next time you print a page, send it to your networked printer. (you may need to reboot both computers after setup) This is also a good tutorial Beginners Guides: Printer Sharing on a Home Network you should also check to see if you have all the computers set up with the same workgroup name. "Workgroup name: This is the name of your network if you like. By default Windows XP will call your workgroup MSHOME, but you can change this as long as all the PCs on your network have the same workgroup name. (To see the computers in your network, click My Computer and choose Network Places from the bar on the left side. From there click View Workgroup Computers.)" (Control Panel > Performance & Maintenance > See basic information about your computer. From there click on Computer Name. Your workgroup is displayed.)

Personally this would be the deal breaker for me 2 GHz Intel Celeron processor 550 celeron processors are just not near top of the line in fact they are pretty far down there. I don't know why they even still make them. It does have xp on it instead of vista which is a plus. as to the s-video I have no idea actually I could not find much info on the model other than what was there on the walmart site about it. Key Features & Benefits: # 15.4" widescreen LCD Presents vivid 1280 x 800 WXGA resolution with more than 16 million colors # 2 GHz Intel Celeron processor 550 Meets the demands of multitasking and multimedia while also saving energy # 2 GB of DDR2 system memory, 667 MHz Offers improved performance with today's demanding applications # 120 GB hard drive Provides ample space for documents, games, music, photos and videos # DVD+/-RW drive Lets you burn DVDs and CDs in a wide variety of disc formats # 802.11b/g wireless LAN Connects to wireless home and office networks or to Wi-Fi hotspots for convenient Internet access # 8-in-1 digital media reader Reads and writes the most popular memory card and Memory Stick formats for easy file transfer # Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Furnishes time-tested reliability and performance Here is a link that might be useful: info

one good program that I use that will do a good uninstall of anything you may have on your pc you want to get rid of but ALSO has a feature to show you what is running at startup and with simple clicks lets you change those from on to off and vice versa is Revo uninstaller, it is free. Revo Uninstaller on their site you can click on some screenshots to show you exactly what it will look like and they have good step by step directions on how to use it. User's help Auto Run Manager Junk Files Cleaner it does all that and more, if you go to any of those links then look to the right it lists all the various tools built in, just click on any one of those then at the bottom of that page's text there will be another link that says go to user guide page, that will give you the direct instructions and pictures to how to use that aspect of the tool Here is the list of the tools and utilities included in Revo Uninstaller: Auto Start Manager - Stop programs that start automatically on Windows startup; speed up loading of Windows! Windows Tools Manager - Handy and useful tools bundled with every version of Windows; easily find useful system tools and options! Junk Files Cleaner - Find and remove unnecessary files from your computer; free up disk space and delete files you do not need! Browsers History Cleaner - Erase web browser history, visited pages history and temporary internet files of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape and Opera web browsers; free up a lot of disk space by deleting temporary internet files like temporary saved videos, temporary flash files, temporary pictures etc! Office History Cleaner - Remove the history of most recently used files in MS Office; remove your tracks by deleting the list of last opened MS Office documents! Windows History Cleaner - Remove the history of recently opened files, delete temporary files, remove usage tracks and other history items that are saved by Windows; remove your tracks saved by Windows for a lot of operations! Unrecoverable Delete Tool - Erase files and folders forever; be sure that nobody could recover your files and folders after deleting! Evidence Remover - Make sure already deleted files, folders and other data are unrecoverable; securely erase your data!