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... Your Keyboard 67 Using the Numeric Keypad on a Laptop Computer 68 General Keyboard Shortcuts 69 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For Windows® XP 72 Setting up Printers 73 Adding a Printer 73 Setting the Default Printer 74 Sharing Printers on a Network...
... Your Keyboard 67 Using the Numeric Keypad on a Laptop Computer 68 General Keyboard Shortcuts 69 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For Windows® XP 72 Setting up Printers 73 Adding a Printer 73 Setting the Default Printer 74 Sharing Printers on a Network...
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... Reinstalling a Driver 80 Drive Problems 81 Optical Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level 5 Configuration 87 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows®...
... Reinstalling a Driver 80 Drive Problems 81 Optical Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level 5 Configuration 87 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows®...
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...Your Laptop Media Device 209 Playing Media Using the Dell Travel Remote . . . . . 210 Adjusting the Volume on Your Computer 210 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio Through the Media Software 210 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio in the Windows Audio Driver 211 Setting up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones ...211 Using a Digital Camera With Your Computer . . . . . 212 Using Windows Media Player 212 16 Connecting Your Computer to a TV and Adjusting Display ...
...Your Laptop Media Device 209 Playing Media Using the Dell Travel Remote . . . . . 210 Adjusting the Volume on Your Computer 210 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio Through the Media Software 210 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio in the Windows Audio Driver 211 Setting up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones ...211 Using a Digital Camera With Your Computer . . . . . 212 Using Windows Media Player 212 16 Connecting Your Computer to a TV and Adjusting Display ...
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... any of the display settings, make a note of images on page 246. As you decrease resolution, text and images appear larger. NOTE: Use only the Dell recommended video drivers, which are designed to them if needed. Also, see "Adjusting Display Settings With the Vendor Video Card Control Panel" on your... current settings so you can change back to offer the best performance with your display. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about display resolution, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 48 Monitors and Displays
... any of the display settings, make a note of images on page 246. As you decrease resolution, text and images appear larger. NOTE: Use only the Dell recommended video drivers, which are designed to them if needed. Also, see "Adjusting Display Settings With the Vendor Video Card Control Panel" on your... current settings so you can change back to offer the best performance with your display. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about display resolution, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 48 Monitors and Displays
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...the Display Settings window under Resolution, move the slide bar to the left or right to decrease/increase the screen resolution. 5 Click Apply to set resolution HINT: To display a program at a specific resolution, both the video card and the display must support the resolution, and the necessary video drivers must be ...installed. Windows Vista® 1 Right-click an open area of the desktop. 2 Click Personalize.
...the Display Settings window under Resolution, move the slide bar to the left or right to decrease/increase the screen resolution. 5 Click Apply to set resolution HINT: To display a program at a specific resolution, both the video card and the display must support the resolution, and the necessary video drivers must be ...installed. Windows Vista® 1 Right-click an open area of the desktop. 2 Click Personalize.
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...MORE INFORMATION: To learn more information. System Restore can be auto-detected by your computer. NOTE: Certain mice may need to install the appropriate drivers manually. Troubleshooting a USB Pointing Device You may not be performed if you click a button on the screen check box. 3 Click OK.... pointing device if any of use. Using a USB Pointing Device (Mouse) Your computer usually auto-detects and installs the drivers for more about using a USB pointing device, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 2 On the Touch Pointer tab, select or clear...
...MORE INFORMATION: To learn more information. System Restore can be auto-detected by your computer. NOTE: Certain mice may need to install the appropriate drivers manually. Troubleshooting a USB Pointing Device You may not be performed if you click a button on the screen check box. 3 Click OK.... pointing device if any of use. Using a USB Pointing Device (Mouse) Your computer usually auto-detects and installs the drivers for more about using a USB pointing device, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 2 On the Touch Pointer tab, select or clear...
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Keyboard Your keyboard provides different sets of keys to reinstall the driver. You may have problems with the pointing device, check the software driver for moving the cursor around in documents or windows: , , , , , , and arrow keys • Numeric keypad of numbers grouped together like those ... Navigation keys for the device. See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is integrated into the alphabetic keys.) Navigation Devices (Mouse, Keyboard, Touch Pad) 65 For more information on System Restore see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on page 265 HINT: If you still ...
Keyboard Your keyboard provides different sets of keys to reinstall the driver. You may have problems with the pointing device, check the software driver for moving the cursor around in documents or windows: , , , , , , and arrow keys • Numeric keypad of numbers grouped together like those ... Navigation keys for the device. See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is integrated into the alphabetic keys.) Navigation Devices (Mouse, Keyboard, Touch Pad) 65 For more information on System Restore see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on page 265 HINT: If you still ...
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... printers, and right-click the desired printer to your photo paper type. 72 Printers-Settings and Drivers For more information, see Microsoft® Windows® Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. For Windows Vista® 1 Click Start Faxes. →Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers and For...
... printers, and right-click the desired printer to your photo paper type. 72 Printers-Settings and Drivers For more information, see Microsoft® Windows® Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. For Windows Vista® 1 Click Start Faxes. →Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers and For...
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... at work and at both the printers on the Add Printer Wizard screen. If you want to print at home. Printers-Settings and Drivers 73 Adding a Printer Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers. EXAMPLE: You have a laptop computer that... you can connect one or more printers to your computer and add one or more computers to your computer. For Windows XP Click Start → Control Panel→ Printers and Other Hardware→ Printers and Faxes. 2 Click Add a Printer. 3 Follow the instructions...
... at work and at both the printers on the Add Printer Wizard screen. If you want to print at home. Printers-Settings and Drivers 73 Adding a Printer Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers. EXAMPLE: You have a laptop computer that... you can connect one or more printers to your computer and add one or more computers to your computer. For Windows XP Click Start → Control Panel→ Printers and Other Hardware→ Printers and Faxes. 2 Click Add a Printer. 3 Follow the instructions...
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... Printers on the printer icon, and select Set as your computer. For instructions on installing a network service, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 74 Printers-Settings and Drivers A checkmark appears above the icon of the printer selected as if it as the default. A shared printer is...
... Printers on the printer icon, and select Set as your computer. For instructions on installing a network service, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. 74 Printers-Settings and Drivers A checkmark appears above the icon of the printer selected as if it as the default. A shared printer is...
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.... You may need to install or reinstall printer drivers if you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. All devices require a driver program. Printers-Settings and Drivers 75 If not, proceed to step 5. 2 When the Drivers and Utilities installation program starts, follow the prompts... drive directory to display the media contents, and then double-click the autorcd.exe file. 3 When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you : • Upgrade your operating system •...
.... You may need to install or reinstall printer drivers if you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. All devices require a driver program. Printers-Settings and Drivers 75 If not, proceed to step 5. 2 When the Drivers and Utilities installation program starts, follow the prompts... drive directory to display the media contents, and then double-click the autorcd.exe file. 3 When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you : • Upgrade your operating system •...
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...your computer. If those drivers are not displayed, exit the Drivers and Utilities program, shut down all programs, and restart your system window. If you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities menu displays drivers only for the new... and Drivers HINT: The drivers that driver is not listed, then that are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Resource CD has identified these components in your computer. If a particular driver is not required by your computer are used by your computer. 5 When the Welcome Dell System ...
...your computer. If those drivers are not displayed, exit the Drivers and Utilities program, shut down all programs, and restart your system window. If you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities menu displays drivers only for the new... and Drivers HINT: The drivers that driver is not listed, then that are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Resource CD has identified these components in your computer. If a particular driver is not required by your computer are used by your computer. 5 When the Welcome Dell System ...
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... the state that controls your computer after you installed the new driver. HINT: You must be logged in with a [!]) on the device icon. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, use Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click Properties...your operating system. • Connect or install a new device. Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of a Device Problem 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 3 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 4 Scroll down the list to...
... the state that controls your computer after you installed the new driver. HINT: You must be logged in with a [!]) on the device icon. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, use Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click Properties...your operating system. • Connect or install a new device. Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of a Device Problem 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 3 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 4 Scroll down the list to...
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... Utilities media has identified these components in your system window. A message appears, stating that you want to step 2. Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to restart the computer. 4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If not, go to reinstall and...
... Utilities media has identified these components in your system window. A message appears, stating that you want to step 2. Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to restart the computer. 4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If not, go to reinstall and...
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...8226; Insert another CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc® (BD) to which you are installing the driver. 6 Click the Driver tab→ Update Driver→ Browse my computer for driver software. 7 Click Browse, and browse to the location to eliminate the possibility that came with your computer....8226; Insert a bootable disc and restart the computer. HINT: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your computer might not work correctly. Drives and Media 81 Click Start→ My Computer. See "Windows Hardware Troubleshooter" on page 337). FOR DRIVES WITH SPINDLES AND/OR...
...8226; Insert another CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc® (BD) to which you are installing the driver. 6 Click the Driver tab→ Update Driver→ Browse my computer for driver software. 7 Click Browse, and browse to the location to eliminate the possibility that came with your computer....8226; Insert a bootable disc and restart the computer. HINT: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your computer might not work correctly. Drives and Media 81 Click Start→ My Computer. See "Windows Hardware Troubleshooter" on page 337). FOR DRIVES WITH SPINDLES AND/OR...
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...troubleshooting option for Windows that starts ... in Safe Mode, you can eliminate the default settings and basic device drivers as possible causes. See "Replacing a Battery" on . This will ...You may be lost. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to identify which Windows mode you are started. Shutting Down Your Computer 107 ...Mode" appear in the corners of the display to run Windows are using. The error reporting dialog box will reset ... active programs will help you restart your computer, see: • Windows Help and Support: click Start or and Support → Help ...
...troubleshooting option for Windows that starts ... in Safe Mode, you can eliminate the default settings and basic device drivers as possible causes. See "Replacing a Battery" on . This will ...You may be lost. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to identify which Windows mode you are started. Shutting Down Your Computer 107 ...Mode" appear in the corners of the display to run Windows are using. The error reporting dialog box will reset ... active programs will help you restart your computer, see: • Windows Help and Support: click Start or and Support → Help ...
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... (or close) the application by using the Add or Remove Programs utility, you may accidentally delete drivers needed by using Task Manager: 1 Right-click the taskbar and select Task Manager. 2 On the Applications tab of the Windows Task Manager screen, click the application that is not responding, and then click End Task... than by other programs. Ending an Application When it Does not Respond Applications tab program not responding End Task button If an application stops responding, Windows tries to find the problem and fix it from your computer.
... (or close) the application by using the Add or Remove Programs utility, you may accidentally delete drivers needed by using Task Manager: 1 Right-click the taskbar and select Task Manager. 2 On the Applications tab of the Windows Task Manager screen, click the application that is not responding, and then click End Task... than by other programs. Ending an Application When it Does not Respond Applications tab program not responding End Task button If an application stops responding, Windows tries to find the problem and fix it from your computer.
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... outside the capabilities of compatible components inside your computer. Changes to these options to a file for the system and installed drivers. This information can be saved to tailor and customize their system's performance. These settings can be recalled at a later time...Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security) Advanced users can customize the color and intensity of a change available BIOS settings via a Windows user interface. NOTICE: System Setup allows users unrestricted access when setting performance related parameters. View System Information This section of the...
... outside the capabilities of compatible components inside your computer. Changes to these options to a file for the system and installed drivers. This information can be saved to tailor and customize their system's performance. These settings can be recalled at a later time...Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security) Advanced users can customize the color and intensity of a change available BIOS settings via a Windows user interface. NOTICE: System Setup allows users unrestricted access when setting performance related parameters. View System Information This section of the...
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... card, check the order confirmation that is removed or corrupted, follow the instructions in the user documentation for that name on page 26): Windows Vista 1 Click Start , right-click Computer and select Properties. 2 Under Tasks click Device Manager. 3 Click Network Adapters. FOR MORE ...in your wireless network card. Reinstalling Software and Drivers for Your Wireless Network Card If the software is installed in your computer and then search for your computer, see "Device Manager" on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. Windows XP 1 Click Start , right-click My...
... card, check the order confirmation that is removed or corrupted, follow the instructions in the user documentation for that name on page 26): Windows Vista 1 Click Start , right-click Computer and select Properties. 2 Under Tasks click Device Manager. 3 Click Network Adapters. FOR MORE ...in your wireless network card. Reinstalling Software and Drivers for Your Wireless Network Card If the software is installed in your computer and then search for your computer, see "Device Manager" on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. Windows XP 1 Click Start , right-click My...
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... the Back button again to return to the main menu screen. Multimedia 211 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio in the Windows Audio Driver 1 Double-click the Volume icon in the taskbar. 2 From the Volume Control window, click Options→ Advanced Controls→ Advanced. 3 Click the check box to select the most suitable option. If...
... the Back button again to return to the main menu screen. Multimedia 211 Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio in the Windows Audio Driver 1 Double-click the Volume icon in the taskbar. 2 From the Volume Control window, click Options→ Advanced Controls→ Advanced. 3 Click the check box to select the most suitable option. If...