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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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... documentation that comes with your Internet service provider. If the connection is already installed on your Ethernet cards for any required drivers. Before you begin setting up your network, you change anything about your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with your ...computer Setting up a network. Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have for additional network hardware • DHCP server/dynamic IP address assignment to ISP. Broadband Internet settings differ from ...
... documentation that comes with your Internet service provider. If the connection is already installed on your Ethernet cards for any required drivers. Before you begin setting up your network, you change anything about your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with your ...computer Setting up a network. Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have for additional network hardware • DHCP server/dynamic IP address assignment to ISP. Broadband Internet settings differ from ...
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...printers. Follow the instructions included with your router or access point. • Use a printer that came with your printer to install the printer drivers on network printers Sharing drives or folders To share drives or folders: 1 Click (Start), then click Computer. 21 After the drives and printers... • Use a print server. Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. To add a printer to the network, do one of the following: • Connect your printer to your networked computer, then share the ...
...printers. Follow the instructions included with your router or access point. • Use a printer that came with your printer to install the printer drivers on network printers Sharing drives or folders To share drives or folders: 1 Click (Start), then click Computer. 21 After the drives and printers... • Use a print server. Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. To add a printer to the network, do one of the following: • Connect your printer to your networked computer, then share the ...
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... to the network drive that shipped with your printer or from the manufacturer's Web site. To print files across the network, you must install the driver for the printer on the computer you are sending the file from the CD that contains the file you want to copy. 3 Browse to the... Paste. Chapter 2: Setting Up and Getting Started Copying files across the network To copy files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from . Printing files across the network: 1 Click (Start), then click Computer.
... to the network drive that shipped with your printer or from the manufacturer's Web site. To print files across the network, you must install the driver for the printer on the computer you are sending the file from the CD that contains the file you want to copy. 3 Browse to the... Paste. Chapter 2: Setting Up and Getting Started Copying files across the network To copy files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from . Printing files across the network: 1 Click (Start), then click Computer.
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... came with your computer. A keyboard character keeps repeating or you know works to loosen a key that the keyboard port works. • Reinstall the keyboard device driver. Press each key to make sure that might be stuck, then restart your computer. • Remove all extension cables and switch boxes. • Clean the...
... came with your computer. A keyboard character keeps repeating or you know works to loosen a key that the keyboard port works. • Reinstall the keyboard device driver. Press each key to make sure that might be stuck, then restart your computer. • Remove all extension cables and switch boxes. • Clean the...
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..., then press ENTER. The color is not uniform • Make sure that the monitor warms up for bent or damaged pins. • Reinstall the device driver. • Connect a monitor that you know works to your monitor and video card documentation. Type screen resolution in correctly. • Shut down and restart your...
..., then press ENTER. The color is not uniform • Make sure that the monitor warms up for bent or damaged pins. • Reinstall the device driver. • Connect a monitor that you know works to your monitor and video card documentation. Type screen resolution in correctly. • Shut down and restart your...
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...be read by following the instructions in the drive documentation. • Reinstall the device driver. A DVD movie will not play these CDs on your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the ...audio device drivers. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that the disc label is facing ... and restart your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the device driver. • Make sure that the speaker cables are turned up , then try again. • Try a different disc.
...be read by following the instructions in the drive documentation. • Reinstall the device driver. A DVD movie will not play these CDs on your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the ...audio device drivers. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that the disc label is facing ... and restart your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the device driver. • Make sure that the speaker cables are turned up , then try again. • Try a different disc.
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Make sure that it in the printer setup. • Reinstall the printer driver. Many printers have an online/offline button that you may need to is not the default printer, make sure that the printer is online. Many ... connected to the correct port. • Make sure that you may need to press after adding paper. 42 The printer is 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 add...
Make sure that it in the printer setup. • Reinstall the printer driver. Many printers have an online/offline button that you may need to is not the default printer, make sure that the printer is online. Many ... connected to the correct port. • Make sure that you may need to press after adding paper. 42 The printer is 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 add...
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...Creating recovery discs" on page 46. To recover software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Creating recovery discs" on reinstalling software and drivers that were pre-installed at www.emachines.com. If reinstalling software or drivers does not help, then the problem may be solved by ...system). If nothing else has solved the problem and you want to reset your system to a previous system condition. You can . eMachines provides everything was working correctly, the problem may also involve reinstalling some time to its factory condition. If only one or two ...
...Creating recovery discs" on page 46. To recover software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Creating recovery discs" on reinstalling software and drivers that were pre-installed at www.emachines.com. If reinstalling software or drivers does not help, then the problem may be solved by ...system). If nothing else has solved the problem and you want to reset your system to a previous system condition. You can . eMachines provides everything was working correctly, the problem may also involve reinstalling some time to its factory condition. If only one or two ...
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...original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. Creating recovery discs If your computer experiences...3 Insert a blank disc into the drive indicated in the Burn to reinstall the Windows operating system and factory-loaded software and drivers. When the disc finishes recording, the drive ejects it. 4 Remove the disc from the drive and mark it with a permanent marker....
...original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. Creating recovery discs If your computer experiences...3 Insert a blank disc into the drive indicated in the Burn to reinstall the Windows operating system and factory-loaded software and drivers. When the disc finishes recording, the drive ejects it. 4 Remove the disc from the drive and mark it with a permanent marker....
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...want to install, then follow that came pre-installed on your computer from your pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. Repeat this step for the item you want to reinstall. 46 You can recover using ...come pre-installed on your computer, you need to reinstall the software and device drivers that software's installation instructions. The eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 3 Click Contents. To recover your driver and application recovery disc, insert it into the disc drive, then go to ...
...want to install, then follow that came pre-installed on your computer from your pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. Repeat this step for the item you want to reinstall. 46 You can recover using ...come pre-installed on your computer, you need to reinstall the software and device drivers that software's installation instructions. The eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 3 Click Contents. To recover your driver and application recovery disc, insert it into the disc drive, then go to ...
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...hard drive that were pre-installed on your system. You can still run Windows OS, see "Recovering from your recovery discs" on page 48. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Restore system to factory default. Recovering from within Windows OS" on page 47. ... by other methods, you may need to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that the operating system will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management.
...hard drive that were pre-installed on your system. You can still run Windows OS, see "Recovering from your recovery discs" on page 48. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Restore system to factory default. Recovering from within Windows OS" on page 47. ... by other methods, you may need to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that the operating system will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management.
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... opens. 2 Click Restore system from the hard drive during startup. This process will take a while, but a eMachines Recovery Management screen shows you can select which device to start from, such as the hard drive or an optical disc. 3 Use your computer. 5 ...may take several minutes. When the recovery has finished, a dialog box prompts you inserted. Caution Continuing the process will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Turn on your computer, insert the first system recovery disc into your optical disc drive, then restart your computer, then press ALT+F10 during ...
... opens. 2 Click Restore system from the hard drive during startup. This process will take a while, but a eMachines Recovery Management screen shows you can select which device to start from, such as the hard drive or an optical disc. 3 Use your computer. 5 ...may take several minutes. When the recovery has finished, a dialog box prompts you inserted. Caution Continuing the process will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Turn on your computer, insert the first system recovery disc into your optical disc drive, then restart your computer, then press ALT+F10 during ...