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70 Advanced Troubleshooting
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Enabling System Restore
If you reinstall Windows XP with less than 200 MB of free hard-disk space
available, System Restore is automatically disabled. To see if System Restore
is enabled:
1 Click the
Start
button and click
Control Panel
.
2 Click
Performance and Maintenance
.
3 Click
System
.
4 Click the
System Restore
tab.
5 Make sure that
Turn off System Restore
is unchecked.
Resolving Software and Hardware
Incompatibilities
Windows XP IRQ conflicts occur if a device either is not detected during
the operating system setup or is detected but incorrectly configured.
To check for conflicts on a computer running Windows XP:
1
Click the Start button and click Control Panel .
2
Click Performance and Maintenance and click System .
3
Click the Hardware tab and click Device Manager .
4
In the Device Manager list, check for conflicts with the other devices.
Conflicts are indicated by a yellow exclamation point (
!
) beside the
conflicting device or a red
X
if the device has been disabled.
5
Double-click any conflict to display the Properties window.
If an IRQ conflict exists, the Device status area in the Properties
window reports the cards or devices that share the device's IRQ.
6
Resolve conflicts by reconfiguring the devices or removing the devices
from the Device Manager .
To use the Windows XP Hardware Troubleshooter:
1
Click the
Start
button and click
Help and Support
.
2
Type
hardware troubleshooter
in the
Search
field and click the
arrow to start the search.