DELL Dimension 4600 setup disk NEVER MIND
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From: jw on 16 Jun 2010 09:49 I figured it out Thanks Duke On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:00:56 -0400, jw(a)eldorado.com wrote: >On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:19:15 -0400, Pen <nospam(a)spam.none> wrote: > >>Go to Dell's web site. All the drivers are there. >>http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&os=W764&osl=en&SystemID=DIM_P4_4600&catid=-1&impid=-1 > > >I am not doing something right. When I download the drivers I select >on the above site, and enter the service tag, each download is a >simple 10kb file called DellDriverDownloadManager.application with an >embedded sequential number for uniqueness. I want to download the >specific 'R' files from which to install the actual drivers. I don't >know what to do with the so called DownloadManager.applications. > >Can you help me on this? > >Duke
From: Tinkerer on 16 Jun 2010 12:56 For us simpler souls, care to explain. -- Tinkerer <jw(a)eldorado.com> wrote in message news:lilh165upe34eacp3knfvsdo9firdvfcee(a)4ax.com... >I figured it out > > Thanks > > Duke > > > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:00:56 -0400, jw(a)eldorado.com wrote: > >>On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:19:15 -0400, Pen <nospam(a)spam.none> wrote: >> >>>Go to Dell's web site. All the drivers are there. >>>http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&os=W764&osl=en&SystemID=DIM_P4_4600&catid=-1&impid=-1 >> >> >>I am not doing something right. When I download the drivers I select >>on the above site, and enter the service tag, each download is a >>simple 10kb file called DellDriverDownloadManager.application with an >>embedded sequential number for uniqueness. I want to download the >>specific 'R' files from which to install the actual drivers. I don't >>know what to do with the so called DownloadManager.applications. >> >>Can you help me on this? >> >>Duke
From: Pen on 16 Jun 2010 14:59 On 6/16/2010 12:56 PM, Tinkerer wrote: > For us simpler souls, care to explain. I suspect he saved the files to a download list, which is buggy and hard to deal with unless you're using IE. The easy way is to just download each driver directly, which works with any browser.
From: jw on 16 Jun 2010 15:59 On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:56:19 +0100, "Tinkerer" <invalidaddress(a)invalidaddress.invalid> wrote: >For us simpler souls, care to explain. Well - first I erased all the cookies and 'clear recent history' under Firefox tools. and then when I first downloaded a file I got a pop up page displaying 2 options. Download via Driver Download Manager or Download via Internet Browser. I chose the second option to download the files as normal. Duke
From: Pen on 16 Jun 2010 16:26
On 6/16/2010 3:59 PM, jw(a)eldorado.com wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:56:19 +0100, "Tinkerer" > <invalidaddress(a)invalidaddress.invalid> wrote: > >> For us simpler souls, care to explain. > > > Well - first I erased all the cookies and 'clear recent history' under > Firefox tools. and then when I first downloaded a file I got a > pop up page displaying 2 options. Download via Driver Download Manager > or Download via Internet Browser. I chose the second option to > download the files as normal. > > Duke The dell download manager is a major problem to use on Firefox requiring .net and several other MS pieces. best to just use IE or download them singly via the browser. |