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March 27th, 2020 20:00

SA, can't get past loading PC Optimization Tools screen

I know this has been exhausted, but it isn't if I still can't get what used to work a week ago but won't now, SupportAssist. If I tell you that in two days, I've read what I would say is almost literally every article and tried it all, I am being honest with you. Things that you'd never dream of doing I have done. And no, no major changes except as a result of this, like doing a Windows Update. I'm current now. I am stumped! I've removed every file suggested to be removed, including leftover files via Revo. I've uninstalled, rebooted, looked for files that shouldn't be there and deleted them, regedit search and remove, changed settings in Services, just everything.
I cannot get past the splash screen below. PLEASE, help me. I am 100% stumped. Oh, and I renamed the name of the logo in Resources, with and without the .png, and I deleted and reinstalled a million times. And no, I don't have Malwarebytes installed.

Thanks for any ideas you can offer.

Dell Latitude E7440
Windows 10 64x

Stuck here ...Stuck here ...







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April 7th, 2020 10:00

Even tried running it on Dell's website and got stuck on this:

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April 7th, 2020 10:00

Hi Lorimand, I would recommend you to get in touch with Dell Technical Support team and in case they will not able to resolve then they will escalate it to us and we will debug your issue remotely. Thanks NikhilKiroula #iwork4Dell

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April 7th, 2020 14:00

I don't have support on this laptop. That's why I've been trying to do it this way.

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April 11th, 2020 08:00

Same problem with me.

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April 11th, 2020 15:00

SupportAssist is NOT found in my Control Panel, and this is what it shows. It's not even 2MB.

 

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April 11th, 2020 16:00

The last time I ran SupportAssist version 3.4.1 was March 14, 2020. It would run slowly after that date and on the app screen it would say: "We're still working on it. Hold on for a few moments while we prepare SupportAssist." Then after that: "We're sorry, we run into unexpected problem. Please restart your PC and try again." I restarted many times but same problem kept occurring. I contacted support because SupportAssist for me is essential for proper running of my 2-in-1. After five email exchanges, one Dell technical expert told me to uninstall and reinstall SupportAssist using the instructions in the link she provided. But before doing that, I went to Dell.com support to see if my drivers were up-to-date. After I let it scan my system, it found two new drivers and I allowed it to update automatically. But the last one which was BIOS update should be done manually which I did, too. Upon restart, I ran SupportAssist, and I noticed that it was now the latest version 3.4.5.366. I did not remember updating it myself; it must have updated automatically. The app already runs well now. I'm sharing this to share with the community who may have similar problem with mine. Thank you! And please keep safe at home.

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April 12th, 2020 17:00

@NikhilKiroula 

Can you or someone tell me what this information means??? There was more but it exceeded 20k characters.

2020-04-11 19:14:09,127 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 1] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.ViewModel.AppViewModel - Process Argument being Passed : noargument
2020-04-11 19:14:09,191 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 1] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.ViewModel.AppViewModel - Is Installer UI visible : True
2020-04-11 19:14:09,204 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 1] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.ViewModel.AppViewModel - Current Culture being Set: en-US
2020-04-11 19:14:09,342 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 1] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.ViewModel.AppViewModel - Manufacturer Value : Dell Inc.
2020-04-11 19:14:10,239 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.InstallSupportAssist - All prerequisite product check passed
2020-04-11 19:14:10,265 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.Installer - Installed Version: 0.0.0.0
2020-04-11 19:14:10,466 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.CommonUtilities.CertificateUtility - Is Certificate Subject matches: True
2020-04-11 19:14:11,387 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.CommonUtilities.CertificateUtility - Is Certificate Subject matches: True
2020-04-11 19:14:11,509 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.CommonUtilities.CertificateUtility - Is Certificate Subject matches: True
2020-04-11 19:14:11,992 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.CommonUtilities.CertificateUtility - Is Certificate Subject matches: True
2020-04-11 19:14:14,819 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.CommonUtilities.CertificateUtility - Is Certificate Subject matches: True
2020-04-11 19:14:15,270 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.Catalog.SupportAssistInstallerPackage - Installation triggered
2020-04-11 19:14:20,648 [3.4.5.366] [10160 - 6] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistAgent.BootStrapperMinimized - Thread Activities for service Initialization Started
2020-04-11 19:14:20,773 [3.4.5.366] [10160 - 6] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistAgent.BootStrapperMinimized - Generating RandomNumber as key doesn't exist or null False
2020-04-11 19:14:21,410 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.Catalog.SupportAssistInstallerPackage - Installation Succeeded with return code : 0
2020-04-11 19:14:21,426 [3.4.5.366] [10160 - 3] INFO eSupport.Common.Client.Service.Master - Master : Listerner invoked freshly
2020-04-11 19:14:21,436 [3.4.5.366] [6820 - 8] INFO Dell.Services.SupportAssist.SupportAssistInstaller.Installer - Installed Version: 3.4.5.366
2020-04-11 19:14:21,441 [3.4.5.366] [10160 - 3] INFO eSupport.Common.Client.Service.Core.ConfigurationInformation - Loading configuration. CanSynch value is : True

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April 13th, 2020 22:00

There are some limitation if you don't have warranty. I would recommend you to purchase warranty for best customer support from DELL and get in touch with DELL TechSupport. If i'm not wrong you in case your laptop warranty has already been expired then also you can get in touch with TechSupport. I'm not very sure what kind of support they will provide but I would recommend you to try once.

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April 22nd, 2020 04:00

Hi mspencer710, Please try to restart Dell SupportAssist windows service and try to launch SupportAssist. In case issue exist after that then please try to get in touch with Dell TechSupport team.

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April 22nd, 2020 05:00

Lorimand, this information will solve your purpose, i would recommend you to get in touch with Dell Technical Support team.

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April 22nd, 2020 07:00

@NikhilKiroula 

As I wrote weeks ago, I do not have a laptop under warranty. It's a Latitude e7440. 

I was assigned by Dell to an "expert" to help me and it's been a nightmare. Besides being unable to write a complete sentence in English when they communicate with me, they have been giving me instructions with no details: Go do this to your BIOS.

Um, excuse me, how?

The last instruction I was given, after prompting them for details on how to try to accomplish something that seemed ridiculous because their message was so vague, I ended up being unable to reboot back into my laptop. I kept getting an error "Improper partition table!" If not for all my research on my iPhone on how to fix this, and being persistent, my laptop would now be in the garbage.

I am tired of this. It's going on day after day, week after week, with no resolution in sight. I did try reading up, again, on my own on the Internet and found a way to trigger the app to start via a command prompt, but then it does the same thing:  A screen with the Dell banner across the top, but rest of the screen remains white.

I think Dell needs to either fix this problem that thousands of users are having with their app which is designed, supposedly, to improve your laptop's health, not create an issue, or make a new app that will do the claims of SupportAssist and make it available to its users. It's Dell'ls app, for heaven's sake. They can't fix their own app?

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April 29th, 2020 03:00

I've been searching and reading on this problem since I got my new AW Ryzen r10 because it would show the same symptoms as everyone is describing, where the loading window gets stuck. 

For giggles, I tried disabling both my wifi and ethernet connection then tried to run SA and it starts right up! I then enabled internet and it worked (*mostly) normally. I tried this 3 times, so the results are repeatable. If you have a live internet connection the program just won't load. 

*The Scan hardware function timed out for me but it could be due to my configuration. All other scans worked. Your mileage may vary.

Strangely enough, v3.4.5 works just fine on my wife's 2-year-old AW laptop.

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April 29th, 2020 08:00

Mine only shows the blue screen with no words for about 3 minutes and then the system shuts down. This is a issue I have had and Dell techs seem to have no clue how to fix it.

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April 29th, 2020 09:00

@Lorimand 

Interesting that some systems run fine and what fix worked for me didn't work for you. I hope they come up with something soon because I do like using it to notify me of driver updates. Good to know someone is looking into it.

Thanks for the update!

 

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April 29th, 2020 09:00

@Anonymous @Citizen_MM 

Citizen MM, I tried that and it didn't work for me.

But so both of you, and anyone else following along, know, I have been working with someone from Dell and there is a new version that will be launched in May that addresses these issues. So they are trying, and they definitely are working on coming up with a fix.

So hang tight. I truly believe help is on the horizon.

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