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Phone call from Dell



 
 
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Old March 23rd 07, 07:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
Pat Mac
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Default Phone call from Dell

I had a call today from Dell warranty support and they told me that my XPS
410 has an incomplete version of Vista. Supposedly Dell was told by
Microsoft that Vista was ready so they used it on the new computers they
shipped out. Dell said to be patient, that there is a patch being put out
by Microsoft the beginning of next month. This patch is supposed to fix the
drivers and improve the internet connections (some pages loading very
slowly). Is anyone aware of this "patch"? I don't know if this was a pitch
to sell me the extended warranty. I've had a Dell computer before and never
had a problem, but the way the representative talked today it looks like I
may be in for some major problems with this computer in the future..

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Old March 23rd 07, 11:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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Hello,
I am not sure what type of update they are referring to.
I am checking on what this is. Did they leave a name and number or email?
If so can you forward that on to me?
use my email address that I post with, however remove the online from the
email address.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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|I had a call today from Dell warranty support and they told me that my
XPS
|410 has an incomplete version of Vista. Supposedly Dell was told by
|Microsoft that Vista was ready so they used it on the new computers they
|shipped out. Dell said to be patient, that there is a patch being put
out
|by Microsoft the beginning of next month. This patch is supposed to fix
the
|drivers and improve the internet connections (some pages loading very
|slowly). Is anyone aware of this "patch"? I don't know if this was a
pitch
|to sell me the extended warranty. I've had a Dell computer before and
never
|had a problem, but the way the representative talked today it looks like
I
|may be in for some major problems with this computer in the future..
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Old March 24th 07, 10:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
Rick Rogers
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Default Phone call from Dell

Hopefully they did not ask for a credit card# or any personal information to
"confirm your identity" or "confirm your purchase". If so, you may have just
been scammed.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Pat Mac" wrote in message
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I had a call today from Dell warranty support and they told me that my XPS
410 has an incomplete version of Vista. Supposedly Dell was told by
Microsoft that Vista was ready so they used it on the new computers they
shipped out. Dell said to be patient, that there is a patch being put out
by Microsoft the beginning of next month. This patch is supposed to fix
the drivers and improve the internet connections (some pages loading very
slowly). Is anyone aware of this "patch"? I don't know if this was a pitch
to sell me the extended warranty. I've had a Dell computer before and
never had a problem, but the way the representative talked today it looks
like I may be in for some major problems with this computer in the future..


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Old March 24th 07, 10:39 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
246872 Jim McCree
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Default Phone call from Dell

I work for Dell at a Kiosk and they have not told us anything of the
sort....Were running 410's with no issue's at all....

Jim



"Rick Rogers" wrote in message
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Hopefully they did not ask for a credit card# or any personal information
to "confirm your identity" or "confirm your purchase". If so, you may have
just been scammed.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
I had a call today from Dell warranty support and they told me that my XPS
410 has an incomplete version of Vista. Supposedly Dell was told by
Microsoft that Vista was ready so they used it on the new computers they
shipped out. Dell said to be patient, that there is a patch being put out
by Microsoft the beginning of next month. This patch is supposed to fix
the drivers and improve the internet connections (some pages loading very
slowly). Is anyone aware of this "patch"? I don't know if this was a
pitch to sell me the extended warranty. I've had a Dell computer before
and never had a problem, but the way the representative talked today it
looks like I may be in for some major problems with this computer in the
future..




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