The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    two alienware problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by zarzak, Sep 12, 2010.

  1. zarzak

    zarzak Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    173
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I just did a full reinstall of windows due to some crashing issues I was having ... I've gotten everything working properly except two things:

    a) Login background image. I followed all of the advice in the sticked link in the forums but the image still isnt' changing. I went into the registry and changed the appropriate value, setup the background folder and moved an image over in to it, renaming it to the appropriate thing. Anything else I need to do or I missed?

    b) I have an m11x. I downloaded the Intel Intel (R) WiFi Link 6250 driver from the site and tried to install it. I got the following error: "This software packaged cannot be installed on your system. The setup application will exit." I've tried installing it after all other drivers were installed, and I uninstalled all other network drivers and tried installing it ... nothing has worked. I was able to install it fine before I did the windows reinstall. Anyone else had this problem?

    I should also mention that I am now seeing a new icon in the windows taskbar ... something called PeerNet.
     
    zarzak, Sep 12, 2010
    #1
  2. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

    Reputations:
    256
    Messages:
    2,545
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    b) I am not sure the m11x has a intel wifi
     
    flynnaz, Sep 12, 2010
    #2
  3. zarzak

    zarzak Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    173
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    It popped up as an m11x R2 driver, and I remember installing it before. :(
     
    zarzak, Sep 12, 2010
    #3
  4. DaneGRClose

    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,805
    Messages:
    2,550
    Likes Received:
    30
    Trophy Points:
    66
    a) Try Tweaks Logon Changer, you can download it here.

    b)Not sure it will work but I had a similar problem when I installed an Intel 6300 wifi card into my m17x that I had. Download the driver directly from Intel's website from here, and when you install it right click then select run as administrator if it gives you the option to do that. Hope this helps!
     
    DaneGRClose, Sep 12, 2010
    #4
  5. zarzak

    zarzak Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    173
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    a) Thanks, got it to work. :)

    b) Thanks, I'll try that
     
    zarzak, Sep 12, 2010
    #5
  6. starkiller212

    starkiller212 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I'm literally in the exact same situation as the OP. I tried following the Intel link but couldn't find m11x drivers (and I have tried downloading the correct drivers as an admin before, with no success). If anyone has solved the problem please reply ASAP, I need to find a solution for this for school work :(

    Edit: Nevermind, I called Alienware support and they somehow managed to install the driver without issue. I'd recommend calling them to anyone else with such a problem
     
    starkiller212, Sep 20, 2010
    #6
  7. pepemosca

    pepemosca Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    153
    Messages:
    450
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    What did you do with the PeerNet?
     
    pepemosca, Jan 21, 2011
    #7