Hi  Just to make sure you are trying the correct driver, I will send you the direct link here: ftp.dell.com/.../R169722.EXE Please let me know the status, when you have tried the above driver.  Thanks.  Best regards  Karina 
So I have this old fart of a Vostro 1000 (with WinVista) that I thought I'd try to update some things on, since it's kinda slow these days.I started out with the driver for the graphics card (some ATI Radeon Xpress series), and went to AMD's website to find some detecting tool to get the right driver, since I wasn't too sure about the exact details. Found one, ran it and it found an upgrade available. In the end, the install failed, and it turns out it wasn't compatible at all, and the current driver got an error 43 or so and doesn't work properly. Now I've been sitting for 3-4 hours trying to fix this, but to no avail. But at least I managed to "upgrade" (hardly) to a Standard VGA Graphic something (sorry, haven't checked the details for a while, and it's in Norwegian as well), and it's slightly better, but the resolution is still wrong. After a while I also FINALLY found the standard ATI driver (for Xpress 1150?) on Dell's sites.Trying to install this, it tells me it can't install, and that I should try installing a standard VGA whatever first.. which I already have. So. What do?
Fail to install driver (Vostro 1000)