Reinstalling Vista on my Inspiron 1720

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• 2 months old Inspiron 1720 (Vista Ultimate) - No. Audio except the system beeps

  First, let me preface this by saying that I'm certainly not a novice computer user.  I am a software engineer and have worked with Vista systems for more than a year.  All of a sudden a few days ago, I noticed my audio stopped working on my 2 months, Inspiron 1720 (Windows Vista Ultimate Edition and SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC).  When I try to manually start the service Windows Audio from the Service Control Manager it says "Windows didn't start the Windows Audio service on Local computer."  Error 1068: the dependency service or group could start. "I then try to start the dependent service MMCSS and get manually:"Windows could not start the MMCSS service on Local computer.  «Error 193: 0xc1»  Look in the event viewer under Windows Logs--> system, I see an error message: "the MMCSS service terminated with the following error: MMCSS is not a valid Win32 application."

  I first tried to download the latest audio driver from the Dell website and reinstall the driver.   When it does work, I called Dell and spent the afternoon with them trying to use the system restore to load several different restore points, eventually go all the way back to the original restore point (2 months ago).  None of the restore points will not load successfully.  Dell said it's a software problem and perhaps a trampled on their "QuickSet" application and recommended Microsoft Update I download the latest driver for QuickSet and reinstall.  I did this and still no sound.

  Looking for MSDN and Google I stumbled upon a few elements that mention a Windows Update (1 of 3 pre-Vista SP1 update pushed last week) that caused a few problems and was later fired by Microsoft (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937287 and http://www.news.com/Microsoft-pulls-Vista-SP1-update/2100-1016_3-6231299.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc).

  Given that, I looked at my history of update and, of course, the 937287 update has been installed on 15-02-08 (which always is my audio stopped working).  However, this update cannot be removed.

  At this point I don't know if the problem is with the update of Microsoft or something else and am running out of ideas to solve this without reloading the original image and lose all my data.

  
  

• Windows Vista do not install on Inspiron 1720

  Today I received my new Inspiron 1720.

  Intel C2D T9300 (2.5 ghz)

  4 GB of ram

  GForce 8600 m GT

  hard drives 2 * 250gbyte

  That's how the day passed by.

  -Obtained the computer. The cable is plugged in and he started upward. Everything worked normally and I made a user on the computer, etc..

  -Played around with it a bit and was installing updates and all of a sudden he hung up and stoped working.

  -J' I waited for an hour in the hope of nothing to take, but to no avail nothing happened. So I hold the powerbutton to restart.

  -When I started it again it was taking ages to start and then he says that he had to repair the hard drive.

  -J' waited for about 1 hour and there was no progress. So I decided to reinstall completely windows vista Home Premium, had not installed anything anyway. When I did the installation of the new I formatted all partitions of a large more logic a disk 0.

  -After the installation was made, I have set user settings, etc. And then I put in the CD Drivers and Utilities and enabled it to AutoRun the CD. and then he hung up again. and once again the previous thing.

  I tried solving the problems with the self-test on support thing and it did not help.

  He showed me an errormessage with something like 2000-0142.

  I can't install direct media, which gives me an error.

  If I insert the Vista disc and choose repair I see not all disks, so I downloaded drivers for HARD drive, but I get like 10 different choices and I don't know which one to choose, and they all fail to install anyway.

  For now, I'm trying to install a third, but I guess it's just failed again.

  And also if I press F6 during the instalation of choose the sata drive and choose where I put it after the download. He finds her, and I select. Then when I press OK the disapear internal hard drives from the list and only the USB drive where the drivers is left.

  Help, please. I searched the forums for at least 3 hours and I have not found anything similar.

  All I want is that it works normally. For the moment, I can only for use like 5-10 minutes until it breaks down and needs to be reinstalled.

  Message edited by Max_Wid on 21/05/2008 15:24
  
  

• I'm moving from Vista to Windows 7. I get a question that tells me that I need a BIOS upgrade. I have an Inspiron 1720 laptop model. Is there a way to find the update is necessary?

  I'm moving from Vista to Windows 7. I get a question that tells me that I need a BIOS upgrade. I have an Inspiron 1720 laptop model. Is there a way to find the update is necessary?

  original title: bios update

  Hello

  you have a problem here as Dell does not have Windows 7 drivers available for your model of laptop etc, etc.

  Unfortunately, you need these Windows 7 drivers, etc. to upgrade to Windows 7

  read the information on your laptop on the link below

  http://support.Dell.com/support/downloads/DriversList.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=Gen&OS=WLH&OSL=en&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1720&CATID=-1&impid=-1

  For more information contact Dell about this

  Dell support:

  http://support.Dell.com/

  Dell support at the link above.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/default.aspx

  Dell's Support Forums at the link above.

• Disable TouchPad on Dell Inspiron 1720 - Vista Home Premium

  I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop and I would like to disable the touchpad so that I can move the cursor of the mouse only.

  Why? One wonders...  I can type text, when suddenly, the cursor will jump and I tap on the line above on the previous text. This has happened before, when I had first PC, and I've sorted it by disabling the touchpad. However, I have re installed the OS, etc, and everything must be reset to zero.

  2 years on I forgot how do. I tried Panel Manager and control device, but he can't get by on this machine. The system is Vista Home Premium, if it is of no relevance.

  Hi The_President,

  This site gives you the steps to disable the touchpad.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/forums/t/19272250.aspx

  I hope this helps.

  Bindu S - Microsoft Support

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• Format Vista on Inspiron 1720

  I want to format my hard drive and reinstall Vista without recovery D and Media Direct drive.

  I have the Vista DVD, CD drivers & utilities Dell reinstallation & I think all other necessary CD

  I am assuming Vista formats just like XP.

  Is there any other information I should have before you go ahead and screw up?

  Thank you

  I have

  
  

• I have a dell laptop with a battery defective im trying to reinstall vista on it, but it does not restart when it just stops

  I have a dell Inspiron 1720 and im expected to receive a new battery. Im trying to reinstall windows vista on it with the power cable plugged in that the current farm has no power.

  When windows needs to restart as he repeatedly does what installation it does not restart it just stops, no matter which please confirm that Jose the fault of batteries.

  I have a dell Inspiron 1720 and im expected to receive a new battery. Im trying to reinstall windows vista on it with the power cable plugged in that the current farm has no power.

  When windows needs to restart as he repeatedly does what installation it does not restart it just stops, no matter which please confirm that Jose the fault of batteries.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/turning-off-your-computer-properly

  http://support.euro.Dell.com/support/eDOCS/systems/ins1720/en/om_en/PDF/DT5494MR.PDF

• I am trying to reinstall vista on another laptop and when I get to the last step (end Installation...) it stops, about 70% of the way through. Now what? I tried to repeat the process about 6 times now!

  I am trying to reinstall vista on another laptop and when I get to the last step (end Installation...) it stops, about 70% of the way through.  Now what? I tried to repeat the process about 6 times now!

  Sorry for the confusion.  I must be useless to English.

  Forget the two laptops.
  I have a problem with a laptop that I tell you all (the Inspiron 1720).
  The disc that I use is labeled as a Windows Vista reinstall disk and provided with the computer when I bought it.  I'm not trying to use it on another computer.

  Reference Dell it is a problem with a process of recovery of Windows and, therefore, a problem of Microsoft.

  See you soon

  Problems with the Dell restore process, contact Dell.
  Dell wrote their recovery process and provided you with this DVD, NOT Microsoft...

  It is their software.

  Ask them for a different recovery DVDs.

  You say that the hard drive has failed.

  He could have more than just tough that failed.
  You can have other hardware issues.

  Hardware issues are beyond the scope of these Forums.

  Good luck with Dell.

  See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Failure to reinstall Vista, now my laptop will not boot.

  Hi, first off thanks for any help, it is greatly appreciated.

  I have a Dell Inspiron 1720, which I've tried to reinstall Vista, installation seemed to go fine until what seemed the last step where it says "installation complete" how it seemed to make no progress even after a few hours.  Then, I turned off my laptop and rebooted.  Once restarted, it I got a message saying that the installation has failed and it had rendered Vista how it was before the installation.  Then I tried to install Vista for a second time and had the same thing happen, the only difference being that the first time when asked if I wanted to connect to the internet to get updates when installing I said no, and the second time, I said yes.

  After the installation failed for the second time I tried to restart and my laptop could not start, she doesn't have to the Windows screen with the Green scroll bar on the bottom.  I then tried to start in safe mode, and it failed when trying to load crcdisk.sys.  I read that some people with similar problems have been able to boot from the Vista cd, but I had no chance.

  The cd I use is a condition by Dell that says that it is the reinstallation of Vista cd and I have to mention that the optical drive in my laptop stopped working earlier, to remedy this I used an external drive connected via USB.

  I'm stumped on how to solve this problem and what information I found via google has not worked or confuse me helped me more.

  Thank you
  -Mike

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DellCare/contact_us?c=us&l=en&s=Gen&redirect=1

  If you continue to have problems with the process of recovery of Dell, contact Dell.

  It's their recovery process, NOT from Microsoft.

  Here's how to use their recovery process:

  Dell recovery options:

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=339949

  Above is Dell to reinstall Vista from the DVD on your computer.

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=336966

  And that way if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive.

  See you soon

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Replacement product keys Vista on Dell Inspiron where the sticker is missing

  Hi all

  I have a Dell Inspiron 1525, which are fixed but I need to reinstall vista and enter my product key, only problem it's that my product key is missing on the sticker under my laptop. Is there any other way to find my product key?

  If this is not the case, what should I do?

  Thank you.

  Hi all

  I have a Dell Inspiron 1525, which are fixed but I need to reinstall vista and enter my product key, only problem it's that my product key is missing on the sticker under my laptop. Is there any other way to find my product key?

  If this is not the case, what should I do?

  Thank you.

  Hey ophionluteus

  If vista was reinstalled we cannot help you find your ket product with key finder programs

  I suggest that to contact dell about your problem

  You should be able to get the recovery disc of them who won't need any input on your part

  ask dell for more details

  http://support.Dell.com/

  It's key finder programs

  http://www.magicaljellybean.com/KeyFinder/

  http://www.Belarc.com/free_download.html

  Walter, the time zone traveller

• Wireless does not work. Reinstalled Vista and update latest drivers.

  Original title: Wirelless does not

  I reinstalled Vista home 32-bit on my Dell inspiron 1525. My wireless does not always work. When I go into Device Manager, I see a yellow exclamation next to the wireless driver. I downloaded all the drivers of network from the Dell Web site. I uninstalled the driver and rebooted to let the computer attempt to automatically install the driver, then he told me that

  device driver software was not successfully installed

  Please consult the manufacturer of your device to help get this device installed

  Failure of the Broadcom 802.11n network adapter

  How can I fix it?

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  Please follow the methods.

  Method 1:

  Run the Microsoft fixit for the link.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/

  Method 2:

  Follow the steps from the link

  http://www.Broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/determine_driver.php

  If you are still experiencing a problem, I suggest you to contact the support team of Broadcom for assistance.

  http://www.Broadcom.com/support/

• Cannot locate the network after reinstalling Vista

  I just had to reinstall vista (based on the recommendation of the forum do how can I install/uninstall anything one way). Now I can't connect to the internet, or my network. I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 1525.

  It seems that I reinstalled the network adapter - at least when I started there was no category "network adapters" in the Device Manager, and now he has one with Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller under it.

  Thanks to a different compurter I downloaded the thing Dell told me to download when I typed in my Service tag.

  Also, I downloaded and installed the service packs 1 and 2 since for Vista, since I knew that they were on my orginal OS.

  In looking at the network and sharing Center, it seems that network discovery is turned off.  I tried to turn it on, but nothing happens.

  Any ideas on what to try next?

  In addition, I don't know if it's relevant or not, but when I reinstalled my OS, I thought everything would be gone, but the memory is always at the same level as it was before resettlement.

  Much obliged,

  Gregg

  Hello

  Did you follow the directions of Dell to reinstall Vista?

  You do not say if yoyu used their disks or you have used the recovery Partition to do.

  Here are two ways for you to read and see if it's what you were doing.

  Using the Dell recovery partition:

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/KCS/document?c=us&l=en&s=Gen&docid=DSN_336966&isLegacy=true

  Using the Dell disc:

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/KCS/document?c=us&CS=19&l=en&s=DHS&docid=DSN_339949&isLegacy=true

  See you soon.

• reinstalling Vista... error message

  I had a drive failure drive if I had to replace my hard drive on my laptop.  (Dell Inspiron)  After a long search I found a full install of Windows XP pro version.  My original Setup is Vista.  After installation, I realized that I had no drivers and that it cannot go beyond a game on the computer.  After having looked further, I found my full Vista installation software but trying to reinstall Vista, I get the following message: the partition C system has insufficient free space.  Windows installation needs at least 457 MB of space on that partition to install Windows.  Sufficient free space, and then restart the installation.  Error code 0 X 80070070.  I did the bios thing, but it doesn't always start the software.  Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

  Hello

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=339949

  Above is Dell to reinstall Vista from their DVD on your computer.

  for any problem, reinstall vista using the dell recovery software, contact Dell

  Dell support

  http://support.Dell.com/

  Dell Support Forums

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/default.aspx

• Problem of choppy / skipping audio Dell Inspiron 1720

  Hello

  I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 and any time I try to play mp3 with Media Monkey or even Windows Media player, I get a jerky sound or jump slightly.  I looked into the Task Manager and my CPU usage and the memory never get more than 45%.  I have Windows Vista installed.  Could be the problem?  I think that the audio device is SigmaTel.  When I do a search for new audio drivers, it says that they are all to date.  Help, please!  I'm at my wits end here!

  Thank you!

  
  

• Reinstall Vista after hard drive failure

  My hard drive crashed and another was installed by a tech where I took the laptop Dell Inspiron 1525.  The tech installed Vista Home premium on my computer, but it wasn't my reinstallation DVD, I had Dell when I buy the system.  I need to reinstall Vista using my DVD.  Questions: 1 - do reinstall it without losing my existing data?  How do I know if the reinstallation DVD contains Service Pack 2?  The version of the technology used included SP2.  I guess it would be a problem if the DVD of resettlement was not SP2.  Thank you

  It depends on how long you had your Dell notebook about what SP you have and what Dell which you are provided.
  For any questions about the version of the recovery of the Dells software, contact Dell:

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DellCare/contact_us

  Playback information Dell at the link below on how to use their recovery DVDs.

  Each manufacturer has their own way to do it.

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=339949

  Above is Dell to reinstall Vista from the DVD on your computer.

  Back up your data: read link above.
  

  See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner