Dell Dimension 4550 User Manual

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Advanced Troubleshooting

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Identifying Drivers

1

Click the Start button and click Control Panel.

2

Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance.

3

Click System.

4

In the System Properties screen, click the Hardware tab.

5

Click Device Manager.

6

In the Device Manager window, 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.

Reinstalling drivers

NOTICE: The Dell Support website and your

Dell Dimension ResourceCD

provide approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you install drivers obtained
from other sources, your computer might not work correctly.

Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback

If a problem occurs on your computer after you install or update a driver,
use Windows XP Device Driver Rollback to replace the driver with the
previously installed version.

To use Device Driver Rollback:

1

Click the Start button and click Control Panel.

2

Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance.

3

Click System.

4

In the System Properties screen, click the Hardware tab.

5

Click Device Manager.

6

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

click Properties.

7

Click the Drivers tab.

8

Click Roll Back Driver.

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