I have an XPS400 about 2 1/2 yrs old. Before installing SP3 I decided to
remove years of crap and do a fresh install of XP Pro. When I went to the
Dell support site to d/l the drivers my service tag number was no longer
valid. I had used this service tag several times in the past with no
problem, but no it's not anailable. I thought this info was kept on the Dell
site for a long time. Has anyone else had this problem??
BTW I was able to find the drivers by digging around the Dell site and the
install went OK. I didn't use my Dell Driver CD since I wanted the latest
uodates from Dell. I also d/l SP3 and burned it to a CD and installed it
that way.
In news:692spsF2vagtnU1@mid.individual.net,
ol**** typed on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:41:01 -0400:
> I have an XPS400 about 2 1/2 yrs old. Before installing SP3 I decided
> to remove years of crap and do a fresh install of XP Pro. When I went
> to the Dell support site to d/l the drivers my service tag number was
> no longer valid. I had used this service tag several times in the
> past with no problem, but no it's not anailable. I thought this info
> was kept on the Dell site for a long time. Has anyone else had this
> problem??
> BTW I was able to find the drivers by digging around the Dell site
> and the install went OK. I didn't use my Dell Driver CD since I
> wanted the latest uodates from Dell. I also d/l SP3 and burned it to
> a CD and installed it that way.
I just checked my Dimension 2100's (and L550r's) service tags. Both of
them went in just fine. The details returned were accurate when the
systems were built.
Might be something to do with the site, or maybe there's a typo?
"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:LKadna0Eu8_627HVnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.co m...
>i suspect that it is there. you may be typing a letter o instead of a zero
>or vice versa... or a 1 instead of a letter l...
>
Agreed. As long as it's correct in BIOS he's good.
And you're also right, Dell doesn't use the letter "O" in any of their tags;
only "0" zeroes.
BillW50 wrote:
> In news:692spsF2vagtnU1@mid.individual.net,
> ol**** typed on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:41:01 -0400:
>> I have an XPS400 about 2 1/2 yrs old. Before installing SP3 I decided
>> to remove years of crap and do a fresh install of XP Pro. When I went
>> to the Dell support site to d/l the drivers my service tag number was
>> no longer valid. I had used this service tag several times in the
>> past with no problem, but no it's not anailable. I thought this info
>> was kept on the Dell site for a long time. Has anyone else had this
>> problem??
>> BTW I was able to find the drivers by digging around the Dell site
>> and the install went OK. I didn't use my Dell Driver CD since I
>> wanted the latest uodates from Dell. I also d/l SP3 and burned it to
>> a CD and installed it that way.
>
> Next time use something like this instead:
>
> DriverBackup! (free)
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/
>
> Not only do you save your working Dell drivers, but all of your other
> drivers as well. It might be a good thing to do now actually. :-)
"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
news:482c4488$0$30634$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere .com...
> In news:692spsF2vagtnU1@mid.individual.net,
> ol**** typed on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:41:01 -0400:
>> I have an XPS400 about 2 1/2 yrs old. Before installing SP3 I decided
>> to remove years of crap and do a fresh install of XP Pro. When I went
>> to the Dell support site to d/l the drivers my service tag number was
>> no longer valid. I had used this service tag several times in the
>> past with no problem, but no it's not anailable. I thought this info
>> was kept on the Dell site for a long time. Has anyone else had this
>> problem??
>> BTW I was able to find the drivers by digging around the Dell site
>> and the install went OK. I didn't use my Dell Driver CD since I
>> wanted the latest uodates from Dell. I also d/l SP3 and burned it to
>> a CD and installed it that way.
>
> Next time use something like this instead:
>
> DriverBackup! (free)
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/
>
> Not only do you save your working Dell drivers, but all of your other
> drivers as well. It might be a good thing to do now actually. :-)
>
> --
> Bill
Hi Bill,
Saved my Drivers with this program - but how do you go about re-installing
them?
>
In news:C%iXj.38112$Nq2.15187@newsfe29.ams2,
Todger O'Toole typed on Fri, 16 May 2008 17:54:39 +0100:
> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
> news:482c4488$0$30634$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere .com...
>> In news:692spsF2vagtnU1@mid.individual.net,
>> ol**** typed on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:41:01 -0400:
>>> I have an XPS400 about 2 1/2 yrs old. Before installing SP3 I
>>> decided to remove years of crap and do a fresh install of XP Pro.
>>> When I went to the Dell support site to d/l the drivers my service
>>> tag number was no longer valid. I had used this service tag several
>>> times in the past with no problem, but no it's not anailable. I
>>> thought this info was kept on the Dell site for a long time. Has
>>> anyone else had this problem??
>>> BTW I was able to find the drivers by digging around the Dell site
>>> and the install went OK. I didn't use my Dell Driver CD since I
>>> wanted the latest uodates from Dell. I also d/l SP3 and burned it to
>>> a CD and installed it that way.
>>
>> Next time use something like this instead:
>>
>> DriverBackup! (free)
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/
>>
>> Not only do you save your working Dell drivers, but all of your other
>> drivers as well. It might be a good thing to do now actually. :-)
>
> Hi Bill,
> Saved my Drivers with this program - but how do you go about
> re-installing them?
OMG sorry I was traveling. Did you figure it out? The program should
tell you how.
In news:482d16ce$0$15171$607ed4bc@cv.net,
Tony Harding typed on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:07:54 -0400:
> BillW50 wrote:
>> In news:692spsF2vagtnU1@mid.individual.net,
>> ol**** typed on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:41:01 -0400:
>>> I have an XPS400 about 2 1/2 yrs old. Before installing SP3 I
>>> decided to remove years of crap and do a fresh install of XP Pro.
>>> When I went to the Dell support site to d/l the drivers my service
>>> tag number was no longer valid. I had used this service tag several
>>> times in the past with no problem, but no it's not anailable. I
>>> thought this info was kept on the Dell site for a long time. Has
>>> anyone else had this problem??
>>> BTW I was able to find the drivers by digging around the Dell site
>>> and the install went OK. I didn't use my Dell Driver CD since I
>>> wanted the latest uodates from Dell. I also d/l SP3 and burned it to
>>> a CD and installed it that way.
>>
>> Next time use something like this instead:
>>
>> DriverBackup! (free)
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/
>>
>> Not only do you save your working Dell drivers, but all of your other
>> drivers as well. It might be a good thing to do now actually. :-)
>
> NB: good only for 32 bit versions of Windows.
Many things are either unstable or don't work with 64-bit version of
Windows. Kind of like Linux actually. As Linux and 64-bit Windows are
just niche OS and are generally *not* supported by software developers.
But you knew all this before you started right?
Service Tag No no longer listed on Dell 
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