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Reinstalling Software
Adamo by Dell™ Service Manual
Drivers
Restoring Your Operating System
Drivers
If you experience a problem with any device, identify whether the driver is the source of your problem and, if necessary, update the driver.
1. Click the Windows Vista Start button™
2. Click Properties® Device Manager.
NOTE:
The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an administrator on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your
administrator to continue.
Scroll down the list to see if any device has an exclamation point (a yellow circle with a [!]) on the device icon.
If an exclamation point is next to the device name, you may need to reinstall the driver or install a new driver (see
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
CAUTION:
The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your Drivers and Utilities disc provide approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you
install drivers obtained from other sources, your computer might not work as expected.
Returning to a Previous Device Driver Version
1. Click the Windows Vista Start button
2. Click Properties® Device Manager.
NOTE:
The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an administrator on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your
administrator to enter the Device Manager.
3. Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click Properties.
4. Click the Drivers tab® Roll Back Driver.
If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System Restore (see
operating state that existed before you installed the new driver.
Using the Drivers and Utilities Disc
NOTE:
Your computer does not have an optical drive. You need to connect an external optical drive to use the Drivers and Utilities disc.
If using Device Driver Rollback or System Restore (see
and Utilities disc.
1. With the Windows desktop displayed, insert your Drivers and Utilities disc.
If this is your first time to use the Drivers and Utilities disc, go to
2. When the Drivers and Utilities disc installation program starts, follow the prompts on the screen.
NOTE:
In most cases, the Drivers and Utilities program starts running automatically. If it does not, start Windows Explorer, click your disc drive directory
to display the disc contents, and then double-click the autorcd.exe file.
3. When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the Drivers and Utilities disc and click Finish to restart the computer.
, and right-click Computer.
, and right-click Computer.
Restoring Your Operating
System) does not resolve the problem, reinstall the driver from your Drivers
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2. If not, go to
Reinstalling Drivers and
Restoring Your Operating
System) to return your computer to the
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