Tuesday, 4 September 2012

License Authentication Failed / This software package is not designed foe use with this machine type


Issue : Customer might report one of the following error messages while trying to install/ open Dell Support Center

Error Screenshot 



Root cause : One of the dependent windows services might be turned off

Solution/Workaround:

DSC AppUpdater uses WMI to validate the software will be licensed before downloading and installing. 

Open Services.msc

·         Ensure the services – Windows Management Instrumentation  and WMI Performance Adapter – are started and set for automatic startup

If the WMI services were not enabled or running, please enable them and attempt to use DSC again

 If the WMI services were already enabled, you can direct the user towards the full EXE file from the link below , Please be advised that this may not be active post Aug 31st.



Final Solution : An autoupdate will be available via DSC to fix the issue by Aug 31st





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