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Reinstalling Software

In Windows XP, click PropertiesHardwareDevice Manager.

NOTE:

In Windows Vista

®

, the User Account Control window may appear. If

you are an administrator on the Tablet-PC, click Continue; otherwise, contact

your administrator to continue.

Scroll down the list to see if any device has an exclamation point (a yellow

circle with a [!]) on the device icon.
If an exclamation point is next to the device name, you may need to reinstall

the driver or install a new driver (see "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on

page 146).

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities

NOTICE:

The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your Drivers and

Utilities

media provide approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you install drivers

obtained from other sources, your Tablet-PC might not work correctly.

Using Windows Device Driver Rollback

If a problem occurs on your Tablet-PC after you install or update a driver, use

Windows Device Driver Rollback to replace the driver with the previously

installed version.

1 Click Start

, and right-click Computer.

In Windows XP, click

Start and right-click My Computer.

2 Click PropertiesDevice Manager.

In Windows XP, click

PropertiesHardwareDevice Manager.

NOTE:

In Windows Vista, the User Account Control window may appear. If

you are an administrator on the Tablet-PC, click Continue; otherwise, contact

your administrator to enter the Device Manager.

3 Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click

Properties.

4 Click the Driver tab→ Roll Back Driver.

If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System

Restore (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 148) to return your

Tablet-PC to the operating state that existed before you installed the new

driver.

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