Ron Schenone

Dell – Microsoft Windows Vista Upgrades Shipping – Sound Drivers Also For Some

Posted by on Mar 12, 2007 | 20 Comments

Just a quick note: 

Over at the Dell blog there is a announcement that Vista upgrade disks should be shipping shortly. The kit will contain 2 DVD’s, one for the Vista operating system itself and a second DVD with help to assist the user with the install, including drivers.

Some of you have mentioned that you were having trouble getting your Vista upgrade since the Dell system would not register your service tag number correctly. Well on Dell’s blog they are asking you to submit comments with your email address so that Dell support can get a hold of you.

Just curious? Has anyone bought a non-Dell system, i.e. HP, Acer, Gateway, or other OEM system and have you had the same problem getting the disks or new drivers? Or is it just Dell that seems to be having a problem?

Dell Blog. 

Comments welcome.

[tags]dell, vista, microsoft, upgrades, shipping, drivers, [/tags]

  • scott

    Dell sucks.I bought a $400. hp laptop and got the vista upgrade on march 16.By the way there was no charge,FREE.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hello Scott,
    I’m glad that your upgrade came so quickly. How did it work on your HP lappy? Please let us know.
    Thanks, Ron

  • scott

    I was able to install it with a clean install and not as an upgrade,even though it said upgrade.I made a mistake and installed the 2nd cd with all garbage I don’t want on my computer.I reinstalled it again.It had every driver but the sound card driver which I installed from the website.I was able to install word and roxio 9 from the 2nd cd without putting all the junk back on.This is just a little sempron 3300 with 1 gig ram.It runs about the same speed and boot time.It might be a little slower but not much.The battery life seems to be about 25% less than xp.I have a second sata hard drive for my dell,waiting for the vista upgrade.I was able to install it from the hp upgrade with no problem,it never ask for a qualifying product nor did it check the bios to see what kind of computer it was.I was able to install word and roxio, but because I don’t have a key yet BECAUSE DELL SUCKS.I deleted the hard drive.On dell upgrade my order said pending for months.Then 10 days ago it said processing but they still have not sent it.Dell couldn’t care less about their customers and some day it will catch up to them.With all the trouble Ive had with my dimension e520 and they lack of support and the disappearing dsr partition, I will NEVER BUY ANOTHER DELL.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hello Scott,
    Thank you for sharing your experience with us. And your comments are very much appreciated.

  • Karina

    I bought a Dell with Vista recently. So far, I have had nothing but problems with it, spending over 2 hours on the phone because it wasn’t completely upgraded when they sent it to me. Next time, I definitely won’t be buying without extensive research!

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hello Karina,
    Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
    Ron

  • http://lfm6769yahoo.com William Gregory

    Purchased E520 having problem downloading music from cassette tapes and LPs. was able to down load them using thic Mic.plug, lousy reception, tried Line In nothing came through. Was advised by Dell that they were working on an update and that it woulsd be ready soon (two months ago) no word or update as of yet if you have any info would you please e-mail me. Thank you Ron

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hi William,
    I just checked on Dells site. No updated drivers for your model as of yet. I recall waiting 7 months for software from HP for my all-in-one when I upgraded from 2000 to XP.
    Ron

  • http://www.audio-driver.net/ aisana

    I bought a Dell laptop coz my BF is the manager of the store in our city. it’s okay to use.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000061961790 Ian Jackson

    One thing iOS 5 could need is the ability to ignore updates. I don’t want to update this one app, but it keeps asking and asking…

    • http://twitter.com/mbillow Marc Billow

      Why would you want to not update an application… I mean I could understand if the update crippled the app but I have yet to see anything of the sort since the creation of the App Store…

    • Jack Hunecke

      u can fix that under settings

    • Jack Hunecke

      u can fix that under settings

  • Jack Hunecke

    u can already do that its under settings

  • Jack Hunecke

    u can already do that its under settings

  • Jack Hunecke

    good article btw

  • http://www.facebook.com/haseeb.O.o Abdul Haseeb
  • http://twitter.com/JustSayTech Tech

    so your telling me iOS finally has 5 features Android has had for soo long? well ill just download that ipsw beta from http://firmwarearchives.com/index.html and jailbreak my device cause i love Apple so much *sarcasm*

  • Khalid T. AL-Assousi

    so after 4 years of dominating the market steve decided to let iDevice owners who paid $700+ to delete a music without his permission?!!!!!! thats totally unacceptable and users should buy an application from tbe market to do it.

  • http://zagorath.wordpress.com Zagorath

    Very cool!
    All of these look incredible, with the exception of number 4, which is nice to have, but nothing all that amazing.
    LED flash alerts is very clever, but the custom vibration patterns is just unbelievable!!