Dell Support Center, v.Patch 1.0, A05

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The Dell Support Center is a centrally-located, easy-to-use application providing personalized support resources.

Whether you prefer online support, chat features, or calling a customer support representative; the Dell Support Center lets you choose the support that fits your needs.
Automatically locates personalized system information including your Service Tag Number, PC Model Number, Express Service Code, as well as your Service Contract information.
Provides alerts, enhanced troubleshooting, Drivers and Downloads, training and tutorials, and technical support to help keep you up-to-date with valuable system information.
Allow Dell to monitor and diagnose problems on your system (with your permission) before they may actually affect you, offering alerts for fast resolution.
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Includes software upgrades, drivers, and patches



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Provides automated fixes for common configuration issues
Creates detailed reports that can be used by Dell agents to help resolve any issues quickly
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Version

Patch 1.0, A05

Release date

20 Oct 2008

Download Type

Applications

Category

Application

Importance

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Dell Technologies recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains changes to maintain overall system health. It ensures that the system software remains current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software) and may include other new features.
Available formats View Important Information
File Format: ZipPack External
File Name: R171755.exe
File Size: 29.3 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file contains a compressed (or zipped) set of files. Download the file to a folder on your hard drive, and then run (double-click) it to unzip the set of files. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
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This is a full release of the Dell Support Center application which contains fixes for issues in experienced in the initial version of Dell Support Center 2.

If you already have verion 2.0.0.07311 or greater you don't need this patch. In order to check which version of Dell Support Center you have installed, do the following:
- Click on "Start" menu button (lower left hand corner of window)
- Click on "All Programs"
- Click on "Dell Support Center"
- Click on "About Dell Support Center" to display the version

If you have an earlier version than 2.0.0.07311, you will need to remove it first prior to downloading and installing this version. That can be done by:

- Click on "Start" menu button (lower left hand corner of window)
- Click on "Control Panel"
- Click on "Add\Remove" programs
- Select entry for Dell Support Center
- Click "Uninstall"



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Support Center
Custom Instructions for R171755.EXE:

Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with DSC20.exe File for R171755.EXE

Download

1.Click Download Now, to download the file.
2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP
users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In:
window appears.
3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
icon appears on your desktop.

Install

1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled R171755.EXE.
2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or
unzip to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R171755. Write down this path so the executable (I.e.
DSC20.exe) file can be found later.
3.The Self-Extractor window appears.
4.Click OK.
5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor
window is still open, click ok
7.The installation should start automatically. If it does not start automatically, run C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R171755\DSC20.exe.
8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions.
9.If you have Vista operating system, during installation, you will see a dialog box come up titled "User Account Control" asking for permission to continue. You will need to click on the "Continue" button to successfully install Dell Support Center.
10. Once installation completes, the application will be launched. Go through the initialization steps to successfully initialize the application.
11. If you have Vista operating system, during the application initialization steps, you will see a dialog box come up titled "User Account Control" asking for permission to continue. You will need to click on the "Continue" button to successfully initialize Dell Support Center.

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