Odd IE Behavior - Insp 4100

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I recently rebuilt my Inspiron 4100 laptop. I reformatted the drive to get
a very clean install.

Since then IE has had some odd behavior: When downloading software from a
website it will occasionally "hang". The system doesn't hang. IE doesn't
even really hang. I get the dialog boxes to specify where I want the
download to be saved. When there doesn't seem to be progress downloading, I
cancel the download, try again, and usually it works.

I don't get what would be causing this. Might I not have a driver for my
hardware? I *assumed* the XP disc that came with the system had all
necessary drivers already on it. Is that a pure vanilla XP disc and I need
to load all of the Insp 4100-specific drivers on Dell's website?

Thanks.

Jim

 

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Jim Haselmaier wrote:
> I recently rebuilt my Inspiron 4100 laptop. I reformatted the drive
> to get a very clean install.
>
> Since then IE has had some odd behavior: When downloading software
> from a website it will occasionally "hang". The system doesn't hang.
> IE doesn't even really hang. I get the dialog boxes to specify where
> I want the download to be saved. When there doesn't seem to be
> progress downloading, I cancel the download, try again, and usually
> it works.
>
> I don't get what would be causing this. Might I not have a driver
> for my hardware? I *assumed* the XP disc that came with the system
> had all necessary drivers already on it. Is that a pure vanilla XP
> disc and I need to load all of the Insp 4100-specific drivers on
> Dell's website?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim

If you are on a broadband connection, go to either
www.broadbandreports.com or www.dslreports.com and work through their
connectivity tests and adjustments.

Q

 

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You still need to load Inspiron drivers off the drivers CD that came with
the machine - Never ASSUME anthing
> I don't get what would be causing this. Might I not have a driver for my
> hardware? I *assumed* the XP disc that came with the system had all
> necessary drivers already on it. Is that a pure vanilla XP disc and I
need
> to load all of the Insp 4100-specific drivers on Dell's website?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>