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Installin g Utilit ies and Dr ivers 1 Dell ® Latitude ® XPi and Dell Latitude XPi CD Installin g Utilities and Drivers D ell provi des you wit h programs that let you c ontrol certain features o f your computer , such as video resolu- tion and battery conserv ation. These programs are sometimes cal led utilities or drivers. This docume n t explai[...]
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2 Inst alling Util ities an d Drivers 4. Double-click the Display i con. The Display Properties window ap pears. 5. Select the Settings tab. 6. Click the C h ange Di s play T ype... butt on. The Change Display T ype window appears. 7. In the Adapter T ype box, click the Change... button. The Select Device window appear s. 8. Click the Have Disk... [...]
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Installin g Utilit ies and Dr ivers 3 I nstalling the Optical T rackball / Mouse Driver The trackball/mouse driver allo ws you to use the inte- grated optical trackball or an external mouse. Y ou do not need to install separate trackball/mouse drivers for the W ind ows NT 3.51 o r W indows 9 5 operating system. Windows 3. x or Windows for W orkgrou[...]
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4 Inst alling Util ities an d Drivers 5. Follow the instructions on your screen. At the end of the procedur e, restart your computer to use the pr ogram. I nstalling the CD-ROM Drivers If you ar e using th e W indows 3. x operating s ystem, you must inst all sp ecial drivers to make you r bu ilt-in CD-ROM drive work properly . If you ar e using th [...]
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Installin g Utilit ies and Dr ivers 5 T o access the built-in PC Card utility in the W indows 95 operating system, click the St art button , point to Settings , and then click Con trol Panel. Then doubl e -cli ck the PC Card (PCMCIA) icon, and follow the in stru ctions on your scr een. If you need m ore information, see your Wi n- dows 95 documenta[...]
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6 Inst alling Util ities an d Drivers 2. Insert the Audio Drivers disk ette into the diskette drive. 3. In the P rogram Ma nager , select the Ru n opt i on from th e Fi le men u . 4. T ype a:setup in the Run window . Then click the O K button or pr ess < ENTER > to install the drivers on your hard- di sk drive. 5. Follow the instructions on [...]