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If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive tray . . . . . 85 If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound 85 If the CD-RW drive stops writing 86 If you have problems with a hard drive 86 PC Card Problems 86 Network Problems 87 Error Messages 87 General Program Problems 89 A program crashes 89 A program stops responding 89 A solid blue screen appears 89 Error messages appear 89 E-Mail Problems 90 Resolving Other Technical Problems 90 If Your Computer Gets Wet 90 If You Drop or Damage Your Computer 91 Drivers 92 What Is a Driver 92 Identifying Drivers 92 Reinstalling Drivers 93 Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP 94 Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities 95 Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore 96 Creating a Restore Point 97 Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . 98 Undoing the Last System Restore 99 6 Contents

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Contents
If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive tray
. . . . .
85
If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound
. . . . . .
85
If the CD-RW drive stops writing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
If you have problems with a hard drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
PC Card Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
Network Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87
Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87
General Program Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
A program crashes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
A program stops responding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
A solid blue screen appears
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Error messages appear
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
E-Mail Problems
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90
Resolving Other Technical Problems
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90
If Your Computer Gets Wet
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90
If You Drop or Damage Your Computer
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91
Drivers
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92
What Is a Driver?
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92
Identifying Drivers
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92
Reinstalling Drivers
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93
Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP
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94
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
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95
Using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP System Restore
. . . . . . . . .
96
Creating a Restore Point
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
97
Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State
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98
Undoing the Last System Restore
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99