You must right-click the link for a portable document format (PDF) file and save the file to your hard-disk drive. Attempting to link directly to large PDF files causes your system to freeze.

To save PDF files (files with an extension of .pdf) to your hard-disk drive, right-click the document title, click Save Target As in Microsoft® Internet Explorer or Save Link As in Netscape Navigator, and specify a location on your hard-disk drive.

NOTES: PDF files require Adobe� Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded from the from the Adobe World Wide Web site at: http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/. To view a PDF file, launch Acrobat Reader. Click File –> Open and select the PDF file.

Right-click only the following links:

Document Title	File Format	File Size
Getting Started Inspiron 5000	.pdf	815 KB
Start Here Inspiron 5000e	.pdf	397 KB
Dell Inspiron Systems Setup Guide	.pdf	412 KB
Dell Inspiron 5000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide	.pdf	2.14 MB
Dell Inspiron 5000 Port Replicator User's Guide	.pdf	949 KB
Dell Inspiron 5000e System Solutions Guide	.pdf	1.78 MB
Removing and Replacing Parts	.pdf	2.23 MB

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Online Documentation 

Inspiron 5000

Downloading the Help and Associated Files

1. Right-click the following link to the popup.ocx file: popup.ocx
   
   
2. Click Save Target As in Microsoft Internet Explorer or Save Link As in Netscape Navigator, and specify c:\windows\system for Windows 98 or c:\winnt\ for Windows NT on your hard-disk drive.
   
   
3. Click the Start button on the Microsoft Windows® desktop, and then click Run.
   
   
4. Type regsvr32 popup.ocx and then press <Enter>.
   
   
5. Click OK when the installation is complete.
   

Downloading the Help File

1. Click the appropriate button to download the zipped file and save it to your hard-disk drive. 
   
   
2. Go to the directory location you specified when you saved the file.
   
   
3. Double-click the .exe file you downloaded. The WinZip Self-Extractor dialog box appears.
   
   
4. Specify the location to save the unzipped files to and click Unzip.A message stating that the files unzipped successfully appears.
   
   
5. Click OK.
   
   
6. Click Close.
   

Viewing the Help File

1. Start your browser and open the index.htm file in the directory containing the unzipped files.
   
   
2. Click the Start button on the Windows desktop, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.
   
   
3. Navigate to the directory in which you saved the Help file.
   
   
4. Double-click the file.

Inspiron 5000e

Compiled HTML Help files (files with an extension of .chm) require Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.

Downloading the Help and Associated Files

1. Click the following link to download the help_dll.exe file: help_dll.exe
   
   
2. Save the link to the default directory, c:\windows\systems.
   
   
3. Go to the directory location you specified when you saved the file.
   
   
4. Double-click the .exe file you downloaded. The WinZip Self-Extractor dialog box appears.
   
   
5. Specify the location to save the unzipped files to and click Unzip. A message appears, stating that the files unzipped successfully.
   
   
6. Click OK.
   
   
7. Click Close.