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Reinstalling Drivers, Performance and Maintenance

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Reinstalling Drivers NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com provides approved drivers for your Dell™ computer. If you install drivers obtained from other sources, your computer may not function properly. Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback If a problem occurs on your computer after you install or update a driver, use Windows XP Device Driver Rollback to replace the driver with the previously installed version. 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance. 3 Click System. 4 In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab. 5 Click Device Manager. 6 Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed, then click Properties. 7 Click the Driver tab. 8 Click Roll Back Driver. Manually Reinstalling Drivers After copying driver files to your hard drive, you may be required to update the driver manually. Drivers can be manually updated for any hardware device installed in your computer. 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance. 3 Click System. 4 In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab. 5 Click Device Manager. 6 Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver. 7 Right-click the device for which the driver is being reinstalled, then click Properties. 8 Click the Driver tab. 9 Click Update Driver. 10 Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), then click Next. 11 Click to check Include this location in the search, then click Browse and navigate to where the driver files are located on your hard drive. 12 When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click Next. 13 Click Finish and restart your computer. Troubleshooting Tools 55

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Troubleshooting Tools
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Reinstalling Drivers
NOTICE:
The Dell Support website at
support.dell.com
provides approved drivers for your Dell™ computer. If you
install drivers obtained from other sources, your computer may not function properly.
Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback
If a problem occurs on your computer after you install or update a driver, use Windows XP Device Driver
Rollback to replace the driver with the previously installed version.
1
Click
Start
, then click
Control Panel
.
2
Under
Pick a Category
, click
Performance and Maintenance
.
3
Click
System
.
4
In the
System Properties
window, click the
Hardware
tab.
5
Click
Device Manager
.
6
Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed, then click
Properties
.
7
Click the
Driver
tab.
8
Click
Roll Back Driver
.
Manually Reinstalling Drivers
After copying driver files to your hard drive, you may be required to update the driver manually.
Drivers can be manually updated for any hardware device installed in your computer.
1
Click
Start
, then click
Control Panel
.
2
Under
Pick a Category
, click
Performance and Maintenance
.
3
Click
System
.
4
In the
System Properties
window, click the
Hardware
tab.
5
Click
Device Manager
.
6
Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver.
7
Right-click the device for which the driver is being reinstalled, then click
Properties
.
8
Click the
Driver
tab.
9
Click
Update Driver
.
10
Click
Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
, then click
Next
.
11
Click to check
Include this location in the search
, then click
Browse
and navigate to where the driver
files are located on your hard drive.
12
When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click
Next
.
13
Click
Finish
and restart your computer.