Identifying drivers – Dell Vostro 1400 (Mid 2007) User Manual

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Troubleshooting

Dell ships your computer to you with required drivers already installed—no
further installation or configuration is needed.

NOTE:

Your Drivers and Utilities media may contain drivers for operating systems

that are not on your computer. Ensure that you are installing software appropriate
for your operating system.

Many drivers, such as the keyboard driver, come with your Microsoft

®

Windows

®

operating system. You may need to install drivers if you:

Upgrade your operating system.

Reinstall your operating system.

Connect or install a new device.

Identifying Drivers

If you experience a problem with any device, identify whether the driver is the
source of your problem and, if necessary, update the driver.

Windows XP:

1 Click Start→ Control Panel.
2 Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance, and click

System.

3 In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab, and click Device

Manager.

Windows Vista:

1 Click Start

and

right-click

Computer.

2 Click Properties→ Device Manager.

NOTE:

The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an

administrator on the computer, 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 149).

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