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May 23rd, 2012 09:00
AlienAutopsy: Software Not Installed
I own an Alienware M11x-R3 bought last May 2011 and I am from Malaysia.
I wanted to check if all parts of my system was working fine or not, so I tried clicking this link: http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/my/en/mydhs1/diagnostics?c=my&l=en&s=dhs
It's the Dell PC Diagnostics page.
I happen to have been using Google Chrome for daily use, so my first visit there told me to use IE7+.
I then switched to Internet Explorer 9, entered the same url.
Clicked on the bright green button which says "Run Diagnostic". It opens a lightbox effect window and some prompts for allowing software to run appear and I click ok on all of 'em.
#loop
Suddenly, an alienware window opens. AlienAutopsy Installation, it greets me.
And then the window disappears and I'm greeted with this on the PC Diagnostic page:
So being the obedient Alienware owner I am, I rebooted my system.
After reboot, went to the same URL for PC Diagnostics and then i'm greeted with what happened after #loop above.
goto #loop
I did the #loop - goto #loop for a few times, before realizing something might have been wrong.
I search the internet using Google. I found the link for the AlienAutopsy installer. It's on this part of the web: http://content.dellsupportcenter.com/updates/aulauncher.exe
I downloaded it, tried to run it.
It went through the same greeting as when I accessed the PC Diagnostic page: AlienAutopsy Installation -- "Searching for Updates"
Then after a while it displayed this message:
So off to the 24x7 Telephone Technical Support that I had purchased (Dell Care Premium) for 3 years I go.
I dial the number as what was in my invoice: 1800 885 784
Talked to the agent about a lot of stuff, the agent finally giving me the recommendation to reinstall/restore my system to some earlier state (sucks btw).
If you mods would like the interaction it's on this reference ID:
So brings me to my question.
Where do I get that AlienAutopsy and why can't I just do the normal Dell PC Diagnostic when I go to the dell web page? I know my invoice don't have any alienautopsy anywhere and searching my PC from the start it wasn't there. My Service tag is
Hope someone can help me. Have a nice day!


Micah W_PCD
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May 23rd, 2012 10:00
Please see the response here: en.community.dell.com/.../20108855.aspx
yakulto
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May 23rd, 2012 10:00
Ok. Will try in a few hours then. Thanks for the reply!
Micah W_PCD
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May 23rd, 2012 11:00
In fact, this update is complete, so if you were to try now, it should work for you. Let us know how it goes.
yakulto
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May 24th, 2012 09:00
Got it! Now downloading! Thanks!