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Computer Diagnostic Features 3. Click Next to install Compaq Diagnostics for Windows. 4. After the program has finished installing, you may be prompted to restart the computer, or it may automatically restart. If prompted, click Finish to restart the computer or Cancel to exit the program. You must restart the computer to complete the installation of Compaq Diagnostics for Windows. ✎ If you want to upgrade an existing version of Compaq Diagnostics for Windows installed on your computer, visit www.compaq.com/support/files and click on an applicable product. In the next window, find Option 2-Locate by Category. Select Management Applications and Utilities. Click Locate Software and download the latest version. Execute the downloaded file and select Repair to update the installed version. This will cause the new version to overwrite the old version. Using Categories in Compaq Diagnostics for Windows To use the categories do the following: 1. Click Start > Compaq Information Center > Compaq Diagnostics for Windows. You can also select the Compaq Diagnostics for Windows icon, located in the Control Panel. The screen displays the overview of the computer hardware and software. 2. For specific hardware and software information, select a category from the Categories pull-down menu or the appropriate icon on the toolbar. ✎ As you move your cursor over the toolbar icons, the corresponding category name displays near the cursor. 3. To display more detailed information in a selected category, click More in the Information Level box in the lower left corner of the window or click Level at the top of the screen and select More. 4. Review, print, and/or save this information as needed. 1-4 Troubleshooting Guide

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Troubleshooting Guide
Computer Diagnostic Features
3. Click
Next
to install Compaq Diagnostics for Windows.
4. After the program has finished installing, you may be prompted
to restart the computer, or it may automatically restart. If
prompted, click
Finish
to restart the computer or
Cancel
to exit
the program. You must restart the computer to complete the
installation of Compaq Diagnostics for Windows.
If you want to upgrade an existing version of Compaq Diagnostics
for Windows installed on your computer, visit
www.compaq.com/support/files and click on an applicable product.
In the next window, find
Option 2—Locate by Category.
Select
Management Applications and Utilities.
Click
Locate Software
and download the latest version. Execute the downloaded file and
select
Repair
to update the installed version. This will cause the new
version to overwrite the old version.
Using Categories in Compaq Diagnostics for Windows
To use the categories do the following:
1. Click
Start > Compaq Information Center > Compaq
Diagnostics for Windows.
You can also select the
Compaq
Diagnostics for Windows
icon, located in the Control Panel.
The screen displays the overview of the computer hardware and
software.
2.
For specific hardware and software information, select a category
from the
Categories
pull-down menu or the appropriate icon on
the toolbar.
As you move your cursor over the toolbar icons, the corresponding
category name displays near the cursor.
3. To display more detailed information in a selected category, click
More
in the
Information Level
box in the lower left corner of the
window or click
Level
at the top of the screen and select
More.
4. Review, print, and/or save this information as needed.