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... 52 Using the network 54 Bluetooth networking 55 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook 57 Hardware security 58 Kensington lock slot 58 Data security 58 Startup and hard drive password 58 Windows user accounts 58 Protecting your notebook from viruses 59 Using Norton 360 59 Using Windows Security Center 62 Security updates 63 Windows...
... 52 Using the network 54 Bluetooth networking 55 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook 57 Hardware security 58 Kensington lock slot 58 Data security 58 Startup and hard drive password 58 Windows user accounts 58 Protecting your notebook from viruses 59 Using Norton 360 59 Using Windows Security Center 62 Security updates 63 Windows...
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www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen resolution 66 Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds 67 Selecting a ... Chapter 8: Maintaining Your Notebook 85 Setting up a maintenance schedule 86 Updating Windows 86 Using BigFix 86 Managing hard drive space 87 Checking hard drive space 87 Deleting unnecessary files 88 Checking the hard drive for errors 88 Defragmenting the hard drive 89 Backing up files 90 Scheduling maintenance tasks 91 Moving from your old computer 91 Transferring files...
www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen resolution 66 Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds 67 Selecting a ... Chapter 8: Maintaining Your Notebook 85 Setting up a maintenance schedule 86 Updating Windows 86 Using BigFix 86 Managing hard drive space 87 Checking hard drive space 87 Deleting unnecessary files 88 Checking the hard drive for errors 88 Defragmenting the hard drive 89 Backing up files 90 Scheduling maintenance tasks 91 Moving from your old computer 91 Transferring files...
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... delete the information just as you would reorganize and throw away information in a file cabinet. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. Hard drive Disc drive 2 Double-click the drive icon. 9 Clicking the program button in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Clicking the...also have more information about files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Drives are like you would store information in a file cabinet. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to fit the entire ...
... delete the information just as you would reorganize and throw away information in a file cabinet. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. Hard drive Disc drive 2 Double-click the drive icon. 9 Clicking the program button in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Clicking the...also have more information about files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Drives are like you would store information in a file cabinet. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to fit the entire ...
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... create a folder: Shortcut Click File ➧ New ➧ Folder ➧ type name 1 Click (Start), then click Computer on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you place a copy of a file or folder into more than one place, but as soon as you copy or cut a different file or folder...folder you want to put the new folder. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is deleted from its original location and place the file or folder on your hard drive. 3 If you want the copy to copy and move files are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you keep on the Windows...
... create a folder: Shortcut Click File ➧ New ➧ Folder ➧ type name 1 Click (Start), then click Computer on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you place a copy of a file or folder into more than one place, but as soon as you copy or cut a different file or folder...folder you want to put the new folder. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is deleted from its original location and place the file or folder on your hard drive. 3 If you want the copy to copy and move files are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you keep on the Windows...
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... Search Results window opens. 2 If you do not remember where they are sure that have characteristics in common, but you want to search on your hard drive, you typed. 12 3 Open a file, folder, or program by double-clicking the name in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Using the Windows Search...
... Search Results window opens. 2 If you do not remember where they are sure that have characteristics in common, but you want to search on your hard drive, you typed. 12 3 Open a file, folder, or program by double-clicking the name in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Using the Windows Search...
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... library by sorting, and add information to clear the check box for any track you can organize your hard drive. WMA and MP3 are having trouble playing a downloaded file, try downloading the file again. • Downloading files... from Windows Explorer or your optical disc drive. 4 Click the Rip tab. Building a music library Use Windows Media Player to each track as WMA or MP3... for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into your desktop to your notebook's hard drive as it is recorded.
... library by sorting, and add information to clear the check box for any track you can organize your hard drive. WMA and MP3 are having trouble playing a downloaded file, try downloading the file again. • Downloading files... from Windows Explorer or your optical disc drive. 4 Click the Rip tab. Building a music library Use Windows Media Player to each track as WMA or MP3... for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into your desktop to your notebook's hard drive as it is recorded.
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... make sure that another computer outside your network can gain access to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to download viruses or view your personal data, like credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and personal online banking information. Broadband...computer name in the Computer Name, Domain and Workgroup settings area. This means that your broadband connection is not working correctly. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you do not have set up security for...
... make sure that another computer outside your network can gain access to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to download viruses or view your personal data, like credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and personal online banking information. Broadband...computer name in the Computer Name, Domain and Workgroup settings area. This means that your broadband connection is not working correctly. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you do not have set up security for...
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...-click on the left of plugging a printer into each computer. 52 Adding a printer to your computers, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Sharing resources With a network,.... Follow the instructions included with the patterns described in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Help For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on . • Refer to your computers and access a favorite Internet Web site. To add a printer to it, your...
...-click on the left of plugging a printer into each computer. 52 Adding a printer to your computers, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Sharing resources With a network,.... Follow the instructions included with the patterns described in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Help For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on . • Refer to your computers and access a favorite Internet Web site. To add a printer to it, your...
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...features also make it 's easy to Gateway so we can access files in computer security is very secure, and you can remember but you cannot replace the information stored on your notebook. When you turn on creating a startup and hard drive password, see your notebook from using ...your notebook. Because it's light-weight and compact, it easy for each account. Startup and hard drive password Use a startup and hard drive password to enter your password when you set in computer security is preventing your Reference Guide. Kensington lock slot The ...
...features also make it 's easy to Gateway so we can access files in computer security is very secure, and you can remember but you cannot replace the information stored on your notebook. When you turn on creating a startup and hard drive password, see your notebook from using ...your notebook. Because it's light-weight and compact, it easy for each account. Startup and hard drive password Use a startup and hard drive password to enter your password when you set in computer security is preventing your Reference Guide. Kensington lock slot The ...
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CHAPTER 8 Maintaining Your Notebook • Setting up a maintenance schedule • Updating Windows • Using BigFix • Managing hard drive space • Scheduling maintenance tasks • Moving from your old computer 85
CHAPTER 8 Maintaining Your Notebook • Setting up a maintenance schedule • Updating Windows • Using BigFix • Managing hard drive space • Scheduling maintenance tasks • Moving from your old computer 85
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... the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Windows Update can always get the most recent updates and fixes to protect your notebook for errors X X Defragment hard drive X X Back up files X X X Updating Windows Windows Update helps you with a tailored selection of updates that icon to set up a regular maintenance schedule....regularly, so you by flashing the blue taskbar icon. Maintenance task Weekly Monthly When needed Check for viruses X X X Run Windows Update X X Manage hard drive space X Clean up hard drives X X Scan hard drive for problems and conflicts.
... the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Windows Update can always get the most recent updates and fixes to protect your notebook for errors X X Defragment hard drive X X Back up files X X X Updating Windows Windows Update helps you with a tailored selection of updates that icon to set up a regular maintenance schedule....regularly, so you by flashing the blue taskbar icon. Maintenance task Weekly Monthly When needed Check for viruses X X X Run Windows Update X X Manage hard drive space X Clean up hard drives X X Scan hard drive for problems and conflicts.
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Drive space information appears. 87 The Computer window opens. 2 Right-click the drive that you can use to check for available file space, then click Properties. www.gateway.com Managing hard drive space Windows provides several utilities you want to check hard drive space, delete unnecessary files, defragment files, and back up files. Checking hard drive space To check hard drive space: Shortcut Start ➧ Computer ➧ right-click drive ➧ Properties 1 Click (Start) then click Computer.
Drive space information appears. 87 The Computer window opens. 2 Right-click the drive that you can use to check for available file space, then click Properties. www.gateway.com Managing hard drive space Windows provides several utilities you want to check hard drive space, delete unnecessary files, defragment files, and back up files. Checking hard drive space To check hard drive space: Shortcut Start ➧ Computer ➧ right-click drive ➧ Properties 1 Click (Start) then click Computer.
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...Type disk cleanup in user. • Files from all users on the hard drive so Windows does not use your notebook less frequently, once a month may be adequate. Checking the hard drive for errors The Error-checking program examines the hard drive for the currently logged in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.... to delete, then click OK. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens. 2 Click one of files you use Error-checking if you want to free hard drive space. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens. 3 Click to select the types of unnecessary files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Help...
...Type disk cleanup in user. • Files from all users on the hard drive so Windows does not use your notebook less frequently, once a month may be adequate. Checking the hard drive for errors The Error-checking program examines the hard drive for the currently logged in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.... to delete, then click OK. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens. 2 Click one of files you use Error-checking if you want to free hard drive space. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens. 3 Click to select the types of unnecessary files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Help...
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...log off before starting the process when you want to scan the hard drive later (the next time you try to check for errors, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com To check the hard drive for the pieces of the file and put them back together. ...across different areas of the drive being used, so if you restart your hard drive for disk errors in different places on the drive can improve hard drive performance. Disk Defragmenter organizes the data on the size of the drive. Defragmenting the information stored on the hard drive. This process may stop and...
...log off before starting the process when you want to scan the hard drive later (the next time you try to check for errors, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com To check the hard drive for the pieces of the file and put them back together. ...across different areas of the drive being used, so if you restart your hard drive for disk errors in different places on the drive can improve hard drive performance. Disk Defragmenter organizes the data on the size of the drive. Defragmenting the information stored on the hard drive. This process may stop and...
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... location and the files and folders to back up files and removing them from the hard drive frees space for new files on the size of the drive being defragmented. This process may take hours to do a complete hard drive backup. Backing up files Backing up . To back up your notebook from losing important ...information if the hard drive fails or you accidentally delete files. Help For more information about backing up files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type defragmenting in the...
... location and the files and folders to back up files and removing them from the hard drive frees space for new files on the size of the drive being defragmented. This process may take hours to do a complete hard drive backup. Backing up files Backing up . To back up your notebook from losing important ...information if the hard drive fails or you accidentally delete files. Help For more information about backing up files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type defragmenting in the...
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... Create Basic Task for basic tasks or click Create Task for errors. Important If your data by using a writeable disc, flash drive, or external hard drive. Important Your notebook must manually move your old computer does not use Windows XP or Windows Vista, you must be able to ...the new notebook before running Disk Defragmenter and checking your notebook is off, scheduled tasks will not be on during scheduled tasks. www.gateway.com Scheduling maintenance tasks Task Scheduler lets you schedule maintenance tasks such as display, Internet, and e-mail settings) from your old ...
... Create Basic Task for basic tasks or click Create Task for errors. Important If your data by using a writeable disc, flash drive, or external hard drive. Important Your notebook must manually move your old computer does not use Windows XP or Windows Vista, you must be able to ...the new notebook before running Disk Defragmenter and checking your notebook is off, scheduled tasks will not be on during scheduled tasks. www.gateway.com Scheduling maintenance tasks Task Scheduler lets you schedule maintenance tasks such as display, Internet, and e-mail settings) from your old ...
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... at the file's extension (the part of your personal data files by copying them to the next step. 2 Double-click the C:\ drive icon. 3 Double-click the Documents or My Documents folder. To find files in the Documents or My Documents folder. The Documents folder ... file might have a .DOC extension and a spreadsheet file might have an .XLS extension. Go to removable media, such as a writable disc, an external hard drive, a network location, or a flash drive. Documents .DOC, .TXT, .RTF, .HTM, .HTML, .DOT Spreadsheets .XLS, .XLT, .TXT Pictures .JPG, .BMP, .GIF, .PDF, .PCT, .TIF, .PNG,...
... at the file's extension (the part of your personal data files by copying them to the next step. 2 Double-click the C:\ drive icon. 3 Double-click the Documents or My Documents folder. To find files in the Documents or My Documents folder. The Documents folder ... file might have a .DOC extension and a spreadsheet file might have an .XLS extension. Go to removable media, such as a writable disc, an external hard drive, a network location, or a flash drive. Documents .DOC, .TXT, .RTF, .HTM, .HTML, .DOT Spreadsheets .XLS, .XLT, .TXT Pictures .JPG, .BMP, .GIF, .PDF, .PCT, .TIF, .PNG,...
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...icons 8 desktop shortcuts 8 documents 17 folders 10 music files 36 video DVD 38 WMA files 36 customizing 65 cutting files and folders 10 D defragmenting hard drive 89 deleting files and folders 6, 11, 19, 88 desktop adding icons 8 adding shortcuts 8 adjusting settings 66 changing color scheme 67 selecting screen ...button 15 gestures 15 tips 15 disconnecting from Internet 22 Disk Cleanup 88 Disk Defragmenter 89 display using screen saver 68 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 17 opening 18 printing 18 saving 17 downloading files 24 drivers ...
...icons 8 desktop shortcuts 8 documents 17 folders 10 music files 36 video DVD 38 WMA files 36 customizing 65 cutting files and folders 10 D defragmenting hard drive 89 deleting files and folders 6, 11, 19, 88 desktop adding icons 8 adding shortcuts 8 adjusting settings 66 changing color scheme 67 selecting screen ...button 15 gestures 15 tips 15 disconnecting from Internet 22 Disk Cleanup 88 Disk Defragmenter 89 display using screen saver 68 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 17 opening 18 printing 18 saving 17 downloading files 24 drivers ...
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...G gadgets adding 69 configuring 69 configuring Sidebar 70 control panel 70 Sidebar 69 using 69 game access restricting 81 Gateway Web address 2 Web site 2 Gigabit Ethernet 44 H hard drive backing up files 90 checking for errors 88 checking for free space 87 defragmenting 89 deleting files and folders 88... icon 16 keyboard shortcuts 19 L LCD panel using screen saver 68 links 23 M maintenance backing up files 90 checking for drive errors 88 checking hard drive space 87 defragmenting 89 deleting files 88 suggested schedule 86 using Scheduled Task Wizard 91 virus protection 59 mapping network...
...G gadgets adding 69 configuring 69 configuring Sidebar 70 control panel 70 Sidebar 69 using 69 game access restricting 81 Gateway Web address 2 Web site 2 Gigabit Ethernet 44 H hard drive backing up files 90 checking for errors 88 checking for free space 87 defragmenting 89 deleting files and folders 88... icon 16 keyboard shortcuts 19 L LCD panel using screen saver 68 links 23 M maintenance backing up files 90 checking for drive errors 88 checking hard drive space 87 defragmenting 89 deleting files 88 suggested schedule 86 using Scheduled Task Wizard 91 virus protection 59 mapping network...
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... by their edges. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you a set of Gateway, Inc. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . All other grounded object. 10 Loosen the three hard drive bay cover screws (these guidelines: • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as electrostatic...
... by their edges. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you a set of Gateway, Inc. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . All other grounded object. 10 Loosen the three hard drive bay cover screws (these guidelines: • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as electrostatic...