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Reinstalling SoftwareDrivers Identifying Drivers
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Lockups and Software Problems
NOTE: The procedures in this document were written for the Windows default view and may not apply if you set your Dellcomputer to the Windows Classic view.
The computer ...longer responding, and click End Task.
A program crashes repeatedly
NOTE: Most software includes installationinstructions in its documentation or on a floppy disk, CD, or...
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Dell Technical Update Service
The Dell Technical Update service provides proactive e-mail notification of software and hardware updates for your computer. To enroll for the Dell Technical Update service, go to support.dell.com/technicalupdate.
Dell Support Utility
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...Dell Support Utility provides self-support information, softwareupdates, and health scans of your computing environment. Access the Dell Support Utility from the ...Dell Support Utility is not available from the Start menu, go to support.dell.com and download the software. For more information about the Dell Support Utility, click the question mark (?) at the top...
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Reinstalling SoftwareDrivers
Identifying DriversWindows Vista®
1 Locate the list of devices for your computer:
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Click the Windows Vista Start button Click ... exclamation point is next to the device name, you may need to reinstall the driver or install a new driver (see "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 24).
Windows® XP Embedded
1 Locate the ...
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... Drivers and Utilities
NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com provides approved drivers for your computer. If you installdrivers obtained from other sources, your ... System" on page 26) to return your computer to the operating state that existed before you installed the new driver.
Windows XP Embedded
1 Locate the list of devices for your computer:
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...on page 26) to return your computer to the operating state that existed before you installed the new driver.
Manually Reinstalling DriversWindows Vista
1 Click the Windows Vista Start ...the name of the device for which you are installing the driver. 5 Click the Driver tab→UpdateDriver→Browse my computer for driversoftware. 6 Click Browse and browse to ...
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...click the device for which you need a driver, and click UpdateDriver. 3 Click the Drivers tab→UpdateDriver. 4 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to either install the driver from a local source, or to search the Web for a driver.
...default view and may not apply if you set your Dellcomputer to the Windows Classic view.
Starting System Restore
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Dell™ OptiPlex™ FX160 Re-Imaging Guide - Page 3 Dell™ OptiPlex™ FX160 Re-Imaging Guide
The DellOptiPlexFX160computer with an internal flash card hard drive is preloaded with ... Installation Kit (WAIK) software. The update can then installed on the FX160 flash card when booting the FX160computer from the USB ... the capture operation completes, the imaging tool window reappears.
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...Computer With the a Bootable USB Flash Drive (UFD)
The FX160computer can be re-imaged with a bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on a UFD. This... you include. FX160Windowsupdate DVD.
Use the Copype.cmd script to create a bootable Windows PE RAM disk on a UFD ... to support the size of your Windows PE image and any additional applications.
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...Image" and "Walkthrough: Create a Custom Windows PE Image". This information is part of the help system of the WAIK software. 1 Download and install the latest version of Microsoft WAIK software onto the workstation computer. NOTE: The download file is very large ...winpeshl.ini DellImageDeploy.exe Comctl32.dll Oledlg.dll Wimgapi.dll
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The update CD provided includes these three files Documentation (*.pdf) SLETC update file (*.raw). The name of this file reflects the revision level of SLETC. WindowsUSB flash drive image installer (USBDiskImageTool.exe) 9
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... the system using the internal flash card.
Automated Deployment
The installed image in the FX160computer includes a deployment server agent that interacts with an ... including system image, application software, BIOS updates and configuration, etc. The FX160computer includes a Preboot ... is licensed to use the Altiris Deployment Server.
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Migrating to 2 GB Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Image Tech Sheet - Page 2
... Existing Image
NOTE: If you purchased a Windows XPE image prior to November 2010, you can upgrade to View 4.5 client. To upgrade to VMware View 4.5 client using the existing image: 1 Log onto the Windows XPE system using the ... are prompted to download View 4.5 client. See Figure 1.
Figure 1. VMware View Portal 4.5
5 Download and install the client on the Windows XPE image.
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....03 Client Using the Existing Image
To upgrade to Citrix: 1 Log onto the Windows XPE system using the ... to myCitrix.com and download the Citrix-Full-Online Plugin version 12.03. 5 Install the latest client on the Windows XPE admin machine.
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...you follow these steps only if you have to upgrade the
Windows XPE image to A05.
To install the latest image using a 1 GB module: 1 Install the latest Windows XPE image on an OptiPlex FX-160 system with a 2 ... the Re-Imaging Guide at content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/business~solutions~whitepapers~en /Documents~OptiPlex-fx160-imaging-guide.pdf.aspx. Alternatively, you can...