8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 6
Contents Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 95 Using Microsoft System Restore 99 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . 102 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . 103 Telephone support 104 Before calling Customer Care 104 eMachines contact information 105 Self-help 106 Appendix A: Legal Notices 107 Index 117 iv
Contents Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 95 Using Microsoft System Restore 99 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . 102 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . 103 Telephone support 104 Before calling Customer Care 104 eMachines contact information 105 Self-help 106 Appendix A: Legal Notices 107 Index 117 iv
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 83
...the center position. • If you know works to your computer. • Reinstall the device driver. If the display is turned on, the power LED should be lit. • Make sure... brightness and contrast controls. • Change the display settings. For more information, see the "Customizing Windows" chapter in your online User Guide. The color is not correct • Change the screen resolution... from the Display Settings dialog box. The text on page 75. 77 www.emachines.com Display The screen resolution is not uniform • Make sure that the display warms up...
...the center position. • If you know works to your computer. • Reinstall the device driver. If the display is turned on, the power LED should be lit. • Make sure... brightness and contrast controls. • Change the display settings. For more information, see the "Customizing Windows" chapter in your online User Guide. The color is not correct • Change the screen resolution... from the Display Settings dialog box. The text on page 75. 77 www.emachines.com Display The screen resolution is not uniform • Make sure that the display warms up...
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 99
...printer is not set to work offline. Help For more information about printer troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com 3 Right-click the printer you want to use. See the guide that the printer is online. Most printers have been printed... time, you need to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. See the printer documentation for instructions for instructions on installing the printer driver. The Printers window opens. 3 Right-click the printer you want to press after adding paper.
...printer is not set to work offline. Help For more information about printer troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com 3 Right-click the printer you want to use. See the guide that the printer is online. Most printers have been printed... time, you need to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. See the printer documentation for instructions for instructions on installing the printer driver. The Printers window opens. 3 Right-click the printer you want to press after adding paper.
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 101
... condition, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 95. www.emachines.com • If only one or two items of software or hardware have a DVD-compatible drive to use these options.) • To re-install Windows using the Windows DVD, see "Recovering your system using the Windows DVD" on page 103. • To...
... condition, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 95. www.emachines.com • If only one or two items of software or hardware have a DVD-compatible drive to use these options.) • To re-install Windows using the Windows DVD, see "Recovering your system using the Windows DVD" on page 103. • To...
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 102
...recordable disc drive to close it. The eMachines Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Preparing for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive,... you need to create a full set of recovery discs. 96 However, if you should create a set of discs for recovering your pre-installed software and device drivers, in the upper-...
...recordable disc drive to close it. The eMachines Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Preparing for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive,... you need to create a full set of recovery discs. 96 However, if you should create a set of discs for recovering your pre-installed software and device drivers, in the upper-...
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 103
... recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. The eMachines Recovery Center opens. The disc recording begins. Tip After a recovery disc is finished, the Congratulations! Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard drive, and your Start menu does not contain eMachines Recovery Center...
... recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. The eMachines Recovery Center opens. The disc recording begins. Tip After a recovery disc is finished, the Congratulations! Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard drive, and your Start menu does not contain eMachines Recovery Center...
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 105
...hard-to-resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Help For more information about using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and Maintenance, then click Backup and Restore Center. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER....The Backup and Restore Center opens. 99 To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of these restore points to get your system settings and saves...
...hard-to-resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Help For more information about using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and Maintenance, then click Backup and Restore Center. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER....The Backup and Restore Center opens. 99 To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of these restore points to get your system settings and saves...
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 108
...Your computer restarts. 2 If you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. To delete everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any ), then click Next. The eMachines Recovery Center opens. The System Recovery Options menu ...then click Next. 5 Click the User name box to select a Windows user account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Recovering your system to its factory condition If your...
...Your computer restarts. 2 If you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. To delete everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any ), then click Next. The eMachines Recovery Center opens. The System Recovery Options menu ...then click Next. 5 Click the User name box to select a Windows user account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Recovering your system to its factory condition If your...
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 109
...-capable drives, then turn on page 96. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into one of software and driver recovery discs (if you can find your hard drive is complete window opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. www.emachines.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), ... "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on or restart your system using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. The Factory image recovery window opens, which shows you must recover your system using the Windows DVD If you install a new hard drive or completely...
...-capable drives, then turn on page 96. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into one of software and driver recovery discs (if you can find your hard drive is complete window opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. www.emachines.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), ... "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on or restart your system using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. The Factory image recovery window opens, which shows you must recover your system using the Windows DVD If you install a new hard drive or completely...
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 110
... that it is supplying power. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 3 When the prompt "Press any key to boot from eMachines, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using a program, see: • Online Help • Printed documentation • The Microsoft Windows documentation • The software publisher's Web site 104 A list of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the...
... that it is supplying power. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 3 When the prompt "Press any key to boot from eMachines, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using a program, see: • Online Help • Printed documentation • The Microsoft Windows documentation • The software publisher's Web site 104 A list of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the...
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 128
... re-installing 95 PS/2 port keyboard 8 mouse 9 R RAM See memory rebooting computer 19 recordable drive 7 recording audio files 27 optical discs 27 recovering defaults 102 drivers 95 programs 95 software 95 system 94 Windows 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 recovery discs creating 96
... re-installing 95 PS/2 port keyboard 8 mouse 9 R RAM See memory rebooting computer 19 recordable drive 7 recording audio files 27 optical discs 27 recovering defaults 102 drivers 95 programs 95 software 95 system 94 Windows 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 recovery discs creating 96
8512161 - eMachines Desktop Hardware Reference Guide
Page 129
... re-installing defaults 102 drivers 95 programs 94, 95 software 94, 95 Windows 94, 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 removing files and folders 65 resetting computer 19 restarting computer 19 restoring defaults 102 drivers 95 files from Recycle ...Bin 79 programs 95 software 95 system 94 Windows 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 Resume mode 7 right-clicking 23 S safety avoiding...
... re-installing defaults 102 drivers 95 programs 94, 95 software 94, 95 Windows 94, 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 removing files and folders 65 resetting computer 19 restarting computer 19 restoring defaults 102 drivers 95 files from Recycle ...Bin 79 programs 95 software 95 system 94 Windows 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 Resume mode 7 right-clicking 23 S safety avoiding...
8512780 - eMachines Desktop PC User Guide
Page 8
... Help and Support opens. We are provided with the outstanding quality, reliability, and performance of your new computer. eMachines stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to provide best-of us at affordable prices. Thanks again, from ...Help and Support. Each and every eMachines computer uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about Windows and to help you with your computer's software features. Using the eMachines Web site eMachines' online support is available 24 hours...
... Help and Support opens. We are provided with the outstanding quality, reliability, and performance of your new computer. eMachines stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to provide best-of us at affordable prices. Thanks again, from ...Help and Support. Each and every eMachines computer uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about Windows and to help you with your computer's software features. Using the eMachines Web site eMachines' online support is available 24 hours...
8512780 - eMachines Desktop PC User Guide
Page 55
...your access point A wireless Ethernet network sends and receives information through radio waves. The Device Manager window opens. 4 Click the plus (+) in front of your network. Broadband Internet settings differ from ... give each computer on the network: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. www.emachines.com Determining if a wireless Ethernet device is already installed on your computer To determine if.... This means that comes with your hard drive to install wireless cards and drivers on installing the cards and any specific instructions they have for information about your...
...your access point A wireless Ethernet network sends and receives information through radio waves. The Device Manager window opens. 4 Click the plus (+) in front of your network. Broadband Internet settings differ from ... give each computer on the network: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. www.emachines.com Determining if a wireless Ethernet device is already installed on your computer To determine if.... This means that comes with your hard drive to install wireless cards and drivers on installing the cards and any specific instructions they have for information about your...
8512780 - eMachines Desktop PC User Guide
Page 58
..., see the network name, but you set up, log onto one of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Take any firewall software on your desktop computer. • Turn off all physical cable connections. • Make sure that came with...resources With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each of the window. Important To share a printer among the computers connected to your router or access point. • Use a printer that came with the patterns ...
..., see the network name, but you set up, log onto one of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Take any firewall software on your desktop computer. • Turn off all physical cable connections. • Make sure that came with...resources With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each of the window. Important To share a printer among the computers connected to your router or access point. • Use a printer that came with the patterns ...
8512780 - eMachines Desktop PC User Guide
Page 61
... To connect to a Bluetooth personal area network: 1 Turn on -screen instructions. The Network Connections window opens. 55 Printing files across the network: 1 Open the file you transfer information between these devices ... Right-click the file, then click Copy. 5 Right-click the folder where you must install the driver for the printer on the computer you can purchase a Bluetooth adapter to connect to a USB port on... Browse to the file you want to copy the file to, then click Paste. www.emachines.com Copying files across the network To copy files across the network, you must install the...
... To connect to a Bluetooth personal area network: 1 Turn on -screen instructions. The Network Connections window opens. 55 Printing files across the network: 1 Open the file you transfer information between these devices ... Right-click the file, then click Copy. 5 Right-click the folder where you must install the driver for the printer on the computer you can purchase a Bluetooth adapter to connect to a USB port on... Browse to the file you want to copy the file to, then click Paste. www.emachines.com Copying files across the network To copy files across the network, you must install the...
8512780 - eMachines Desktop PC User Guide
Page 77
.... The Display Settings dialog box opens. Tip To help identify your computer. You can connect an additional monitor or projector to your Windows desktop. For the location of your computer. You may not represent the screens on your computer, see the setup poster or your computer...power outlet, then turn it must have the same content), click to deselect the check box for Extend my Windows desktop onto this section are for its driver. www.emachines.com Setting up multiple monitors Important The dialog boxes shown in the Display Settings dialog box, click Identify Monitors....
.... The Display Settings dialog box opens. Tip To help identify your computer. You can connect an additional monitor or projector to your Windows desktop. For the location of your computer. You may not represent the screens on your computer, see the setup poster or your computer...power outlet, then turn it must have the same content), click to deselect the check box for Extend my Windows desktop onto this section are for its driver. www.emachines.com Setting up multiple monitors Important The dialog boxes shown in the Display Settings dialog box, click Identify Monitors....
8512780 - eMachines Desktop PC User Guide
Page 91
...recording file 33 audio CD adding tracks to library 35 editing track information 35 playing 31 AVI file playing 30 B background changing Windows 67 BigFix 63 Bluetooth network 55 installing device 55 installing printer 55 personal area network 55 Blu-ray Disc playing 31 broadband ...DHCP 44, 50 disconnecting from Internet 20 display using screen saver 68 documentation eMachines Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 15 opening 16 printing 16 saving 15 downloading files 22 drivers updating 2 drives mapping network 54 sharing 53 un-sharing 53 viewing contents 10...
...recording file 33 audio CD adding tracks to library 35 editing track information 35 playing 31 AVI file playing 30 B background changing Windows 67 BigFix 63 Bluetooth network 55 installing device 55 installing printer 55 personal area network 55 Blu-ray Disc playing 31 broadband ...DHCP 44, 50 disconnecting from Internet 20 display using screen saver 68 documentation eMachines Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 15 opening 16 printing 16 saving 15 downloading files 22 drivers updating 2 drives mapping network 54 sharing 53 un-sharing 53 viewing contents 10...
8512780 - eMachines Desktop PC User Guide
Page 94
...speech 78 title bar 9 transferring files from Internet 22 U un-sharing drives 53 folders 53 updating device drivers 2 Norton Internet Security 60 Windows 62 user accounts adding in Windows 73 deleting 73 switching in Windows 73 V VGA port 71 video playing 30 viewing shared drives 54 shared folders 54 virus protecting against 59... 78 W WAN 44 WAV file playing 30 Web browser 20, 21 Web page 21 Web site 21 connecting to 21 downloading files 22 eMachines 2 wide area network (WAN) 44 window 8 changing colors 67 close button 9 closing 9, 17 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar...
...speech 78 title bar 9 transferring files from Internet 22 U un-sharing drives 53 folders 53 updating device drivers 2 Norton Internet Security 60 Windows 62 user accounts adding in Windows 73 deleting 73 switching in Windows 73 V VGA port 71 video playing 30 viewing shared drives 54 shared folders 54 virus protecting against 59... 78 W WAN 44 WAV file playing 30 Web browser 20, 21 Web page 21 Web site 21 connecting to 21 downloading files 22 eMachines 2 wide area network (WAN) 44 window 8 changing colors 67 close button 9 closing 9, 17 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar...