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Installing a New Hardware , Uninstall a Hardware


Installing a New Hardware

At some point we want to upgrade our computer & to use more applications to make it more powerful and to take advantage of additional computing features

Windows 95/98 can help us to install new equipments



Windows 95/98’s Add new Hardware feature guides through the process of adding new hardware using an interface called the new Hardware Wizard, which can detect most new standard hardware on our computer

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It makes the appropriate changes to the Registry

and to the appropriate configuration files so that

windows 95/98 can recognize and support our new

hardware

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Plug and play is a computer technology that makes it possible for us to connect a device to our computer without having to enter setting for the device

Windows and most new devices support

plug and play technology

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To install a new hardware, follow these steps

Close all running programs. Then click start , Point to programs and click control panel

Double-click on the Add New Hardware icon. The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear

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Click the Next button to begin installing the new hardware. Windows display the next wizard screen

The displayed dialog box indicates that windows will search for plug and play devices. Click on Next to continue

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If windows finds a plug and play device , it display a name of device and asks if all devices we want to install are listed If windows did not detect a device we just installed, click No I want to install another device click Next. Windows displays the next wizard screen

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If the wizard detected other devices it displays a list of them and asks if the device we want to install is in the list If the device is not in the list, click No, the device isn’t in the list. If the device is in the list click Yes, the device is in the list and click the name of the deviceClick Next. Windows displays the Next wizard screen

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The Wizard asks if we want it to search for any

non plug and play devices on our system Select Yes and then click Next Windows displays the next wizard screen

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The Wizard informs us that it will now search for any new plug and play devices Click Next to search our computer for any new hardware that’s installed This may take several minutes to search for the new hardware that’s installed

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Wait until the detection process is completed and

if Windows is able to detect any new hardware

windows will install the software needed to support

our new hardware detected Click on the Finish button

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Click on the hardware type we are installing, and click on Next

Select the Model and Manufacturer of our hardware

Click Next. Windows displays the next wizard screen

Click on Finish button

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Un Installing a Hardware

To uninstall a hardware, follow these steps

Click Start button, point to Settings and then click on Control Panel

Double-click system

Click Device Manager option



Select the hardware that we want to uninstall

Click the Remove button

Shutdown the computer and disconnect the hardware

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Summary

In this lecture you have learned about




Frequently Asked questions

How to install a new hardware

How to Uninstall a hardware


Quiz

1.___________ is a computer technology that makes it possible for us to connect a device to our computer without having to enter setting for the device

Answer is: Plug and play

Technology

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