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Chapter 6: Restoring Software

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Reinstalling programs

If you have problems running a program or if you have reinstalled your
operating system, you can reinstall programs from the yellow Applications CD
and other program CDs. If you are reinstalling programs from other program
CDs, follow the installation instructions on each CD. If you want to reinstall
a program, uninstall the old version first.

To reinstall programs from the

Applications

CD:

1

If you just reinstalled Windows, go to Step 4. Otherwise, go to the next
step.

2

In Windows XP, click

Start

,

Control Panel

, then click

Add or Remove Programs

.

- OR -

In Windows 2000, click

Start

,

Settings

,

Control Panel

, then double-click the

Add or Remove Programs

icon.

3

In the Currently Installed Programs list, click the program you want to
uninstall, then click

Change/Remove

and follow the on-screen instructions.

4

Insert the yellow

Applications CD into the CD, DVD, or recordable drive.

If the program starts automatically, go to Step 8.

- OR -

If the program does not start automatically, go to Step 5.

5

Click

Start

, then click

Run

. The Run dialog box opens.

6

In the

Open

text box, type d:\runmenu.exe (where d is the drive letter of

your CD, DVD, or recordable drive).

7

Click

OK

.

8

If this is the first time you have inserted the yellow Applications CD, accept
the End User License Agreement (EULA) by clicking

Yes, I accept it

, then

clicking

Continue

. The Gateway Driver and Application Recovery program

starts and the

Drivers and Application Recovery

tab appears.