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www.dell.com | support.dell.com I R R EG UL A R DI AL T ON E - If you have voice mail service, you might hear an irregular dial tone when you have messages. Contact your telephone company for instructions on restoring a dial tone. TUR N OF F CA L L W A I TIN G (C A TC H- PH ON E) - See your telephone directory for instructions on deactivating this feature. Then adjust the dial-up networking connection properties. 1 Click the Start button and click Control Panel. 2 Click Printers and Other Hardware, click Phone and Modem Options, click the Dialing Rules tab, and then click Edit.... 3 In the Edit Location window, ensure that To disable call waiting, dial: is checked, and then select the proper code as listed in your telephone directory. 4 Click Apply and click OK. 5 Close the Phone and Modems Options window. 6 Close the Control Panel window. VERIFY THAT THE MODEM IS COMMUNICATING WITH WINDOWS - 1 Click the Start button and click Control Panel. 2 Click Printers and Other Hardware and click Phone and Modem Options. 3 Click the Modems tab. 4 Click the COM port for your modem. 5 Click Properties, click the Diagnostics tab, and then click Query Modem to verify that the modem is communicating with Windows. If all commands receive responses, the modem is operating properly. E-Mail Problems E N S U R E T H A T Y O U AR E C ON N E C TE D TO T H E I N TE R N E T - With the Outlook Express e-mail program open, click File. If Work Offline has a check mark next to it, click the check mark to remove it and connect to the Internet. Transferring Information to a New Computer The Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system provides a Files and Settings Transfer wizard to move data from the source computer to the new computer. You can move data such as: • E-mails • Toolbar settings • Window sizes • Internet bookmarks You can transfer the data to the new computer over a network or serial connection, or you can store it on a removable medium, such as a writable CD or floppy disk. 36 Se tti n g U p Yo ur Co m p ute r

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36
Setting Up Your Computer
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I
RREGULAR
DIAL
TONE
—
If you have voice mail service, you might hear an irregular dial tone
when you have messages. Contact your telephone company for instructions on restoring a dial tone.
T
URN
OFF
CALL
WAITING
(
CATCH
-
PHONE
)—
See your telephone directory for instructions on
deactivating this feature. Then adjust the dial-up networking connection properties.
1
Click the
Start
button and click
Control Panel
.
2
Click
Printers and Other Hardware
, click
Phone and Modem Options
, click the
Dialing Rules
tab,
and then click
Edit...
.
3
In the
Edit Location
window, ensure that
To disable call waiting, dial:
is checked, and then select
the proper code as listed in your telephone directory.
4
Click
Apply
and click
OK
.
5
Close the
Phone and Modems Options
window.
6
Close the
Control Panel
window.
V
ERIFY
THAT
THE
MODEM
IS
COMMUNICATING
WITH
W
INDOWS
—
1
Click the
Start
button and click
Control Panel
.
2
Click
Printers and Other Hardware
and click
Phone and Modem Options
.
3
Click the
Modems
tab.
4
Click the COM port for your modem.
5
Click
Properties
, click the
Diagnostics
tab, and then click
Query Modem
to verify that the modem
is communicating with Windows.
If all commands receive responses, the modem is operating properly.
E-Mail Problems
E
NSURE
THAT
YOU
ARE
CONNECTED
TO
THE
INTERNET
—
With the Outlook Express e-mail
program open, click
File
. If
Work Offline
has a check mark next to it, click the check mark to remove
it and connect to the Internet.
Transferring Information to a New Computer
The Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP operating system provides a Files and Settings Transfer wizard
to move data from the source computer to the new computer. You can move data such as:
•
E-mails
•
Toolbar settings
•
Window sizes
•
Internet bookmarks
You can transfer the data to the new computer over a network or serial connection, or you
can store it on a removable medium, such as a writable CD or floppy disk.