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I called Dell Hell today and got told that they wanted $50 to even TALK to me..It took all the strength I had to not cuss him out..I hung up on him..lol.I did however find out that the thing is missing drivers..whic I have no way of getting..crap machine! Thanks for all the advice y'all..comp goes out of the window tomorrow!..lol Do you have a storage device? USB, floppy, or even a DVD. Something you can copy the files from one computer with internet access over to another? Shouldn't be difficult, can take a floppy into most libraries and they let you do what you will with it...just go to the manufacture site and download the drivers for your network card. Probably be a few but it should be explained what they are for on the site you get them from. If you are using WebTv at the same time as you are trying to connect, well this may be your whole problem! Unhook your connection to the TV!!! then reboot your computer! That isn't the problem tho..We've had a Webtv and Comps for years now and this is the first time my laptop died. |
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I called Dell Hell today and got told that they wanted $50 to even TALK to me..It took all the strength I had to not cuss him out..I hung up on him..lol.I did however find out that the thing is missing drivers..whic I have no way of getting..crap machine! Thanks for all the advice y'all..comp goes out of the window tomorrow!..lol Do you have a storage device? USB, floppy, or even a DVD. Something you can copy the files from one computer with internet access over to another? Shouldn't be difficult, can take a floppy into most libraries and they let you do what you will with it...just go to the manufacture site and download the drivers for your network card. Probably be a few but it should be explained what they are for on the site you get them from. If you are using WebTv at the same time as you are trying to connect, well this may be your whole problem! Unhook your connection to the TV!!! then reboot your computer! That isn't the problem tho..We've had a Webtv and Comps for years now and this is the first time my laptop died. Ok Device drivers for a dell are easy. Only a few variables 1. Do you use Wireless or wired? If you are wireless, you can use a cat5 cable you can pick up anywhere to connect to your router, DSL and you should be able to get online to download the drivers. ( you will need to reboot the router before you connect to it, and after you reboot your machine to connect to it wirelessly again) 2. Does the machine have an internal wireless card? or is it a card you purchased elsewhere? If you are using Dell standard equipment, Go to www.dell.com Click on the support link Look for link that says drivers and downloads and click on it type in your service tag number, (not express service code) it is a number located on your dell machine on a small sliver of white bar code sticker on the bottom. Based on this number your machine specs will popup in the driver download screen, choose your driver, wireless, or wired, and click on the download driver, when prompted, click on save AS and save it somewhere you can find it. Double click on it and click Yes to extract, follow the prompts, install and reboot. (wireless only) Once rebooted, you should be able to use the built in Microsoft Windows Wireless to scan for your network.. If you have security, you will need to enter in your WEP key. If not you may have to click Yes to connect anyway when prompted to connect to an open non secured network Also, it sounds to me, that you ran windows updates, and updated drivers, which probably broke your drivers.. i would after you do this, go into your updates, and exclude driver updates. |
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I called Dell Hell today and got told that they wanted $50 to even TALK to me..It took all the strength I had to not cuss him out..I hung up on him..lol.I did however find out that the thing is missing drivers..whic I have no way of getting..crap machine! Thanks for all the advice y'all..comp goes out of the window tomorrow!..lol Do you have a storage device? USB, floppy, or even a DVD. Something you can copy the files from one computer with internet access over to another? Shouldn't be difficult, can take a floppy into most libraries and they let you do what you will with it...just go to the manufacture site and download the drivers for your network card. Probably be a few but it should be explained what they are for on the site you get them from. If you are using WebTv at the same time as you are trying to connect, well this may be your whole problem! Unhook your connection to the TV!!! then reboot your computer! That isn't the problem tho..We've had a Webtv and Comps for years now and this is the first time my laptop died. Ok Device drivers for a dell are easy. Only a few variables 1. Do you use Wireless or wired? If you are wireless, you can use a cat5 cable you can pick up anywhere to connect to your router, DSL and you should be able to get online to download the drivers. ( you will need to reboot the router before you connect to it, and after you reboot your machine to connect to it wirelessly again) 2. Does the machine have an internal wireless card? or is it a card you purchased elsewhere? If you are using Dell standard equipment, Go to www.dell.com Click on the support link Look for link that says drivers and downloads and click on it type in your service tag number, (not express service code) it is a number located on your dell machine on a small sliver of white bar code sticker on the bottom. Based on this number your machine specs will popup in the driver download screen, choose your driver, wireless, or wired, and click on the download driver, when prompted, click on save AS and save it somewhere you can find it. Double click on it and click Yes to extract, follow the prompts, install and reboot. (wireless only) Once rebooted, you should be able to use the built in Microsoft Windows Wireless to scan for your network.. If you have security, you will need to enter in your WEP key. If not you may have to click Yes to connect anyway when prompted to connect to an open non secured network Also, it sounds to me, that you ran windows updates, and updated drivers, which probably broke your drivers.. i would after you do this, go into your updates, and exclude driver updates. I think that my first mistake was using a Dell to begin with..lol..I hate this machine..lol.The stupid thing is saying that I have missing drivers..and to go online to download them..its even asking if I wanna go online and do it then won't let me do it.If I had known that it was gonna cause me ths much trouble just to replace the hard drive when the old one died I would have just thrown it out with the trash the very next day! |
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I called Dell Hell today and got told that they wanted $50 to even TALK to me..It took all the strength I had to not cuss him out..I hung up on him..lol.I did however find out that the thing is missing drivers..whic I have no way of getting..crap machine! Thanks for all the advice y'all..comp goes out of the window tomorrow!..lol Do you have a storage device? USB, floppy, or even a DVD. Something you can copy the files from one computer with internet access over to another? Shouldn't be difficult, can take a floppy into most libraries and they let you do what you will with it...just go to the manufacture site and download the drivers for your network card. Probably be a few but it should be explained what they are for on the site you get them from. If you are using WebTv at the same time as you are trying to connect, well this may be your whole problem! Unhook your connection to the TV!!! then reboot your computer! That isn't the problem tho..We've had a Webtv and Comps for years now and this is the first time my laptop died. Ok Device drivers for a dell are easy. Only a few variables 1. Do you use Wireless or wired? If you are wireless, you can use a cat5 cable you can pick up anywhere to connect to your router, DSL and you should be able to get online to download the drivers. ( you will need to reboot the router before you connect to it, and after you reboot your machine to connect to it wirelessly again) 2. Does the machine have an internal wireless card? or is it a card you purchased elsewhere? If you are using Dell standard equipment, Go to www.dell.com Click on the support link Look for link that says drivers and downloads and click on it type in your service tag number, (not express service code) it is a number located on your dell machine on a small sliver of white bar code sticker on the bottom. Based on this number your machine specs will popup in the driver download screen, choose your driver, wireless, or wired, and click on the download driver, when prompted, click on save AS and save it somewhere you can find it. Double click on it and click Yes to extract, follow the prompts, install and reboot. (wireless only) Once rebooted, you should be able to use the built in Microsoft Windows Wireless to scan for your network.. If you have security, you will need to enter in your WEP key. If not you may have to click Yes to connect anyway when prompted to connect to an open non secured network Also, it sounds to me, that you ran windows updates, and updated drivers, which probably broke your drivers.. i would after you do this, go into your updates, and exclude driver updates. I think that my first mistake was using a Dell to begin with..lol..I hate this machine..lol.The stupid thing is saying that I have missing drivers..and to go online to download them..its even asking if I wanna go online and do it then won't let me do it.If I had known that it was gonna cause me ths much trouble just to replace the hard drive when the old one died I would have just thrown it out with the trash the very next day! Hate to break it to ya, but it has nothing to do with dell, or Windows, or anything, just something that happens with electronics.. what you are going to need to do, is buy a thumb drive, flash drive, or external hard drive, go to a friends house, or the library, and download all the drivers on the drive, bring it home and install them. Dell should have provided you with the install disks from when you bought the machine.. Drive needs to be at least 512mb in size... |
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I called Dell Hell today and got told that they wanted $50 to even TALK to me..It took all the strength I had to not cuss him out..I hung up on him..lol.I did however find out that the thing is missing drivers..whic I have no way of getting..crap machine! Thanks for all the advice y'all..comp goes out of the window tomorrow!..lol Do you have a storage device? USB, floppy, or even a DVD. Something you can copy the files from one computer with internet access over to another? Shouldn't be difficult, can take a floppy into most libraries and they let you do what you will with it...just go to the manufacture site and download the drivers for your network card. Probably be a few but it should be explained what they are for on the site you get them from. If you are using WebTv at the same time as you are trying to connect, well this may be your whole problem! Unhook your connection to the TV!!! then reboot your computer! That isn't the problem tho..We've had a Webtv and Comps for years now and this is the first time my laptop died. Ok Device drivers for a dell are easy. Only a few variables 1. Do you use Wireless or wired? If you are wireless, you can use a cat5 cable you can pick up anywhere to connect to your router, DSL and you should be able to get online to download the drivers. ( you will need to reboot the router before you connect to it, and after you reboot your machine to connect to it wirelessly again) 2. Does the machine have an internal wireless card? or is it a card you purchased elsewhere? If you are using Dell standard equipment, Go to www.dell.com Click on the support link Look for link that says drivers and downloads and click on it type in your service tag number, (not express service code) it is a number located on your dell machine on a small sliver of white bar code sticker on the bottom. Based on this number your machine specs will popup in the driver download screen, choose your driver, wireless, or wired, and click on the download driver, when prompted, click on save AS and save it somewhere you can find it. Double click on it and click Yes to extract, follow the prompts, install and reboot. (wireless only) Once rebooted, you should be able to use the built in Microsoft Windows Wireless to scan for your network.. If you have security, you will need to enter in your WEP key. If not you may have to click Yes to connect anyway when prompted to connect to an open non secured network Also, it sounds to me, that you ran windows updates, and updated drivers, which probably broke your drivers.. i would after you do this, go into your updates, and exclude driver updates. I think that my first mistake was using a Dell to begin with..lol..I hate this machine..lol.The stupid thing is saying that I have missing drivers..and to go online to download them..its even asking if I wanna go online and do it then won't let me do it.If I had known that it was gonna cause me ths much trouble just to replace the hard drive when the old one died I would have just thrown it out with the trash the very next day! Hate to break it to ya, but it has nothing to do with dell, or Windows, or anything, just something that happens with electronics.. what you are going to need to do, is buy a thumb drive, flash drive, or external hard drive, go to a friends house, or the library, and download all the drivers on the drive, bring it home and install them. Dell should have provided you with the install disks from when you bought the machine.. Drive needs to be at least 512mb in size... I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. |
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If people had brains they would do like for the display device (will work anyway with basic colors even if no driver installed for graphic cards) and have a default driver that work on all network cards or modems (old days) so you could at least connect even if at a slow rate to download the right drivers but noooooo people are to stupîd to think of that and make eveything more complicated then it should be.
I guess Microsoft and all manufacturers of hardware devices are to lazy to make things easy , its more fun when complicated. |
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If people had brains they would do like for the display device (will work anyway with basic colors even if no driver installed for graphic cards) and have a default driver that work on all network cards or modems (old days) so you could at least connect even if at a slow rate to download the right drivers but noooooo people are to stupîd to think of that and make eveything more complicated then it should be. I guess Microsoft and all manufacturers of hardware devices are to lazy to make things easy , its more fun when complicated. I agree, look at the old days of printers, hell even now, the HP 4SI print drivers pretty much work on everything... |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... I can't download anything on a webtv..they don't do that |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... Yes, but the library, or a friend should have internet access that you can use to download the drivers... I can't download anything on a webtv..they don't do that |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... Yes, but the library, or a friend should have internet access that you can use to download the drivers... I can't download anything on a webtv..they don't do that Those aren't options for me either..Thank you for your help tho |
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 One time a voice started coming out of my computer telling me to kill people and stuff
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One time a voice started coming out of my computer telling me to kill people and stuff (((((((((((((Mirror)))))))) ignore those voices babe..lol |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... Yes, but the library, or a friend should have internet access that you can use to download the drivers... I can't download anything on a webtv..they don't do that Those aren't options for me either..Thank you for your help tho Well your last possible solution is to call dell and order a driver and download CD. they will send it to you, should run about 5 to 10 bucks.. |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... Yes, but the library, or a friend should have internet access that you can use to download the drivers... I can't download anything on a webtv..they don't do that Those aren't options for me either..Thank you for your help tho Well your last possible solution is to call dell and order a driver and download CD. they will send it to you, should run about 5 to 10 bucks.. I've searched on Dell.com for any type of installation CD..drivers, windows xp,anything really..lol..and they have no idea what I'm talking about..lol..I guess I'm not wording something right..I don't know..I'm seriously not this dumb..I don't know why this thing is giving me so many problems! |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... Yes, but the library, or a friend should have internet access that you can use to download the drivers... I can't download anything on a webtv..they don't do that Those aren't options for me either..Thank you for your help tho Well your last possible solution is to call dell and order a driver and download CD. they will send it to you, should run about 5 to 10 bucks.. I've searched on Dell.com for any type of installation CD..drivers, windows xp,anything really..lol..and they have no idea what I'm talking about..lol..I guess I'm not wording something right..I don't know..I'm seriously not this dumb..I don't know why this thing is giving me so many problems! Give them the model number of the laptop (should be on the bottom of the laptop) and ask them for a drivers CD. |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... Yes, but the library, or a friend should have internet access that you can use to download the drivers... I can't download anything on a webtv..they don't do that Those aren't options for me either..Thank you for your help tho Well your last possible solution is to call dell and order a driver and download CD. they will send it to you, should run about 5 to 10 bucks.. I've searched on Dell.com for any type of installation CD..drivers, windows xp,anything really..lol..and they have no idea what I'm talking about..lol..I guess I'm not wording something right..I don't know..I'm seriously not this dumb..I don't know why this thing is giving me so many problems! Give them the model number of the laptop (should be on the bottom of the laptop) and ask them for a drivers CD. The people at Dell are evil..lol..They won't help without charging $50..one guy even said that he can't say anything other than "hello" without getting my payment info first..and well..I ain't paying just to ask a question or two. |
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I didn't buy it..it was a gift..I guess they didn't give her the disks..I guess I'll just have to get use to being on webtv again..lol. OK, Email me the Service tag number, and i will put direct download links on here, so all you have to do is click, save as to the external drive and double click on the new machine... Or contact an IT guy around you and see what they charge to install drivers... Shouldn't run you more then 100 bucks... Yes, but the library, or a friend should have internet access that you can use to download the drivers... I can't download anything on a webtv..they don't do that Those aren't options for me either..Thank you for your help tho Well your last possible solution is to call dell and order a driver and download CD. they will send it to you, should run about 5 to 10 bucks.. I've searched on Dell.com for any type of installation CD..drivers, windows xp,anything really..lol..and they have no idea what I'm talking about..lol..I guess I'm not wording something right..I don't know..I'm seriously not this dumb..I don't know why this thing is giving me so many problems! Give them the model number of the laptop (should be on the bottom of the laptop) and ask them for a drivers CD. The people at Dell are evil..lol..They won't help without charging $50..one guy even said that he can't say anything other than "hello" without getting my payment info first..and well..I ain't paying just to ask a question or two. Then pay a 3rd party company to fix your computer or buy a new one, sorry...but your choices are limited with this issue. And it really is a simple issue...either way you are getting screwed, you either pay roughly 100 dollars for someone to fix it for you (which is pointless as the only thing they will do is install drivers, that you can do yourself if you had access to them)...or pay Dell 50. Choice is yours. |
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