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A solid blue screen appears TU R N T H E C O M P U T E R O F F - If you are unable to get a response by pressing a key on your keyboard or moving your mouse, press and hold the power button for at least 8 to 10 seconds until the computer turns off. Then restart your computer. Dell MediaDirect™ problems C H E C K T H E D E L L M E D I A D I R E C T H E L P F I L E F O R I N F O R M A T I O N - Click the question mark icon at the bottom of the Dell MediaDirect screen to access Help. TO P L A Y M O V I E S W I T H D E L L M E D I A D I R E C T , Y O U M U S T H A V E A D V D D R I V E A N D T H E D E L L D V D P L A Y E R - If you purchased a DVD drive with your computer, this software should already be installed. VI D E O Q U A L I T Y P R O B L E M S - Turn off the Use Hardware Acceleration option. This feature takes advantage of the special processing in some graphics cards to reduce processor requirements when playing DVDs and certain types of video files. C A N N O T P L A Y S O M E M E D I A F I L E S - Because Dell MediaDirect provides access to media files outside the Windows XP operating system environment, access to licensed content is restricted. Licensed content is digital content that has Digital Rights Management (DRM) applied to it. The Dell MediaDirect environment cannot verify the DRM restrictions, so the licensed files cannot be played. Licensed music and video files have a lock icon next to them. You can access licensed files in the Windows XP operating system environment. ADJUSTING THE COLOR SETTINGS FOR MOVIES THAT CONTAIN SCENES THAT ARE TOO DARK OR TOO BRIGHT - Click EagleVision to use a video enhancement technology that detects video content and dynamically adjusts the brightness/contrast/saturation ratios. NOTICE: You cannot reinstall the Dell MediaDirect feature if you reformat the hard drive. Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" in your User's Guide). Other software problems CHECK THE SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION OR CONTACT THE SOFTWARE MANUFACTURER FOR TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION - • Ensure that the program is compatible with the operating system installed on your computer. • Ensure that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements needed to run the software. See the software documentation for information. • Ensure that the program is installed and configured properly. • Verify that the device drivers do not conflict with the program. • If necessary, uninstall and then reinstall the program. BACK UP YOUR FILES IMMEDIATELY. USE A VIRUS-SCANNING PROGRAM TO CHECK THE HARD DRIVE, FLOPPY DISKS, OR CDS. SAVE AND CLOSE ANY OPEN FILES OR PROGRAMS AND SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER THROUGH THE START MENU. Quick Reference Guide 19

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Quick Reference Guide
19
A solid blue screen appears
T
URN
THE
COMPUTER
OFF
If you are unable to get a response by pressing a key on your keyboard or moving your
mouse, press and hold the power button for at least 8 to 10 seconds until the computer turns off. Then restart
your computer.
Dell MediaDirect™ problems
C
HECK
THE
D
ELL
M
EDIA
D
IRECT
HELP
FILE
FOR
INFORMATION
Click the question mark icon at the bottom of
the Dell MediaDirect screen to access Help.
T
O
PLAY
MOVIES
WITH
D
ELL
M
EDIA
D
IRECT
,
YOU
MUST
HAVE
A
DVD
DRIVE
AND
THE
D
ELL
DVD P
LAYER
If
you purchased a DVD drive with your computer, this software should already be installed.
V
IDEO
Q
UALITY
PROBLEMS
Turn off the
Use Hardware Acceleration
option. This feature takes advantage of the
special processing in some graphics cards to reduce processor requirements when playing DVDs and certain types of
video files.
C
ANNOT
PLAY
SOME
MEDIA
FILES
Because Dell MediaDirect provides access to media files outside the
Windows XP operating system environment, access to licensed content is restricted. Licensed content is digital
content that has Digital Rights Management (DRM) applied to it. The Dell MediaDirect environment cannot verify
the DRM restrictions, so the licensed files cannot be played. Licensed music and video files have a lock icon next to
them. You can access licensed files in the Windows XP operating system environment.
A
DJUSTING
THE
COLOR
SETTINGS
FOR
MOVIES
THAT
CONTAIN
SCENES
THAT
ARE
TOO
DARK
OR
TOO
BRIGHT
Click
EagleVision
to use a video enhancement technology that detects video content and dynamically adjusts the
brightness/contrast/saturation ratios.
NOTICE:
You cannot reinstall the Dell MediaDirect feature if you reformat the hard drive. Contact Dell for
assistance (see "Contacting Dell" in your
User’s Guide
).
Other software problems
C
HECK
THE
SOFTWARE
DOCUMENTATION
OR
CONTACT
THE
SOFTWARE
MANUFACTURER
FOR
TROUBLESHOOTING
INFORMATION
Ensure that the program is compatible with the operating system installed on your computer.
Ensure that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements needed to run the software.
See the software documentation for information.
Ensure that the program is installed and configured properly.
Verify that the device drivers do not conflict with the program.
If necessary, uninstall and then reinstall the program.
B
ACK
UP
YOUR
FILES
IMMEDIATELY
.
U
SE
A
VIRUS
-
SCANNING
PROGRAM
TO
CHECK
THE
HARD
DRIVE
,
FLOPPY
DISKS
,
OR
CD
S
.
S
AVE
AND
CLOSE
ANY
OPEN
FILES
OR
PROGRAMS
AND
SHUT
DOWN
YOUR
COMPUTER
THROUGH
THE
S
TART
MENU
.