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SOLUTION: Download the driver on other computer. Rename it from .EXE to .zip extension. Copy over the driver via USB to the Dell. Run the setup.exe inside the archive.

Installed fresh Windows XP on Dell workstation. Downloaded drivers for a specific service tag using another computer onto a USB. Plug the USB into the Dell and can't execute any of the drivers. When I click on the drivers a cmd window blinks really fast but nothing happens.

What is the problem? I downloaded drivers for appropriate Windows version for the Dell computer. There was only one option for drivers filtering: "Windows XP"

What driver executables look like on Dell:

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EDIT: Copying the driver executables off USB to the computer didn't fix the problem.

EDIT2: The downloaded drivers are NOT corrupted. They execute on the other machine. I ran the driver on Dell via cmd and got the following message: "Program is too big to fit in memory"

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    Copy those file off the USB to the computer you want to install them on, then run them. They typically extract to a Dell folder, then the installer will start.
    – CharlieRB
    Nov 18, 2013 at 13:49
  • It looks like they didn't download correctly Nov 18, 2013 at 15:24
  • These are mostly self-extracting archives, you may try to extract them manually with 7zip. Then execute setup.exe(or similar) or manually select .inf files with devmgmt.msc for appropriate device.
    – week
    Nov 18, 2013 at 16:54

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Try to open your cmd and execute the mentioned driver file , you should be able to see the error.

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