Dell Latitude D820: Setting Up Your Computer What Are You Looking For?
Setting Up Your Computer What Are You Looking For?: Dell Latitude D820
Table of contents
- Notes, Notices, and Cautions Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Contents
- Finding Information What Are You Looking For?
- What Are You Looking For?
- Setting Up Your Computer What Are You Looking For?
- Quick Reference Guide
- About Your Computer Front View
- Left Side View Right Side View
- Back View Bottom View
- Using a Battery Battery Performance
- Checking the Battery Charge
- Low-Battery Warning Charging the Battery Replacing the Battery
- Storing a Battery Troubleshooting Dell Technical Update Service
- Dell Diagnostics
- Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD Dell Diagnostics Main Menu Option Function
- Lockups and Software Problems Tab Function
- A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly A solid blue screen appears Other software problems
- Index
- Index
Quick Reference Guide
7
Setting Up Your Computer
CAUTION:
Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the
Product
Information Guide
.
1
Unpack the accessories box.
2
Set aside the contents of the accessories box, which you will need to complete the setup of your
computer.
The accessories box also contains user documentation and any software or additional hardware (such
as PC Cards, drives, or batteries) that you have ordered.
• How to use Windows XP
• How to work with programs and files
• How to personalize my desktop
Windows Help and Support Center
1
Click
Start
→
Help and Support
.
2
Type a word or phrase that describes your problem and
click the arrow icon.
3
Click the topic that describes your problem.
4
Follow the instructions on the screen.
• Information on network activity, the Power Management
Wizard, hotkeys, and other items controlled by Dell
QuickSet
Dell QuickSet Help
To view
Dell QuickSet Help
,
right-click the
icon
in the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
taskbar.
• How to reinstall my operating system
Operating System CD
NOTE:
The
Operating System
CD may be optional and may
not ship with your computer.
The operating system is already installed on your computer.
To reinstall your operating system, use the optional
Operating System
CD.
After you reinstall your
operating system, use the
Drivers and Utilities
CD
(
ResourceCD
) to reinstall
drivers for the devices that
came with your computer.
NOTE:
The color of your CD
varies based on the
operating system you
ordered.
What Are You Looking For?
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