User guide
Setting up for email using the BlackBerry Internet Email
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• load new device programs such as updated 
system software, games, and third-party 
personal information management programs
• charge your device using the computer
To install the desktop software, you require the 
following items:
• Intel®-compatible 486 or higher computer 
that is compliant with USB 1.1 or later
• Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or 
Windows XP
• available USB port
• If you use Windows 98 (not Windows 98 
Second Edition), you must download the 
DCOM 98 version 1.3 update from 
www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx for 
the USB driver to operate as expected.
1. Insert the BlackBerry Desktop Software 
Installation CD into your CD drive.
2. Complete the on-screen instructions.
• Select BlackBerry Internet Service as 
your account integration option.
3. When the installation is complete, connect 
the smaller end of the USB cable to your 
device.
4. Connect the larger end of the USB cable to 
an available USB port on the computer.
5. On the computer, on the taskbar, click Start.
6. Click Programs > BlackBerry > Desktop 
Manager. 
Note: To find more information about the 
BlackBerry Desktop Software features, click Help 
> Desktop Help Contents.










