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Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Using the Gateway Web site 2 Using Help and Support 3 Searching for a topic 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 4 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 ...
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Using the Gateway Web site 2 Using Help and Support 3 Searching for a topic 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 4 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 ...
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... data discs 43 Creating a data disc 43 Using Windows Media Center 44 Starting Windows Media Center 44 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 45 Introduction to Networking 46 Networking terms you should know 46 Ethernet networking 46 Wired Ethernet networking 46 Wireless Ethernet networking 49 ...network 54 Adding a printer to your network 54 Sharing resources 54 Using the network 55 Bluetooth networking 57 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook 59 Hardware security 60 Kensington lock slot 60 CompuTrace 60 Data security 61 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 61 Computrace 61 Startup and...
... data discs 43 Creating a data disc 43 Using Windows Media Center 44 Starting Windows Media Center 44 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 45 Introduction to Networking 46 Networking terms you should know 46 Ethernet networking 46 Wired Ethernet networking 46 Wireless Ethernet networking 49 ...network 54 Adding a printer to your network 54 Sharing resources 54 Using the network 55 Bluetooth networking 57 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook 59 Hardware security 60 Kensington lock slot 60 CompuTrace 60 Data security 61 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 61 Computrace 61 Startup and...
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www.gateway.com Traveling securely 69 Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 71 Changing screen settings 72 Changing ...Windows Mobility Center 84 Setting up parental controls 86 Filtering Internet access 86 Scheduling notebook and Internet use 87 Restricting game access 87 Restricting specific programs 89 Creating activity reports 89 Chapter 8: Maintaining Your... Notebook 91 Setting up a maintenance schedule 92 Updating Windows 92 Using BigFix 92 Managing hard drive space...
www.gateway.com Traveling securely 69 Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 71 Changing screen settings 72 Changing ...Windows Mobility Center 84 Setting up parental controls 86 Filtering Internet access 86 Scheduling notebook and Internet use 87 Restricting game access 87 Restricting specific programs 89 Creating activity reports 89 Chapter 8: Maintaining Your... Notebook 91 Setting up a maintenance schedule 92 Updating Windows 92 Using BigFix 92 Managing hard drive space...
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...provide you for years to provide best-of services and support. We have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. Thanks again, from your notebook. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at affordable prices. If you ever have a problem, our knowledgeable, dedicated customer ...fast, considerate service. CHAPTER 1: Getting Help Thank you with the best product possible. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to come. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials,...
...provide you for years to provide best-of services and support. We have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. Thanks again, from your notebook. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at affordable prices. If you ever have a problem, our knowledgeable, dedicated customer ...fast, considerate service. CHAPTER 1: Getting Help Thank you with the best product possible. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to come. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials,...
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...start Help and Support: • Click (Start), then click Help and Support. To find help for Windows Media Center If your notebook has Windows Vista Media Center Edition, you quickly discover and use it. Additional results may be available if the first list does not ... your question. To access Media Center help information, troubleshooters, and automated support. www.gateway.com Using Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of your Gateway notebook. Use Help and Support to answer questions about Windows and to the Internet, you ...
...start Help and Support: • Click (Start), then click Help and Support. To find help for Windows Media Center If your notebook has Windows Vista Media Center Edition, you quickly discover and use it. Additional results may be available if the first list does not ... your question. To access Media Center help information, troubleshooters, and automated support. www.gateway.com Using Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of your Gateway notebook. Use Help and Support to answer questions about Windows and to the Internet, you ...
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...below the recommended value or when updates are running. Your desktop may appear on the taskbar to open programs and perform other programs, and notebook tools and utilities. Click a program's button on the taskbar near the clock. The Recycle Bin is the Windows desktop. CHAPTER 2: Using... Windows Using the Windows desktop After your notebook starts, the first screen you see is where files, folders, and programs that you discarded are stored. The desktop contains the taskbar, the ...
...below the recommended value or when updates are running. Your desktop may appear on the taskbar to open programs and perform other programs, and notebook tools and utilities. Click a program's button on the taskbar near the clock. The Recycle Bin is the Windows desktop. CHAPTER 2: Using... Windows Using the Windows desktop After your notebook starts, the first screen you see is where files, folders, and programs that you discarded are stored. The desktop contains the taskbar, the ...
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Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire notebook display. Clicking the close button closes the active window or program. You can ...folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Viewing drives Help For more drives such as Print or Save. A notebook may also have more than one drive. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. ...item on your preferences much like file cabinets because they hold files and folders. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to suit your...
Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire notebook display. Clicking the close button closes the active window or program. You can ...folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Viewing drives Help For more drives such as Print or Save. A notebook may also have more than one drive. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. ...item on your preferences much like file cabinets because they hold files and folders. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to suit your...
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The skills you copy or cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is your notebook. For more than one place, but as soon as you need to copy. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Creating folders Folders are called copying, cutting, and pasting. ... from the clipboard. When you copy and paste a file or folder, you paste it there. A pop-up menu opens on the desktop. 3 Click Copy on a notebook is created. 5 Type a name for files" on page 9 and "Searching for the folder, then press ENTER. They can paste copies of the file or folder...
The skills you copy or cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is your notebook. For more than one place, but as soon as you need to copy. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Creating folders Folders are called copying, cutting, and pasting. ... from the clipboard. When you copy and paste a file or folder, you paste it there. A pop-up menu opens on the desktop. 3 Click Copy on a notebook is created. 5 Type a name for files" on page 9 and "Searching for the folder, then press ENTER. They can paste copies of the file or folder...
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... and Support. Using the Windows Search To find files and folders using this utility can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your notebook by double-clicking the name in common, but you want to empty the bin. 3 Click Yes. The Search Results window opens. 2 If you want to...
... and Support. Using the Windows Search To find files and folders using this utility can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your notebook by double-clicking the name in common, but you want to empty the bin. 3 Click Yes. The Search Results window opens. 2 If you want to...
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CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Using Tablet PC Your notebook may have the Tablet PC features. Some of the digital pen and adjusts the screen's performance for entering data. • Windows Journal-Hand-write documents ...
CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Using Tablet PC Your notebook may have the Tablet PC features. Some of the digital pen and adjusts the screen's performance for entering data. • Windows Journal-Hand-write documents ...
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... list, then click the folder you want to open the document. 3 Click File, then click Print. Help For more information about installing or using your notebook or have access to open it was created in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. 18 For more information about opening files in the...
... list, then click the folder you want to open the document. 3 Click File, then click Print. Help For more information about installing or using your notebook or have access to open it was created in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. 18 For more information about opening files in the...
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...To minimize the cost for a list of Internet service providers available locally. • A Web browser-a program that provides access to this notebook, contact the ISP directly. Your Internet service provider can view the information on the World Wide Web, you create, send, and receive ...Cable and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your telephone book for dial-up Internet users, we suggest that connects your notebook to access the Internet you are those using a telephone, DSL, or cable television line. Internet Servers store information so other technologies. Your...
...To minimize the cost for a list of Internet service providers available locally. • A Web browser-a program that provides access to this notebook, contact the ISP directly. Your Internet service provider can view the information on the World Wide Web, you create, send, and receive ...Cable and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your telephone book for dial-up Internet users, we suggest that connects your notebook to access the Internet you are those using a telephone, DSL, or cable television line. Internet Servers store information so other technologies. Your...
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...(Start), then click Internet. The Web browser locates the server computer on the Internet, downloads (transfers) data to store the file on your notebook, and displays the page on the site that you requested. Sometimes Web pages display slowly. For more information about downloading files, click Start, ... is the process of the Web site that contains the file or program you want to start your notebook. Type the downloading files in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the browser address bar. - Type connecting to your Web browser. Additionally...
...(Start), then click Internet. The Web browser locates the server computer on the Internet, downloads (transfers) data to store the file on your notebook, and displays the page on the site that you requested. Sometimes Web pages display slowly. For more information about downloading files, click Start, ... is the process of the Web site that contains the file or program you want to start your notebook. Type the downloading files in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the browser address bar. - Type connecting to your Web browser. Additionally...
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... modem cable must be installed before you send or receive faxes using a broadband connection. CHAPTER 3: Using the Internet and Faxing Checking your notebook from viruses, check any e-mail attachments using McAfee SecurityCenter. Using Windows Fax and Scan Windows Fax and Scan comes pre-installed with Windows ...the message you prepare to multiple fax servers or devices on page 62. For more information, see the online help in your notebook to one local fax modem, although you can connect your e-mail program. You cannot use your standard telephone modem to connect to your...
... modem cable must be installed before you send or receive faxes using a broadband connection. CHAPTER 3: Using the Internet and Faxing Checking your notebook from viruses, check any e-mail attachments using McAfee SecurityCenter. Using Windows Fax and Scan Windows Fax and Scan comes pre-installed with Windows ...the message you prepare to multiple fax servers or devices on page 62. For more information, see the online help in your notebook to one local fax modem, although you can connect your e-mail program. You cannot use your standard telephone modem to connect to your...
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www.gateway.com Sending a Fax Microsoft Fax lets you will be using your dial-up modem. To send a Fax: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Fax and Scan. The Fax Setup window opens. 4 Click the type of the window. 3 If you have never sent a fax on this notebook before, click New Fax...
www.gateway.com Sending a Fax Microsoft Fax lets you will be using your dial-up modem. To send a Fax: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Fax and Scan. The Fax Setup window opens. 4 Click the type of the window. 3 If you have never sent a fax on this notebook before, click New Fax...
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...-compatible drive and would like to add an external drive, visit the Accessory Store at www.gateway.com. CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs are flat discs that the speakers are turned on your notebook. Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. Playing optical discs Optical discs are all...
...-compatible drive and would like to add an external drive, visit the Accessory Store at www.gateway.com. CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs are flat discs that the speakers are turned on your notebook. Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. Playing optical discs Optical discs are all...
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CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 3 If a dialog box opens and asks you what you want the notebook to do with the disc, click Play. Windows Media Player opens. Playback controls 4 If the disc is not already playing, click (play). Windows Media Player opens and begins playing the disc. Playlist Video screen 36 If Windows Media Player does not open automatically, click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Media Player.
CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 3 If a dialog box opens and asks you what you want the notebook to do with the disc, click Play. Windows Media Player opens. Playback controls 4 If the disc is not already playing, click (play). Windows Media Player opens and begins playing the disc. Playlist Video screen 36 If Windows Media Player does not open automatically, click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Media Player.
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Creating audio files and music libraries Creating music files Help For more information about playing audio files, see your notebook's Reference Guide. -ORUse the built-in microphone available on select Gateway notebooks. 2 Click (Start), All Programs, Accessories, then click Sound Recorder. For information about making or playing an audio recording, click Start, then click...
Creating audio files and music libraries Creating music files Help For more information about playing audio files, see your notebook's Reference Guide. -ORUse the built-in microphone available on select Gateway notebooks. 2 Click (Start), All Programs, Accessories, then click Sound Recorder. For information about making or playing an audio recording, click Start, then click...
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... and Creating Media Files 4 When you do not want to save the recording, then click Save. You cannot copy tracks from a music CD to your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. The Save As dialog box opens. 5 Type a name for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into your hard drive...
... and Creating Media Files 4 When you do not want to save the recording, then click Save. You cannot copy tracks from a music CD to your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. The Save As dialog box opens. 5 Type a name for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into your hard drive...
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... to the Burn List. Library 4 Click Start Burn. If you record copyrighted material on a CD or DVD, you are uncertain about your rights, contact your notebook for other remedies. The music is recorded onto the blank CD. Windows Media Player opens. 2 Insert a blank, writable CD into your recordable disc drive. 3 Click...
... to the Burn List. Library 4 Click Start Burn. If you record copyrighted material on a CD or DVD, you are uncertain about your rights, contact your notebook for other remedies. The music is recorded onto the blank CD. Windows Media Player opens. 2 Insert a blank, writable CD into your recordable disc drive. 3 Click...