Dell 4150 Reinstalling Drivers, Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback, Click Device Manager

Reinstalling Drivers

NOTICE: The Dell Support website and your Drivers and Utilities CD 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 then click Properties.

7Click the Drivers tab.

8Click Roll Back Driver.

If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System Restore (see page 78) to return your operating system to the operating state it was in before you installed the new driver.

Using the Drivers and Utilities CD

If using Device Driver Rollback or System Restore (see page 78) does not resolve the problem, then reinstall the driver from the Drivers and

Utilities CD.

1Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.

2Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD.

In most cases, the CD starts running automatically. If it does not, start Microsoft Windows Explorer, click your CD drive directory to display the CD contents, and then double-click the autocd.exe file. The first

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