Restarting Your Computer; Turning Off Your Computer; Updating Drivers - HP TouchSmart dx9000 Troubleshooting And Maintenance Manual

Restarting Your Computer

Turning Off Your Computer

Updating Drivers

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Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide
Restarting is the simplest repair method for your computer. When you restart, the computer
reloads the operating system and software into its memory.
To restart your computer:
1 Close all open programs and windows.
2 Click the Windows Start Button.
3 Click the Arrow button next to the Lock button, and then click
Restart.
When you turn off your computer and then turn it on again, you force the computer to
reload the operating system into its memory, which clears some tracking information. This
may eliminate some problems that can remain after performing a restart.
To turn off your computer:
1 Close all open programs and windows.
2 Click the Windows Start Button.
3 Click the Arrow button next to the Lock button, and then click
Shut Down.
4 Start your computer by pressing the On button.
A driver is a software program that allows your computer to communicate with an
attached device, such as a printer, a hard disk drive, a mouse, or a keyboard.
Complete the following procedure to update a driver, or to revert to an earlier version of
the driver if the new one does not solve your problem:
1 Click the Windows Start Button, right-click Computer, and then select
Properties.
2 Under Tasks, click Device Manager.
3 Click the plus sign (+) to expand the device whose driver you want to update or
rollback, (for example, DVD/CD-ROM drives).
4 Double-click the specific item (for example, HP DVD Writer 640b), and then click the
Driver tab.
5 To update a driver, click Update Driver, and follow the onscreen instructions.
Or
To revert to an earlier version of a driver, click Rollback Driver, and follow the
onscreen instructions.