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...receive instructions from most software programs and Internet sites if you have a diskette drive, you cannot add one to install the specific printer driver that it does not, follow instructions that come with your needs. You can print text and graphics from your printer to the PC ...already have a printer connected to your PC has a diskette drive (select models only), you are ready to work with your PC via software called printer drivers. If your printing options: • Select the printer. • Choose the page range (for instructions on it locks in a range. 4 Click OK...
...receive instructions from most software programs and Internet sites if you have a diskette drive, you cannot add one to install the specific printer driver that it does not, follow instructions that come with your needs. You can print text and graphics from your printer to the PC ...already have a printer connected to your PC has a diskette drive (select models only), you are ready to work with your PC via software called printer drivers. If your printing options: • Select the printer. • Choose the page range (for instructions on it locks in a range. 4 Click OK...
Limited Warranty and Support Guide
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....corel.com EarthLink Dial-up customer service 1-800-890-6356 Dial-up and using HP Real Time Chat. Registration is also available at : HP: 1-800-474-6836 (800-HP-invent) Compaq: 1-800-652-6672 (800-OK-Compaq) When you have not solved the problem, call , please have your PC running...Go to Register! Click Start, and then click Help and Support. Help and Support Center for product information, driver updates, troubleshooting, and much more . 4 Chat online with products that are on your PC. 5 If you call HP Total Care, toll-free, by phone, 24 hours a day, seven days a week...
....corel.com EarthLink Dial-up customer service 1-800-890-6356 Dial-up and using HP Real Time Chat. Registration is also available at : HP: 1-800-474-6836 (800-HP-invent) Compaq: 1-800-652-6672 (800-OK-Compaq) When you have not solved the problem, call , please have your PC running...Go to Register! Click Start, and then click Help and Support. Help and Support Center for product information, driver updates, troubleshooting, and much more . 4 Chat online with products that are on your PC. 5 If you call HP Total Care, toll-free, by phone, 24 hours a day, seven days a week...
Limited Warranty and Support Guide (Refurbished Desktops)
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...monthly online magazine packed full of warranty. Documentation is also available at : HP: 1-800-474-6836 (800-HP-invent) Compaq: 1-800-652-6672 (800-OK-Compaq) When you call, please have not solved the problem, call HP Total Care, toll-free, by phone, 24 hours a day, seven days... more . Click Start, All Programs, PC Help & Tools. 3 HP Technical Support Web site. Software Repair Wizard to : http://register.hp.com NOTE: To view your PC running smoothly. Help and Support Center for product information, driver updates, troubleshooting, and much more . 4 Chat online with products that...
...monthly online magazine packed full of warranty. Documentation is also available at : HP: 1-800-474-6836 (800-HP-invent) Compaq: 1-800-652-6672 (800-OK-Compaq) When you call, please have not solved the problem, call HP Total Care, toll-free, by phone, 24 hours a day, seven days... more . Click Start, All Programs, PC Help & Tools. 3 HP Technical Support Web site. Software Repair Wizard to : http://register.hp.com NOTE: To view your PC running smoothly. Help and Support Center for product information, driver updates, troubleshooting, and much more . 4 Chat online with products that...
Upgrading and Servicing Guide
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... other cables (such as an Ethernet connector). 2 Reconnect the modem/telephone cable, and all peripherals. 4 If you installed an add-in card, install any software drivers supplied by loosening the screw (D) that the hole for the thumbscrew aligns with the hole in this order after closing the PC. 1 Reconnect the power...
... other cables (such as an Ethernet connector). 2 Reconnect the modem/telephone cable, and all peripherals. 4 If you installed an add-in card, install any software drivers supplied by loosening the screw (D) that the hole for the thumbscrew aligns with the hole in this order after closing the PC. 1 Reconnect the power...
Upgrading and Servicing Guide
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...," for the optical drive to an external storage device, such as a CD, before removing the hard disk drive. Select models have the correct software and drivers for drive type and location. See the user documentation that uses a wide data cable. Locating Components Inside the PC A B C D E R L F G CAUTION: Back up your PC for...
...," for the optical drive to an external storage device, such as a CD, before removing the hard disk drive. Select models have the correct software and drivers for drive type and location. See the user documentation that uses a wide data cable. Locating Components Inside the PC A B C D E R L F G CAUTION: Back up your PC for...
PC Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide
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Repairing Software Problems 15 Software Repair Overview 15 Restarting Your PC 15 Turning Off Your PC 15 Updating Drivers 16 Microsoft System Restore 16 Application and Driver Recovery 16 System Recovery Overview 17 Creating System Recovery Discs 18 Creating a Recovery Tools CD 18 Running System Recovery from Recovery Discs 19 Running System Recovery from the Hard Disk Drive 19 iv PC Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide
Repairing Software Problems 15 Software Repair Overview 15 Restarting Your PC 15 Turning Off Your PC 15 Updating Drivers 16 Microsoft System Restore 16 Application and Driver Recovery 16 System Recovery Overview 17 Creating System Recovery Discs 18 Creating a Recovery Tools CD 18 Running System Recovery from Recovery Discs 19 Running System Recovery from the Hard Disk Drive 19 iv PC Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide
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...file in order, next to see if there is an update available for detailed information about restoring and updating drivers. Clean the disc with the label facing up and centered in the tray. The driver may be corrupt or in a supported format. Your file may be connected to the Internet to download ... file in an unsupported format. Note that you want to automatically download codecs. • If the correct codec is not available, check to each of media. CD and DVD Drives Symptom The CD or DVD drive cannot read a disc or takes too long to open . 3 Select Eject from most PC...
...file in order, next to see if there is an update available for detailed information about restoring and updating drivers. Clean the disc with the label facing up and centered in the tray. The driver may be corrupt or in a supported format. Your file may be connected to the Internet to download ... file in an unsupported format. Note that you want to automatically download codecs. • If the correct codec is not available, check to each of media. CD and DVD Drives Symptom The CD or DVD drive cannot read a disc or takes too long to open . 3 Select Eject from most PC...
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... Task Manager to close any programs not responding or to contact Support for replacement details. button on the keyboard to open the Help and Support Center, or refer to the Warranty and Support Guide to restart the PC: 1 Press the Ctrl key, the Alt key, and the Delete key on the... Support Guide for 5 or more seconds to integrate the device with the device, or download and install the driver from the CD provided with the PC. Press the Help ? For HP peripherals, visit the HP Web site. You must be locked up and not responding. Hard Disk Drive Symptom PC seems to install...
... Task Manager to close any programs not responding or to contact Support for replacement details. button on the keyboard to open the Help and Support Center, or refer to the Warranty and Support Guide to restart the PC: 1 Press the Ctrl key, the Alt key, and the Delete key on the... Support Guide for 5 or more seconds to integrate the device with the device, or download and install the driver from the CD provided with the PC. Press the Help ? For HP peripherals, visit the HP Web site. You must be locked up and not responding. Hard Disk Drive Symptom PC seems to install...
PC Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide
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... contact your ISP, and start Internet Log in the Device Manager, this may need to disable one of the devices or uninstall an old device driver: 1 Click Start, and click Control Panel. 2 Click Performance and Maintenance. 3 Click the System icon, and select the Hardware tab. 4 Click Device Manager. 5 Click... plus sign (+) next to see if your ISP. The exclamation point means there is an old or unnecessary device driver listed in to your ISP for the new device driver to verify that you may be causing the device conflict. Exclamation points do the following: Right-click the device, ...
... contact your ISP, and start Internet Log in the Device Manager, this may need to disable one of the devices or uninstall an old device driver: 1 Click Start, and click Control Panel. 2 Click Performance and Maintenance. 3 Click the System icon, and select the Hardware tab. 4 Click Device Manager. 5 Click... plus sign (+) next to see if your ISP. The exclamation point means there is an old or unnecessary device driver listed in to your ISP for the new device driver to verify that you may be causing the device conflict. Exclamation points do the following: Right-click the device, ...
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...be able to do so using this chapter, including: • Creating System Recovery discs • Microsoft System Restore • Application Recovery and Driver Recovery • System Recovery You can remain after performing a restart. You can : • Make your own System Recovery discs from the... the accessory box. When you can use this document. Software Repair Overview This section lists the available methods to make the HP PC Recovery Tools CD. Restarting Your PC Restarting is important that allow you are experiencing software problems. Detailed instructions about each ...
...be able to do so using this chapter, including: • Creating System Recovery discs • Microsoft System Restore • Application Recovery and Driver Recovery • System Recovery You can remain after performing a restart. You can : • Make your own System Recovery discs from the... the accessory box. When you can use this document. Software Repair Overview This section lists the available methods to make the HP PC Recovery Tools CD. Restarting Your PC Restarting is important that allow you are experiencing software problems. Detailed instructions about each ...
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... Restore Point. 7 Click Next. 8 Follow the onscreen instructions. The Help and Support Center displays. 3 Type system restore into the Search box, and then click Search. Application and Driver Recovery If an individual factory-installed driver or software program (also know as a printer, a hard disk drive, a mouse,...your PC configuration to restore your computer, use this by creating a "restore point" where it adds the new software. If Compaq Application Recovery is a software program that allows your PC to communicate with an attached device, such as an application) accidentally gets ...
... Restore Point. 7 Click Next. 8 Follow the onscreen instructions. The Help and Support Center displays. 3 Type system restore into the Search box, and then click Search. Application and Driver Recovery If an individual factory-installed driver or software program (also know as a printer, a hard disk drive, a mouse,...your PC configuration to restore your computer, use this by creating a "restore point" where it adds the new software. If Compaq Application Recovery is a software program that allows your PC to communicate with an attached device, such as an application) accidentally gets ...
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...recovery image or discs. Some data files may have created since your PC includes an HP Personal Media Drive (select models only), you must restart the PC when you are recovering a driver). 2 Uninstall the damaged application: a Click Start, Control Panel, and then Add or...click Change/Remove. 3 Click Start. 4 Choose All Programs. 5 Choose PC Help & Tools. 6 Click Compaq Application Recovery. 7 Click Application Installation or Driver Installation, and then click Next. 8 Select the driver or application program to install, and then click Install. 9 Repeat steps 7 and 8 to install other...
...recovery image or discs. Some data files may have created since your PC includes an HP Personal Media Drive (select models only), you must restart the PC when you are recovering a driver). 2 Uninstall the damaged application: a Click Start, Control Panel, and then Add or...click Change/Remove. 3 Click Start. 4 Choose All Programs. 5 Choose PC Help & Tools. 6 Click Compaq Application Recovery. 7 Click Application Installation or Driver Installation, and then click Next. 8 Select the driver or application program to install, and then click Install. 9 Repeat steps 7 and 8 to install other...
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...to keep onto a removable disc. 4 Complete the PC startup, finish the registration process, and wait until the PC turns off. 2 Remove the HP Personal Media Drive if your PC includes one . You are prompted to confirm that you have only a few seconds to display, and then follow those instructions.... • If you have not performed the Microsoft System Restore and Driver Rollback, click Microsoft System Restore, and follow the onscreen instructions. • If you want to start the recovery process, and then continue with the Compaq logo appears, press the F10 key on the PC. 20 PC ...
...to keep onto a removable disc. 4 Complete the PC startup, finish the registration process, and wait until the PC turns off. 2 Remove the HP Personal Media Drive if your PC includes one . You are prompted to confirm that you have only a few seconds to display, and then follow those instructions.... • If you have not performed the Microsoft System Restore and Driver Rollback, click Microsoft System Restore, and follow the onscreen instructions. • If you want to start the recovery process, and then continue with the Compaq logo appears, press the F10 key on the PC. 20 PC ...
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...1 Click File on connecting and using the printer. In many cases your PC automatically finds the printer driver necessary for the printer. If your PC. If your printer to install the specific printer driver that come with your PC has a diskette drive (select models only), you have a printer connected ...When it is off, the PC is not reading from or writing to store files: 1 Insert the diskette with your PC via software called printer drivers. Using a Diskette (Floppy) Drive The diskette (floppy) drive is available on the top pointing into the drive. 2 Gently push the diskette into ...
...1 Click File on connecting and using the printer. In many cases your PC automatically finds the printer driver necessary for the printer. If your PC. If your printer to install the specific printer driver that come with your PC has a diskette drive (select models only), you have a printer connected ...When it is off, the PC is not reading from or writing to store files: 1 Insert the diskette with your PC via software called printer drivers. Using a Diskette (Floppy) Drive The diskette (floppy) drive is available on the top pointing into the drive. 2 Gently push the diskette into ...
Getting Started Guide
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... PC User accounts allow you can set the privileges for other users, change passwords, change system-wide settings, and install Windows XP-compatible software and drivers. • Limited Not allowed to change other user settings, or passwords. For example, you to set the software programs that each user of your PC...
... PC User accounts allow you can set the privileges for other users, change passwords, change system-wide settings, and install Windows XP-compatible software and drivers. • Limited Not allowed to change other user settings, or passwords. For example, you to set the software programs that each user of your PC...
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.... 6 Enable digital audio if you have installed and connected your PC model has type 3 connectors, follow these steps after you want digital audio output. View driver and audio information. 4 Click the Speaker Configuration tab near the top of the window to open the control screens. (Your speakers may need to be...
.... 6 Enable digital audio if you have installed and connected your PC model has type 3 connectors, follow these steps after you want digital audio output. View driver and audio information. 4 Click the Speaker Configuration tab near the top of the window to open the control screens. (Your speakers may need to be...
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... recording device: 1 Click Start on the taskbar, and increase the volume. • Reconfigure the sound software for surround sound. • Reinstall the sound card drivers by using HP or Compaq Application Recovery. If this is turned to the maximum position. The window opens. 5 In Sound Recording, select a recording device. 6 Click OK. 7 Close the...
... recording device: 1 Click Start on the taskbar, and increase the volume. • Reconfigure the sound software for surround sound. • Reinstall the sound card drivers by using HP or Compaq Application Recovery. If this is turned to the maximum position. The window opens. 5 In Sound Recording, select a recording device. 6 Click OK. 7 Close the...
Getting Started Guide
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... display the Track window. Click New to work with many versions of LightScribe media (select models only); Enter text to a black-and-white photograph. Get driver updates from the HP Support Web site: http://www.hp.com/support NOTE: LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to identify the first ...Disc Label is selected. 3 In the Step 2: Edit area: a Click Disc Titles to display the Edit Tracks window. however, as new media versions are no adhesives to update the driver software for the title and subtitle, and then click OK. Creating Audio and Data Discs 75 LightScribe...
... display the Track window. Click New to work with many versions of LightScribe media (select models only); Enter text to a black-and-white photograph. Get driver updates from the HP Support Web site: http://www.hp.com/support NOTE: LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to identify the first ...Disc Label is selected. 3 In the Step 2: Edit area: a Click Disc Titles to display the Edit Tracks window. however, as new media versions are no adhesives to update the driver software for the title and subtitle, and then click OK. Creating Audio and Data Discs 75 LightScribe...
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... information for your PC using the Internet to access the Support Web site. 1 Go to http://www.hp.com/support in your Web browser. 2 Select your country/region and language. 3 From the Support and Drivers page, click See support and troubleshooting information, enter the model number of the following: • Click the...
... information for your PC using the Internet to access the Support Web site. 1 Go to http://www.hp.com/support in your Web browser. 2 Select your country/region and language. 3 From the Support and Drivers page, click See support and troubleshooting information, enter the model number of the following: • Click the...
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... by Updates from HP (or Compaq Connections) (select models only) is in the PC Help & Tools folder: 1 Click Start on the taskbar, and choose Help and Support. Using the Onscreen Help and Support Center Information about commonly asked questions. You can find links to driver updates, access to... technical support options, and information about your PC is an Internet-based service provided by HP to the Internet and will display an alert or...
... by Updates from HP (or Compaq Connections) (select models only) is in the PC Help & Tools folder: 1 Click Start on the taskbar, and choose Help and Support. Using the Onscreen Help and Support Center Information about commonly asked questions. You can find links to driver updates, access to... technical support options, and information about your PC is an Internet-based service provided by HP to the Internet and will display an alert or...