Installation/update of VMWare on Ubuntu on Fusion tools

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• Problem installing vmware in Ubuntu 11.10 tools

  I've upgraded from vmware workstation 7 to 8 on a windows 7 pro workstation. I've added to my VM - 11.10 Ubuntu guest. Now I have a problem installing vmware tools.  That's what I did:

  ((1) installed Ubuntu 11.10 CD in the drive, 2) open vmware and Tools CD added to office.  (3) connect you open terminal window.and.  Since I'm new to Linux, I'm stuck on how to set a password.  I type sudo passwd root, and I can't type anything in the window.

  Ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

  You have two questions unrealated

  (1) with respect to the OS - Ubuntu 11.10 - these shoud guest invited on ubuntuforums.org Creafe a connection there and ask in the beginner's forum.

  Tip - You don't really have need a password for root in Ubuntu.  Use you sudo to run root permisssions wherer programs are needed.  He said on top of each terminal.

  (2) you have any questions on how to install VMware Tools in a Linux (Ubuntu 11.10) Guest.  You most certainly need assistance with this.  In the toolbar of the program, you will see a tab called "Help".  It only contained other information you are looking for.

  See the sections on VMware Tools.   They are really useful!

  Tip: You do not use the OS installation disc that you used to create the virtual machine. Look closely under the VM tab at the top. There will be an option in the drop-down list that says "The Install Vmware Tools" you need to select this option.  The insatll will be mounted as if by magic in SLE directory/Media in the comments.  Copy the tarred on this cdrom in / tmp.  Then naviagate (carefully) in / tmp and unpack the file you copied.  Carefully change (look at you spelling - do what I say - not as I do in this post!) to the directoyrf that was created.  Exceute as su (i.e. root - like in the 1 trick.)  the .pl program wiil be contain breast.  Technically, this is called a "script" don't forget to put a. / before the script name or the bad dthing don't know he lives there.  He will ask youj on many issues.  Answer Yes to all these thatg you can.  Most likely, he will say he does not find the gcc compiler (gcc to learn more about the new program of thisbrfand the man.  He complains of missing headers.  Exit the script (Ctrl + c).  Run a progarlm (as root!) called apt - get.  Type the command apt - get install build-esseential.  Thatt is going to install the compiler you need!   Yes still needs to install the header ogical file well! Phew!  The best way I found to do this is to install a nifty program called synaptic. Use apt - get install synaptic.  I think that Ubuntu even comes with a somewahat more easy to program called apt - get it will tell you and have fun there no Super Powers mean if you type an incorrect order!   I digress from the subject.   So, you can use use "sudo aptitude install synaptic l.  Now issue the command uname - r.  He sleeps on the same kernel you use since I use Ubuntu 11.10 asI type while I'm about to uplgrade to the very scary Ubuntu 12.04.  You don't want to do it yourself.

  3.0.0 - 12-Generic

  Now launch Synaptic.  There will be a message the first time on the program expalining.  If you want to see it every time to understand this program if y0ou forget don't check the box saying you don't wang to see this every time.  BTW youi will be asked for your root passworfd to run the program.  Hope you rfemembered it!

  In any case in the search box copy, then paste the result above (one that ends with - generic - but anything copylthe) there will be l be a long list of items, but choose the one that has the string above and the word "headers".  Insatll who.  After all it can return to the order which took end. / pl and run it once more.  Answere questions.  It will end with the encouraging words (you can take advantage of the VMware Tools.  Then, run the command - vmware-toolbox as it says.

  F well there you have it in short.  My price for Linux and Mwar advice is reawsonable please contact me at one of my addresses, alias - [email protected] and we can talk about payment.

  Enjoy

• Installation/update VMwareTools with PowerCLI

  Could someone give a light here? Installation/update VMwareTools using PowerCLI...

  PowerCLI has a large cmdlet called update-tools and even allows to upgrade the tools without having to restart.

  Get - VM | Update-tools - NoReboot

  http://www.VMware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI501/HTML/update-tools.html

• Update the VMWare tools on all machines virtual Windows

  Is it possible to use the PowerCLI update the VMWare tools on all virtual Windows machines to the latest version. I know I can do this individuall but I wanted to see if there a way to use something similar to a for each loop through a virtual machine at a time. I'm new to the power of vmware and the vix api cli and it's the first task I am trying automate (automating installation of all guests including linux would be perfect if I could loop through all clients using the same command). I am a new detailed explanations would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  Loren

  It's pretty simple in his PowerCLI, you combine just 2 cmdlets with a pipeline.

  Get - VM | Update-Tools

  You can make the choice of the guests a little more complex.

  For example:

  Get-VM-name Srv * | Update-Tools

  will update only the tools on customers whose name starts with SRV.

  See the cmdlet Get - VM for more details.

  You can also set it update tools should immediately reboot if necessary.

  What you can do with the NoReboot parameter on the cmdlet Update-Tools .

  Get-VM-name Srv * | Update-tools - NoReboot

• Use the host update utility or install ESXi4 Installable Update 2?

  I have 3 ESXi 4.0 host and you want to upgrade to 4.0 Update 2 and never really used the host update utility, but I doubt if Host Update Utility allows some dirt or something.
  
  I've read in a book but said nothing, while it records the settings of network, security and storage.
  
  What could be better? Use the host update utility or install ESXi4 Installable Update 2?

  Kind regards!

  If you have found this information useful, please consider awarding points to 'Correct' or 'Useful'*.

  Host update utility is the safest way to do it - and you will save the local VMFS more your configuration.

  If you go directly to the host with the installation CD, your configuration will not be saved, just the VMFS (that with ESXi). In addition, is a way of failure to take in charge of the upgrade.

  Dirty? With ESXi, I really doubt...

  Marcelo Soares

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  Master virtualization technology

  Globant Argentina

  Review the allocation of points for "useful" or "right" answers.

• Update the VMware Tools without installing gcc

  Hello everyone,

  I have a couple of boxes Debian and Ubuntu (& gt; 100) in various race DMZ. When I am updating the linux kernel, I have to update the VMware tools as well. My problem is that these boxes are not allowed to have an Internet connection and an installed gcc.

  Does anyone has an idea how Handel who? Is it not possible to have a central host where the new version of VMware tools are compiled and one can distribute them to other boxes?

  Thanks in advance!

  Robert

  Hello

  See http://communities.vmware.com/message/786017 for assistance.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
  VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009
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  Blue gears and SearchVMware Pro items - top of page links of security virtualization - Security Virtualization Round Table Podcast

• Installation of the VMware Tools 2.02 - error 2229

  2.02 installation went well.

  Started WIN XP SP3, tried to update the VMware Tools.

  Installation stopped with the error "internal error 2229 - Service Install - SELECT"Name""... etc. "."

  Several reboots and reboots - still the same error...

  Any ideas anyone?

  Thank you!

  Try to uninstall VMware Tools via firstly, control panel and after uninstall and reboot then install VMware Tools in the Virtual Machine menu.

• Wizard BootCamp 6.0.1 running on El Capitan 10.11.5 installs single partition BootCamp on the disc Fusion consisting of 128 SSD part G SSD and 3 TB of HARD drive on an iMac (retina 5K, 27 inches, end of 2014), but not the part of the HARD drive?

  How is it assistant BootCamp 6.0.1 running on El Capitan 10.11.5 installs single partition BootCamp on the disc Fusion consisting of 128 SSD part G SSD and 3 TB of HARD drive on an iMac (retina 5K, 27 inches, end of 2014), but not the part of the HARD drive?

  This has two questions:

  1 capacity of SSDS faster for Fusion drive has been reduced. Therefore less effective for the reader of the merger. For example if I need to create a partition of 80G for my windows bootcamp partition, only 48 G will be left in the drive of the merger.

  2. ability of the bootcamp windows partition becomes very limited, cannot be greater than 120 G.

  3. even when I try to fuse out of the drive of fusion in the 128 G SSD and 3 TB of HARD disk, and then run the BootCamp assistant to create the bootcamp partition start from scratch to reinstall El Capitan only on the HARD drive (without drive Fusion), it won't let me do anything, it just shows an error that says something like "a person has created additional partitions on this drive please select. another disc. But there is nothing else to choose.

  Before my (5 K, 27 inches, end of 2014 retina) to El Capitan Yosemite, I was able to use the previous version of the wizard BootCamp 5.x to create the partition, bootcamp on the drive of the merger. And it will be divided in the fuser unit in two and insert the Bootcamp partition (with the size I chose, which can go up to 1 TB) between two partitions of MAC OSX.

  The disk partitions resulting from it, will be the partition MAC OS x on the SSD, the partition MAC OS x on the HARD drive partition #1, partition MAC OS x on the HARD drive partition #3.

  Then there is the BootCamp partition on the HARD drive partition #2.

  Is there a way to get what I need?

  That is what has been described in this notice of two canoes?

  Installation of Windows on a Boot Camp partition on a drive of TB Fusion 3

  n-on-a-3-TB-fusion-drive http://twocanoes.com/Winclone/support/installing-Windows-on-a-Boot-Camp-partitio

  Thank you.

  After having worked on those weeks, I realized that I need very painfully (by first going back to Yosemite and bootcamp 5 to escape all the limitations of El Capitan and BootCamp 6) I want to share here. Someone at - it other smarter solutions welcome.

  Note these steps and mentioned drivers only work for my version of iMAC, retina 5K late 2014. If you have other material, please search on the web to see which driver will work first. And all of these steps are destructive and assumed that you first take backup. It is only shared for interest only. Readers will have to bear your own risk.

  A. take backup

  1. take a backup completes my iMac Fusion Drive using Time Machine. Then restart with a Yosemite USB installation and select Terminal from the menu on the top bar.

  B. fuse out of the merger in two physical disks drive: SSD + HDD

  1. in the terminal, type the commands in show what the logical volume group ID and the ID of the logical Volume of the disc fusion)

  Cs diskutil list

  2. in the terminal, type commands for the fuse of the fuser unit and separate them to an SSD and a HARD drive.  Note: All data will be destroyed in the drive of the merger. There are many articles in this community on how this could be done,

  diskutil cs deleteVolume Logical Volume ID

  CS diskutil remove logical Volume Group ID

  This should finish within 30 minutes. If you have taken more time, this means that your reader of fusion has been altered somehow.

  I hit this issue too.  To use this command to remove the fusion drive hung up, and I need to do the hard to scramble a few sections of data in the hard disk partition table using the controls to tell the OSX this hard drive is a new without partitions:

  Cat >/dev/random /dev/disk0 (where/dev/disk0 is the SSD)

  and repeat for disk1/dev/disk1 which is the HARD drive in my case).

  This command will not return anything, but expect to press Ctrl-Z to end after 1 minute.

  2 create independent partitions (non-fusionend) for the installation of OSX.

  Borne Terminal output, and select disk utility, in disk utility, select the drive to HARD disk (and not on the partition), you will see the error message and you will be asked if you want to fix the fuser unit, click on ignore. Then wipe the HARD drive to create a single 'extended OSX journaled"named"HARD drive".

  3. Repeat step 2, and then erase the SSD drive to create a single 'extended OSX journaled"named"SSD ".

  C. install on the HARD disk as drive didier autonomous not fusion.

  1. go to Yosemite install screen and proceed with the installation of a clean copy of Yosemite to the iMAC. then connect you.

  D. use BootCamp Yosemite f5 to install windows.

  1. launch Yosemite bootcamp.

  2. check the two checkboxes for creating the USB drive to install windows 7 or a later version, and to download the windows supports the Apple software.  Do not click on the last box to install or remove windows pie creating real bootcamp partition again.

  3. it may take several hours to complete this function of your internet b/w and also performance of your USB drive.

  4. If you install Windows 7 (like me), then the downloaded drivers will not work for you, this will cause the issue of the device driver appleDSS.sys does not like this driver and others are too recent for windows 7 to use.  Also, your keyboard and mouse may not work even if you try to plug in a USB external keyboard or a mouse. You need to replace the drivers downloaded by others (the Boot Camp 5.1.5769 drivers that I find in this link: Software Support of Boot Camp 5.1.5769.) (Note: this driver is material specific only works for my iMAC model).  Once you have downloaded it, copy the two files in the root directory of the USB installation to replace the original ones. It's specific and material available for download somewhere on the Apple Site.

  -From the Finder, delete the $WinPE$ and the Boot Camp of the FLASH PLAYER files.

  -Expand the old drivers for Boot Camp 5.1.5769 (two records and another file) on your desktop.

  -Copy the $WinPE$ and records of Boot Camp in the FLASH PLAYER.

  5. open Boot Camp Assistant again and only select the third option, install Windows 7.

  It will show you the screen to select what installation disk, select HARD drive.

  Then drag the slide bar to select the size of the Bootcamp partition for windows you want, knowing that there is a restriction for windows installed using training camp on a MAC that the last byte of the BootCamp partition must reside in the first byte of the 2.2 T of each physical hard drive.

  For my case, I need only 500G for bootcamp and leaving behind 1.7 to for my MAC OSX partition immediately after the bootcamp partition and an another 0.8 T MAC OSX partition after him. 1.7 TB and the partition of MAC OS x 0.8 TB well exploited in the meantime bootcamp partition, will be merged into a fusion drive by Bootcamp. Thus, you will end up with total 2.5 TB of disk space in a logical drive - fuser.

  Go to this link for more details on this subject: n-on-a-3-tb-fusion-drive http://twocanoes.com/winclone/support/installing-windows-on-a-boot-camp-partitio

  6. continue the process to partition the hard drive, then it will restart automatically in windows installation mode, install windows.

  7. once the installation is complete, check that windows is functioning correctly.

  E. Si you want to upgrade to windows 10 Windows 7.

  1 if you plan to upgrade to windows 10, you'll find that the windows IE v.8 7 is no longer works and had many problems to load the page.  Then when you try to download the latest version of Internet Explorer, you get an error that you need at least windows 7 SP1 to support the last IE.  Life is too complicated, just download the google Chrome browser, then search for download windows 10 and then run the Microsoft valuation tool to upgrade.

  2 but before upgrade you, unplug all your MAC USB drives, otherwise, you will find that, after having spent an hour downloading the windows 10 software, the upgrade will fail with the error "/ dynamicupdate...» ». It is an inexplicable mistake that no one seems to understand why. There are articles with proven results that the removal of all USB drives before running the windows 10 upgrade tool will correct this problem.

  F. reinstall OSX El Capitan

  Once your target windows system (if windows 7, windows 8 or windows 10) works very well.  You can continue to create again your Fusion drive and reinstall OSX El Capitan.

  1. Insert the install of OSX Yosemite rear USB to the iMAC, and then select Restart Windows, or stop, and then turn the MAC once again.

  2. When you hear the ringing tone, press on and hold down the option key for 10 seconds. Then you release.

  3. on the selection screen, select start Yosemite OSX install drive.

  4. after starting, do not proceed to install OSX El Capitan again. But select Terminal from the menu bar.

  5. in the terminal, type the command 'diskutil list cs' and you should see nothing to prove that there are no existing fusion drive yet.

  6 type the 'diskutil list' command to list all disks and partitions.

  The SSD has two partitions, the/dev/disk0s1 of EFI (209 MB) partition and the other/dev/disk0s2 of OSX partition we created in step B above, called SSD around 121 G.

  The HARD drive has two partitions, the/dev/disk1s1 of EFI (209 MB) partition and the other/dev/disk1s2 of OSX partition we created in step B above, called SSD.

  G. delete the logical storage of nucleus on the HARD disk drive and it refuses with the DSS to form a merger with faster performance disc

  1. Insert the install of OSX El Capitan rear USB to the iMAC, and then select Restart Windows, or stop, and then turn the MAC once again.

  2. When you hear the ringing tone, press on and hold down the option key for 10 seconds. Then you release.

  3. on the selection screen, select start Yosemite OSX install drive.

  4. after starting, do not proceed to install OSX El Capitan again. But select Terminal from the menu bar.

  5. in the terminal, type orders for (to show what are the logical volume group ID and the ID of the logical Volume of the logical drive). You should see the logical volume to basic storage group created using two partitions on the hard drive, 1.7 TB and TB 0.8 created when we run the Yosemite Bootcamp to install windows.

  Cs diskutil list

  6. in the terminal, type commands to delete logical drives from basic storage.  Note: All data will be destroyed in the logical drive.

  diskutil cs deleteVolume Logical Volume ID

  CS diskutil remove logical Volume Group ID

  7. tap "diskutil list" command lists all the resulting partitions. You should see that the HARD drive has the following partitions.

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 121,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_HFS GB SSD 121.0 disk0s2

  / dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * 3.0 to disk1

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

  2: Apple_HFS 1.7 Untitled TB disk1s2

  3: disk1s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Microsoft database BOOTCAMP 503.0 GB disk1s4

  5: Apple_HFS 801,4 Untitled GB disk1s5

  8 type the following commands to create the logical volumes group, named "myLVG" (or the name) of fuser using the usable for OSX to the SSD and HDD partitions.

  diskutil cs to create "myLVG" disk0s2 disk1s2 disk1s5

  Note: Mark the group id of logical volume shown in the results.

  In my case, I want to book the last partition as standalone partition disk1s5 no-fusionend, so I can use it to raise the back, or format it in FAT32 to allow the exchange of data between the MAC and boot camp.

  So, I do not understand this last partition in the drive of the merger. in my case, the command that I used is: diskutil cs to create "myLVG" disk0s2 disk1s2

  9 create logical volumes named "Macintosh HD" (or you call it) on the logical volume group we just created for the reader of the merger.

  diskutil createvolume logical volume group ID jhfs cs + 'Macintosh HD' 100%

  10 command "diskutil cs type list" to check the resulting fusion drive created.

  CoreStorage groups of logical volumes (1 found)

  |

  + Logical Volume - Group F53C7A25-C2F3-4997-91E9-2E6B6BAB2E0E

  =========================================================

  Name: LVG

  Status: online

  Dimensions: 1815635525632 B (1.8 to)

  Free space: 90112 B (90.1 KB)

  |

  +-Physical volume E176873C-7C80-4759-8110-BA7307E0C4B3

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 0

  |   Disc: disk0s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

  |

  +-Physical volume 6535AC3C-DCF8-453F-AD47-98905538386E

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 1

  |   Disc: disk1s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 1694646673408 B (1.7 to)

  |

  +--> Logical volume family F3D15F87-FB84-4B43-B2F2-E9EACC7C42D9

  ----------------------------------------------------------

  Encryption type: no

  |

  +--> Logical volume 0D807F6E-FB7C-418F-AAF4-EF3EA3525D10

  ---------------------------------------------------

  Disc: disk2

  Status: online

  Size (Total): 1809780178944 B (1.8 to)

  Reversible: no

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Volume name: Macintosh HD

  Content indicator: Apple_HFS

  LVG Type: Fusion, sparse

  11 exit the terminal, go back to OSX El Capitan install screen and select the name of the fuser unit 'Macintosh HD' proceed to begin the installation of the os x for installation.

  12. There will be a step in the installation ask you if you want to configure as a new computer, or restore from a time machine previous backup. Make your own choices it accordingly.

  13 once OSX El Capitan has been installed and you have finished restoring the data and custom configurations, you can enter the application of preferences to check if you see the icon of the "Startup" disk", and if you choose Startup BootCamp in the next reboot, you should be able to boot up to Windows without pressing and holding the button option when reboot and choose to start windows manually. Also, in windows, you should be able to click on the bootcamp Control Panel and select for a startup to OSX on the next reboot.

  14. one thing to be aware, if you install bootcamp in this way, the boot camp and the GUI utility disk in OSX El Capitan will not be able to adjust your settings. This means, if you need to touch anything or to readjust the size of the partition, you will need to do it again in step A. Alternatively, some how to get started with installing Mac OSX Yosemite USB, then adjust the partitions using similar commands shown in this article or other articles in this community.

  15. yet once please take personal responsibility on damage if you follow the instructions in this article.

• Everytime I open a session Windows installs updates 4 (probably the same)

  Whenever I connect (and disconnect) Windows installs updates 4 (probably the same)

  Assuming Vista or Win7...

  See this discussion: http://answers.microsoft.com/thread/cac55bf2-e271-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5 (which now includes a countless number of threads merged to confuse you more).

• Windows update installation update 4 of 5 for 2 hours and did not finish. 28/10/10

  Windows update installation update 4 of 5 for 2 hours and did not finish.  28/10/10

  Hi Mandude,

  What Windows version\edition you run the computer?

  Step 1: Disconnect all external devices (printers, scanner, USB (universal serial bus) readers, etc...) Except the mouse and keyboard > check if installation of update takes place more quickly

  Step 2: You can follow the steps mentioned in the article below, which deals with a similar question

   

  The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista and Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/949358

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  Ajay K

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• Installation update KB936330 (Vista SP1) fails with error 8007371B code. No one knows what is the cause?

  I've had this problem for awhile now and it seems to be no details on how to stop the resulting error code.

  The update of the serivce pack seems almost half installed the first time that I have tried (and the first time she didn't).  Whenever I try once again today, the process bar is automatically up to halfway and then it goes all the way to the breast are contiguous 5 minutes and gives this error code.

  This update seems important.  I can download all other updates without problem and downloaded system preparation tool already and tried to install the update by downloading it manually - the same problem occure.

  Can anyone help please?

  I tried the above and the error persists.  Is there another way?

  The only other 2 methods would be:

  (1) try to run the System File Checker and see if it can replace or repair which is not present. Read the section ofthe System File Checker utility

  (2) do a upgrade on the spot , aka Repair the Installation, if you have the Vista installation DVD: How to perform a repair for Vista Installation

  In addition, Microsoft has extended its offers free support for those who are just trying to install Vista SP1 :

  From: https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&x=8&y=6&prid=11274&gprid=500921&st=1&wfxredirect=1

  Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for Windows Vista, but only for the Service Pack 1 (SP1). This support for SP1 is valid until August 30, 2010. Availability of support chat or messaging differs depending on your location. For customers resident in America North or Canada, chat and e-mail support is available.

  Some questions may require more Advanced support for which there is a charge.

  Please click on the first link to receive free assistance of MS before August 30 .

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• I have an error message after an update, WindowsUpdate_0000737D""WindowsUpdate_dt000, can someone please help, my computer installs updates whenever I stop. "

  I have an error message after an update, WindowsUpdate_0000737D""WindowsUpdate_dt000, can someone please help, my computer installs updates whenever I stop. "

  @cinziac (who has not declared his complete version of Windows):

  Visit the Microsoft Solution Center and antivirus security for resources and tools to keep your PC safe and healthy. If you have problems with the installation of the update itself, visit the Microsoft Update Support for resources and tools to keep your PC updated with the latest updates.

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA bear); MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002. DISCLAIMER: I do not represent nor don't work for Microsoft

• My computer will be stuck indefinitely installation updates.

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• order of installation/update of drivers

  Hello

  What is the correct order of the installation/update of drivers for dell xps 15z?

  DellUser_AJ,

  If you have recently reinstalled the operating system, have you installed the Dell System Software (if applicable) and the first chipset drivers? If this is not the case, the rest of the drivers will not install. How to download and install drivers in the correct order

  Start with the Dell system software and the chipset drivers and follow the list.

  Rick

• Trying to get the Media Feature Pack. Get Windows Installer update is not applicable to your computer

  I am wanting to Windows Media Player 12. Site MS say I need the Media Feature Pack. I try to download. Gives me a choice of... X 64. MSU or... X 86. MSU. When I try or the other, I get "Windows Update Standalone Installer Update not applicable to your computer.

  It's win 8, I7, 8 GB of RAM chip

  Are you talking about Windows Media PLAYER or Windows Media Center?

  Windows Media Player is included in W8. On the start screen, type

  Windows Media Player

  and it should appear. then right click it and pine to the screen start then you can open it when you want.

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