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Reproduction in any references in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, YOURS IS HERE, Inspiron, Dell TravelLite, and Strike Zone, are trademarks of Intel Corporation; is used by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is strictly forbidden. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, and Windows Vista start button are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc; A00 If you purchased...
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... Hard drive problems 58 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems 58 Error Messages 60 Keyboard Problems 62 Lockups and Software Problems 62 The computer does not start up 62 The computer stops responding 63 A program stops responding 63 A program crashes repeatedly 63 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft® Windows®...
... Hard drive problems 58 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems 58 Error Messages 60 Keyboard Problems 62 Lockups and Software Problems 62 The computer does not start up 62 The computer stops responding 63 A program stops responding 63 A program crashes repeatedly 63 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft® Windows®...
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... 77 3 Troubleshooting Tools 79 Power Lights 79 Beep Codes 80 System Messages 82 Dell Diagnostics 84 When to Use the Dell Diagnostics 84 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive 84 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 85 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 85 Drivers 87 What Is a Driver 87 Identifying Drivers 87...
... 77 3 Troubleshooting Tools 79 Power Lights 79 Beep Codes 80 System Messages 82 Dell Diagnostics 84 When to Use the Dell Diagnostics 84 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive 84 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 85 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 85 Drivers 87 What Is a Driver 87 Identifying Drivers 87...
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What Are You Looking For? • How to use Windows XP • 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 press . 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. Follow the instructions on the screen. 14 Finding Information
What Are You Looking For? • How to use Windows XP • 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 press . 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. Follow the instructions on the screen. 14 Finding Information
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... available to help you install the printer driver: Windows® XP Click Start→ Control Panel→ Printers and Faxes→ Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard Windows Vista® Click Start and click Network→ Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard. 5 Install the printer driver if necessary (see "Reinstalling...
... available to help you install the printer driver: Windows® XP Click Start→ Control Panel→ Printers and Faxes→ Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard Windows Vista® Click Start and click Network→ Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard. 5 Install the printer driver if necessary (see "Reinstalling...
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...If an error message notifies you do not hear the CD or DVD playing. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 27 Windows Vista: 1 Click Start , point to Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Sound, and then click Adjust System Volume. 2 In the Volume Mixer window, ..., 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 the Start button, and then click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a category, click Appearance and Themes. 3 Under Pick a task..., click Change the screen resolution. ...
...If an error message notifies you do not hear the CD or DVD playing. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 27 Windows Vista: 1 Click Start , point to Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Sound, and then click Adjust System Volume. 2 In the Volume Mixer window, ..., 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 the Start button, and then click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a category, click Appearance and Themes. 3 Under Pick a task..., click Change the screen resolution. ...
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The DVD-writable drives installed in Dell™ computers can also use Sonic Digital Media for available software patches on your computer or backing up important data. Windows® XP 1 Click the Start button, point to and may vary by country. NOTE: The types of CD or DVD drives offered by 600... the bar in Resolution to change the setting to make an exact copy of a CD or DVD. The following instructions explain how to 800 by Dell may not read DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, and DVD+R DL (dual layer) media, but cannot write to All Programs→ Sonic→ DigitalMedia Projects→...
The DVD-writable drives installed in Dell™ computers can also use Sonic Digital Media for available software patches on your computer or backing up important data. Windows® XP 1 Click the Start button, point to and may vary by country. NOTE: The types of CD or DVD drives offered by 600... the bar in Resolution to change the setting to make an exact copy of a CD or DVD. The following instructions explain how to 800 by Dell may not read DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, and DVD+R DL (dual layer) media, but cannot write to All Programs→ Sonic→ DigitalMedia Projects→...
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... blank CD-RWs to write to CDs or to the blank CD or DVD. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 29 Windows Vista®: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Sonic→ DigitalMedia Projects→ Copy→ Disc Copy. 2 To copy the CD or DVD: • If you have one CD...
... blank CD-RWs to write to CDs or to the blank CD or DVD. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 29 Windows Vista®: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Sonic→ DigitalMedia Projects→ Copy→ Disc Copy. 2 To copy the CD or DVD: • If you have one CD...
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... Yes Yes No Helpful Tips • Use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW only after you start Sonic DigitalMedia and open a DigitalMedia project. • Use CD-Rs to burn music CDs that you plan to permanently store large amounts of the disc...
... Yes Yes No Helpful Tips • Use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW only after you start Sonic DigitalMedia and open a DigitalMedia project. • Use CD-Rs to burn music CDs that you plan to permanently store large amounts of the disc...
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...hibernate mode requires a special file on your hard drive with enough disk space to store the contents of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to entering hibernate mode. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted..., Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. 36 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To activate hibernate mode: 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Pick a category→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Power Options. 3...
...hibernate mode requires a special file on your hard drive with enough disk space to store the contents of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to entering hibernate mode. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted..., Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. 36 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To activate hibernate mode: 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Pick a category→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Power Options. 3...
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...To avoid this problem, always set the hard drive to run with no power conservation). • Minimal Power Management - The settings for starting standby mode, hibernate mode, turning off the monitor, and turning off the hard drive. To recover, press any key on the keyboard or... Options Properties Define your power settings on the Power Schemes tab, Advanced tab, and Hibernate tab. 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 ...
...To avoid this problem, always set the hard drive to run with no power conservation). • Minimal Power Management - The settings for starting standby mode, hibernate mode, turning off the monitor, and turning off the hard drive. To recover, press any key on the keyboard or... Options Properties Define your power settings on the Power Schemes tab, Advanced tab, and Hibernate tab. 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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... set hibernate mode to reduce the amount of electricity your computer. In the Performance and maintenance window, click Conserving power on power management options: 1 Click Start→ Help and Support→ Performance and maintenance. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes the default settings for that scheme, unless you...
... set hibernate mode to reduce the amount of electricity your computer. In the Performance and maintenance window, click Conserving power on power management options: 1 Click Start→ Help and Support→ Performance and maintenance. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes the default settings for that scheme, unless you...
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... period of our customers. the top option is the currently active plan. The next dialog box shows three power plans - this is Dell Recommended - This is also a show additional plans arrow underneath the three power plans. When the computer exits from standby mode, it ...one is the default "off button icon. To immediately activate standby mode without a period of inactivity, click Start , then click the off " state for the majority of inactivity: 1 Click Start and click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a category, click System and Maintenance. 3 Under System and Maintenance,...
... period of our customers. the top option is the currently active plan. The next dialog box shows three power plans - this is Dell Recommended - This is also a show additional plans arrow underneath the three power plans. When the computer exits from standby mode, it ...one is the default "off button icon. To immediately activate standby mode without a period of inactivity, click Start , then click the off " state for the majority of inactivity: 1 Click Start and click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a category, click System and Maintenance. 3 Under System and Maintenance,...
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... is enabled. Hibernate Mode Hibernate mode conserves power by storing it to the hard drive. To activate hibernate mode immediately (if available): 1 Click Start and click the arrow (pointing to the right) beside the lock icon. 2 Select Hibernate from hibernate mode. Windows Vista has a new feature ... information - NOTICE: If your data 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. To exit from hibernate mode, the desktop is restored to the ...
... is enabled. Hibernate Mode Hibernate mode conserves power by storing it to the hard drive. To activate hibernate mode immediately (if available): 1 Click Start and click the arrow (pointing to the right) beside the lock icon. 2 Select Hibernate from hibernate mode. Windows Vista has a new feature ... information - NOTICE: If your data 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. To exit from hibernate mode, the desktop is restored to the ...
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...• Balanced • Power Saver • High Performance Dell has added a fourth Dell-Recommended mode that sets power management to the most typical settings for the majority of our customers.This is the active Power Plan for a plan: 1 Click Start and click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a category, click... Choose what power buttons do. • Create a power plan (you can choose the settings you can change the default settings for all Dell shipping configurations. Click Change Plan Settings just below any of the power plans to turn off the display • Change when the computer sleeps...
...• Balanced • Power Saver • High Performance Dell has added a fourth Dell-Recommended mode that sets power management to the most typical settings for the majority of our customers.This is the active Power Plan for a plan: 1 Click Start and click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a category, click... Choose what power buttons do. • Create a power plan (you can choose the settings you can change the default settings for all Dell shipping configurations. Click Change Plan Settings just below any of the power plans to turn off the display • Change when the computer sleeps...
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... technology is designed to still be saved. Performance is now enabled. Windows® XP: 1 Enter system setup (see "System Setup" on the Start→ Settings→ Control Panel→ Power Options to access the Power Options Properties window. 4 From the Power Schemes tab, click the Power Schemes... drop-down menu and select Minimal Power Management and then click OK. It is disabled in the Dell Recommended, Balanced, and Power Saver power plans. Windows Vista®: Windows Vista automatically sets AMD™ Cool 'n' Quiet technology in the...
... technology is designed to still be saved. Performance is now enabled. Windows® XP: 1 Enter system setup (see "System Setup" on the Start→ Settings→ Control Panel→ Power Options to access the Power Options Properties window. 4 From the Power Schemes tab, click the Power Schemes... drop-down menu and select Minimal Power Management and then click OK. It is disabled in the Dell Recommended, Balanced, and Power Saver power plans. Windows Vista®: Windows Vista automatically sets AMD™ Cool 'n' Quiet technology in the...
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... the operating system your operating system "wizards" to help you transfer files and other data from one computer to another-for the file transfer: 1 Click Start, point to All Programs→ Accessories→ System Tools, and then click Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. Transferring Information to a New Computer You can transfer...
... the operating system your operating system "wizards" to help you transfer files and other data from one computer to another-for the file transfer: 1 Click Start, point to All Programs→ Accessories→ System Tools, and then click Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. Transferring Information to a New Computer You can transfer...
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... Center is Transfer Files and Settings. Do not plug the network cable into the network adapter connector on the computer. Click this icon to start Windows Easy Transfer. 2 If the Welcome Center dialog box has been closed, you will see the Vista Welcome Center. There are two ways... to access the Windows Easy Transfer wizard: 1 When Vista setup is completed, you can access Windows Easy Transfer by clicking Start → All Programs→ Accessories→ System Tools→ Windows Easy Transfer. Setting Up a Home and Office Network Connecting to begin the process....
... Center is Transfer Files and Settings. Do not plug the network cable into the network adapter connector on the computer. Click this icon to start Windows Easy Transfer. 2 If the Welcome Center dialog box has been closed, you will see the Vista Welcome Center. There are two ways... to access the Windows Easy Transfer wizard: 1 When Vista setup is completed, you can access Windows Easy Transfer by clicking Start → All Programs→ Accessories→ System Tools→ Windows Easy Transfer. Setting Up a Home and Office Network Connecting to begin the process....
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... the checklist and required preparations. 5 Return to the Network Setup Wizard and follow the on the screen. For more . Windows XP: 1 Click Start, point to All Programs→ Accessories→ Communications, and then click Network Setup Wizard. 2 On the welcome screen, click Next. 3 Click Checklist... a Printer and to Add a Wireless Device (if available). 3 This will bring up the Network dialog screen. Windows Vista®: 1 Click Start and then click Network. 2 This brings up the Network and Sharing Center dialog screen - Choose the task most appropriate for creating a network. ...
... the checklist and required preparations. 5 Return to the Network Setup Wizard and follow the on the screen. For more . Windows XP: 1 Click Start, point to All Programs→ Accessories→ Communications, and then click Network Setup Wizard. 2 On the welcome screen, click Next. 3 Click Checklist... a Printer and to Add a Wireless Device (if available). 3 This will bring up the Network dialog screen. Windows Vista®: 1 Click Start and then click Network. 2 This brings up the Network and Sharing Center dialog screen - Choose the task most appropriate for creating a network. ...
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...outage. Contact your ISP to complete the setup. Windows XP: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs. 2 Click Start and click Control Panel 52 Setting Up and Using Your Computer Otherwise, follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup. 6 Click the ...operating system your ISP. 5 Click Next. Windows Vista®: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs. 2 Click the Start button, then click Internet Explorer. If you are having problems connecting to the Internet, see "E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems" on page 58." The...
...outage. Contact your ISP to complete the setup. Windows XP: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs. 2 Click Start and click Control Panel 52 Setting Up and Using Your Computer Otherwise, follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup. 6 Click the ...operating system your ISP. 5 Click Next. Windows Vista®: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs. 2 Click the Start button, then click Internet Explorer. If you are having problems connecting to the Internet, see "E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems" on page 58." The...