DELL inspiron 4100 User Manual

Solving Problems: Dell Inspiron 4100

If no Install button is present, automatic installation is not an option. For installation 

instructions, either see the appropriate instructions in the following subsections, or click the 

Extract button, follow the extracting instructions, and read the readme file.

If instructed to navigate to the driver files, click the CD directory on the driver information 

window to display the files associated with that driver.

If you install a new device driver that causes system instability, you can use the Windows XP Device 

Driver Rollback to replace the new device driver with the previously installed version of the device 

driver. If you cannot reinstall your previous driver by using the Device Driver Rollback process, then 

" to return your operating system to its previous operating state before you 

installed the new device driver. To use Device Driver Rollback:

1.  Click the Start button, and then right-click My Computer. 

2.  Click Properties. 

3.  Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager. 

4.  In the Device Manager window, right-click the device for which the new driver was installed 

and then click Properties. 

5.  Click the Drivers tab. 

6.  Click Roll Back Driver. 

1.  Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into the CD or DVD drive. 

2.  Click the Start button, and click Control Panel. 

3.  Under Pick a category, click Performance and Maintenance. 

4.  Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click System. 

5.  Click the Hardware tab. 

6.  Click Device Manager. 

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If you are installing a modem driver, click Modem and then click the appropriate modem.

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