Dell Inspiron 4000 Service Manual page 49

Check the network lights on the network connector—
light is not green, try replacing the network cable. Amber indicates that the network card driver is loaded and the card is
detecting activity.
Restart the computer— Try to log on to the network again.
Contact your network administrator—
Windows® Error Messages
x:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready—
A filename cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > |—
Not enough memory or resources. Close some programs and try again—
windows and open the program that you want to use.
The file being copied is too large for the destination drive—
disk, or the disk is too full. Try copying the file to a different disk or use a larger capacity disk.
A required .DLL file was not found—
then reinstall the program:
Window 98 SE and Windows Me:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Select the program that you want to remove.
4. Click Add/Remove and follow the prompts on the screen.
5. See the program documentation for installation instructions.
Windows 2000:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Select the program that you want to remove.
4. Click Change/Remove and follow the prompts on the screen.
5. See the program documentation for installation instructions.
General Program Problems
A program crashes
See the software documentation—
solve the problem.
A program stops responding
Press <Ctrl><Alt><Del>— In the Close Program window, select the program that is no longer responding. Then click End
Task.
A solid blue screen appears
Turn the computer off— If the computer does not respond to a keystroke or a proper shutdown, press the power button
until the computer turns off. Press the power button again to restart the computer. The solid blue screen appears because
you were not able to perform a proper Windows shutdown. ScanDisk will automatically run during the start-up process.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
E-Mail Problems
Ensure that you are connected to the Internet—
has a check next to it, click the check to remove it and connect to the Internet.
Green indicates that the network connection is active. If the status
Verify that your network settings are correct and that the network is functioning.
Insert a disk into the drive and try again.
The file that you are trying to copy is too large to fit on the
The program that you are trying to open is missing an essential file. To remove and
Many software manufacturers maintain websites with information that may help you to
With the Outlook Express e-mail program open, click File. If Work Offline
Do not use these characters in filenames.
You have too many programs open. Close all