Dell Dimension 2100 - Manual (Page 4)

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Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
If you cannot print to a parallel port printer . . . . . . . . . . 29
If you cannot print to a USB printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Modem Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
If you cannot play a music CD or install a program
from a CD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
If you cannot play a DVD movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
If the CD-RW drive stops writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
If you have a hard drive problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
General Program Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
A program crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Internet Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
If you have a problem with your Internet connection . . . . . . 41
E-Mail Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43