Hello, win 7 was reinstalled on my laptop using the dell usb key, there is no internet, the wifi driver was downloaded from dell onto another computer and transfered onto the system, but the executable file won't run. Do I need to download the other drivers and updates before the system recognises and runs this driver file, or is it more likely the file was corrupted? I'm away from home and a female friend is in charge of the computers, so I simply sent her a link for the dell download, it wasn't downloaded by clicking the Dell link in drivers and updates.
Also, the factory restore function seems to be broken. I informed my friend just to do a simple system restore and she assumed I meant using the usb key for some reason, I think she may have destroyed the factory restore function. This is the last time I let anyone mess with my computer