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Dell Venue 11 Pro

I have 3 used Dell Venue 11 Pros. 2 with 4GB RAM and 128GB HD. Another with 8GB and 256GB HD. Actually, I have 4th but this one broke after 30 days of purchase from eBay and I could not get my money back. I had nothing but trouble with one of these 3 usable ones. Its BIOS is password protected and its speaker was not working well. Some apps don't install. To remedy this, I tried to run Windows Update but it stops in the middle and does not complete. My last choice was to reinstall Windows 10. But because of BIOS lockup, I could not boot from DVD. I copied Win10 install files to the USB and tried to run setup.exe but it kept failing in the middle. I created Win10 install USB stick from Microsoft and run setup.exe from USB. This time it went through (I kept crossing my fingers during this ordeal) and what a relief after a few reboots when I saw a brand new Windows 10 introduction came up! After hours of installation effort, the tablet is like a brand new computer. Everything...