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... Restricting Access to a File 115 Transferring Files and Settings to a New Computer . . 116 Transferring Files From a Computer Running Windows XP to a Computer Running Windows Vista 116 Transferring Files Between Computers Running Windows XP 117 Backing up Files 117 Windows Vista 117 Windows XP 118 Running Backup When the Settings Have Been Preconfigured 118 Running...
... Restricting Access to a File 115 Transferring Files and Settings to a New Computer . . 116 Transferring Files From a Computer Running Windows XP to a Computer Running Windows Vista 116 Transferring Files Between Computers Running Windows XP 117 Backing up Files 117 Windows Vista 117 Windows XP 118 Running Backup When the Settings Have Been Preconfigured 118 Running...
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...Power Settings, Power Protection Devices, and Batteries) . . . 135 Setting Power Options 135 Windows Vista 135 Windows® XP 137 Power Protection Devices 140 Surge Protector 140 Power Line Conditioner 140 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS 141 Laptop Computer Batteries 141 ...Charge 143 Conserving Battery Power 145 Charging the Battery 145 Storing a Battery 146 US Department of Transportation (DOT) Notebook Battery Restrictions 146 Dell™ ControlPoint Power Manager 146 12 Networks (LAN, Wireless, Mobile Broadband 149 Overview 149 Local Area Networks (LAN 150 What You Need...
...Power Settings, Power Protection Devices, and Batteries) . . . 135 Setting Power Options 135 Windows Vista 135 Windows® XP 137 Power Protection Devices 140 Surge Protector 140 Power Line Conditioner 140 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS 141 Laptop Computer Batteries 141 ...Charge 143 Conserving Battery Power 145 Charging the Battery 145 Storing a Battery 146 US Department of Transportation (DOT) Notebook Battery Restrictions 146 Dell™ ControlPoint Power Manager 146 12 Networks (LAN, Wireless, Mobile Broadband 149 Overview 149 Local Area Networks (LAN 150 What You Need...
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... up a WLAN 153 Checking Your Wireless Network Card 154 Reinstalling Software and Drivers for Your Wireless Network Card 154 Setting up a new Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN 155 Ad Hoc Networks 158 Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network) Networks 159 Establishing a Mobile ... Card . . . . . 160 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . 160 Activating Mobile Broadband Service 160 Managing the Network With the Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility 161 WiMAX 161 WPAN 162 Managing Your Network 162 Securing Your Network 162 Securing Your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN 164...
... up a WLAN 153 Checking Your Wireless Network Card 154 Reinstalling Software and Drivers for Your Wireless Network Card 154 Setting up a new Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN 155 Ad Hoc Networks 158 Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network) Networks 159 Establishing a Mobile ... Card . . . . . 160 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . 160 Activating Mobile Broadband Service 160 Managing the Network With the Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility 161 WiMAX 161 WPAN 162 Managing Your Network 162 Securing Your Network 162 Securing Your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN 164...
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... Temporary Files Folder 188 Maintaining Privacy by Blocking and Deleting Cookies 189 14 E-mail 191 Setting up a new E-mail Account 191 Windows Vista 192 Windows® XP 192 Managing and Organizing E-mail Messages . . . . . 192 Windows Vista 192 Windows XP 194 Securing Your E-mail 194 Reducing Spam 195 Viruses and Phishing 196 14 Contents
... Temporary Files Folder 188 Maintaining Privacy by Blocking and Deleting Cookies 189 14 E-mail 191 Setting up a new E-mail Account 191 Windows Vista 192 Windows® XP 192 Managing and Organizing E-mail Messages . . . . . 192 Windows Vista 192 Windows XP 194 Securing Your E-mail 194 Reducing Spam 195 Viruses and Phishing 196 14 Contents
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... and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Microsoft Windows Desktop 37 Using the desktop: 1 Right-click an open area of the desktop, highlight New, then click Shortcut. 2 In the Create Shortcut window, click Browse and navigate to the location of the item you want to create a shortcut. 2 Right-click...
... and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Microsoft Windows Desktop 37 Using the desktop: 1 Right-click an open area of the desktop, highlight New, then click Shortcut. 2 In the Create Shortcut window, click Browse and navigate to the location of the item you want to create a shortcut. 2 Right-click...
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Windows XP 1 Right-click an open area of time for a specified time. The Personalize appearance and sounds window appears. 3 Click Screen Saver to select a new screen saver. 4 Adjust the length of the desktop. 2 Click Personalize. The Display Properties window appears. 3 Click the Screen Saver tab, and select a new screen saver. NOTE: After the screen...
Windows XP 1 Right-click an open area of time for a specified time. The Personalize appearance and sounds window appears. 3 Click Screen Saver to select a new screen saver. 4 Adjust the length of the desktop. 2 Click Personalize. The Display Properties window appears. 3 Click the Screen Saver tab, and select a new screen saver. NOTE: After the screen...
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... website for instructions. 3 Install the device, using the instructions in the following : • To change , and then click Properties. 4 Do any of the device, type a new name, click the General tab, and click OK. • To enable a service, select the check box next to the service on the Services tab, and...
... website for instructions. 3 Install the device, using the instructions in the following : • To change , and then click Properties. 4 Do any of the device, type a new name, click the General tab, and click OK. • To enable a service, select the check box next to the service on the Services tab, and...
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... mouse for more about adding and configuring devices, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Windows® XP 1 Attach or turn on your Bluetooth-enabled adapter. 2 Make your mouse documentation for any passkey instructions. 8 Follow the remaining instructions in ...the wizard. See your mouse discoverable by pressing a button on the Options tab, select the Alert me when a new Bluetooth device wants to connect check box. • To make your computer discoverable to Bluetooth-enabled devices, in the Bluetooth Devices dialog box...
... mouse for more about adding and configuring devices, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Windows® XP 1 Attach or turn on your Bluetooth-enabled adapter. 2 Make your mouse documentation for any passkey instructions. 8 Follow the remaining instructions in ...the wizard. See your mouse discoverable by pressing a button on the Options tab, select the Alert me when a new Bluetooth device wants to connect check box. • To make your computer discoverable to Bluetooth-enabled devices, in the Bluetooth Devices dialog box...
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... Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you : • Upgrade your operating system • Reinstall your operating system • Connect or install a new printer To install a printer driver: 1 Insert your Drivers and Utilities media. Installing a Printer Driver printer drivers CD inkjet printer laser printer A driver is your first...
... Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you : • Upgrade your operating system • Reinstall your operating system • Connect or install a new printer To install a printer driver: 1 Insert your Drivers and Utilities media. Installing a Printer Driver printer drivers CD inkjet printer laser printer A driver is your first...
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NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities menu displays drivers only for the new hardware may not be displayed. If you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. If a particular driver is detecting hardware in your system window. 5 When the Welcome Dell System Owner screen appears, click Next. For device driver information...
NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities menu displays drivers only for the new hardware may not be displayed. If you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. If a particular driver is detecting hardware in your system window. 5 When the Welcome Dell System Owner screen appears, click Next. For device driver information...
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...® Windows® System Restore" on the device icon. Drives and Media 79 You may need to install drivers if you installed the new driver. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, use Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 ...driver is a program that existed before you : • Upgrade your operating system. • Reinstall your operating system. • Connect or install a new device. Determining Whether a Device Driver is next to the device name, you install or update a driver, use System Restore (see if any device has...
...® Windows® System Restore" on the device icon. Drives and Media 79 You may need to install drivers if you installed the new driver. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, use Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1 Click Start and right-click Computer. 2 ...driver is a program that existed before you : • Upgrade your operating system. • Reinstall your operating system. • Connect or install a new device. Determining Whether a Device Driver is next to the device name, you install or update a driver, use System Restore (see if any device has...
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.... 1 Enable RAID for information about using the NVIDIA utilities. • "Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System" on page 88. • "Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed" on page 90. • "Deleting a RAID Array" on page 90. • "Converting From One RAID Configuration...
.... 1 Enable RAID for information about using the NVIDIA utilities. • "Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System" on page 88. • "Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed" on page 90. • "Deleting a RAID Array" on page 90. • "Converting From One RAID Configuration...
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The Define a New Array window appears. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to the Array Disks field. To create a RAID 1 configuration, use the arrow ...
The Define a New Array window appears. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to the Array Disks field. To create a RAID 1 configuration, use the arrow ...
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...in each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drive. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are available for configuration.... (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on what computer you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to create the RAID...
...in each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drive. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are available for configuration.... (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on what computer you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to create the RAID...
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...on or restart your computer. 2 Press when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED, confirm that the new (non-RAID) drive is listed and then press . 4 Under Disk/Volume Information, confirm that the volume status is lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID...-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID...
...on or restart your computer. 2 Press when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED, confirm that the new (non-RAID) drive is listed and then press . 4 Under Disk/Volume Information, confirm that the volume status is lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID...-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID...
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...click OK. Files and Folders 113 Printing Files 1 Open the file you want to rename. 2 Click Rename from the drop-down menu. 3 Type a new name for the file and press the key. Deleting Files 1 Click the file you want to search for a picture: 1 Click Start → All Programs... →Windows Photo Gallery. The Confirm File Delete dialog box appears. 3 The selected file is deleted. Windows® XP 1 Click Start → Search. 2 Under Search Companion, select the type of a word in the Search box. 4 Type a word or part of item you ...
...click OK. Files and Folders 113 Printing Files 1 Open the file you want to rename. 2 Click Rename from the drop-down menu. 3 Type a new name for the file and press the key. Deleting Files 1 Click the file you want to search for a picture: 1 Click Start → All Programs... →Windows Photo Gallery. The Confirm File Delete dialog box appears. 3 The selected file is deleted. Windows® XP 1 Click Start → Search. 2 Under Search Companion, select the type of a word in the Search box. 4 Type a word or part of item you ...
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... Folders To permanently delete a file, empty the Recycle Bin. Type the name of the text box, and then click Find. You may have to create a new user account to share files with , and click Add. • On a domain -
... Folders To permanently delete a file, empty the Recycle Bin. Type the name of the text box, and then click Find. You may have to create a new user account to share files with , and click Add. • On a domain -
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... who has access to the Windows Help and Support screen. NOTE: If you change the name of a shared file or folder, send a link to the new location to access the files and folders you want to share and drag it to Shared Documents in order to those sharing the file or... folder. HINT: To learn more about sharing folders or documents, click the Shared Documents option under the File and Folder Tasks box. Windows XP 1 Click Start → My Documents. 2 Select the file or folder that your computer in the Other Places box.
... who has access to the Windows Help and Support screen. NOTE: If you change the name of a shared file or folder, send a link to the new location to access the files and folders you want to share and drag it to Shared Documents in order to those sharing the file or... folder. HINT: To learn more about sharing folders or documents, click the Shared Documents option under the File and Folder Tasks box. Windows XP 1 Click Start → My Documents. 2 Select the file or folder that your computer in the Other Places box.
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Transferring Files and Settings to a New Computer Transferring Files From a Computer Running Windows XP to remove permissions from the Windows Vista DVD on the required group or user and click Remove. 1 Locate the folder or file for which you ... on it. 2 Click Properties→ Security to a Computer Running Windows Vista 1 Install Windows Easy Transfer from a group or user, click on the computer running Windows XP. 2 After the installation is complete, click Start Transfer. → Windows Easy 116 Files and Folders FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about setting permissions, see...
Transferring Files and Settings to a New Computer Transferring Files From a Computer Running Windows XP to remove permissions from the Windows Vista DVD on the required group or user and click Remove. 1 Locate the folder or file for which you ... on it. 2 Click Properties→ Security to a Computer Running Windows Vista 1 Install Windows Easy Transfer from a group or user, click on the computer running Windows XP. 2 After the installation is complete, click Start Transfer. → Windows Easy 116 Files and Folders FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about setting permissions, see...
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... of a file or folder in the Backup or Restore Wizard. 3 On the Backup tab→ Job→ New. 4 Specify the files and folders you want to back up files and folders to a file. Windows XP 1 Click Start Backup. → All Programs → Accessories → System Tools → 2 Click Advanced Mode in Click...
... of a file or folder in the Backup or Restore Wizard. 3 On the Backup tab→ Job→ New. 4 Specify the files and folders you want to back up files and folders to a file. Windows XP 1 Click Start Backup. → All Programs → Accessories → System Tools → 2 Click Advanced Mode in Click...