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Chapter 10: Restoring Software
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Reinstalling programs
If you have problems running a program or if you have reinstalled your
operating system, you can reinstall programs from the yellow Applications CD
and other program CDs. If you are reinstalling programs from other program
CDs, follow the installation instructions on each CD. If you want to reinstall
a program, uninstall the old version first.
To reinstall programs from the
Applications
CD(s):
1 If you just reinstalled Windows, go to Step 4. Otherwise, go to the next
step.
2 Click Start, Control Panel, then click Add or Remove Programs.
3 In the Currently Installed Programs list, click the program you want to
uninstall, then click
Change/Remove and follow the on-screen instructions.
4 Insert the yellow Applications CD into the CD or DVD drive. If the program
starts automatically, go to Step 8.
- OR -
If the program does not start automatically, go to Step 5.
5 Click Start, then click Run. The Run dialog box opens.
6 In the Open text box, type d:\runmenu.exe (where d is the drive letter of
your CD or DVD drive).
7 Click OK.
8 If this is the first time you have inserted the yellow Applications CD(s),
accept the End User License Agreement (EULA) by clicking
Yes, I accept it,
then clicking
Continue. The Gateway Driver and Application Recovery
program starts and the
Drivers and Application Recovery tab appears.
Help and
Support
For more information about updating device drivers in
Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.
Type the keyword updating drivers in the HelpSpot
Search box , then click the arrow.
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