Dell Dimension 8300N Owner's Manual - Page 37

Error Messages

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E N S U R E T H A T Y O U A R E C O N N E C T E D T O T H E I N T E R N E T - With the Outlook Express e-mail program open, click File. If Work Offline has a checkmark next to it, click the checkmark to remove it and connect to the Internet. ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER - Contact an Internet service provider to subscribe. C O N T A C T Y O U R I N T E R N E T S E R V I C E P R O V I D E R - Contact your Internet service provider for assistance. Error Messages If the message is not listed, see the documentation for the operating system or the program that was running when the message appeared. A FILENAME CANNOT CONTAIN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS Do not use these characters in filenames. A R E Q U I R E D . D L L F I L E W A S N O T F O U N D - The program that you are trying to open is missing an essential file. To remove and then reinstall the program: 1 Click the Start button and click Control Panel. 2 Click Add or Remove Programs. 3 Select the program you want to remove. 4 Click the Change or Remove Program icon. 5 See the program documentation for installation instructions. I N S E R T B O O T A B L E M E D I A - The operating system is trying to boot to a nonbootable floppy disk or CD. Insert a bootable floppy disk or CD. N O N - S Y S T E M D I S K E R R O R - A floppy disk is in the floppy drive. Remove the floppy disk and restart the computer. Solving Problems 37

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Solving Problems
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Error Messages
If the message is not listed, see the documentation for the operating system or the program
that was running when the message appeared.
E
NSURE
THAT
YOU
ARE
CONNECTED
TO
THE
I
NTERNET
With the Outlook Express
e-mail program open, click
File
. If
Work Offline
has a checkmark next to it, click the checkmark to
remove it and connect to the Internet.
E
NSURE
THAT
YOU
HAVE
SUBSCRIBED
TO
AN
I
NTERNET
SERVICE
PROVIDER
Contact an Internet service provider to subscribe.
C
ONTACT
YOUR
I
NTERNET
SERVICE
PROVIDER
Contact your Internet service provider
for assistance.
A
FILENAME
CANNOT
CONTAIN
ANY
OF
THE
FOLLOWING
CHARACTERS
: \ / : * ? “ <
> | —
Do not use these characters in filenames.
A
REQUIRED
.DLL
FILE
WAS
NOT
FOUND
The program that you are trying to open is
missing an essential file. To remove and then reinstall the program:
1
Click the
Start
button and click
Control Panel
.
2
Click
Add or Remove Programs
.
3
Select the program you want to remove.
4
Click the
Change or Remove Program
icon.
5
See the program documentation for installation instructions.
I
NSERT
BOOTABLE
MEDIA
The operating system is trying to boot to a nonbootable floppy
disk or CD. Insert a bootable floppy disk or CD.
N
ON
-
SYSTEM
DISK
ERROR
A floppy disk is in the floppy drive. Remove the floppy disk and
restart the computer.