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Contents Ethernet 27 Expansion cards 29 File management 29 Hard drive 29 Internet 31 Keyboard 33 Memory 33 Memory card reader 34 Modem (cable or DSL 34 Modem (dial-up 34 Monitor 37 Mouse 38 Networks 39 Optical disc drives 39 Passwords 41 Power 41 Printer 42 Sound 43 Recovering your system 44 Creating recovery discs 45 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . 46 Returning your system to its factory condition . 47 Telephone support 49 Before calling Customer Care 49 Self-help 50 Appendix A: Regulations and safety notices . 51 viii
Contents Ethernet 27 Expansion cards 29 File management 29 Hard drive 29 Internet 31 Keyboard 33 Memory 33 Memory card reader 34 Modem (cable or DSL 34 Modem (dial-up 34 Monitor 37 Mouse 38 Networks 39 Optical disc drives 39 Passwords 41 Power 41 Printer 42 Sound 43 Recovering your system 44 Creating recovery discs 45 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . 46 Returning your system to its factory condition . 47 Telephone support 49 Before calling Customer Care 49 Self-help 50 Appendix A: Regulations and safety notices . 51 viii
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...Internet security features, such as a firewall, to protect your network from ISP to ISP. Before you should contact your ISP for any required drivers. Before you begin setting up your network, you change anything about your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with your Ethernet cards for ... connection, log onto the Internet using for additional network hardware • DHCP server/dynamic IP address assignment to install Ethernet cards and drivers on your computer Setting up a network. Plug your Ethernet cable into your computer's jack and the router or the cable or DSL...
...Internet security features, such as a firewall, to protect your network from ISP to ISP. Before you should contact your ISP for any required drivers. Before you begin setting up your network, you change anything about your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with your Ethernet cards for ... connection, log onto the Internet using for additional network hardware • DHCP server/dynamic IP address assignment to install Ethernet cards and drivers on your computer Setting up a network. Plug your Ethernet cable into your computer's jack and the router or the cable or DSL...
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... a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on each computer. Follow the instructions included with your router or access point. • Use a printer... click Computer. 21 Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each of the following: • Connect your printer to install the printer drivers on page 21. • Connect your printer to the network.
... a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on each computer. Follow the instructions included with your router or access point. • Use a printer... click Computer. 21 Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each of the following: • Connect your printer to install the printer drivers on page 21. • Connect your printer to the network.
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Printing files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that contains the file you want to copy. 3 Browse to the file you want to copy the file to .... 5 Right-click the folder where you are sending the file from the manufacturer's Web site. To print files across the network, you must install the driver for the printer on the computer you want to the network drive that shipped with your printer or from . Chapter 2: Setting Up and Getting Started...
Printing files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that contains the file you want to copy. 3 Browse to the file you want to copy the file to .... 5 Right-click the folder where you are sending the file from the manufacturer's Web site. To print files across the network, you must install the driver for the printer on the computer you want to the network drive that shipped with your printer or from . Chapter 2: Setting Up and Getting Started...
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... memory errors, click Start, then click Help and Support. Press each key to loosen a key that the keyboard port works. • Reinstall the keyboard device driver. Memory Help For more information, see a "Memory error" message • Use a third-party diagnostic program to help determine if a memory module is not stuck. Clean...
... memory errors, click Start, then click Help and Support. Press each key to loosen a key that the keyboard port works. • Reinstall the keyboard device driver. Memory Help For more information, see a "Memory error" message • Use a third-party diagnostic program to help determine if a memory module is not stuck. Clean...
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... works to your computer. The text on the back of your computer. • Check the cable for bent or damaged pins. • Reinstall the device driver. • Connect a monitor that the monitor warms up for at least 30 minutes before making a final judgment about color uniformity. For more information. Type screen...
... works to your computer. The text on the back of your computer. • Check the cable for bent or damaged pins. • Reinstall the device driver. • Connect a monitor that the monitor warms up for at least 30 minutes before making a final judgment about color uniformity. For more information. Type screen...
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...not be read by the DVD drive. • Shut down and restart your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that the speaker cables are connected correctly and securely. • Shut down and restart your... computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the device driver. • Make sure that the drive is configured correctly by following the instructions in the drive documentation. • Reinstall the device...
...not be read by the DVD drive. • Shut down and restart your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that the speaker cables are connected correctly and securely. • Shut down and restart your... computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the device driver. • Make sure that the drive is configured correctly by following the instructions in the drive documentation. • Reinstall the device...
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...; Check the cable between the printer and your printer for adding additional memory. The printer is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Press the button to put the printer online. • Check the cable for bent or broken pins. • If the printer you want to..., make sure that the printer is plugged into an AC power source. Make sure that it in the printer setup. • Reinstall the printer driver. See the guide that you may want to add additional memory to the printer. See the printer documentation for instructions for instructions on • Make...
...; Check the cable between the printer and your printer for adding additional memory. The printer is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Press the button to put the printer online. • Check the cable for bent or broken pins. • If the printer you want to..., make sure that the printer is plugged into an AC power source. Make sure that it in the printer setup. • Reinstall the printer driver. See the guide that you may want to add additional memory to the printer. See the printer documentation for instructions for instructions on • Make...
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...term reliability, the effort is worth it. Caution To prepare your system). To recover your system to its factory condition. To recover software and drivers that product's documentation or technical support Web site. 3 Revert to its factory condition" on page 47. 44 You can . For instructions, ... page 47. 4 Reset your system from significant hardware and software problems. For instructions, see that were pre-installed at www.emachines.com. If nothing else has solved the problem and you can use these discs later for recovering your system to a previous system condition.
...term reliability, the effort is worth it. Caution To prepare your system). To recover your system to its factory condition. To recover software and drivers that product's documentation or technical support Web site. 3 Revert to its factory condition" on page 47. 44 You can . For instructions, ... page 47. 4 Reset your system from significant hardware and software problems. For instructions, see that were pre-installed at www.emachines.com. If nothing else has solved the problem and you can use these discs later for recovering your system to a previous system condition.
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... create recovery discs: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - When the disc ... then click OK. Important Write a unique, descriptive label on the screen. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. Continue recording discs until the process is complete. 45...
... create recovery discs: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - When the disc ... then click OK. Important Write a unique, descriptive label on the screen. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. Continue recording discs until the process is complete. 45...
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... disc drive, then go to Step 3 after the eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. OR If you are recovering from the factory. The eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 3 Click Contents. Chapter...need to reinstall the software and device drivers that came pre-installed on your pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. eMachines Recovery Management opens. - A list of software and device drivers opens. 4 Click the install icon for...
... disc drive, then go to Step 3 after the eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. OR If you are recovering from the factory. The eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 3 Click Contents. Chapter...need to reinstall the software and device drivers that came pre-installed on your pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. eMachines Recovery Management opens. - A list of software and device drivers opens. 4 Click the install icon for...
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... OS, see "Recovering from within Windows OS To reinstall Windows OS and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Restore system to factory default. If you...system to its factory condition. A dialog box displays information about the hard drive that the operating system will erase all software and drivers that are not recoverable by other methods, you have installed a replacement hard drive, see "Recovering from your recovery discs" on...
... OS, see "Recovering from within Windows OS To reinstall Windows OS and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Restore system to factory default. If you...system to its factory condition. A dialog box displays information about the hard drive that the operating system will erase all software and drivers that are not recoverable by other methods, you have installed a replacement hard drive, see "Recovering from your recovery discs" on...
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... menu is where you its progress. Recovering from your recovery discs To reinstall Windows OS and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Turn on your computer, then press ALT+F10 during startup To reinstall Windows OS and all pre-installed software and... prompts for first-time system setup. The recovery process begins by restarting your computer. Caution Continuing the process will take a while, but a eMachines Recovery Management screen shows you can select which device to continue. This process may take several minutes. Your hard drive's original, factory-loaded contents...
... menu is where you its progress. Recovering from your recovery discs To reinstall Windows OS and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Turn on your computer, then press ALT+F10 during startup To reinstall Windows OS and all pre-installed software and... prompts for first-time system setup. The recovery process begins by restarting your computer. Caution Continuing the process will take a while, but a eMachines Recovery Management screen shows you can select which device to continue. This process may take several minutes. Your hard drive's original, factory-loaded contents...