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Contents Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 95 Using Microsoft System Restore 99 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . 102 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . 103 Telephone support 104 Before calling Customer Care 104 eMachines contact information 105 Self-help 106 Appendix A: Legal Notices 107 Index 117 iv
Contents Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 95 Using Microsoft System Restore 99 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . 102 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . 103 Telephone support 104 Before calling Customer Care 104 eMachines contact information 105 Self-help 106 Appendix A: Legal Notices 107 Index 117 iv
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...page 24. • Your computer may be read by the CD or DVD drive. • If you have copy protection software. www.emachines.com Troubleshooting Troubleshooting topics are listed in cards See "Expansion cards" on page 79. Add-in alphabetical order. To identify your drive type,... Shut down and restart your computer, then enter the BIOS Setup utility by following the instructions in the drive documentation. • Reinstall the device driver. 75 For more information, see "Identifying optical drive types" on your computer restarts. Audio See "Sound" on page 62. • Restart ...
...page 24. • Your computer may be read by the CD or DVD drive. • If you have copy protection software. www.emachines.com Troubleshooting Troubleshooting topics are listed in cards See "Expansion cards" on page 79. Add-in alphabetical order. To identify your drive type,... Shut down and restart your computer, then enter the BIOS Setup utility by following the instructions in the drive documentation. • Reinstall the device driver. 75 For more information, see "Identifying optical drive types" on your computer restarts. Audio See "Sound" on page 62. • Restart ...
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... be able to play these CDs on and that the cables are turned off. The regional code on page 62. • Reinstall the appropriate device drivers. The regional code for the disc is 1. For more information, see "Identifying optical drive types" on page 29. • Make sure that the...computer. • Make sure that help control DVD title exports and help reduce illegal disc distribution. You may not match. • Reinstall the device driver. 76 The regional code for Mexico is facing up . If the DVD movie does not play, the disc's regional code and your DVD drive's ...
... be able to play these CDs on and that the cables are turned off. The regional code on page 62. • Reinstall the appropriate device drivers. The regional code for the disc is 1. For more information, see "Identifying optical drive types" on page 29. • Make sure that the...computer. • Make sure that help control DVD title exports and help reduce illegal disc distribution. You may not match. • Reinstall the device driver. 76 The regional code for Mexico is facing up . If the DVD movie does not play, the disc's regional code and your DVD drive's ...
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... is running, but there is not correct • Change the screen resolution from the Display Settings dialog box. The text on page 75. 77 www.emachines.com Display The screen resolution is no picture • Adjust the brightness and contrast controls to the center position. • If you know works to...
... is running, but there is not correct • Change the screen resolution from the Display Settings dialog box. The text on page 75. 77 www.emachines.com Display The screen resolution is no picture • Adjust the brightness and contrast controls to the center position. • If you know works to...
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.... • Make sure that a key is set up correctly. Press each key to loosen a key that the keyboard port works. • Reinstall the keyboard device driver. A keyboard character keeps repeating or you know works to make sure that might be stuck, then restart your ISP for technical support. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Connecting...
.... • Make sure that a key is set up correctly. Press each key to loosen a key that the keyboard port works. • Reinstall the keyboard device driver. A keyboard character keeps repeating or you know works to make sure that might be stuck, then restart your ISP for technical support. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Connecting...
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...printer. • If you print large files or many files at one time, you want to add additional memory to the printer. www.emachines.com 3 Right-click the printer you need to press after adding paper. See the guide that you want to work offline. See the printer... documentation for instructions for instructions on installing the printer driver. Help For more information about printer troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Printers window opens. 3 Right-click the printer...
...printer. • If you print large files or many files at one time, you want to add additional memory to the printer. www.emachines.com 3 Right-click the printer you need to press after adding paper. See the guide that you want to work offline. See the printer... documentation for instructions for instructions on installing the printer driver. Help For more information about printer troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Printers window opens. 3 Right-click the printer...
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..., you need to check your system You can solve most conditions. Type the phrase sound troubleshooter in the technical support pages at www.emachines.com. For more information, see "Configuring the audio jacks" on . • See the speaker setup poster to recover your system).... Problem solving may also involve re-installing some or all of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. eMachines provides everything you should create a set of the computer's software (also called recovering or restoring your system under ...
..., you need to check your system You can solve most conditions. Type the phrase sound troubleshooter in the technical support pages at www.emachines.com. For more information, see "Configuring the audio jacks" on . • See the speaker setup poster to recover your system).... Problem solving may also involve re-installing some or all of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. eMachines provides everything you should create a set of the computer's software (also called recovering or restoring your system under ...
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... • To re-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering your system to a previous state when everything was working correctly, the problem may be solved by using eMachines Recovery Center. 95 You can perform a partial recovery by returning...102. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers You can recover pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD, then recover your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs that you must have stopped working correctly. www.emachines.com • If only one or...
... • To re-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering your system to a previous state when everything was working correctly, the problem may be solved by using eMachines Recovery Center. 95 You can perform a partial recovery by returning...102. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers You can recover pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD, then recover your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs that you must have stopped working correctly. www.emachines.com • If only one or...
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... create a set of recovery discs while you like to perform this procedure.) To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. Because these discs do ? However, if you ever re-install Windows from your hard drive. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Preparing for...
... create a set of recovery discs while you like to perform this procedure.) To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. Because these discs do ? However, if you ever re-install Windows from your hard drive. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Preparing for...
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... are completed. The disc recording begins. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using software and driver recovery discs you do not have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. The eMachines Recovery Center opens. Important If you have created. Tip After a...Next. window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your software and drivers using eMachines Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. www.emachines.com 5 If you are for. Label the discs as an ...
... are completed. The disc recording begins. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using software and driver recovery discs you do not have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. The eMachines Recovery Center opens. Important If you have created. Tip After a...Next. window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your software and drivers using eMachines Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. www.emachines.com 5 If you are for. Label the discs as an ...
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OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of driver you want to recover. - If an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and eMachines Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and... another disc. 98 The eMachines Recovery Center starts. 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the disc. OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click...
OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of driver you want to recover. - If an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and eMachines Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and... another disc. 98 The eMachines Recovery Center starts. 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the disc. OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click...
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... box, then press ENTER. The Backup and Restore Center opens. 99 To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again. For instructions, see "Manually creating a restore point" on page...
... box, then press ENTER. The Backup and Restore Center opens. 99 To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again. For instructions, see "Manually creating a restore point" on page...
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... on your hard drive and re-install all factory software: 1 If you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. eMachines System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4 Select a language and keyboard layout, then click Next. 5... restarts. 2 If you can access important files on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. If you may need to recover its hard drive to its factory condition If your computer's problems are not solved by any of...
... on your hard drive and re-install all factory software: 1 If you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. eMachines System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4 Select a language and keyboard layout, then click Next. 5... restarts. 2 If you can access important files on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. If you may need to recover its hard drive to its factory condition If your computer's problems are not solved by any of...
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www.emachines.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with the full... need to c:\backup. - OR - The Factory image recovery window opens, which shows you the progress of software and driver recovery discs (if you have backed up files in its original factory condition. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If ... done so). Your computer restarts in c:\backup. For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on page 96. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into one of your computer's DVD-capable drives, then turn on your...
www.emachines.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with the full... need to c:\backup. - OR - The Factory image recovery window opens, which shows you the progress of software and driver recovery discs (if you have backed up files in its original factory condition. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If ... done so). Your computer restarts in c:\backup. For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on page 96. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into one of your computer's DVD-capable drives, then turn on your...
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... you did not purchase the hardware or software from CD or DVD" appears, press any key on your computer's pre-installed software and device drivers. If you use a surge protector, make sure that it . A list of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to select... Before calling Customer Care If you created to recover your keyboard. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 3 When the prompt "Press any key to boot from eMachines, see the manufacturer's documentation and technical support resources. • If you have installed it according to the instructions provided with your computer, ...
... you did not purchase the hardware or software from CD or DVD" appears, press any key on your computer's pre-installed software and device drivers. If you use a surge protector, make sure that it . A list of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to select... Before calling Customer Care If you created to recover your keyboard. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 3 When the prompt "Press any key to boot from eMachines, see the manufacturer's documentation and technical support resources. • If you have installed it according to the instructions provided with your computer, ...
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www.emachines.com See memory directional keys 21 Disk Cleanup 65 Disk Defragmenter 67 display cleaning 61 troubleshooting 77 documentation User Guide 2 double-clicking 23 dragging 23 drivers recovery discs 96, 98 re-installing 95 drives backing up files 68 CD 24...optical drive troubleshooting 75, 77 E editing buttons 21 electrostatic discharge (ESD) 34 eMachines contact information 3 model number 3 serial number 3 Support 2 eMachines contact information 105 eMachines Recovery Center re-installing drivers 97 re-installing programs 97 re-installing software 97 ergonomics 12 Error-checking 66 ...
www.emachines.com See memory directional keys 21 Disk Cleanup 65 Disk Defragmenter 67 display cleaning 61 troubleshooting 77 documentation User Guide 2 double-clicking 23 dragging 23 drivers recovery discs 96, 98 re-installing 95 drives backing up files 68 CD 24...optical drive troubleshooting 75, 77 E editing buttons 21 electrostatic discharge (ESD) 34 eMachines contact information 3 model number 3 serial number 3 Support 2 eMachines contact information 105 eMachines Recovery Center re-installing drivers 97 re-installing programs 97 re-installing software 97 ergonomics 12 Error-checking 66 ...
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... recovery discs 96, 98 re-installing 95 PS/2 port keyboard 8 mouse 9 R RAM See memory rebooting computer 19 recordable drive 7 recording audio files 27 optical discs 27 recovering defaults 102 drivers 95 programs 95 software 95 system 94 Windows 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99...
... recovery discs 96, 98 re-installing 95 PS/2 port keyboard 8 mouse 9 R RAM See memory rebooting computer 19 recordable drive 7 recording audio files 27 optical discs 27 recovering defaults 102 drivers 95 programs 95 software 95 system 94 Windows 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99...
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..., 98 programs 96, 98 software 96, 98 using 98 re-installing defaults 102 drivers 95 programs 94, 95 software 94, 95 Windows 94, 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 removing files and folders 65 resetting computer 19 restarting computer ...19 restoring defaults 102 drivers 95 files from Recycle Bin 79 programs 95 software 95 system 94 Windows 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 Resume mode 7 right-...
..., 98 programs 96, 98 software 96, 98 using 98 re-installing defaults 102 drivers 95 programs 94, 95 software 94, 95 Windows 94, 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 removing files and folders 65 resetting computer 19 restarting computer ...19 restoring defaults 102 drivers 95 files from Recycle Bin 79 programs 95 software 95 system 94 Windows 95 with eMachines Recovery Center 97 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 Resume mode 7 right-...
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... will receive the utmost satisfaction and enjoyment from all of your computer's software features. If you with your eMachines computer. Each and every eMachines computer uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about Windows and to high-quality, brand-name components at affordable...
... will receive the utmost satisfaction and enjoyment from all of your computer's software features. If you with your eMachines computer. Each and every eMachines computer uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about Windows and to high-quality, brand-name components at affordable...
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Broadband Internet settings differ from ISP to install Ethernet cards and drivers on each end. Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have Ethernet already installed. Plug your Ethernet cable into your computer's jack and the router or the cable or DSL modem at this ... you are using for your network, you need to ISP. Before you begin setting up your network, you should contact your ISP for any required drivers. If the connection is equipped with RJ-45 connectors (like a large telephone jack connector, but with your current setup. Cat 5 cables are available in the...
Broadband Internet settings differ from ISP to install Ethernet cards and drivers on each end. Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have Ethernet already installed. Plug your Ethernet cable into your computer's jack and the router or the cable or DSL modem at this ... you are using for your network, you need to ISP. Before you begin setting up your network, you should contact your ISP for any required drivers. If the connection is equipped with RJ-45 connectors (like a large telephone jack connector, but with your current setup. Cat 5 cables are available in the...