Reinstalling Drivers And Utilities - Dell Latitude D400 User Manual

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Re installing Sof tware

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities

Dell ships your computer to you with required drivers and utilities already
installed—no further installation or configuration is needed.
Drivers and Utilities
NOTICE: The
systems that are not on your computer. Ensure that you are installing software
appropriate for your operating system.
To reinstall drivers for optional devices such as wireless communications
and DVD drives, you may need the CD and documentation that came with
those devices.
NOTICE: The Dell Support website, support.dell.com, and the
Utilities
CD provide approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you install
drivers from other sources, your computer might not work correctly.
To reinstall a driver or utility from your Drivers and Utilities CD:
Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.
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Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD.
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In most cases, the CD starts running automatically. If it does not, start
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Microsoft Windows
display the CD contents, and then double-click the autorcd.exe file.
The first time that you run the CD, it might prompt you to install
setup files. Click OK, and follow the instructions on the screen to
continue.
From the Language drop-down menu in the toolbar, select your
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preferred language for the driver or utility (if available).
A welcome screen appears.
Click Next. The CD automatically scans your hardware to detect
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drivers and utilities used by your computer.
After the CD completes the hardware scan, you can also detect other
drivers and utilities. Under Search Criteria, select the appropriate
categories from the System Model, Operating System, and Topic
drop-down menus.
A link or links appear(s) for the specific drivers and utilities used by
your computer.
Click the link of a specific driver or utility to display information about
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the driver or utility that you want to install.
CD may contain drivers for operating
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Explorer, click your CD drive directory to
Drivers and