Dell Vostro 1700 Owner's Manual - Page 140

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5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities program displays drivers only for hardware that came installed in your computer. If you installed additional hardware, the drivers for the new hardware might not be displayed. If those drivers are not displayed, exit the Drivers and Utilities program. For drivers information, see the documentation that came with the device. A message stating that the Drivers and Utilities program is detecting hardware in your computer appears. The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The ResourceCD has identified these components in your system window. 6 Click the driver that you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. If a particular driver is not listed, then that driver is not required by your operating system. Manually Reinstalling Drivers NOTE: If your computer has a Consumer IR port and you are reinstalling a Consumer IR driver, you must first enable the Consumer IR port in the system setup program (see "Using the System Setup Program" on page 205) before continuing with the driver installation (see "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 138). For information about components installed on your computer, see "Determining Your Computer's Configuration" on page 21. After extracting the driver files to your hard drive, as described in the previous section: Windows XP: 1 Click Start→ My Computer→ Properties→ Hardware→ Device Manager. 2 Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver (for example, Audio or Video). 3 Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver. 4 Click the Driver tab→ Update Driver. 5 Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)→ Next. 6 Click Browse and browse to the location to which you previously copied the driver files. 140 Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting
5
At the
Welcome Dell System Owner
screen, click
Next
.
NOTE:
The
Drivers and Utilities
program displays drivers only for hardware
that came installed in your computer. If you installed additional hardware, the
drivers for the new hardware might not be displayed. If those drivers are not
displayed, exit the
Drivers and Utilities
program. For drivers information, see
the documentation that came with the device.
A message stating that the
Drivers and Utilities
program
is detecting
hardware in your computer appears.
The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in
the
My Drivers—The ResourceCD has identified these components in
your system
window.
6
Click the driver that you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on
the screen.
If a particular driver is not listed, then that driver is not required by your
operating system.
Manually Reinstalling Drivers
NOTE:
If your computer has a Consumer IR port and you are reinstalling a
Consumer IR driver, you must first enable the Consumer IR port in the system setup
program (see "Using the System Setup Program" on page 205) before continuing
with the driver installation (see "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 138). For
information about components installed on your computer, see "Determining Your
Computer’s Configuration" on page 21.
After extracting the driver files to your hard drive, as described in the previous
section:
Windows XP:
1
Click
Start
My Computer
Properties
Hardware
Device Manager
.
2
Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver (for
example,
Audio
or
Video
).
3
Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver.
4
Click the
Driver
tab
Update Driver
.
5
Click
Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
Next
.
6
Click
Browse
and browse to the location to which you previously copied
the driver files.