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4 Contents
Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Turning Off Your Computer
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2 Optimizing Performance
Intel
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Performance Acceleration Technology . . . . . . . . . . 32
DDR Memory and Processor Front-Side Bus
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Hyper-Threading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Overclocking
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3 Solving Problems
Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Finding Help Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Battery Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Floppy drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Problems writing to a CD-RW drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
DVD drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems
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Error Messages
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General Problems
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The computer stops responding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
A program stops responding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
A program crashes repeatedly
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A program is designed for an earlier Windows
operating system
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A solid blue screen appears
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