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...of certain U.S. Trademarks used in trademarks and trade names other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of abbreviations and acronyms, see page 38. January 2003 P/N D0995 Rev. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates ... avoid the problem. Reproduction in this copyright protection technology must be used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude, OptiPlex, Dell Precision, and DellNet are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited....
...of certain U.S. Trademarks used in trademarks and trade names other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of abbreviations and acronyms, see page 38. January 2003 P/N D0995 Rev. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates ... avoid the problem. Reproduction in this copyright protection technology must be used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude, OptiPlex, Dell Precision, and DellNet are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited....
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..., Modem, and Internet Problems 42 Error Messages 44 General Problems 45 A program stops responding 45 A program crashes repeatedly 45 A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system 45 A solid blue screen appears 46 Other software problems 46 Other technical problems 47 General hardware problems 47 4 Contents
..., Modem, and Internet Problems 42 Error Messages 44 General Problems 45 A program stops responding 45 A program crashes repeatedly 45 A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system 45 A solid blue screen appears 46 Other software problems 46 Other technical problems 47 General hardware problems 47 4 Contents
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...; XP 70 Before You Reinstall 70 Reinstalling Windows XP 71 Reinstalling Drivers and Software 73 4 Adding Parts Front and Back View of the Computer 76 Front View 76 Back View 78 Reattaching the ...
...; XP 70 Before You Reinstall 70 Reinstalling Windows XP 71 Reinstalling Drivers and Software 73 4 Adding Parts Front and Back View of the Computer 76 Front View 76 Back View 78 Reattaching the ...
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Owner's Manual • Express Service Code and Service Tag Number • Microsoft® Windows® License Label Express Service Code and Product Key Located on your computer. Finding Information for Your Computer What Are You Looking For? • A diagnostic ... it Here ResourceCD • How to set up a printer • How to troubleshoot and solve problems • How to add parts • How to contact Dell • Warranty information You can use this CD to access documentation and reinstall drivers (see page 65). Fi nding Infor m at ion fo r Yo ur...
Owner's Manual • Express Service Code and Service Tag Number • Microsoft® Windows® License Label Express Service Code and Product Key Located on your computer. Finding Information for Your Computer What Are You Looking For? • A diagnostic ... it Here ResourceCD • How to set up a printer • How to troubleshoot and solve problems • How to add parts • How to contact Dell • Warranty information You can use this CD to access documentation and reinstall drivers (see page 65). Fi nding Infor m at ion fo r Yo ur...
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... • How to use my mouse and keyboard • How to set up my computer Find it Here Setup diagram • Tips on the screen. Windows XP Help and Support Center 1 Click the Start button, and then click Help and Support. 2 Type a word or phrase that describes your problem, and then... click the arrow icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions shown on using Windows • How to clean my computer • How to use Windows XP • Documentation for my computer and devices Tell Me How help file 1 Click the Start button, and then click...
... • How to use my mouse and keyboard • How to set up my computer Find it Here Setup diagram • Tips on the screen. Windows XP Help and Support Center 1 Click the Start button, and then click Help and Support. 2 Type a word or phrase that describes your problem, and then... click the arrow icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions shown on using Windows • How to clean my computer • How to use Windows XP • Documentation for my computer and devices Tell Me How help file 1 Click the Start button, and then click...
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... cable clips (2) notches (2) 4 Turn on the printer and then turn on . See the documentation that came with your printer. If the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears, click Cancel. 5 Install the printer driver if necessary. HINT: You can connect USB devices while the computer is turned on the computer.
... cable clips (2) notches (2) 4 Turn on the printer and then turn on . See the documentation that came with your printer. If the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears, click Cancel. 5 Install the printer driver if necessary. HINT: You can connect USB devices while the computer is turned on the computer.
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The Microsoft® Windows® desktop displays on changing display settings, see the Help and Support Center (click the Start button and click Help and Support). For more information .... 2 Click the Settings tab and click Advanced. 3 Click the nView tab, click Clone, and click OK. 24 Setting Up and Using Yo ur Computer www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 Restart the computer.
The Microsoft® Windows® desktop displays on changing display settings, see the Help and Support Center (click the Start button and click Help and Support). For more information .... 2 Click the Settings tab and click Advanced. 3 Click the nView tab, click Clone, and click OK. 24 Setting Up and Using Yo ur Computer www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 Restart the computer.
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... Extended Desktop Mode In extended desktop mode, you can store it on a removable medium, such as : • E-mails • Toolbar settings • Window sizes • Internet bookmarks You can transfer the data to the new computer over a network or serial connection, or you can drag objects from the... temporarily blacks out, and then the same image displays on the Settings tab. 3 Click the grayed-out monitor icon. 4 Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor, and click OK. You can move data from one screen to the other, effectively doubling the amount of viewable work space...
... Extended Desktop Mode In extended desktop mode, you can store it on a removable medium, such as : • E-mails • Toolbar settings • Window sizes • Internet bookmarks You can transfer the data to the new computer over a network or serial connection, or you can drag objects from the... temporarily blacks out, and then the same image displays on the Settings tab. 3 Click the grayed-out monitor icon. 4 Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor, and click OK. You can move data from one screen to the other, effectively doubling the amount of viewable work space...
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com To prepare the new computer for the file transfer: 1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Accessories→ System Tools, and then ... computer is this ? To transfer data to the new computer: 1 On the Now go to transfer and then click Next. To copy data from the Windows XP CD, and then click Next. 5 When the Now go to your old computer screen appears, go to transfer? After the information has been copied...
www.dell.com | support.dell.com To prepare the new computer for the file transfer: 1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Accessories→ System Tools, and then ... computer is this ? To transfer data to the new computer: 1 On the Now go to transfer and then click Next. To copy data from the Windows XP CD, and then click Next. 5 When the Now go to your old computer screen appears, go to transfer? After the information has been copied...
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... computer and to the telephone wall jack before you can access the Internet and use your phone on the screen. Network Setup Wizard Windows XP provides a Network Setup Wizard to All Programs→ Accessories→ Communications, and then click Network Setup Wizard. 2 On the... a network. 4 Complete the checklist and required preparations, and return to the Internet enables the integrated firewall provided with Windows XP. www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: Selecting the connection method This computer connects directly to the Network Setup Wizard. 5 Follow the instructions on ...
... computer and to the telephone wall jack before you can access the Internet and use your phone on the screen. Network Setup Wizard Windows XP provides a Network Setup Wizard to All Programs→ Accessories→ Communications, and then click Network Setup Wizard. 2 On the... a network. 4 Complete the checklist and required preparations, and return to the Internet enables the integrated firewall provided with Windows XP. www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: Selecting the connection method This computer connects directly to the Network Setup Wizard. 5 Follow the instructions on ...
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The New Connection Wizard appears. 3 Click Connect to the Internet. 4 In the next window, click the appropriate option: • If you do not have a service outage. Otherwise, follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup. 6 Click the ... connection with a different ISP: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs. 2 Double-click the MSN Explorer or AOL icon on the Windows® desktop. 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to select, contact your ISP but have successfully connected in the past, the ISP might have an...
The New Connection Wizard appears. 3 Click Connect to the Internet. 4 In the next window, click the appropriate option: • If you do not have a service outage. Otherwise, follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup. 6 Click the ... connection with a different ISP: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs. 2 Double-click the MSN Explorer or AOL icon on the Windows® desktop. 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to select, contact your ISP but have successfully connected in the past, the ISP might have an...
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...that cannot be used with a DVD+RW or a DVD+R drive. You can be copied, you must use the original CD for everyday use. www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: Ensure that media type has overwriting limitations-see "Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW Discs" for recording media differences). •... Roxio CD Creator Basic.) All four project programs are available on the Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic documentation that you need to use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop data files to the CD-RW drive. To burn CDs, you can use CD-burner software. HINT: Some ...
...that cannot be used with a DVD+RW or a DVD+R drive. You can be copied, you must use the original CD for everyday use. www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: Ensure that media type has overwriting limitations-see "Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW Discs" for recording media differences). •... Roxio CD Creator Basic.) All four project programs are available on the Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic documentation that you need to use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop data files to the CD-RW drive. To burn CDs, you can use CD-burner software. HINT: Some ...
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... of recording (see page 17). The Easy CD Creator Basic documentation is located in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and Support Center (see the Roxio documentation for instructions on the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, which is also provided on how to play in regular stereos. Each Easy CD Creator Basic project... CDs. After creating a CD-R disc, you cannot write to that disc again without changing your CD-RW drive. • Music MP3 files can use Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW disc only after you first use DirectCD to format the disc. • You must...
... of recording (see page 17). The Easy CD Creator Basic documentation is located in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and Support Center (see the Roxio documentation for instructions on the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, which is also provided on how to play in regular stereos. Each Easy CD Creator Basic project... CDs. After creating a CD-R disc, you cannot write to that disc again without changing your CD-RW drive. • Music MP3 files can use Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW disc only after you first use DirectCD to format the disc. • You must...
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... is titled "CD Copier" in some versions of Easy CD Creator Basic.) The Disc Copier window appears and displays your CD-RW drive in the CD-RW drive to ensure that it is... CD recording until you experience recording problems, first check for available software patches at the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and if necessary, the Roxio support website at support.roxio.com for example, do...CD-RW drive needs 1 or 2 MB of the files that you want to its maximum capacity; www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: If you have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and you are being copied, the copy...
... is titled "CD Copier" in some versions of Easy CD Creator Basic.) The Disc Copier window appears and displays your CD-RW drive in the CD-RW drive to ensure that it is... CD recording until you experience recording problems, first check for available software patches at the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and if necessary, the Roxio support website at support.roxio.com for example, do...CD-RW drive needs 1 or 2 MB of the files that you want to its maximum capacity; www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: If you have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and you are being copied, the copy...
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...the software manufacturer. HINT: You must use CD-R discs to burn music CDs that you use the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system because Windows XP is recommended that you want to the processor type. To determine if your software with Hyper-Threading. For information... on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. For more information on Hyper-Threading, search the Knowledge Base on accessing the ...
...the software manufacturer. HINT: You must use CD-R discs to burn music CDs that you use the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system because Windows XP is recommended that you want to the processor type. To determine if your software with Hyper-Threading. For information... on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. For more information on Hyper-Threading, search the Knowledge Base on accessing the ...
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...dell.com HINT: To boot to power. 34 Setting Up and Using Yo ur Computer Booting to a USB device such as described next, rather than by pressing the power button. 1 Save and close any open programs, click the Start button, and then click Turn Off Computer. 2 In the Turn off computer window..., click Turn off your computer, see the Windows desktop. The computer turns off after the shutdown process finishes. 3 Turn off your device is bootable, check the device ...
...dell.com HINT: To boot to power. 34 Setting Up and Using Yo ur Computer Booting to a USB device such as described next, rather than by pressing the power button. 1 Save and close any open programs, click the Start button, and then click Turn Off Computer. 2 In the Turn off computer window..., click Turn off your computer, see the Windows desktop. The computer turns off after the shutdown process finishes. 3 Turn off your device is bootable, check the device ...
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... drive problems E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W S ® R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I V E - • Eject and firmly reinsert the floppy disk. • Insert another disk to check for and remove viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. TE S T T HE DR I V E - Ensure that the disk has available space and that the original floppy disk is not write-protected (locked...
... drive problems E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W S ® R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I V E - • Eject and firmly reinsert the floppy disk. • Insert another disk to check for and remove viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. TE S T T HE DR I V E - Ensure that the disk has available space and that the original floppy disk is not write-protected (locked...
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...M E C O N T R O L - See "Sound and Speaker Problems" on cleaning your CDs. If the CD drive is normal and may accidentally misalign the heads, which can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. C L E A N THE D IS C - Use a commercially available cleaning kit. E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W... S P E A K E R S A N D S U B W O O F E R - Click the Start button, and then double-click My Computer. www.dell.com | support.dell.com NOTICE: Do not attempt to clean drive heads with your antivirus software to eliminate the possibility that are checked.
...M E C O N T R O L - See "Sound and Speaker Problems" on cleaning your CDs. If the CD drive is normal and may accidentally misalign the heads, which can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. C L E A N THE D IS C - Use a commercially available cleaning kit. E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W... S P E A K E R S A N D S U B W O O F E R - Click the Start button, and then double-click My Computer. www.dell.com | support.dell.com NOTICE: Do not attempt to clean drive heads with your antivirus software to eliminate the possibility that are checked.
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... to a CD-RW drive, remember to reenable standby mode when you finish writing to a CD-RW drive TURN OFF STANDBY MODE IN WINDOWS BEFORE WRITING TO A C D- So l vi n g Pro b l em s 41 To access help files, see the Tell ...Me How help file or search for and remove viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. C H E C K F O R I N T E R R U P T R E Q U E S T C O N F L I O N S - HINT: Because of data when writing. R W D O C U M E N T A T I O N F O R I N S T R U C T I C T S - Click the Start button...
... to a CD-RW drive, remember to reenable standby mode when you finish writing to a CD-RW drive TURN OFF STANDBY MODE IN WINDOWS BEFORE WRITING TO A C D- So l vi n g Pro b l em s 41 To access help files, see the Tell ...Me How help file or search for and remove viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. C H E C K F O R I N T E R R U P T R E Q U E S T C O N F L I O N S - HINT: Because of data when writing. R W D O C U M E N T A T I O N F O R I N S T R U C T I C T S - Click the Start button...
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... menu (for your Internet service provider for instructions on deactivating this feature. See page 70. If all commands receive responses, the modem is communicating with Windows. ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO AN INTERNET SERVICE P R OV I N G ( C A T C H - So l vi n g Pro b l em s 43 TU R N O F F C A L L W A I T I D E R - E N S U R E T H A T Y O U A R E C O N N E C T E D T O T H E I C T S - C H E C K F O R I N T E ...click File. P H O N E ) - VERIFY THAT THE MODEM IS COMMUNICATING WITH WINDOWS® - 1 Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. 2 Click Printers...
... menu (for your Internet service provider for instructions on deactivating this feature. See page 70. If all commands receive responses, the modem is communicating with Windows. ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO AN INTERNET SERVICE P R OV I N G ( C A T C H - So l vi n g Pro b l em s 43 TU R N O F F C A L L W A I T I D E R - E N S U R E T H A T Y O U A R E C O N N E C T E D T O T H E I C T S - C H E C K F O R I N T E ...click File. P H O N E ) - VERIFY THAT THE MODEM IS COMMUNICATING WITH WINDOWS® - 1 Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. 2 Click Printers...