Downloading Help From The Support Web Site; Installing Drivers And Utilities For Windows 2000; Installing The Audio Driver And The Modem Driver (Windows 2000) - Dell Inspiron 3800 Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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Downloading Help From the Support Web Site

To download the system Help from http://support.dell.com, perform the following
steps:
1. Click Support Your Dell.
2. Type your service tag sequence, if available, click Submit, and continue to step 5.
If the service tag sequence is not available, continue to step 3.
3. Click Inspiron Notebooks.
4. Click 3800.
5. Click Documentation.
6. Click Online Documentation.
7 . Follow the instructions to save the Help file to your hard-disk drive.
Installing Drivers and Utilities for
Windows 2000
This section explains how to reinstall device drivers and utilities on your Dell portable
computer running the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system.
To install the system software, you need the following items:
•
System Software CD
•
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive installed in the media bay of the computer
•
Microsoft Windows 2000 CD
The following subsections describe the installation instructions for the drivers and
utilities that are provided on the System Software CD for use with a system running
the Windows 2000 operating system.
NOTE: To install the drivers and utilities correctly, you must install them in the order
presented in this document.
Installing the Audio Driver and the Modem Driver
(Windows 2000)
The audio driver allows you to customize the sound features of your computer. Install-
ing the audio driver also installs the modem driver, which allows you to use your
computer to send and receive information over telephone lines. To install the audio
and modem drivers, perform the following steps:
1. Save your work in all open application programs because you will need to restart
your computer at the end of this procedure to complete the installation.
2. Insert the System Software CD into the CD-ROM drive.
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