Re: Dell "personalised" web page woes

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From: David Lawson
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 00:00

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In article <38a577c2.5654180@news.wlv.ac.uk>, Ah Me? <me@me.com> writes
>On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 12:46:15 +0000, Andy Mabbett
><andy@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>[driver woes -dell site not working properly]
>
>Drivers for what? You are better off bypassing Dell and using a
>product which can apparently fetch drivers for your PC. 

 Do you have a Dell? If not, don't guess. Bad advice can fuck up
people's machines. There are components (such as graphics cards) that
are tailored for Dell. If you try using other drivers, they can screw
things up.

>I think
>Symantec do such a program. I'll see what I can find out.

 You can find out here. It is the Norton Web service - which is very
slow. It also requires a Norton installation. Oilchange is a similar
service from McAfee-NAI. 
 Zdnet's http://www.updates.com is free - and a lot faster.

-- 
David Lawson - London

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