Dell Inspiron 530s (Mid 2007) - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
5
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 54
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Windows Vista
®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . 59
Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting Up a Network in the
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting Up a Network in the
Windows Vista
®
Operating System . . . . . . . . 60
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 61
2 Solving Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 66
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 70
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 70
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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