Identifying Drivers; Reinstalling Drivers - Dell Dimension 4550 Series Owner's Manual

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Advanced Troubleshooting

Identifying Drivers

Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
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Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance.
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Click System.
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In the System Properties screen, click the Hardware tab.
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Click Device Manager.
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In the Device Manager window, scroll down the list to see if any device
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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.

Reinstalling drivers

NOTICE: The Dell Support website and your
provide approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you install drivers obtained
from other sources, your computer might not work correctly.
Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback
If a problem occurs on your computer after you install or update a driver,
use Windows XP Device Driver Rollback to replace the driver with the
previously installed version.
To use Device Driver Rollback:
Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
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Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance.
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Click System.
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In the System Properties screen, click the Hardware tab.
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Click Device Manager.
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Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed, and then
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click Properties.
Click the Drivers tab.
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Click Roll Back Driver.
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