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.... Intel, Celeron, and Pentium are registered trademarks of your computer. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary interest in any references in this document to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable Information in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, DellNet, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, and Latitude are trademarks of abbreviations and acronyms, see...
.... Intel, Celeron, and Pentium are registered trademarks of your computer. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary interest in any references in this document to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable Information in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, DellNet, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, and Latitude are trademarks of abbreviations and acronyms, see...
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... Error Messages 39 General Problems 40 The computer stops responding 40 A program stops responding 40 A program crashes repeatedly 41 A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system 41 A solid blue screen appears 41 Other software problems 41 Other technical problems 42 General hardware problems 42 4 Contents
... Error Messages 39 General Problems 40 The computer stops responding 40 A program stops responding 40 A program crashes repeatedly 41 A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system 41 A solid blue screen appears 41 Other software problems 41 Other technical problems 42 General hardware problems 42 4 Contents
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Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP 64 Before You Reinstall 64 Reinstalling Windows XP 64 4 Adding Parts Front and Back View of the Computer 68 Front View 68 Back View 70 Removing the Computer Cover 71 Looking Inside Your Computer 73 System Board 74 Adding Cards 75 Adding a Second CD or DVD Drive 78 Adding Memory 83 Adding a Floppy Drive 85 Replacing the Computer Cover 90 5 Appendix Specifications 92 Standard Settings 95 Viewing Settings 96 System Setup Program Screens 96 Clearing Forgotten Passwords 97 Replacing the Battery 98 6 Contents
Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP 64 Before You Reinstall 64 Reinstalling Windows XP 64 4 Adding Parts Front and Back View of the Computer 68 Front View 68 Back View 70 Removing the Computer Cover 71 Looking Inside Your Computer 73 System Board 74 Adding Cards 75 Adding a Second CD or DVD Drive 78 Adding Memory 83 Adding a Floppy Drive 85 Replacing the Computer Cover 90 5 Appendix Specifications 92 Standard Settings 95 Viewing Settings 96 System Setup Program Screens 96 Clearing Forgotten Passwords 97 Replacing the Battery 98 6 Contents
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... to troubleshoot and solve problems • How to add parts • How to contact Dell • Warranty information • Express Service Code and Service Tag Number • Microsoft® Windows® License Label Express Service Code and Windows License Label Located on your computer (see page 68). Fi nding Infor m at ion fo...
... to troubleshoot and solve problems • How to add parts • How to contact Dell • Warranty information • Express Service Code and Service Tag Number • Microsoft® Windows® License Label Express Service Code and Windows License Label Located on your computer (see page 68). Fi nding Infor m at ion fo...
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What Are You Looking For? • Tips on the screen. Fi nding Infor m at ion fo r Yo ur Comput er 17 Windows XP Help and Support Center 1 Click the Start button, and then click Help and Support. 2 Type a word or phrase that describes your problem, and then ... the arrow icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions shown on using Windows • How to clean my computer • How to use my mouse and keyboard • How to use Windows XP • Documentation for my computer and devices Find it Here Tell Me How help file...
What Are You Looking For? • Tips on the screen. Fi nding Infor m at ion fo r Yo ur Comput er 17 Windows XP Help and Support Center 1 Click the Start button, and then click Help and Support. 2 Type a word or phrase that describes your problem, and then ... the arrow icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions shown on using Windows • How to clean my computer • How to use my mouse and keyboard • How to use Windows XP • Documentation for my computer and devices Find it Here Tell Me How help file...
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... USB devices while the computer is turned on the computer. Setting Up and Using Yo ur Comput er 21 If the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears, click Cancel. 5 Install the printer driver if necessary. The USB connectors fit only one way. See the documentation that came with your printer...
... USB devices while the computer is turned on the computer. Setting Up and Using Yo ur Comput er 21 If the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears, click Cancel. 5 Install the printer driver if necessary. The USB connectors fit only one way. See the documentation that came with your printer...
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...serial connection, or you can be launched from the Windows XP operating system CD or from the source computer, and then you collect the data from a floppy disk created on the Windows XP computer. www.dell.com | support.dell.com USB connector on computer USB printer cable USB ...connector on printer Transferring Information to a New Computer Windows XP provides a Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to move data, such ...
...serial connection, or you can be launched from the Windows XP operating system CD or from the source computer, and then you collect the data from a floppy disk created on the Windows XP computer. www.dell.com | support.dell.com USB connector on computer USB printer cable USB ...connector on printer Transferring Information to a New Computer Windows XP provides a Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to move data, such ...
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com network adapter connector on the screen. 24 Setting Up and Using Yo ur Computer NOTE: Selecting the connection method This computer connects directly to the Internet enables the integrated firewall provided with Windows XP. 4 Complete the checklist and required preparations..., and then return to the Network Setup Wizard. 5 Follow the instructions on computer network wall jack network cable Network Setup Wizard Windows XP provides a Network Setup Wizard to guide you through the process of sharing files, printers, or an Internet connection between computers ...
www.dell.com | support.dell.com network adapter connector on the screen. 24 Setting Up and Using Yo ur Computer NOTE: Selecting the connection method This computer connects directly to the Internet enables the integrated firewall provided with Windows XP. 4 Complete the checklist and required preparations..., and then return to the Network Setup Wizard. 5 Follow the instructions on computer network wall jack network cable Network Setup Wizard Windows XP provides a Network Setup Wizard to guide you through the process of sharing files, printers, or an Internet connection between computers ...
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... by MSN connection: 1 Save any work in progress and close all open programs. 2 Double-click the MSN Explorer or AOL icon on the Windows® desktop. 3 Follow the instructions on your desktop or if you want to the Internet NOTE: Internet service providers vary by country. If ... Start button and click Control Panel. 3 Click Network and Internet Connections. 4 Click Set up or change your Internet connection. 5 In the Internet Properties window, click Setup and then click Next. If you can access the Internet and use your phone on your Internet connection. Your ISP will offer one...
... by MSN connection: 1 Save any work in progress and close all open programs. 2 Double-click the MSN Explorer or AOL icon on the Windows® desktop. 3 Follow the instructions on your desktop or if you want to the Internet NOTE: Internet service providers vary by country. If ... Start button and click Control Panel. 3 Click Network and Internet Connections. 4 Click Set up or change your Internet connection. 5 In the Internet Properties window, click Setup and then click Next. If you can access the Internet and use your phone on your Internet connection. Your ISP will offer one...
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..., click Set up my connection manually, continue to select one, click Choose from an ISP. 8 Click Next. or DVD-recording device. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 7 In the next window, click the appropriate option: • If you do you want to step 9. If you cannot connect to check the service status, or...
..., click Set up my connection manually, continue to select one, click Choose from an ISP. 8 Click Next. or DVD-recording device. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 7 In the next window, click the appropriate option: • If you do you want to step 9. If you cannot connect to check the service status, or...
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... almost any type of a CD for instructions on your computer's CD-burner software. The documentation is also provided on the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, which is titled "CD Copier" in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and Support Center (see "Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW Discs" for permanent storage.... drive on how to use . • Disc Copier allows you to make a copy of CD. To burn CDs, you need to use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop data files to the CD-RW drive. This program allows you to All Programs→ Roxio Easy CD Creator...
... almost any type of a CD for instructions on your computer's CD-burner software. The documentation is also provided on the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, which is titled "CD Copier" in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and Support Center (see "Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW Discs" for permanent storage.... drive on how to use . • Disc Copier allows you to make a copy of CD. To burn CDs, you need to use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop data files to the CD-RW drive. This program allows you to All Programs→ Roxio Easy CD Creator...
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW Discs Your CD-RW drive writes to two different types of data to properly record. Your .... Use blank CDRW (CD-ReWritable) discs when you want to write, erase, rewrite, and update your CD-RW drive. • Music MP3 files can use Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW disc only after you first use DirectCD to format the disc. • You must...
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW Discs Your CD-RW drive writes to two different types of data to properly record. Your .... Use blank CDRW (CD-ReWritable) discs when you want to write, erase, rewrite, and update your CD-RW drive. • Music MP3 files can use Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW disc only after you first use DirectCD to format the disc. • You must...
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...recording problems, first check for instructions on the size of drives, see the Roxio documentation for available software patches at the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and if necessary, the Roxio support website at support.roxio.com. The recording starts automatically. 7 After the recording ... drive. 1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Roxio Easy CD Creator, and then click Project Selector. The Select a Project window appears. 2 Click Disc Copier. (Disc Copier is copied, remove the source CD from and the Record to lists. 3 Insert the source CD ...
...recording problems, first check for instructions on the size of drives, see the Roxio documentation for available software patches at the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and if necessary, the Roxio support website at support.roxio.com. The recording starts automatically. 7 After the recording ... drive. 1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Roxio Easy CD Creator, and then click Project Selector. The Select a Project window appears. 2 Click Disc Copier. (Disc Copier is copied, remove the source CD from and the Record to lists. 3 Insert the source CD ...
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E N S U R E T H A T T H E D I S K I S N O T F U L L O R W R I V E - You may accidentally misalign the heads, which can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. Click the Start button and click My Computer. TE S T T H E D R IV E - • Insert another disk to check for and remove viruses. C L E A N T H E D R I T E - See ...
E N S U R E T H A T T H E D I S K I S N O T F U L L O R W R I V E - You may accidentally misalign the heads, which can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. Click the Start button and click My Computer. TE S T T H E D R IV E - • Insert another disk to check for and remove viruses. C L E A N T H E D R I T E - See ...
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... CD. E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W S R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I S C - Click the Start button and click My Computer. R W D I V E - TE S T T H E D R I V E W I N G T O A C D - Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. TU R N O F F S T A N D B Y M O D E I N W I N D O W S B E F O R E W R I T I T H A N O T H E R C D - A D J U S T T H E W I N D O W S V O L U M E C O N T R O L - If the CD drive is interrupted, an error occurs. www.dell.com | support.dell.com CD drive problems NOTE: High-speed CD drive vibration is defective. This does...
... CD. E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W S R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I S C - Click the Start button and click My Computer. R W D I V E - TE S T T H E D R I V E W I N G T O A C D - Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. TU R N O F F S T A N D B Y M O D E I N W I N D O W S B E F O R E W R I T I T H A N O T H E R C D - A D J U S T T H E W I N D O W S V O L U M E C O N T R O L - If the CD drive is interrupted, an error occurs. www.dell.com | support.dell.com CD drive problems NOTE: High-speed CD drive vibration is defective. This does...
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... connected to the jack on cleaning your antivirus software to a digital telephone network. Click the Start button and click My Computer. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. See the Tell Me How help files, see page 34. E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems NOTE: Connect the modem to it...
... connected to the jack on cleaning your antivirus software to a digital telephone network. Click the Start button and click My Computer. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. See the Tell Me How help files, see page 34. E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems NOTE: Connect the modem to it...
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...to highlight it to a telephone. Listen for instructions on all commands receive responses, the modem is communicating with Windows. Follow the instructions on the screen to verify that is not available on deactivating this feature. P H O...click Modem Helper. R U N T H E M O D E M H E L P E R D I A G N O S T I R E C T L Y T O T H E T E L E P H O N E W A L L J A C K - www.dell.com | support.dell.com C H E C K T H E T E L E P H O N E JA C K - Disconnect the telephone line from the drop-down menu (for example, *70). 7 Click Apply, and then click OK. 38 So l vi n g Pro...
...to highlight it to a telephone. Listen for instructions on all commands receive responses, the modem is communicating with Windows. Follow the instructions on the screen to verify that is not available on deactivating this feature. P H O...click Modem Helper. R U N T H E M O D E M H E L P E R D I A G N O S T I R E C T L Y T O T H E T E L E P H O N E W A L L J A C K - www.dell.com | support.dell.com C H E C K T H E T E L E P H O N E JA C K - Disconnect the telephone line from the drop-down menu (for example, *70). 7 Click Apply, and then click OK. 38 So l vi n g Pro...
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...N A T I O N D R I N G S Y S T E M N O T F O U N D - A program stops responding END THE PROGRAM - 1 Press simultaneously. 2 Click Applications. 3 Click the program that you want to perform an operating system shutdown. Contact Dell (see page 100). The floppy drive cannot read the disk. You might have too many programs open the program that is too large to restore .... 4 Click End Task. 40 So l vi n g Pro b l em s www.dell.com | support.dell.com NOT ENOUGH MEMORY OR RESOURCES. If so, try again. A : \ I S N...windows and open . CLOSE SOME PROGRAMS AND TRY AGAIN -
...N A T I O N D R I N G S Y S T E M N O T F O U N D - A program stops responding END THE PROGRAM - 1 Press simultaneously. 2 Click Applications. 3 Click the program that you want to perform an operating system shutdown. Contact Dell (see page 100). The floppy drive cannot read the disk. You might have too many programs open the program that is too large to restore .... 4 Click End Task. 40 So l vi n g Pro b l em s www.dell.com | support.dell.com NOT ENOUGH MEMORY OR RESOURCES. If so, try again. A : \ I S N...windows and open . CLOSE SOME PROGRAMS AND TRY AGAIN -
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...V E N O T M A D E A N E R R O R W H I L E E N T E R I O N - A program crashes repeatedly NOTE: Software usually includes installation instructions in an environment similar to non-Windows XP operating system environments. 1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Accessories, and then click Program Compatibility Wizard. 2 In the welcome screen, click... or CD. Many software manufacturers maintain websites with information that you are entering are valid. Windows XP provides a Program Compatibility Wizard that the values or characters you properly installed and configured the...
...V E N O T M A D E A N E R R O R W H I L E E N T E R I O N - A program crashes repeatedly NOTE: Software usually includes installation instructions in an environment similar to non-Windows XP operating system environments. 1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Accessories, and then click Program Compatibility Wizard. 2 In the welcome screen, click... or CD. Many software manufacturers maintain websites with information that you are entering are valid. Windows XP provides a Program Compatibility Wizard that the values or characters you properly installed and configured the...
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... of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions on power conservation modes, see page 34. A DJ U S T T H E PO W E R P R O PE R T I N G S - Your computer may be in Windows® Help. So l vi n g Pro b l em s 45 Network Problems C H E C K T H E N E T W O R K C A B L E C O N N E C T O R - See page 63. See page 63. Contact your network administrator or the person who set up...
... of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions on power conservation modes, see page 34. A DJ U S T T H E PO W E R P R O PE R T I N G S - Your computer may be in Windows® Help. So l vi n g Pro b l em s 45 Network Problems C H E C K T H E N E T W O R K C A B L E C O N N E C T O R - See page 63. See page 63. Contact your network administrator or the person who set up...