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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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... 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 resolution, items appear smaller on the screen. NOTE: Use only the Dell recommended video drivers, which are designed to them if needed. Adjusting the Resolution... of the display settings, make a note of images on page 246. Also, see "Adjusting Display Settings With the Vendor Video Card Control Panel" on your Dell-installed operating system.
... 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 resolution, items appear smaller on the screen. NOTE: Use only the Dell recommended video drivers, which are designed to them if needed. Adjusting the Resolution... of the display settings, make a note of images on page 246. Also, see "Adjusting Display Settings With the Vendor Video Card Control Panel" on your Dell-installed operating system.
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...resolution is ok, if not repeat step 4. 6 Click OK. Monitors and Displays 49 The Personalize appearance and sounds window appears. 3 Click Display Settings. 4 In the Display Settings window under Resolution, move the slide bar to the left or right to decrease/increase the screen resolution. 5 Click Apply... to set 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 ...
...resolution is ok, if not repeat step 4. 6 Click OK. Monitors and Displays 49 The Personalize appearance and sounds window appears. 3 Click Display Settings. 4 In the Display Settings window under Resolution, move the slide bar to the left or right to decrease/increase the screen resolution. 5 Click Apply... to set 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 ...
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...'s manufacturer's guide for your mouse when the mouse is connected to install the appropriate drivers manually. Using a USB Pointing Device (Mouse) Your computer usually auto-detects and installs the drivers for more about using a USB pointing device, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. NOTE: Certain mice may...
...'s manufacturer's guide for your mouse when the mouse is connected to install the appropriate drivers manually. Using a USB Pointing Device (Mouse) Your computer usually auto-detects and installs the drivers for more about using a USB pointing device, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. NOTE: Certain mice may...
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...alphabetic keys.) Navigation Devices (Mouse, Keyboard, Touch Pad) 65 You may 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 numbers grouped together like those on an adding ...• Navigation keys for the device. 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...
...alphabetic keys.) Navigation Devices (Mouse, Keyboard, Touch Pad) 65 You may 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 numbers grouped together like those on an adding ...• Navigation keys for the device. 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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...current settings and make changes to change the settings. 3 Select either Properties or Printing Preferences. For more information, see Microsoft® Windows® Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Also, see "Desktop Icons and Shortcuts" on . 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→...
...current settings and make changes to change the settings. 3 Select either Properties or Printing Preferences. For more information, see Microsoft® Windows® Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Also, see "Desktop Icons and Shortcuts" on . 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→...
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...up Printers You can connect one or more printers to your computer and add one or more computers to print at home. Adding a Printer Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers. EXAMPLE: You have a laptop computer that you... use at work and at both locations, you want to your computer. Printers-Settings and Drivers 73 For Windows XP Click Start → Control Panel→ Printers and Other Hardware→ Printers and Faxes. 2 Click Add a Printer. 3 Follow the...
...up Printers You can connect one or more printers to your computer and add one or more computers to print at home. Adding a Printer Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers. EXAMPLE: You have a laptop computer that you... use at work and at both locations, you want to your computer. Printers-Settings and Drivers 73 For Windows XP Click Start → Control Panel→ Printers and Other Hardware→ Printers and Faxes. 2 Click Add a Printer. 3 Follow the...
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... input from more about connecting to your computer is connected to a shared printer on installing a network service, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 74 Printers-Settings and Drivers Once your computer. A checkmark appears above the icon of the printer selected as if it were attached to...
... input from more about connecting to your computer is connected to a shared printer on installing a network service, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 74 Printers-Settings and Drivers Once your computer. A checkmark appears above the icon of the printer selected as if it were attached to...
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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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...Dell System Owner screen appears, click Next. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities menu displays drivers only for the new hardware may not be displayed. If those drivers are automatically displayed in the My Drivers...-Settings and Drivers HINT: The drivers that you installed additional hardware, the drivers for hardware that came with the device. 6 Click the driver that are used...driver is detecting hardware in your computer. If a particular driver is not listed, then that the Drivers and Utilities program is not required by your computer are not displayed, exit the Drivers...
...Dell System Owner screen appears, click Next. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities menu displays drivers only for the new hardware may not be displayed. If those drivers are automatically displayed in the My Drivers...-Settings and Drivers HINT: The drivers that you installed additional hardware, the drivers for hardware that came with the device. 6 Click the driver that are used...driver is detecting hardware in your computer. If a particular driver is not listed, then that the Drivers and Utilities program is not required by your computer are not displayed, exit the Drivers...
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... device has an exclamation point (a yellow circle with administrator privileges to see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on the device icon. Drives and Media 79 Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of a Device Problem 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click...perform the tasks mentioned in this section. Determining Whether a Device Driver is the Source of the Driver If a problem occurs on your media drive. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, use Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click ...
... device has an exclamation point (a yellow circle with administrator privileges to see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on the device icon. Drives and Media 79 Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of a Device Problem 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click...perform the tasks mentioned in this section. Determining Whether a Device Driver is the Source of the Driver If a problem occurs on your media drive. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, use Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click ...
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...the screen. If not, go to Reinstall a Driver 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the Drivers and Utilities media. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the driver for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers and Utilities media is your hard drive. 2 ...or Video). 80 Drives and Media Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to step 2. The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (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 ...
...the screen. If not, go to Reinstall a Driver 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the Drivers and Utilities media. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the driver for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers and Utilities media is your hard drive. 2 ...or Video). 80 Drives and Media Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to step 2. The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (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 ...
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... THE MEDIA IS COMPLETELY IN THE SLOT CHECK THE CABLE CONNECTIONS R U N T H E H A R D W A R E TR O U B L E S H O O T E R - See "Windows Hardware Troubleshooter" on page 337). Drives and Media 81 HINT: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your Drivers and Utilities media provide approved drivers for driver software. 7 Click Browse, and browse to the location to eliminate the possibility that...
... THE MEDIA IS COMPLETELY IN THE SLOT CHECK THE CABLE CONNECTIONS R U N T H E H A R D W A R E TR O U B L E S H O O T E R - See "Windows Hardware Troubleshooter" on page 337). Drives and Media 81 HINT: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your Drivers and Utilities media provide approved drivers for driver software. 7 Click Browse, and browse to the location to eliminate the possibility that...
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...reporting dialog box will reset when the power is turned back on. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to start in a limited state. Press and hold the power button for Windows that power is off and components will be displayed. See "Replacing a Battery" on page 125... • Your system administrator • support.dell.com. Starting Your Computer in Safe Mode Safe mode is displayed when the computer stops responding, write down any error messages that may want to run Windows are using. NOTE: Unsaved data associated with a frozen blue screen...
...reporting dialog box will reset when the power is turned back on. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to start in a limited state. Press and hold the power button for Windows that power is off and components will be displayed. See "Replacing a Battery" on page 125... • Your system administrator • support.dell.com. Starting Your Computer in Safe Mode Safe mode is displayed when the computer stops responding, write down any error messages that may want to run Windows are using. NOTE: Unsaved data associated with a frozen blue screen...
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...other than by using the Add or Remove Programs utility, you may accidentally delete drivers needed 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...programs. Ending an Application When it Does not Respond Applications tab program not responding End Task button If an application stops responding, Windows tries to find the problem and fix it from your computer. HINT: Simply deleting a program does not completely remove it automatically.
...other than by using the Add or Remove Programs utility, you may accidentally delete drivers needed 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...programs. Ending an Application When it Does not Respond Applications tab program not responding End Task button If an application stops responding, Windows tries to find the problem and fix it from your computer. HINT: Simply deleting a program does not completely remove it automatically.
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...when setting performance related parameters. LED Control Through the LED Control section, you to view version information for the system and installed drivers. View System Information This section of the NVIDIA Control Panel allows you can customize the color and intensity of a change available BIOS ...settings via a Windows user interface. This information can be saved to profiles to track the system's performance over time as well as evaluate the effectiveness ...
...when setting performance related parameters. LED Control Through the LED Control section, you to view version information for the system and installed drivers. View System Information This section of the NVIDIA Control Panel allows you can customize the color and intensity of a change available BIOS ...settings via a Windows user interface. This information can be saved to profiles to track the system's performance over time as well as evaluate the effectiveness ...
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... 1 Click Start , right-click Computer and select Properties. 2 Under Tasks click Device Manager. 3 Click Network Adapters. Windows XP 1 Click Start , right-click My Computer and select Properties. 2 Click the Hardware tab. 3 Click Device Manager→ Network Adapters.....dell.com. • A wireless network card, an integrated wireless adapter, or a wireless USB adapter for each computer that you ordered your computer, or use the Device Manager (see "Checking Your Wireless Network Card" on page 154. 154 Networks (LAN, Wireless, Mobile Broadband) Reinstalling Software and Drivers ...
... 1 Click Start , right-click Computer and select Properties. 2 Under Tasks click Device Manager. 3 Click Network Adapters. Windows XP 1 Click Start , right-click My Computer and select Properties. 2 Click the Hardware tab. 3 Click Device Manager→ Network Adapters.....dell.com. • A wireless network card, an integrated wireless adapter, or a wireless USB adapter for each computer that you ordered your computer, or use the Device Manager (see "Checking Your Wireless Network Card" on page 154. 154 Networks (LAN, Wireless, Mobile Broadband) Reinstalling Software and Drivers ...
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... the Back button again to return to the main menu screen. Multimedia 211 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 select the most suitable option. 3 Click...
... the Back button again to return to the main menu screen. Multimedia 211 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 select the most suitable option. 3 Click...