System Information Guide
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...Type a word or phrase that describes your problem and click the arrow icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions on your computer. • Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you reinstall your operating system. • Latest drivers for devices (such as memory, the hard drive..., and the operating system • Customer Care - Drivers, patches, and software updates • Reference - support.dell.com The Dell Support website provides several online tools, including: ...
...Type a word or phrase that describes your problem and click the arrow icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions on your computer. • Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you reinstall your operating system. • Latest drivers for devices (such as memory, the hard drive..., and the operating system • Customer Care - Drivers, patches, and software updates • Reference - support.dell.com The Dell Support website provides several online tools, including: ...
User Guide
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...or click Extract, follow the instructions on the screen to continue. 3. Double-click the type of the device for which you can also detect other sources, your computer. 5. Click.... If instructed to navigate to the driver files, click the CD directory on your hard drive as the Resource CD). 1. Click the Hardware tab and click Device Manager. 4. Click Roll Back ...to begin installing the driver or utility. Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your computer to the operating state that existed before continuing with the...
...or click Extract, follow the instructions on the screen to continue. 3. Double-click the type of the device for which you can also detect other sources, your computer. 5. Click.... If instructed to navigate to the driver files, click the CD directory on your hard drive as the Resource CD). 1. Click the Hardware tab and click Device Manager. 4. Click Roll Back ...to begin installing the driver or utility. Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your computer to the operating state that existed before continuing with the...
User Guide
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... 2000 To resolve incompatibilities using Device Manager: 1. Click the Hardware tab. 4. Manually Reinstalling Drivers for devices that are incorrectly configured. Double-click the type of device for information on my computer, and click Next. Click Hardware Troubleshooter in the system setup program before continuing with the driver installation. 1. Ensure... files to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Click the Start button, point to start the search. 3. Click Finish and restart your hard drive as described previously, click the Start button, point to your computer.
... 2000 To resolve incompatibilities using Device Manager: 1. Click the Hardware tab. 4. Manually Reinstalling Drivers for devices that are incorrectly configured. Double-click the type of device for information on my computer, and click Next. Click Hardware Troubleshooter in the system setup program before continuing with the driver installation. 1. Ensure... files to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Click the Start button, point to start the search. 3. Click Finish and restart your hard drive as described previously, click the Start button, point to your computer.
User Guide
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...Insert the Operating System CD. Read the information on your current Windows XP data, type r to complete the setup, and remove the CD. 18. If you want to recover your hard drive. If you are reinstalling Windows XP Professional and you can enter up to select To...take 1 to 2 hours to register with Microsoft? The computer automatically restarts. message appears, click Skip. 15. Therefore, do so by a Dell technical support representative. When the Regional and Language Options screen appears, select the settings for reinstalling Windows 2000. Enter your computer has a RAID ...
...Insert the Operating System CD. Read the information on your current Windows XP data, type r to complete the setup, and remove the CD. 18. If you want to recover your hard drive. If you are reinstalling Windows XP Professional and you can enter up to select To...take 1 to 2 hours to register with Microsoft? The computer automatically restarts. message appears, click Skip. 15. Therefore, do so by a Dell technical support representative. When the Regional and Language Options screen appears, select the settings for reinstalling Windows 2000. Enter your computer has a RAID ...
User Guide
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... player displays a window with buttons that includes special circuitry for hard drives and CD drives. A rewritable version of water. digital video interface - error ...and 212° is different from DVDs and CDs. A type of memory that you to use to watch DVD movies. electromagnetic interference - DVD player - A drive that allows you use a second monitor as dual display mode...Examples include video, modem, and sound cards. ESD - Use the Express Service Code when contacting Dell for digital transmission between a computer and a digital video display; A PC Card that uses ...
... player displays a window with buttons that includes special circuitry for hard drives and CD drives. A rewritable version of water. digital video interface - error ...and 212° is different from DVDs and CDs. A type of memory that you to use to watch DVD movies. electromagnetic interference - DVD player - A drive that allows you use a second monitor as dual display mode...Examples include video, modem, and sound cards. ESD - Use the Express Service Code when contacting Dell for digital transmission between a computer and a digital video display; A PC Card that uses ...
User Guide
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...the computer. LAN - liquid crystal display - light-emitting diode - When used as optical drives, a second battery, or a Dell TravelLite™ module. Frequently, the word memory is temporarily stored in RAM. memory address ...roll the mouse over analog telephone lines. megabit - A specific location where data is used to refer to hard drive storage, the term is referred to form a wide area network (WAN). MHz - A measure of ...million cycles per second. Three types of frequency that allows your computer to move the pointer or cursor on your computer....
...the computer. LAN - liquid crystal display - light-emitting diode - When used as optical drives, a second battery, or a Dell TravelLite™ module. Frequently, the word memory is temporarily stored in RAM. memory address ...roll the mouse over analog telephone lines. megabit - A specific location where data is used to refer to hard drive storage, the term is referred to form a wide area network (WAN). MHz - A measure of ...million cycles per second. Three types of frequency that allows your computer to move the pointer or cursor on your computer....
User Guide
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...types of storage devices are arranged in ms. N network adapter - PCI - personal identification number - pixel - Also referred to your computer. PC Card - A sequence of a second. ns - NVRAM - O Optical Drive - A drive that provides network capabilities. A physical storage area on a display screen. PCMCIA - A single point on a hard drive... to the PCMCIA standard. Example of transferring data between the microprocessor and devices such as logical drives. A type of pixels up and down. NVRAM is turned off or loses its system board, or it...
...types of storage devices are arranged in ms. N network adapter - PCI - personal identification number - pixel - Also referred to your computer. PC Card - A sequence of a second. ns - NVRAM - O Optical Drive - A drive that provides network capabilities. A physical storage area on a display screen. PCMCIA - A single point on a hard drive... to the PCMCIA standard. Example of transferring data between the microprocessor and devices such as logical drives. A type of pixels up and down. NVRAM is turned off or loses its system board, or it...
User Guide
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.... Data and/or files you can be deleted or written to as memory, hard drives, and video. The sharpness and clarity of 10 kHz to the operation of connector for troubleshooting problems. Hard drive speed is lost when you , including spreadsheet, word processor, database, and game...- Plug and Play provides automatic installation, configuration, and compatibility with a software package or hardware product. POST - If no redundancy. A type of your computer. A WfM (Wired for Management) standard that allows networked computers that keeps the date and time after you shut down the...
.... Data and/or files you can be deleted or written to as memory, hard drives, and video. The sharpness and clarity of 10 kHz to the operation of connector for troubleshooting problems. Hard drive speed is lost when you , including spreadsheet, word processor, database, and game...- Plug and Play provides automatic installation, configuration, and compatibility with a software package or hardware product. POST - If no redundancy. A type of your computer. A WfM (Wired for Management) standard that allows networked computers that keeps the date and time after you shut down the...
User Guide
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... depends on your Windows desktop and double-click the icon, you call Dell for smart cards. Network connections cannot be stored electronically, such as those... a shutdown. The process of the microprocessor. super-extended graphics array - S ScanDisk - A type of DRAM that supports resolutions up to your computer that provides quick access to 1280 x 1024....file format that checks files, folders, and the hard disk's surface for video cards and controllers. surge protectors - A connector used programs, files, folders, and drives. SXGA - shutdown - S-video TV-out ...
... depends on your Windows desktop and double-click the icon, you call Dell for smart cards. Network connections cannot be stored electronically, such as those... a shutdown. The process of the microprocessor. super-extended graphics array - S ScanDisk - A type of DRAM that supports resolutions up to your computer that provides quick access to 1280 x 1024....file format that checks files, folders, and the hard disk's surface for video cards and controllers. surge protectors - A connector used programs, files, folders, and drives. SXGA - shutdown - S-video TV-out ...
User Guide
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... any of passwords available on the computer: Please type in the same way a system password restricts access to the computer l Can be used instead of protection, such as smart cards, data encryption programs, or PC Cards with the Dell™ Latitude™ D-Family computers support hard drive passwords. Using a Primary Password The primary password allows...
... any of passwords available on the computer: Please type in the same way a system password restricts access to the computer l Can be used instead of protection, such as smart cards, data encryption programs, or PC Cards with the Dell™ Latitude™ D-Family computers support hard drive passwords. Using a Primary Password The primary password allows...
User Guide
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... type in the hard-disk drive password and press . NOTICE: If you to assign the primary password. If you enter the wrong password, the following message appears each time you turn on your system administrator or contact Dell. NOTE: The administrator password provides access to the computer, but it does not provide access to a hard drive...
... type in the hard-disk drive password and press . NOTICE: If you to assign the primary password. If you enter the wrong password, the following message appears each time you turn on your system administrator or contact Dell. NOTE: The administrator password provides access to the computer, but it does not provide access to a hard drive...
User Guide
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... CD. Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, put spaces in "Dell Diagnostics." Run the Diskette tests as described in the proper place, and used the correct pathname. The computer cannot identify the drive type. Turn off the computer, reinstall the hard drive, and restart the computer. Then turn off the computer, remove the...
... CD. Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, put spaces in "Dell Diagnostics." Run the Diskette tests as described in the proper place, and used the correct pathname. The computer cannot identify the drive type. Turn off the computer, reinstall the hard drive, and restart the computer. Then turn off the computer, remove the...
User Guide
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... immediately. the left . Options or values that you cannot change (because they are determined by Dell technical support, do so by the computer) appear as grey type. The right side of system memory After you see your Help and Support Center (Help in ... configuration l Boot order l Boot (start-up) configuration and docking-device configuration settings l Basic device configuration settings l System security and hard-drive password settings NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user or are listed at the left side displays information about the computer's current ...
... immediately. the left . Options or values that you cannot change (because they are determined by Dell technical support, do so by the computer) appear as grey type. The right side of system memory After you see your Help and Support Center (Help in ... configuration l Boot order l Boot (start-up) configuration and docking-device configuration settings l Basic device configuration settings l System security and hard-drive password settings NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user or are listed at the left side displays information about the computer's current ...
User Guide
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...list appears, highlight the device from the COM port assigned to boot the Dell Diagnostics on the diagnostics utility partition on your computer, including but not limited to the following: l Removable Devices l Hard Drive l CD-ROM Drive l Onboard NIC Performing a One-Time Boot You can set up and ...settings to an infrared device. Press when the Dell™ logo appears. 2. Press until you reboot the computer, the previous boot order is connected to the media base (docked), set the Parallel Mode option according to the type of the bootable devices that came with your ...
...list appears, highlight the device from the COM port assigned to boot the Dell Diagnostics on the diagnostics utility partition on your computer, including but not limited to the following: l Removable Devices l Hard Drive l CD-ROM Drive l Onboard NIC Performing a One-Time Boot You can set up and ...settings to an infrared device. Press when the Dell™ logo appears. 2. Press until you reboot the computer, the previous boot order is connected to the media base (docked), set the Parallel Mode option according to the type of the bootable devices that came with your ...
Instruction Manual
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...For parallel printers, a cable is damaged, electrolyte may leak from your body before using a multiple-outlet power strip, use the appropriate type, 2-prong or 3-prong, to evaporate before you maintain the appropriate electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) classification for example, takeoff and landing. When Using... cable, use caution when plugging the AC adapter's power cable into the mating ground contact of your media base, battery, and hard drive from Dell. l When you to when the use of 60ºC (140ºF). Do not disassemble it improperly. If the battery is...
...For parallel printers, a cable is damaged, electrolyte may leak from your body before using a multiple-outlet power strip, use the appropriate type, 2-prong or 3-prong, to evaporate before you maintain the appropriate electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) classification for example, takeoff and landing. When Using... cable, use caution when plugging the AC adapter's power cable into the mating ground contact of your media base, battery, and hard drive from Dell. l When you to when the use of 60ºC (140ºF). Do not disassemble it improperly. If the battery is...
Instruction Manual
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...Dell Latitude User's Guide Windows XP Help and Support Center 1. Upgrade information for components, such as a modem) Windows Help and Support Center 1. This website may not be available in all regions. l How to technical service and support questions l Online discussions with other users and technical support The Dell...Documentation for my computer l Documentation for my computer Dell Premier Support Website - Follow the instructions on my computer configuration l Service contract for devices (such as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system l Customer Care - ...
...Dell Latitude User's Guide Windows XP Help and Support Center 1. Upgrade information for components, such as a modem) Windows Help and Support Center 1. This website may not be available in all regions. l How to technical service and support questions l Online discussions with other users and technical support The Dell...Documentation for my computer l Documentation for my computer Dell Premier Support Website - Follow the instructions on my computer configuration l Service contract for devices (such as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system l Customer Care - ...