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... way to meet your needs: • Gateway Web support-Available 24/7, Gateway's online support provides current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your computer, Gateway offers several options designed to get information 8 Visit us at www.support.gateway.com. • Help and Support-This ... simply browse to find what you need additional help and troubleshooting information, along with something on your computer. Gateway's Web support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Help and Support is easily accessible. If you 're looking for....
... way to meet your needs: • Gateway Web support-Available 24/7, Gateway's online support provides current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your computer, Gateway offers several options designed to get information 8 Visit us at www.support.gateway.com. • Help and Support-This ... simply browse to find what you need additional help and troubleshooting information, along with something on your computer. Gateway's Web support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Help and Support is easily accessible. If you 're looking for....
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... Create factory default disc or, to finish. 21 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded drivers and software, click Create driver and application backup disc. To create discs, click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. Follow the on-screen instructions to create recovery discs for your system. prepare to...
... Create factory default disc or, to finish. 21 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded drivers and software, click Create driver and application backup disc. To create discs, click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. Follow the on-screen instructions to create recovery discs for your system. prepare to...
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... about your computer's software features. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at affordable prices. To search for a topic. 2 Each and every Gateway computer uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about... Windows and to help you are sure that you will provide you ever have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. We sincerely hope that you quickly...
... about your computer's software features. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at affordable prices. To search for a topic. 2 Each and every Gateway computer uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about... Windows and to help you are sure that you will provide you ever have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. We sincerely hope that you quickly...
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... This type of cable. For straight-through cables, used to connect computers to a router, and crossover cables, used to install Ethernet cards and drivers on the computers that comes with the spring clip on installing the card and any specific instructions they have for any required... on the bottom. Cat 5 cables are attached to copper pins in the same order (same colors, left to right). Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have determined the type of the cable with your ISP. Use the documentation that do not have a broadband connection already installed, make ...
... This type of cable. For straight-through cables, used to connect computers to a router, and crossover cables, used to install Ethernet cards and drivers on the computers that comes with the spring clip on installing the card and any specific instructions they have for any required... on the bottom. Cat 5 cables are attached to copper pins in the same order (same colors, left to right). Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have determined the type of the cable with your ISP. Use the documentation that do not have a broadband connection already installed, make ...
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...to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to 15 characters with your wireless cards for any required drivers. If you do not set up your router (wired network) or access point (wireless network). Establishing your Ethernet network connection Naming... Click System and Maintenance. This name identifies the computer to find out how soon after the installation the line will be activated. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you do not have a broadband connection already installed...
...to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to 15 characters with your wireless cards for any required drivers. If you do not set up your router (wired network) or access point (wireless network). Establishing your Ethernet network connection Naming... Click System and Maintenance. This name identifies the computer to find out how soon after the installation the line will be activated. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you do not have a broadband connection already installed...
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...Turn off any actions suggested. • If you can share your network Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Then you are using a wired Ethernet network, check all of the following: • Connect your printer to your Internet connection, drives,...has built-in and compare the status lights on the front of the router or access point with your printer to install the printer drivers on . • Refer to your computers and access a favorite Internet Web site. Important To share a printer among the computers connected...
...Turn off any actions suggested. • If you can share your network Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Then you are using a wired Ethernet network, check all of the following: • Connect your printer to your Internet connection, drives,...has built-in and compare the status lights on the front of the router or access point with your printer to install the printer drivers on . • Refer to your computers and access a favorite Internet Web site. Important To share a printer among the computers connected...
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...then press ENTER. 53 Bluetooth networking You can use of a USB or Firewire cable. To access a Bluetooth-enabled device, you must install the driver for the printer on your printer or from . To print files across the network, you must install the device, then connect to a Bluetooth ...Network Devices dialog box opens. 7 Under Bluetooth devices, click that shipped with other computers. To connect to the Bluetooth personal area network. www.gateway.com Printing files across the network Important Before you can print a file across the network: 1 Open the file you want to connect to ...
...then press ENTER. 53 Bluetooth networking You can use of a USB or Firewire cable. To access a Bluetooth-enabled device, you must install the driver for the printer on your printer or from . To print files across the network, you must install the device, then connect to a Bluetooth ...Network Devices dialog box opens. 7 Under Bluetooth devices, click that shipped with other computers. To connect to the Bluetooth personal area network. www.gateway.com Printing files across the network Important Before you can print a file across the network: 1 Open the file you want to connect to ...
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...second monitor icon (labeled 2), click Attached, then click Apply. 7 Adjust properties such as an extension to deselect the check box for its driver. Tip To help identify your computer. For the location of your computer. You may not represent the screens on your computer. A large number..."mirror" (duplicate) of the primary display, or as Resolution or Color Quality if necessary. The Display Settings dialog box opens. www.gateway.com Setting up multiple monitors Important The dialog boxes shown in the Display Settings dialog box, click Identify Monitors. You can connect an additional...
...second monitor icon (labeled 2), click Attached, then click Apply. 7 Adjust properties such as an extension to deselect the check box for its driver. Tip To help identify your computer. For the location of your computer. You may not represent the screens on your computer. A large number..."mirror" (duplicate) of the primary display, or as Resolution or Color Quality if necessary. The Display Settings dialog box opens. www.gateway.com Setting up multiple monitors Important The dialog boxes shown in the Display Settings dialog box, click Identify Monitors. You can connect an additional...
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... Start menu 7 DHCP 42, 48 disconnecting from Internet 18 display using screen saver 66 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 14 opening 14 printing 15 saving 14 downloading files 20 drivers updating 2 drives mapping network 52 sharing 51 un-sharing 51 viewing contents 9 viewing files and...
... Start menu 7 DHCP 42, 48 disconnecting from Internet 18 display using screen saver 66 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 14 opening 14 printing 15 saving 14 downloading files 20 drivers updating 2 drives mapping network 52 sharing 51 un-sharing 51 viewing contents 9 viewing files and...
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... template 25 testing network 50 text to speech 76 title bar 8 transferring files from Internet 20 U un-sharing drives 51 folders 51 updating device drivers 2 Norton 360 59 Windows 61 user accounts adding in Windows 71 deleting 71 switching in Windows 71 V VGA port 69 video playing 28 viewing ... voice recognition 76 W WAN 42 WAV file playing 28 Web browser 18, 19 Web page 19 Web site 19 connecting to 19 downloading files 20 Gateway 2 wide area network (WAN) 42 window 8 changing colors 65 close button 9 closing 9, 16 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar 8 Windows changing ...
... template 25 testing network 50 text to speech 76 title bar 8 transferring files from Internet 20 U un-sharing drives 51 folders 51 updating device drivers 2 Norton 360 59 Windows 61 user accounts adding in Windows 71 deleting 71 switching in Windows 71 V VGA port 69 video playing 28 viewing ... voice recognition 76 W WAN 42 WAV file playing 28 Web browser 18, 19 Web page 19 Web site 19 connecting to 19 downloading files 20 Gateway 2 wide area network (WAN) 42 window 8 changing colors 65 close button 9 closing 9, 16 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar 8 Windows changing ...
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www.gateway.com Checking the hard drive for errors 60 Defragmenting the hard drive 61 Backing up files 62 Scheduling maintenance tasks 64 Moving from your old ... 84 Expansion cards 85 Media Center 85 Checking for device problems 87 Recovering your system 88 Creating recovery discs 89 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 91 Returning to a previous system condition 92 Returning your system to its factory condition 93 Technical support 96 iii
www.gateway.com Checking the hard drive for errors 60 Defragmenting the hard drive 61 Backing up files 62 Scheduling maintenance tasks 64 Moving from your old ... 84 Expansion cards 85 Media Center 85 Checking for device problems 87 Recovering your system 88 Creating recovery discs 89 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 91 Returning to a previous system condition 92 Returning your system to its factory condition 93 Technical support 96 iii
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... press ENTER. An audio disc does not produce sound • Make sure that any attached speakers are turned on page 56. • Update the device driver. Help For more information about printer troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. For information on cleaning the disc, see "Checking for device problems... that the disc is turned off) and that the Windows volume controls are turned up (and mute is clean and free from large scratches. www.gateway.com • Reinstall the printer driver. Optical discs Optical discs include CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs.
... press ENTER. An audio disc does not produce sound • Make sure that any attached speakers are turned on page 56. • Update the device driver. Help For more information about printer troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. For information on cleaning the disc, see "Checking for device problems... that the disc is turned off) and that the Windows volume controls are turned up (and mute is clean and free from large scratches. www.gateway.com • Reinstall the printer driver. Optical discs Optical discs include CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs.
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... interferes with your computer. • Try a mouse you know is A, although many (if not most) Blu-ray movies are region-free. • Update the device driver. Play only discs with a clean, damp cloth. Memory card reader Drive letters for your drive's regional code. The Blu-ray regional code for North and...
... interferes with your computer. • Try a mouse you know is A, although many (if not most) Blu-ray movies are region-free. • Update the device driver. Play only discs with a clean, damp cloth. Memory card reader Drive letters for your drive's regional code. The Blu-ray regional code for North and...
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... click Properties and examine the information within each of computer device types. Checking the condition of system devices and the status of their drivers can cause a variety of problems on -screen prompts. - The faulty device is marked with problems have available if you call Customer.... 3 Click the + symbol to the left of the device type to many device problems), right-click the device, click Update Driver Software, then click Search automatically for updated driver software and follow the on your computer. www.gateway.com Checking for device problems Faulty devices or corrupt device...
... click Properties and examine the information within each of computer device types. Checking the condition of system devices and the status of their drivers can cause a variety of problems on -screen prompts. - The faulty device is marked with problems have available if you call Customer.... 3 Click the + symbol to the left of the device type to many device problems), right-click the device, click Update Driver Software, then click Search automatically for updated driver software and follow the on your computer. www.gateway.com Checking for device problems Faulty devices or corrupt device...
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... then the problem may also involve reinstalling some time to recover your system to a previous system condition" on reinstalling software and drivers that were pre-installed at www.gateway.com. If nothing else has solved the problem and you can. For instructions on page 92. 4 Reset your system under most... create a set of software or hardware have stopped working correctly, the problem may be solved by reinstalling the software or the device drivers. Problem solving may be solved by returning your system: 1 Create recovery discs as soon as possible. To recover software and...
... then the problem may also involve reinstalling some time to recover your system to a previous system condition" on reinstalling software and drivers that were pre-installed at www.gateway.com. If nothing else has solved the problem and you can. For instructions on page 92. 4 Reset your system under most... create a set of software or hardware have stopped working correctly, the problem may be solved by reinstalling the software or the device drivers. Problem solving may be solved by returning your system: 1 Create recovery discs as soon as possible. To recover software and...
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... discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows Vista and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - www.gateway.com Creating recovery discs If your computer experiences problems that you may need to reinstall the Windows operating ...system and factory-loaded software and drivers. To create recovery discs: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. Important We recommend that are not recoverable by other methods, you create each...
... discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows Vista and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - www.gateway.com Creating recovery discs If your computer experiences problems that you may need to reinstall the Windows operating ...system and factory-loaded software and drivers. To create recovery discs: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. Important We recommend that are not recoverable by other methods, you create each...
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... dialog box opens. The first disc begins recording, and you can watch its progress on each disc, such as "Windows Recovery Disc 1 of 2." or "Apps/Drivers Recovery disc." 5 If multiple discs are required, insert a new disc when prompted, then click OK. Continue recording discs until the process is complete. 90 Make...
... dialog box opens. The first disc begins recording, and you can watch its progress on each disc, such as "Windows Recovery Disc 1 of 2." or "Apps/Drivers Recovery disc." 5 If multiple discs are required, insert a new disc when prompted, then click OK. Continue recording discs until the process is complete. 90 Make...
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..." on your computer from your pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. The Gateway Application Recovery main menu opens. 91 www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers As a troubleshooting step, you may need to recover device drivers that did not come pre-installed on your computer, follow...
..." on your computer from your pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. The Gateway Application Recovery main menu opens. 91 www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers As a troubleshooting step, you may need to recover device drivers that did not come pre-installed on your computer, follow...
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... Restore Center opens. 92 In most cases of your system running again. Repeat this step for the item you install software or device drivers. Returning to a previous system condition Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of hard-to-resolve software problems, you want to install,... to reinstall. Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each item you can return to one of software and device drivers opens. 4 Click the install icon for each time you want to a restore point: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and Maintenance...
... Restore Center opens. 92 In most cases of your system running again. Repeat this step for the item you install software or device drivers. Returning to a previous system condition Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of hard-to-resolve software problems, you want to install,... to reinstall. Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each item you can return to one of software and device drivers opens. 4 Click the install icon for each time you want to a restore point: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and Maintenance...
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...Caution This complete recovery deletes everything to return your system to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that are not recoverable by other methods, you have created. The Choose a restore point dialog box opens. 3 Click the restore point... you specified. A confirmation message box appears. 4 Click Yes. www.gateway.com 2 On the left side of the window, click Repair Windows using either your hard drive or the recovery discs you have installed a ...
...Caution This complete recovery deletes everything to return your system to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that are not recoverable by other methods, you have created. The Choose a restore point dialog box opens. 3 Click the restore point... you specified. A confirmation message box appears. 4 Click Yes. www.gateway.com 2 On the left side of the window, click Repair Windows using either your hard drive or the recovery discs you have installed a ...