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    Dell Inspiron 1545 not allowing downloads

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by hroberts87, May 28, 2010.

  1. hroberts87

    hroberts87 Newbie

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    Hi there.
    I recently had to get a new hard drive installed in my Inspiron 1545 laptop. Therefore, I reinstalled Windows Vista 32bit, as well as all the drivers the Dell website told me I needed. However, since the reinstall, I have been having issues with downloading programmes from the web- although my connection settings all seem OK. I can usually save .exe files to my computer, but when I attempt to install them, it tends to tell me they are corrupted in some way. I have tried this with a variety of different programmes, and while the error message is not always the same, I can not install.
    Please help! :mad:
    Hal
     
    hroberts87, May 28, 2010
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  2. michael_recycled

    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    Hi,

    you happen to have some "security software" installed?

    Michael
     
    michael_recycled, May 28, 2010
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  3. hroberts87

    hroberts87 Newbie

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    Not as far as I am aware- I have no antivirus programme (as I haven't been able to download one!).
    I have also tried disabling Windows Firewall, Windows Defender and so on- I've also tried setting Internet Explorer security settings to as low as they can be...
     
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  4. michael_recycled

    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    Are you using a wired or a wireless network connection?
    In case of a wired network, I'd try if another network cable does help. For wireless networks, changing the transmission channel (this is done in the configuration of your router) might be an option.

    Also, please test your RAM. Dell Diagnostics is a good start for this.

    Michael
     
    michael_recycled, May 29, 2010
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  5. bigsloth

    bigsloth Notebook Enthusiast

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    you should test the new harddrive,it maybe got some bad clusters.
     
    bigsloth, May 29, 2010
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