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...Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2007 Dell Inc. Model DCMF November 2007 P/N CR532 Rev. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Information in this document is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Vostro... you how to avoid the problem. is subject to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are trademarks of Dell Inc.; If you make better use of your computer. Notes, Notices...
...Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2007 Dell Inc. Model DCMF November 2007 P/N CR532 Rev. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Information in this document is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Vostro... you how to avoid the problem. is subject to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are trademarks of Dell Inc.; If you make better use of your computer. Notes, Notices...
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... 35 Standby Mode 35 Hibernate Mode 36 Power Options Properties 37 Power Management Options in Windows Vista . . . . 38 Standby Mode 39 Hibernate Mode 40 Power Plan Properties 40 Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology 41 About RAID Configurations 42 RAID Level 1 Configuration 42 ...
... 35 Standby Mode 35 Hibernate Mode 36 Power Options Properties 37 Power Management Options in Windows Vista . . . . 38 Standby Mode 39 Hibernate Mode 40 Power Plan Properties 40 Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology 41 About RAID Configurations 42 RAID Level 1 Configuration 42 ...
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... not start up 66 The computer stops responding 67 A program stops responding 67 A program crashes repeatedly 67 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft® Windows® operating system . . . . . 68 A solid blue screen appears 68 Other software problems 69 Media Card Reader Problems 70 Memory Problems 71 Mouse Problems 72 Network...
... not start up 66 The computer stops responding 67 A program stops responding 67 A program crashes repeatedly 67 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft® Windows® operating system . . . . . 68 A solid blue screen appears 68 Other software problems 69 Media Card Reader Problems 70 Memory Problems 71 Mouse Problems 72 Network...
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... Hard Drive 86 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 87 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 87 Drivers 89 What Is a Driver 89 Identifying Drivers 90 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 90 Restoring Your Operating System 93 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . . 94 Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 95 Using...
... Hard Drive 86 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 87 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 87 Drivers 89 What Is a Driver 89 Identifying Drivers 90 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 90 Restoring Your Operating System 93 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . . 94 Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 95 Using...
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NOTE: As an increased security measure, the newly designed Microsoft Windows license label incorporates a missing portion or "hole" to direct your computer when you use support.dell.com or contact support. • Enter the Express Service Code to discourage removal of the label. 12 Finding Information ...What Are You Looking For? • Service Tag and Express Service Code • Microsoft® Windows® License Label Find...
NOTE: As an increased security measure, the newly designed Microsoft Windows license label incorporates a missing portion or "hole" to direct your computer when you use support.dell.com or contact support. • Enter the Express Service Code to discourage removal of the label. 12 Finding Information ...What Are You Looking For? • Service Tag and Express Service Code • Microsoft® Windows® License Label Find...
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What Are You Looking For? • How to use Windows Vista™ • How to work with programs and files • How to personalize my desktop Find it Here Windows Help and Support Center 1 To access Windows Help and Support: • In Windows XP, click Start and click Help and Support. • In Windows Vista™, click the Windows Vista Start button and 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 on the screen. 14 Finding Information
What Are You Looking For? • How to use Windows Vista™ • How to work with programs and files • How to personalize my desktop Find it Here Windows Help and Support Center 1 To access Windows Help and Support: • In Windows XP, click Start and click Help and Support. • In Windows Vista™, click the Windows Vista Start button and 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 on the screen. 14 Finding Information
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In Windows Vista™, click the Start start the Add Printer Wizard. See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on your printer. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 25 1 2 3 1 ... page 90 and the documentation that came with your computer's operating system, a printer wizard may be available to help you install the printer driver: In Windows® XP, click Start→ Printers and Faxes→ Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard. → Network→ Add a printer to 5 Install the...
In Windows Vista™, click the Start start the Add Printer Wizard. See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on your printer. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 25 1 2 3 1 ... page 90 and the documentation that came with your computer's operating system, a printer wizard may be available to help you install the printer driver: In Windows® XP, click Start→ Printers and Faxes→ Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard. → Network→ Add a printer to 5 Install the...
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...the speakers are muted, you that the current resolution and color depth are using too much memory and preventing DVD playback, adjust the display properties: Windows XP 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Appearance and Themes. 2 Under Pick a task..., click Change the screen resolution. For more ...Picture If an error message notifies you do not hear the CD or DVD playing. 1 Open the Volume Control window. 2 Click and drag the bar in the Volume Control window. A DVD player includes the following basic buttons: Stop Restart the current chapter Play Fast forward Pause Fast reverse Advance...
...the speakers are muted, you that the current resolution and color depth are using too much memory and preventing DVD playback, adjust the display properties: Windows XP 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Appearance and Themes. 2 Under Pick a task..., click Change the screen resolution. For more ...Picture If an error message notifies you do not hear the CD or DVD playing. 1 Open the Volume Control window. 2 Click and drag the bar in the Volume Control window. A DVD player includes the following basic buttons: Stop Restart the current chapter Play Fast forward Pause Fast reverse Advance...
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..., DVD+/-RW, or CD-RW/DVD (combo) drive. For help, open Roxio Creator Plus, and then click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers can also use Roxio Creator Plus for available software patches on your computer or backing up important data. 3 Under Screen resolution,...experience recording problems, check for other purposes, such as creating music CDs from audio files stored on the Sonic support website at sonic.com. Windows Vista 1 Start , click Control Panel, and then click Appearance and Personalization. 2 Under Personalization, click Adjust Screen Resolution. You can write ...
..., DVD+/-RW, or CD-RW/DVD (combo) drive. For help, open Roxio Creator Plus, and then click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers can also use Roxio Creator Plus for available software patches on your computer or backing up important data. 3 Under Screen resolution,...experience recording problems, check for other purposes, such as creating music CDs from audio files stored on the Sonic support website at sonic.com. Windows Vista 1 Start , click Control Panel, and then click Appearance and Personalization. 2 Under Personalization, click Adjust Screen Resolution. You can write ...
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...; You cannot create audio DVDs with your DVD player, see the documentation provided with Roxio Creator Plus. • Music MP3 files can use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW. • Use CD-Rs to play in home theater systems may not support...
...; You cannot create audio DVDs with your DVD player, see the documentation provided with Roxio Creator Plus. • Music MP3 files can use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW. • Use CD-Rs to play in home theater systems may not support...
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...exits from a power conservation mode, it returns to the operating state it was in prior to security and networking appear in Windows XP Home Edition. When a Windows XP Professional computer is on the computer. Changing the Display Settings 1 After you connect the monitor(s) or TV, turn on... of electricity your computer loses power while in standby mode, it was in Windows XP The Microsoft Windows XP power management features can use standby mode or hibernate mode to reduce power to support.dell.com. NOTE: The procedures to activate the standby and hibernate modes may lose...
...exits from a power conservation mode, it returns to the operating state it was in prior to security and networking appear in Windows XP Home Edition. When a Windows XP Professional computer is on the computer. Changing the Display Settings 1 After you connect the monitor(s) or TV, turn on... of electricity your computer loses power while in standby mode, it was in Windows XP The Microsoft Windows XP power management features can use standby mode or hibernate mode to reduce power to support.dell.com. NOTE: The procedures to activate the standby and hibernate modes may lose...
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... hibernate mode, press the power button. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. 36 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To immediately activate standby mode without a period of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to exit...
... hibernate mode, press the power button. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. 36 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To immediately activate standby mode without a period of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to exit...
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... installed on your computer, choose a scheme from batteries for each scheme appear in the Power Options Properties window. NOTICE: If you want to run with no power conservation). • Minimal Power Management - If you set the monitor to time-out... computer with little power conservation. • Portable/Laptop - If your power settings on the keyboard or click the mouse. To access the Power Options Properties window: 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Pick a category→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Power Options. 3 Define...
... installed on your computer, choose a scheme from batteries for each scheme appear in the Power Options Properties window. NOTICE: If you want to run with no power conservation). • Minimal Power Management - If you set the monitor to time-out... computer with little power conservation. • Portable/Laptop - If your power settings on the keyboard or click the mouse. To access the Power Options Properties window: 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Pick a category→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Power Options. 3 Define...
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... hibernate mode, or turn off the computer. If you want to change the default settings for a scheme, click the drop-down menu in Windows Vista The Windows Vista™ power management features are not using it is on and you are designed to enable hibernate mode. Changing the time-out for... Additional Information For more information on power management options: 1 Click Start→ Help and Support→ Performance and maintenance. 2 In the Performance and maintenance window, click Conserving power on the Hibernate tab. You can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, and...
... hibernate mode, or turn off the computer. If you want to change the default settings for a scheme, click the drop-down menu in Windows Vista The Windows Vista™ power management features are not using it is on and you are designed to enable hibernate mode. Changing the time-out for... Additional Information For more information on power management options: 1 Click Start→ Help and Support→ Performance and maintenance. 2 In the Performance and maintenance window, click Conserving power on the Hibernate tab. You can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, and...
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...was in before it entered the mode. Windows Vista has a new feature called Hybrid Sleep mode - Windows Vista has three main default power management modes: • Balanced • Power Saver • High Performance Dell has added a fourth, Dell-Recommended mode that sets power management to ...Help and Support and search for hybrid sleep for Windows Vista. To immediately activate standby mode without a period of the list. To...
...was in before it entered the mode. Windows Vista has a new feature called Hybrid Sleep mode - Windows Vista has three main default power management modes: • Balanced • Power Saver • High Performance Dell has added a fourth, Dell-Recommended mode that sets power management to ...Help and Support and search for hybrid sleep for Windows Vista. To immediately activate standby mode without a period of the list. To...
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...change or modify power settings. 40 Setting Up and Using Your Computer This takes you to the main Select a Power Plan window. 2 In the Select A Power Plan window, you . Windows Vista may take a short time to exit from the user if Hybrid Sleep is enabled. The computer may mask Hibernate from...by copying system data to a reserved area on the keyboard or moving the mouse does not bring the computer out of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it entered hibernate mode. Because hibernate mode requires a special file on your hard drive with ...
...change or modify power settings. 40 Setting Up and Using Your Computer This takes you to the main Select a Power Plan window. 2 In the Select A Power Plan window, you . Windows Vista may take a short time to exit from the user if Hybrid Sleep is enabled. The computer may mask Hibernate from...by copying system data to a reserved area on the keyboard or moving the mouse does not bring the computer out of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it entered hibernate mode. Because hibernate mode requires a special file on your hard drive with ...
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... and automatic power savings when possible. Performance is disabled in the Power Options, Advanced Settings dialog box. In the Power Options window, click Change Plan Settings to set , leave the settings at hand. If you want to the task at the default. ...plan: 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance. 2 Under System and Maintenance, click Power Options. Windows Vista automatically sets Intel Speedstep technologies in the Dell Recommended, Balanced, and Power Saver power plans. To change . 2 Click Change Plan Settings from just below the plan name...
... and automatic power savings when possible. Performance is disabled in the Power Options, Advanced Settings dialog box. In the Power Options window, click Change Plan Settings to set , leave the settings at hand. If you want to the task at the default. ...plan: 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance. 2 Under System and Maintenance, click Power Options. Windows Vista automatically sets Intel Speedstep technologies in the Dell Recommended, Balanced, and Power Saver power plans. To change . 2 Click Change Plan Settings from just below the plan name...
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... lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 43). 2 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager. 2 Use the up - and down -arrow keys to highlight ...
... lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 43). 2 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager. 2 Use the up - and down -arrow keys to highlight ...
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... highlighted RAID volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. 1 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to delete in the Selected window, and then click Next. 7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and click Next. 8 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes...
... highlighted RAID volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. 1 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to delete in the Selected window, and then click Next. 7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and click Next. 8 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes...
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... set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 43). 2 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager. Creating a Spare Hard Drive A spare hard drive may be ...
... set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 43). 2 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager. Creating a Spare Hard Drive A spare hard drive may be ...