Advanced Troubleshooting 61
Reinstalling Drivers NOTICE: The Dell Support website and your
Dell Dimension ResourceCD
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:
1Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
2In the Control Panel window, under Pick a Category, click
Performance and Maintenance.
3In the Performance and Maintenance window, click System.
4In the System Properties screen, click the Hardware tab.
5Click Device Manager.
6In the Device Manager window, right-click the device for which the
new driver was installed and click Properti es.
7Click the Drivers tab.
8Click Roll Back Driver.
If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System
Restore (see page62) to return your computer to the operating state that
existed before you installed the new driver.