Troubleshooting Software And Hardware Problems In The Microsoft Windows Xp And Windows Vista Operating System - Dell Inspiron 530b Owner's Manual

Manually Reinstalling Drivers
After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous
section, do the following:
1 Click Start
2 Click Properties→ Device Manager.
NOTE:
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.
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware
Problems in the Microsoft Windows
Windows Vista
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.
To start the Hardware Troubleshooter:
Windows XP:
1 Click Start
→
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.
, and right-click Computer.
The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an
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