HP Pavilion xl900 - Desktop PC Manuals

HP Pavilion home PC Information Important Web Updates Preventing a Windows XP Critical Error If you purchased your HP Pavilion home PC between September 2001 and February 2002, your PC may experience a Microsoft ® Windows ® XP critical error. To prevent an error that may cause your computer to be unusable, HP strongly recommends that you go to the Microsoft Windows Updates Web site to download all critical updates. Without these updates, an Unmountable Boot Volume error may occur randomly, and if it does, the error creates a blue screen with the message: A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME…Technical Information: *** STOP: 0x000000ED If this error occurs, you will be unable to fix the problem without a diskette that you can order from HP Technical Support. Even after using the diskette to restore your computer, this error may continue to occur unless this update is loaded onto your HP Pavilion. To avoid this inconvenience and to prevent this critical error, please follow these instructions: 1 Connect to the Internet. 2 Click Start, choose All Programs, and then click Windows Update. 3 A Windows Update Web page appears. If a window pops up and asks if you want to install a Windows Update tool, click Yes. 4 Click Pick Updates to install, Critical Updates, and then click Review and install updates. All critical updates are automatically selected. Note: You can also choose to install noncritical Windows XP or driver updates in this window. 5 Click the Install Now button in the Total Selected Updates area. 6 Click Accept to accept the license agreement. Follow onscreen instructions. This download may take several minutes. 7 When the installation has finished, close all windows and restart the computer. Important: HP recommends that you use the Windows Update feature to periodically check for and download fixes for issues involving Microsoft’s products. Some of these issues can include device compatibility, security, and system stability. You can also access Windows Updates from Help and Support. If you ever perform a system recovery, you need to reinstall these critical updates. Top of Page

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HP Pavilion home PC Information Important Web Updates Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive Your HP Pavilion home PC comes with a hard disk that has 20 to 120 gigabytes (GB) of total disk space, depending on your model (1 GB equals 1 billion bytes). Your PC comes with preloaded software programs and a hidden partition within the hard disk that take up a certain amount of hard disk space. Hard Disk Hidden Partition The hidden partition: I Houses a backup version of the operating system and the programs included with your model. I Takes up about 4.5 GB of hard disk space, reducing the total amount of space available. I Replaces the need for system and application recovery CDs. Use the following procedures to: I Determine available disk space. I Uninstall unneeded programs. I Use the Disk Cleanup utility. I Reinstall programs that came with the PC. Displaying Available Hard Disk Space To view the amount of space on your hard disk: 1 Click Start on the desktop. 2 Click My Computer. 3 Click the Local Disk icon under Hard Disk Drives. The amount of free space is displayed under Details on the left side of the screen. Increasing Available Hard Disk Space You can free up space on the hard disk by uninstalling programs or by using the Disk Cleanup utility to remove unneeded files. Uninstalling Programs To uninstall programs: 1 Click Start. 2 Click Control Panel. 3 Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon. 4 Select the program to be removed, and click Remove. Using the Disk Cleanup Utility To use the Disk Cleanup utility: 1 Click Start. 2 Click Control Panel. 3 Click the Performance and Maintenance icon. You may need to scroll down to view this icon. 4 Click the arrow next to Free up space on your hard disk. The disk cleanup window appears. 5 Select the files you want to delete, and click OK. Reinstalling Programs You can reinstall any program that came with your HP Pavilion. For programs that came on CDs, just reinsert the CD and follow the onscreen instructions. For preinstalled programs, follow this procedure: 1 Click Start. 2 Choose All Programs, hp tools, and then click hp application recovery. 3 Select the option to reinstall the applications shipped with your PC, and click Next. 4 When the preinstalled application list appears, select the programs to reinstall and click the Install button. 5 Restart your PC after reinstalling the programs. Top of Page

HP Pavilion home PC Information Important Web Updates Using MSN Explorer for the First Time You may see an error message when you first use MSN ® Explorer. This document describes how to complete the registration process to use MSN Explorer as your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or as a browser. Before you begin these steps, connect the modem cable from the computer modem connector to the telephone wall jack (see the setup poster that came with your computer). To complete the registration process: 1 Click Start on the taskbar, choose All Programs, and then click MSN Explorer. 2 Click Yes to use MSN Explorer for your ISP, or click No to use MSN Explorer as a browser only. 3 Click Continue. A series of screens appears. Enter the registration information and click Continue for each screen. 4 Click OK when the following message displays. 5 Click OK again when the following message displays. 6 Close the program window by clicking the X in the corner. This completes the registration process. To use MSN Explorer, click Start on the taskbar, choose All Programs, and then click MSN Explorer. Top of Page

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V.90 (V.92 Upgradeable) 56K PCI Modem User’s Guide

S MART Modular Technologies PCI Host-Accelerated Modem offers the latest in flexibility and compatibility in a standard form factor modem. Its high level of integration offers a low-cost, high-performance, low-power, full-featured modem utilizing a PC host CPU for the ultimate Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, XP, or Windows NT 4.0 solution. The modem is designed to take advantage of the Agere (formerly Lucent Technologies) Mars 3 chipset’s integrated PCI interface which allows it to have efficient access to host PC system resources. In conjunction with the host PC, it implements V.90/V.92 technology, which allows PC users to achieve Internet connection rates approaching 56 kbits/s with backward compatibility to existing V.34 modems. It also supports video-ready interface, high-speed data modes (V.34 extended rates and fallbacks), and Class 1 FAX capabilities. The SMART internal modem provides the optimal parallel interface because it connects directly with the host PC’s PCI bus. This eliminates the 16550 UART bottleneck. This chip set offers an on-chip PCI interface that supports both slave and master operation. The DSP hardware performs MIPS-intensive operations, such as V.92, V.34, and V.32 modulation, while the host performs other less MIPS-intensive functions, such as V.42bis. A host-based controller modem has the benefit of utilizing more powerful CPUs as they become available, as well as access to the system’s RAM and disk space. Users can therefore be updated in the field, as code simply resides on the disk. Even with its superior performance, SMART’s internal modem CPU usage is virtually the same as that of a conventional modem. FEATURES • V.90/V.92 Data/Fax Modem • Agere/Lucent 1648 DSP • PCI bus interface • Windows® 9x, ME, XP, NT 4.0 compatible • WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) certified • Plug and Play • V.80 video conference support • Backward compatible to V.90 and V.34 standards • Available in Domestic and International versions • Supports standard PCI bus interface as well as the “Low Profile” PCI standard Modem V.90/V.92 PCI Data/Fax Internal V.90/V.92 PCI Data/Fax Modem