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Using the Hardware Troubleshooter Tool, Microsoft Windows XP, Restoring Your Operating System

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2 Click Properties→ Device Manager. NOTE: The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an administrator on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your administrator to enter the Device Manager. 3 Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver (for example, Audio or Video). 4 Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver. 5 Click the Driver tab→ Update Driver→ Browse my computer for driver software. 6 Click Browse and browse to the location to which you previously copied the driver files. 7 When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click the name of the driver→ OK→ Next. 8 Click Finish and restart your computer. Using the Hardware Troubleshooter Tool If a device is either not detected during the operating system setup or is detected but incorrectly configured, you can use the Hardware Troubleshooter to resolve the incompatibility. Microsoft Windows XP 1 Click Start→ Help and Support. 2 Type hardware troubleshooter in the search field and press to start the search. 3 In the Fix a Problem section, click Hardware Troubleshooter. 4 In the Hardware Troubleshooter list, select the option that best describes the problem and click Next to follow the remaining troubleshooting steps. Microsoft Windows Vista 1 Click the Windows Vista start button, and click Help and Support. 2 Type hardware troubleshooter in the search field and press to start the search. 3 In the search results, select the option that best describes the problem and follow the remaining troubleshooting steps. Restoring Your Operating System You can restore your operating system in the following ways: • Microsoft Windows XP System Restore and Microsoft Windows Vista® System Restore return your computer to an earlier operating state without affecting data files. Use System Restore as the first solution for restoring your operating system and preserving data files. • If you received an Operating System CD with your computer, you can use it to restore your operating system. However, using the Operating System CD also deletes all data on the hard drive. Use the CD only if System Restore did not resolve your operating system problem. 104 Reinstalling Software

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104
Reinstalling Software
2
Click
Properties
→
Device Manager
.
NOTE:
The
User Account Control
window may appear. If you are an administrator on the computer, click
Continue
;
otherwise, contact your administrator to enter the Device Manager.
3
Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver (for example,
Audio
or
Video
).
4
Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver.
5
Click the
Driver
tab
→
Update Driver
→
Browse my computer for driver software
.
6
Click
Browse
and browse to the location to which you previously copied the driver files.
7
When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click the name of the driver
→
OK
→
Next
.
8
Click
Finish
and restart your computer.
Using the Hardware Troubleshooter Tool
If a device is either not detected during the operating system setup or is detected but incorrectly
configured, you can use the Hardware Troubleshooter to resolve the incompatibility.
Microsoft Windows XP
1
Click
Start
→
Help and Support
.
2
Type
hardware troubleshooter
in the search field and press <Enter> to start the search.
3
In the
Fix a Problem
section, click
Hardware Troubleshooter
.
4
In the
Hardware Troubleshooter
list, select the option that best describes the problem and click
Next
to follow the remaining troubleshooting steps.
Microsoft Windows Vista
1
Click the Windows Vista start button,
and click
Help and Support
.
2
Type
hardware troubleshooter
in the search field and press <Enter> to start the search.
3
In the search results, select the option that best describes the problem and follow the remaining
troubleshooting steps.
Restoring Your Operating System
You can restore your operating system in the following ways:
•
Microsoft Windows XP System Restore and Microsoft Windows Vista
®
System Restore return your
computer to an earlier operating state without affecting data files. Use System Restore as the first
solution for restoring your operating system and preserving data files.
•
If you received an
Operating System
CD with your computer, you can use it to restore your operating
system. However, using the
Operating System
CD also deletes all data on the hard drive. Use the CD
only
if System Restore did not resolve your operating system problem.