Dell INSPIRON 531S - Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities

88 Troubleshooting Tools
Windows Vista
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:
1
Click Start and right-click Computer .
2 Click Properties → Device Manager .
NOTE: The User Account Control (located to the left under Tasks window)
may appear. If you are an administrator on the computer, click Continue;
otherwise, contact your administrator to continue.
Scroll down the list to see if any device has an exclamation point (a yellow
circle with a [!]) on the device icon.
If an exclamation point is next to the device name, you may need to reinstall the
driver or install a new driver (see "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
" on page 88 ).
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your Drivers and
Utilities media provide approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you install drivers
obtained from other sources, your computer might not work correctly.
Using Windows Device Driver Rollback
If a problem occurs on your computer after you install or update a driver, use
Windows Device Driver Rollback to replace the driver with the previously
installed version.
NOTE: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to perform this procedure.
Windows XP:
1
Click Start , then click Control Panel .
2 Click System .
3 In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab.
4 Click Device Manager .
5 Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click Properties .
6 Click the Drivers tab → Roll Back Driver .
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