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Dell™ Latitude™ XT User’s Guide
Model PP12S
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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book.book Page 2 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your Tablet-PC. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2007–2008 Dell Inc. Al
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book.book Page 3 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM Contents 1 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Dell Support Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Returning Items for Warranty R
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book.book Page 4 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM 3 Setting Up and Using Your Tablet-PC . . . 51 Transferring Information to a New Tablet-PC . . . . . . 51 ® Transferring Information in Windows Vista . . . 51 Transferring Information in Windows XP . . . . . 51 Using Notebook Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using Tablet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Converting Your Tablet-PC Between Notebook and Tablet Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Right- and Left-
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book.book Page 5 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Changing the Track Stick or Pointer Cap . . . . . 86 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Adjusting Brightness on the LED Backlit Thin-and-Light LCD . . . . . . . . . . 88 Adjusting Brightness on the Dual-bulb (CCFL) LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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book.book Page 6 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 101 Checking Your Wireless Network Adapter . . . . . 101 Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . 102 Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . 105 Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . .
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book.book Page 7 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM Activating the Security Management Software . . 116 Using the Security Management Software . . . . 117 Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 If Your Tablet-PC Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 117 7 Cleaning Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Tablet-PC, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Optical Drives and Optical Drive Media . . . . . .
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book.book Page 8 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 130 Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Touch Pad o
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book.book Page 9 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 151 11 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 155 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Turning Off Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Before Working Inside Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . 156 Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Removing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
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book.book Page 10 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM Removing a Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Installing a Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Installing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Installing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 11 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM Removing the Wireless Switch . . . . . . . . . . 195 Installing the Wireless Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 197 12 Dell™ D/Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 About the Dell D/Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Setting Up and Using the D/Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Removing and Installing Devices When the Tablet-PC Is Turned Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Removing and Installing Devices While the Tablet-PC Is Runni
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book.book Page 12 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM 14 Battery Slice (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Setting Up Your Battery Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Docking Your Tablet-PC to the Battery Slice . . . . . . 219 Undocking Your Tablet-PC From the Battery Slice . . . 220 Charging Your Battery Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Battery-Slice Power-Stat
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book.book Page 13 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM 1 Resources Finding Information NOTE: Some features or media may be optional and may not ship with your Tablet-PC. Some features or media may not be available in certain countries. NOTE: Additional information may ship with your Tablet-PC. What Are You Looking For? Find It Here • A diagnostic program for my Tablet-PC Drivers and Utilities Media • Drivers for my Tablet-PC NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities media may be optional and may not ship
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book.book Page 14 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here • Notebook System Software (NSS) Documentation and drivers are already installed on your Tablet-PC. You can use the Drivers and Utilities media to reinstall drivers (see "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 146) or to run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Dell Diagnostics" on page 121). Readme files may be included on your media to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to your Tablet
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book.book Page 15 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here • How to set up my Tablet-PC Quick Reference Guide • Basic troubleshooting information NOTE: This document may be optional and may not ship with your Tablet-PC. • How to run the Dell Diagnostics NOTE: This document is available as a PDF at support.dell.com. • Warranty information Dell™ Product Information Guide •Terms and Conditions (U.S. only) •Safety instructions • Regulatory information • Ergonomics in
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book.book Page 16 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here • How to set up my Tablet-PC Quick Reference Card • Summary of your Tablet-PC features • Available accessories for your Tablet-PC NOTE: This document is available as a PDF at support.dell.com. This publication may not be included with your system. 16 Resources
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book.book Page 17 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here ® ® • Service Tag and Express Service Code Service Tag and Microsoft Windows ® ® License •Microsoft Windows License Label NOTE: Your Tablet-PC’s Service Tag label is located on the bottom of your Tablet-PC near the memory and Mini-Card cover (see "Bottom View" on page 40). NOTE: You can also find your Service Tag information through the System Setup program. See "System Setup Screens" on page 142. Yo
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book.book Page 18 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here • Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and Dell Support Website — support.dell.com tips, articles from technicians, online NOTE: Select your region or business courses, and frequently asked questions segment to view the appropriate support • Community — Online discussion with site. other Dell customers • Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such as the system memory, the hard drive, and the ope
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book.book Page 19 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here ® • Software upgrades and troubleshooting Dell Support Utility (Windows Vista ) hints — Frequently asked questions, hot The Dell Support Utility is an automated topics, and general health of your upgrade and notification system installed computing environment on your Tablet-PC. This support provides real-time health scans of your computing environment, software updates, and relevant self-support inf
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book.book Page 20 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here • Information on tablet features and Dell QuickSet Help functionality, network activity, the Power To view Dell QuickSet Help, press the Management Wizard, hotkeys, and QuickSet tablet settings button (see "Front other items controlled by Dell QuickSet View" on page 27), or right-click the ® QuickSet icon in the Microsoft ® Windows Notification area, and select Help. The Windows Notification area is
