E-mail problems, Transferring information to a new computer – Dell Inspiron 500m User Manual

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— If you have voice mail service, you might hear an irregular dial tone

when you have messages. Contact your telephone company for instructions on restoring a dial tone.
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deactivating this feature. Then adjust the dial-up networking connection properties.

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Click the Start button and click Control Panel.

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Click Printers and Other Hardware, click Phone and Modem Options, click the Dialing Rules tab,
and then click Edit....

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In the Edit Location window, ensure that To disable call waiting, dial: is checked, and then select
the proper code as listed in your telephone directory.

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Click Apply and click OK.

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Close the Phone and Modems Options window.

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Close the Control Panel window.

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Click the Start button and click Control Panel.

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Click Printers and Other Hardware and click Phone and Modem Options.

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Click the Modems tab.

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Click the COM port for your modem.

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Click Properties, click the Diagnostics tab, and then click Query Modem to verify that the modem
is communicating with Windows.

If all commands receive responses, the modem is operating properly.

E-Mail Problems

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— With the Outlook Express e-mail

program open, click File. If Work Offline has a check mark next to it, click the check mark to remove
it and connect to the Internet.

Transferring Information to a New Computer

The Microsoft

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to move data from the source computer to the new computer. You can move data such as:

• E-mails
• Toolbar settings
• Window sizes
• Internet bookmarks

You can transfer the data to the new computer over a network or serial connection, or you
can store it on a removable medium, such as a writable CD or floppy disk.

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