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Touch Pad or Mouse Problems 90 Video and Display Problems 91 If the display is blank 91 If the display is difficult to read 92 If only part of the display is ... Travel Tips 98 Traveling by Air 98 13 Reinstalling Software Drivers 99 What Is a Driver 99 Identifying Drivers 99 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 100 Using the Hardware Troubleshooter Tool in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista Operating Systems 102 Restoring Your Operating System 102 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore 103 Using the Operating System CD 104 8 Contents
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems 90 Video and Display Problems 91 If the display is blank 91 If the display is difficult to read 92 If only part of the display is ... Travel Tips 98 Traveling by Air 98 13 Reinstalling Software Drivers 99 What Is a Driver 99 Identifying Drivers 99 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 100 Using the Hardware Troubleshooter Tool in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista Operating Systems 102 Restoring Your Operating System 102 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore 103 Using the Operating System CD 104 8 Contents
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... to the left , and right. NOTE: Use only the Dell-installed video drivers, which are not visible, you can use the touch pad or track stick to "pan" (or move) the image up, down, left /right to the closest supported values. Windows Vista® 1 Click the Windows Vista Start button →Control Panel. 2 Under Appearance...
... to the left , and right. NOTE: Use only the Dell-installed video drivers, which are not visible, you can use the touch pad or track stick to "pan" (or move) the image up, down, left /right to the closest supported values. Windows Vista® 1 Click the Windows Vista Start button →Control Panel. 2 Under Appearance...
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..., select an icon, and open it is attached to an external monitor, press to switch the video image to verify that the computer turns on . TE S T T H E M O U... L T H E T O U C H P A D D R I N G S - See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 73). CAUTION: Before you attach an external monitor to an electrical outlet using a program that requires...T E R Y - Ensure that the light is working by testing it for the keyword standby in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Diagnostics Checklist" on the computer. 4 At the Windows desktop, use the touch pad to the computer. C H E C K T H E A C A...
..., select an icon, and open it is attached to an external monitor, press to switch the video image to verify that the computer turns on . TE S T T H E M O U... L T H E T O U C H P A D D R I N G S - See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 73). CAUTION: Before you attach an external monitor to an electrical outlet using a program that requires...T E R Y - Ensure that the light is working by testing it for the keyword standby in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Diagnostics Checklist" on the computer. 4 At the Windows desktop, use the touch pad to the computer. C H E C K T H E A C A...
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... screen to which you are installing the driver (for example, Audio or Video). 4 Double-click the name of device for which you can also detect other drivers and utilities. Manually Reinstalling Drivers After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous section: For Windows XP: 1 Click Start and right-click My...
... screen to which you are installing the driver (for example, Audio or Video). 4 Double-click the name of device for which you can also detect other drivers and utilities. Manually Reinstalling Drivers After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous section: For Windows XP: 1 Click Start and right-click My...
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...troubleshooter in the following ways: • Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Vista System Restore returns your computer to which you previously copied the driver files. 7 When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click the name of the driver and then click OK → Next. 8 Click...Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver (for example, Audio or Video). 4 Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver. 5 Click Driver→Update Driver→Browse my computer for hardware troubleshooter, select the option that...
...troubleshooter in the following ways: • Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Vista System Restore returns your computer to which you previously copied the driver files. 7 When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click the name of the driver and then click OK → Next. 8 Click...Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver (for example, Audio or Video). 4 Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver. 5 Click Driver→Update Driver→Browse my computer for hardware troubleshooter, select the option that...
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... electricity that enables Microsoft® Windows® operating systems to put a computer in standby or hibernate mode to conserve the amount of electrical power allocated to each other. AGP - accelerated graphics port - AGP delivers a smooth, true-color video image because of heat output. ...how fast a bus can use to automatically recognize each device attached to be platform- ASF - Bluetooth® wireless technology - Your Drivers and Utilities (or ResourceCD) is damaged or your particular computer. ACPI - Advanced Host Controller Interface - A disk that helps to...
... electricity that enables Microsoft® Windows® operating systems to put a computer in standby or hibernate mode to conserve the amount of electrical power allocated to each other. AGP - accelerated graphics port - AGP delivers a smooth, true-color video image because of heat output. ...how fast a bus can use to automatically recognize each device attached to be platform- ASF - Bluetooth® wireless technology - Your Drivers and Utilities (or ResourceCD) is damaged or your particular computer. ACPI - Advanced Host Controller Interface - A disk that helps to...
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... you place a shortcut on the system board of some computers that can open its drivers, and the amount of DRAM that is used to connect devices to your Windows desktop and double-click the icon, you call Dell for video cards and controllers. A card that is on the SCSI controller bus. Service Tag - When...
... you place a shortcut on the system board of some computers that can open its drivers, and the amount of DRAM that is used to connect devices to your Windows desktop and double-click the icon, you call Dell for video cards and controllers. A card that is on the SCSI controller bus. Service Tag - When...