HP Vectra VE 5/xxx HP Vectra VE 5/xx Series 2, User's Guide - Page 101

If Your Application Software Does Not Work, If Power Management Does Not Work

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5 Troubleshooting Your PC If Your PC Has a Software Problem 9 After the Power-On Self-Test has completed, press prompted to use Setup. when 10 Set new User and System Administrator Passwords. 11 Press to save the new passwords and exit Setup. If Your Application Software Does Not Work If the PC reports the system is OK and the indicator light over the power switch is illuminated, but some software won't run: • Check to see if the AUTOEXEC.BAT file is present with the correct settings. (Windows 3.11 only). Refer to the operating system and application software manuals. • If Windows does not run properly, refer to the Windows manual for guidance. If Power Management Does Not Work Power Management in Windows 3.11 Check that the Sleep icon appears in the StartUp Windows group. If it is absent, click on the File menu in the Program Manager and select the New option to install SLEEP.EXE from the C:\WINDOWS directory in the StartUp group. Check that Power Management is enabled using the Power icon in the Windows Control Panel: 1 Double-click on the Power icon in the Windows Control Panel. 2 Check that Advanced is selected in the Power dialog box. If the Power icon does not appear in the Windows Control Panel: 1 Exit from Windows. 2 At the MS-DOS prompt, change to the C:\WINDOWS directory. 3 Type SETUP to run Windows SETUP and set the Computer field to MS-DOS with APM. Follow the instructions displayed by the SETUP program to return to the MS-DOS prompt. English 89

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5
Troubleshooting Your PC
If Your PC Has a Software Problem
9
After the Power-On Self-Test has completed, press
when
prompted to use
Setup
.
10
Set new User and System Administrator Passwords.
11
Press
to save the new passwords and exit
Setup
.
If Your Application Software Does Not Work
If the PC reports the system is OK and the indicator light over the
power switch is illuminated, but some software won’t run:
Check to see if the
AUTOEXEC.BAT
file is present with the correct
settings. (Windows 3.11 only). Refer to the operating system and
application software manuals.
If Windows does not run properly, refer to the Windows manual for
guidance.
If Power Management Does Not Work
Power Management in
Windows
3.11
Check that the Sleep icon
appears in the StartUp Windows group.
If it is absent, click on the File menu in the Program Manager and select
the New option to install
SLEEP.EXE
from the
C:\WINDOWS
directory in
the StartUp group.
Check that Power Management is enabled using the Power icon in the
Windows Control Panel:
1
Double-click on the Power icon in the Windows Control Panel.
2
Check that
Advanced
is selected in the Power dialog box.
If the Power icon does not appear in the Windows Control Panel:
1
Exit from Windows.
2
At the MS-DOS prompt, change to the
C:\WINDOWS
directory.
3
Type
SETUP
to run Windows SETUP and set the
Computer
field to
MS-DOS with APM
. Follow the instructions displayed by the
SETUP program to return to the MS-DOS prompt.