Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday need tips and tricks

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Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday need tips and tricks

 

 

 

Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday need tips and tricks

 

I just got this yesterday locked it up 1st time on but it restarted

ok. Zero in control panel was a surprise I searched for a hour on

Google did anyone else have to click start on this, and get the

windows screen you must start zero?

 

Dial up connection will not dial the phone number, window comes up

dial on your phone then click ok it worked once but I changed so many

settings looking for the modem to dial now the modem will not connect

when I dial the phone... any tips?

 

wifi my girl friends compac connects to BIH I get this on my

connections too but its secure I need a key but she got in without one

far as I know, as she is in Breckenridge skiing I can't find out how

she got into a secure connection, it ask me for a key every time. Any

tips for secure... keys?

 

 

Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday it boots up nicely, I have been using

win98se and a Pentium 3 for the last 8 years, so this is light years

down range. I did not click on Dell quick fixes just read a message

not to let Dell set your start up etc... so if we cant use Dell icon

what is the best way to check msconfig without knowing what all the

lines on the screen do, if they are junk or not?

 

Also Dell did not send a packing list. No serial # nothing I was

thinking I would have to take this to FedEx Kindos and put the laptop

on the copier and take a picture of the bottom numbers etc. Is there a

better way?

 

One question about a monitor plug in I have a old Dell monitor I

bought for $10 and it works can anyone tell me the steps to connect

this.. do I plug in the vga plug and turn the Dell Monitor on first

before I turn on the Vostro 1400? thanks

 

On can I leave a sd card in all the time?

 

DSL lic for my music tried to open Carly Simon and got the Microsoft

lic screen... Can I just copy the cd to the Vostro as I copied the

files via an external usb hd?

 

I bought 2 books on xp pro from Amazon. Both used for about $10 each

one with a cd. One book is 700 pages grin.

 

So e mail me any good xp pro links you have I'm not going to use Vista

for the next 10 years. Got a good deal on the Dell Vostro 1400 $715 on

the Outlet Store.

 

My next Dell will be the m6300 $1,200 almost twice as much but could

plug this into a 32 inch LCD might be ably to plug the Vostro 1400

into a 32 inch LCD too as it has the GeForce 128 meg card. Anyone try

this?

 

Thank

 

Greg Buell

Inventor84@att.net

 

Greg Buell

http://www.endwaronearth.com

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Re: Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday need tips and tricks

 

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inventor wrote:

> Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday need tips and tricks

>

> I just got this yesterday locked it up 1st time on but it restarted

> ok. Zero in control panel was a surprise I searched for a hour on

> Google did anyone else have to click start on this, and get the

> windows screen you must start zero?...