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... If Your Computer Gets Wet 90 If You Drop or Damage Your Computer 91 Drivers 92 What Is a Driver 92 Identifying Drivers 92 Reinstalling Drivers 93 Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP 94 Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities 95 Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore 96 Creating a Restore Point 97 Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating...
... If Your Computer Gets Wet 90 If You Drop or Damage Your Computer 91 Drivers 92 What Is a Driver 92 Identifying Drivers 92 Reinstalling Drivers 93 Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP 94 Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities 95 Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore 96 Creating a Restore Point 97 Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating...
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... U.S 145 "Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (U.S. Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP 99 Before You Reinstall 99 Reinstalling Windows XP 99 Reinstalling Drivers and Software 102 3 Adding and Replacing Parts Replacing the Palm Rests 104 Adding Memory 105 Replacing the Hard Drive 108 Returning a Hard Drive to Dell 110 4 Appendix Specifications 112 System Setup Overview 119 Viewing...
... U.S 145 "Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (U.S. Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP 99 Before You Reinstall 99 Reinstalling Windows XP 99 Reinstalling Drivers and Software 102 3 Adding and Replacing Parts Replacing the Palm Rests 104 Adding Memory 105 Replacing the Hard Drive 108 Returning a Hard Drive to Dell 110 4 Appendix Specifications 112 System Setup Overview 119 Viewing...
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...RW discs do not play in regular stereos. Use blank CD-R (CD-Recordable) disks to your computer. The documentation is also provided on the Drivers and Utilities CD, which is located in most home or car stereos. • If you want to your hard drive first, and then burn...support.dell.com Using Easy CD Creator Basic See the Easy CD Creator Basic documentation for more information). Use blank CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) discs when you want to play in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and Support Center (see the Roxio documentation for instructions on how to use Windows ...
...RW discs do not play in regular stereos. Use blank CD-R (CD-Recordable) disks to your computer. The documentation is also provided on the Drivers and Utilities CD, which is located in most home or car stereos. • If you want to your hard drive first, and then burn...support.dell.com Using Easy CD Creator Basic See the Easy CD Creator Basic documentation for more information). Use blank CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) discs when you want to play in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and Support Center (see the Roxio documentation for instructions on how to use Windows ...
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... to restart your computer, click Yes. 7 Follow the instructions on the screen while the infrared sensor driver is different from the COM port assigned to the serial connector. 5 Press the down-arrow key to...S/PDIF digital audio. 52 S e tt i n g U p a n d U si n g Yo u r C o m pu t e r www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: If the infrared device cannot communicate with your computer after you repeat steps 1 through 5 to change the setting to Slow IR. 6 Press...help, see the infrared device documentation and the Windows XP Help and Support Center (to a television and/or stereo audio device.
... to restart your computer, click Yes. 7 Follow the instructions on the screen while the infrared sensor driver is different from the COM port assigned to the serial connector. 5 Press the down-arrow key to...S/PDIF digital audio. 52 S e tt i n g U p a n d U si n g Yo u r C o m pu t e r www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: If the infrared device cannot communicate with your computer after you repeat steps 1 through 5 to change the setting to Slow IR. 6 Press...help, see the infrared device documentation and the Windows XP Help and Support Center (to a television and/or stereo audio device.
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... Card Problems Error Messages General Program Problems E-Mail Problems Resolving Other Technical Problems If Your Computer Gets Wet If You Drop or Damage Your Computer Drivers Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore Reinstalling Microsoft®...
... Card Problems Error Messages General Program Problems E-Mail Problems Resolving Other Technical Problems If Your Computer Gets Wet If You Drop or Damage Your Computer Drivers Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore Reinstalling Microsoft®...
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.... If it was installed, and then click Properties. 7 Click the Drivers tab. 8 Click Roll Back Driver. Reinstalling Drivers NOTICE: The Dell Support website and your computer might not work correctly. Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback If a problem occurs on your CD drive directory to replace the driver with the previously installed version. If you install or update...
.... If it was installed, and then click Properties. 7 Click the Drivers tab. 8 Click Roll Back Driver. Reinstalling Drivers NOTICE: The Dell Support website and your computer might not work correctly. Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback If a problem occurs on your CD drive directory to replace the driver with the previously installed version. If you install or update...
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...CD, it might prompt you can also detect other drivers and utilities. If no Install button is present, automatic installation is not an option. www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: If you are installing the driver (for example, Modems or Infrared devices). 94 .... A welcome screen appears. 4 Click Next. Click OK, and follow the instructions on the driver information window to complete the installation. Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP 1 After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the following section, or click Extract, follow the screen...
...CD, it might prompt you can also detect other drivers and utilities. If no Install button is present, automatic installation is not an option. www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: If you are installing the driver (for example, Modems or Infrared devices). 94 .... A welcome screen appears. 4 Click Next. Click OK, and follow the instructions on the driver information window to complete the installation. Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP 1 After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the following section, or click Extract, follow the screen...
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...Incompatibilities In the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, IRQ conflicts occur if a device either is not detected during the operating system setup or is detected but incorrectly configured. S olving Pr oblems 95 Conflicts are installing the driver. 7 Click the Driver tab and then click Update Driver. 8 Click Install from a... Device Manager. 4 In the Device Manager list, check for which you can determine what needs to bring up the Properties window so that you previously extracted the driver files. 10 When the name of the device for conflicts with the other devices.
...Incompatibilities In the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, IRQ conflicts occur if a device either is not detected during the operating system setup or is detected but incorrectly configured. S olving Pr oblems 95 Conflicts are installing the driver. 7 Click the Driver tab and then click Update Driver. 8 Click Install from a... Device Manager. 4 In the Device Manager list, check for which you can determine what needs to bring up the Properties window so that you previously extracted the driver files. 10 When the name of the device for conflicts with the other devices.
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...until the system restoration is complete. 3 Click Next. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use Windows XP Device Driver Rollback (see page 93) to replace the device driver with a newly installed driver, use System Restore (see page 96) to return your operating system... to reinstall the device drivers, virus protection program, and other software. S ...
...until the system restoration is complete. 3 Click Next. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use Windows XP Device Driver Rollback (see page 93) to replace the device driver with a newly installed driver, use System Restore (see page 96) to return your operating system... to reinstall the device drivers, virus protection program, and other software. S ...
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..., such as the domain name or workgroup name. If you may be prompted to boot from the drive. Windows XP installs the operating system components and configures the computer. message appears, click Skip. 3 When the Ready to complete...drivers (see the following message: Press any key when this message appears. 1 When the Welcome to the Internet? See the documentation that came with the software for instructions. 3 Reinstall your other software programs. See the documentation that came with Microsoft? www.dell.com | support.dell.com 7 If you are reinstalling Windows XP...
..., such as the domain name or workgroup name. If you may be prompted to boot from the drive. Windows XP installs the operating system components and configures the computer. message appears, click Skip. 3 When the Ready to complete...drivers (see the following message: Press any key when this message appears. 1 When the Welcome to the Internet? See the documentation that came with the software for instructions. 3 Reinstall your other software programs. See the documentation that came with Microsoft? www.dell.com | support.dell.com 7 If you are reinstalling Windows XP...