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... Your Keyboard 67 Using the Numeric Keypad on a Laptop Computer 68 General Keyboard Shortcuts 69 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For Windows® XP 72 Setting up Printers 73 Adding a Printer 73 Setting the Default Printer 74 Sharing Printers on a Network...
... Your Keyboard 67 Using the Numeric Keypad on a Laptop Computer 68 General Keyboard Shortcuts 69 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For Windows® XP 72 Setting up Printers 73 Adding a Printer 73 Setting the Default Printer 74 Sharing Printers on a Network...
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... Reinstalling a Driver 80 Drive Problems 81 Optical Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level 5 Configuration 87 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows®...
... Reinstalling a Driver 80 Drive Problems 81 Optical Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level 5 Configuration 87 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows®...
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...Your Laptop Media Device 209 Playing Media Using the Dell Travel Remote . . . . . 210 Adjusting the Volume on Your Computer 210 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio Through the Media Software 210 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio in the Windows Audio Driver 211 Setting up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones ...211 Using a Digital Camera With Your Computer . . . . . 212 Using Windows Media Player 212 16 Connecting Your Computer to a TV and Adjusting Display ...
...Your Laptop Media Device 209 Playing Media Using the Dell Travel Remote . . . . . 210 Adjusting the Volume on Your Computer 210 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio Through the Media Software 210 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio in the Windows Audio Driver 211 Setting up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones ...211 Using a Digital Camera With Your Computer . . . . . 212 Using Windows Media Player 212 16 Connecting Your Computer to a TV and Adjusting Display ...
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NOTE: Use only the Dell recommended video drivers, which are designed to them if needed. Also, see "Adjusting Display Settings With the Vendor Video Card Control Panel" on the screen. Adjusting the Resolution ... best performance with your display. Before you change any of the display settings, make a note of images on your Dell-installed operating system. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about display resolution, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 48 Monitors and Displays As you increase the...
NOTE: Use only the Dell recommended video drivers, which are designed to them if needed. Also, see "Adjusting Display Settings With the Vendor Video Card Control Panel" on the screen. Adjusting the Resolution ... best performance with your display. Before you change any of the display settings, make a note of images on your Dell-installed operating system. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about display resolution, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 48 Monitors and Displays As you increase the...
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... resolution HINT: To display a program at a specific resolution, both the video card and the display must support the resolution, and the necessary video drivers must be installed. Monitors and Displays 49 The Display Properties window appears. 3 Select the Setting tab. Windows® XP 1 Right-click an open area of the desktop. 2 Click Properties.
... resolution HINT: To display a program at a specific resolution, both the video card and the display must support the resolution, and the necessary video drivers must be installed. Monitors and Displays 49 The Display Properties window appears. 3 Select the Setting tab. Windows® XP 1 Right-click an open area of the desktop. 2 Click Properties.
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... touch pointer when I'm interacting with items on the taskbar. Using a USB Pointing Device (Mouse) Your computer usually auto-detects and installs the drivers for more information. You then need to reactivate a USB pointing device if any of the following problems occur: • The pointer moves erratically...• Nothing happens when you fail to the USB port. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about using a USB pointing device, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Also, see the pointing device's manufacturer's guide for your mouse when the ...
... touch pointer when I'm interacting with items on the taskbar. Using a USB Pointing Device (Mouse) Your computer usually auto-detects and installs the drivers for more information. You then need to reactivate a USB pointing device if any of the following problems occur: • The pointer moves erratically...• Nothing happens when you fail to the USB port. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about using a USB pointing device, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Also, see the pointing device's manufacturer's guide for your mouse when the ...
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...have problems with the pointing device, check the software driver for moving the cursor around in documents or windows: , , , , , , and arrow keys • Numeric keypad of a Device Problem" on page 79. See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is the Source of numbers grouped together like those on...Devices (Mouse, Keyboard, Touch Pad) 65 Keyboard Your keyboard provides different sets of keys to reinstall the driver. For more information on System Restore see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on page 265 HINT: If you still have to perform different sets of functions...
...have problems with the pointing device, check the software driver for moving the cursor around in documents or windows: , , , , , , and arrow keys • Numeric keypad of a Device Problem" on page 79. See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is the Source of numbers grouped together like those on...Devices (Mouse, Keyboard, Touch Pad) 65 Keyboard Your keyboard provides different sets of keys to reinstall the driver. For more information on System Restore see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on page 265 HINT: If you still have to perform different sets of functions...
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HINT: Add a shortcut to select your photo paper type. 72 Printers-Settings and Drivers For Windows Vista® 1 Click Start Faxes. →Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers and For Windows® XP Click Start → Control Panel→ Printers and Other Hardware→ Printers and... select image quality, manage color, or set up effects. • Properties: Use the tabs in this window to view your Start menu. For more information, see Microsoft® Windows® Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Also, see "Desktop Icons and ...
HINT: Add a shortcut to select your photo paper type. 72 Printers-Settings and Drivers For Windows Vista® 1 Click Start Faxes. →Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers and For Windows® XP Click Start → Control Panel→ Printers and Other Hardware→ Printers and... select image quality, manage color, or set up effects. • Properties: Use the tabs in this window to view your Start menu. For more information, see Microsoft® Windows® Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Also, see "Desktop Icons and ...
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Printers-Settings and Drivers 73 EXAMPLE: You have a laptop computer that you use at work and at both locations, you want to your printer. Adding a Printer Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers. For Windows XP Click Start → Control Panel→ Printers and Other Hardware→...
Printers-Settings and Drivers 73 EXAMPLE: You have a laptop computer that you use at work and at both locations, you want to your printer. Adding a Printer Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers. For Windows XP Click Start → Control Panel→ Printers and Other Hardware→...
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... Default Printer. To share your printer on the network, you must first add a network service to a network, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 74 Printers-Settings and Drivers Once your computer is also called a network printer. Setting the Default Printer Set the printer you can use...
... Default Printer. To share your printer on the network, you must first add a network service to a network, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 74 Printers-Settings and Drivers Once your computer is also called a network printer. Setting the Default Printer Set the printer you can use...
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..., click your media drive directory to display the media contents, and then double-click the autorcd.exe file. 3 When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you : • Upgrade your operating system • Reinstall your operating system • Connect...
..., click your media drive directory to display the media contents, and then double-click the autorcd.exe file. 3 When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you : • Upgrade your operating system • Reinstall your operating system • Connect...
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... in your system window. If you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. If a particular driver is not listed, then that came with the device. 6 Click the driver that you installed additional hardware, the drivers for hardware that driver is detecting hardware ...If those drivers are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Resource CD has identified these components in your operating system. 76 Printers-Settings and Drivers 5 When the Welcome Dell System Owner screen appears, click Next. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities menu displays drivers only for ...
... in your system window. If you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. If a particular driver is not listed, then that came with the device. 6 Click the driver that you installed additional hardware, the drivers for hardware that driver is detecting hardware ...If those drivers are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Resource CD has identified these components in your operating system. 76 Printers-Settings and Drivers 5 When the Welcome Dell System Owner screen appears, click Next. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities menu displays drivers only for ...
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...must be logged in this section. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, use Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 3 Right-click the device for Media Drives A driver is a program that existed before you :...operating system. • Connect or install a new device. Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of a Device Problem 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 3 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 4 Scroll down the list ...
...must be logged in this section. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, use Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 3 Right-click the device for Media Drives A driver is a program that existed before you :...operating system. • Connect or install a new device. Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of a Device Problem 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 3 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 4 Scroll down the list ...
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...included on the screen. 3 When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to Reinstall a Driver 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the Drivers and Utilities media. Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to restart the computer. 4 When you... 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If this is detecting hardware in your first time to use the...
...included on the screen. 3 When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to Reinstall a Driver 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the Drivers and Utilities media. Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to restart the computer. 4 When you... 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If this is detecting hardware in your first time to use the...
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... O U B L E S H O O T E R - See "Windows Hardware Troubleshooter" on page 337). CLEAN THE DRIVE OR DISK - See the user documentation that the original media is not listed, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 280. Click Start→ My Computer. HINT: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your Drivers and Utilities media provide approved drivers for driver software. 7 Click...
... O U B L E S H O O T E R - See "Windows Hardware Troubleshooter" on page 337). CLEAN THE DRIVE OR DISK - See the user documentation that the original media is not listed, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 280. Click Start→ My Computer. HINT: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your Drivers and Utilities media provide approved drivers for driver software. 7 Click...
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...computer. See "Replacing a Battery" on . Starting Your Computer in Safe Mode if you are started. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to run Windows are using. HINT: If an error message is displayed when the computer stops responding, write down any error messages that may be ...• Your system administrator • support.dell.com. You may want to start in a limited state. NOTE: Unsaved data associated with a frozen blue screen. The words "Safe Mode" appear in the corners of the display to identify which Windows mode you have shut down your computer in ...
...computer. See "Replacing a Battery" on . Starting Your Computer in Safe Mode if you are started. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to run Windows are using. HINT: If an error message is displayed when the computer stops responding, write down any error messages that may be ...• Your system administrator • support.dell.com. You may want to start in a limited state. NOTE: Unsaved data associated with a frozen blue screen. The words "Safe Mode" appear in the corners of the display to identify which Windows mode you have shut down your computer in ...
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... computer any way other than by using Task Manager: 1 Right-click the taskbar and select Task Manager. 2 On the Applications tab of the Windows Task Manager screen, click the application that is not responding, and then click End Task. 124 Managing Applications (Programs) You can also end ...(or close) the application by using the Add or Remove Programs utility, you may accidentally delete drivers needed by other programs. Ending an Application When it Does not Respond Applications tab program not responding End Task button If an application stops ...
... computer any way other than by using Task Manager: 1 Right-click the taskbar and select Task Manager. 2 On the Applications tab of the Windows Task Manager screen, click the application that is not responding, and then click End Task. 124 Managing Applications (Programs) You can also end ...(or close) the application by using the Add or Remove Programs utility, you may accidentally delete drivers needed by other programs. Ending an Application When it Does not Respond Applications tab program not responding End Task button If an application stops ...
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...When launched, the application detects installed ESA-compatible devices such as evaluate the effectiveness of a change available BIOS settings via a Windows user interface. You may cause system instability, reduced component operating life or permanent component damage. Advanced users can be saved to... profiles to a file for the system and installed drivers. These settings can manually tune these options to system configuration. 130 Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security) NVIDIA ...
...When launched, the application detects installed ESA-compatible devices such as evaluate the effectiveness of a change available BIOS settings via a Windows user interface. You may cause system instability, reduced component operating life or permanent component damage. Advanced users can be saved to... profiles to a file for the system and installed drivers. These settings can manually tune these options to system configuration. 130 Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security) NVIDIA ...
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... Adapters. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about how to determine the type of wireless network card that name on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. • A wireless network card, an integrated wireless adapter, or a wireless USB adapter for each computer that you...Card" on page 154. 154 Networks (LAN, Wireless, Mobile Broadband) Reinstalling Software and Drivers for Your Wireless Network Card If the software is installed in the user documentation for your wireless network card. Windows XP 1 Click Start , right-click My Computer and select Properties. 2 Click the...
... Adapters. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about how to determine the type of wireless network card that name on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. • A wireless network card, an integrated wireless adapter, or a wireless USB adapter for each computer that you...Card" on page 154. 154 Networks (LAN, Wireless, Mobile Broadband) Reinstalling Software and Drivers for Your Wireless Network Card If the software is installed in the user documentation for your wireless network card. Windows XP 1 Click Start , right-click My Computer and select Properties. 2 Click the...
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... feature is available only if your computer. 2 Insert a DVD into the DVD drive. Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio in the Windows Audio Driver 1 Double-click the Volume icon in the taskbar. 2 From the Volume Control window, click Options→ Advanced Controls→ Advanced. 3 Click the check box to the main menu screen. If the...
... feature is available only if your computer. 2 Insert a DVD into the DVD drive. Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio in the Windows Audio Driver 1 Double-click the Volume icon in the taskbar. 2 From the Volume Control window, click Options→ Advanced Controls→ Advanced. 3 Click the check box to the main menu screen. If the...