Dell Vostro 1000 (Mid 2007) - Manual (Page 7)

Contents
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Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . 77
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless
Router and a Broadband Modem
. . . . . . . . . . 78
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network
Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area
Network (WWAN)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
What You Need to Establish a Mobile
Broadband Network Connection
. . . . . . . . . . 82
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 83
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
10 Securing Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
11 Adding and Replacing Parts
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89
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 90
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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