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August 24th, 2022 09:00
I downloaded Dell SupportAssist but when I run it it does not install.
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XPS_Man
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August 24th, 2022 11:00
Follow this Guide from start to end do not miss any steps
You may find that a few thing I am recommending to delete are already deleted from your computer so skip those steps.
1 Use Microsoft's Installer :
This step is crucial as Microsoft's uninstaller disables the services as well. Choose SupportAssist and uninstall, Uninstall Dell updates by running the the uninstaller again. If Support Assist doesn't show in List ignore this step.
Reboot (important)
C:/ Program Data/ PCDR
C:/ Program Data/Supportassist
C:/ Program Data/Dell/Dell data volt
C:/ Program Files/ Dell/Supportassist
C:/ Program Files/ Dell/ Dell data Volt
C:/ windows/Temp (everything inside the folder
Remove these Registries
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services key.
Delete Dell hardware service, Delete Dell client management service, Delete Dell updates.
Reboot
install SupportAssist
ThomasAAT
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August 25th, 2022 00:00
Since the release of the new version of SupportAssist it have had problems with the installer. My advice is to wait for dell to fix the installer. When fixed it should install automatically as before. I have stopped trying to find a solution for this SA update.
PINEFIRE
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August 25th, 2022 00:00
Followed your directions to the 'T'. Still ended up with the SupportAssist installer(after a very long running process) saying "unable to install. Any other way to get this to work????
vertimyst
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August 25th, 2022 09:00
I had this exact issue, and was also unable to manually install a BIOS update or the Dell Update application. I had to enable the hidden Windows administrator account and everything worked perfectly there, so I suspect either in my case the user account is corrupted, or Dell's done something to bork up the permissions.
To enable the administrator account:
Edit to add: After installing SupportAssist and the Dell Update application in the administrator account, switching to the regular user and trying to run Dell Update there resulted in an error saying that the Dell Client Management Service was not running. I opened services.msc and enabled it, and set it to start automatically, and now Dell Update works in the regular user as well. (I should mention that by 'regular user' I just mean the non-built-in admin account - it's not a user without admin privileges).
XPS_Man
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August 25th, 2022 09:00
Can you enable Hidden admin and try above troubleshooting in there.
In order to enable hidden admin open CMD as admin and type comman
net user administrator /active:yes
Log out of your account and login to adminstrator.
Apart from the steps, I have mentioned above. Add one more step.
Run dot net installer below.
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-5.0.17-windows-x64-installer
Once you run the installer choose to uninstall, reboot and choose to install. Now run supportassist installer.