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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 2 Contacting Gateway 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 3 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start menu 7 Adding icons to the desktop 8 ...
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Using the Gateway Web site 2 Using Help and Support 2 Contacting Gateway 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 3 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start menu 7 Adding icons to the desktop 8 ...
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...copying data discs 41 Creating a data disc 41 Using Windows Media Center 41 Starting Windows Media Center 42 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 43 Introduction to Networking 44 Networking terms you should know 44 Ethernet networking 44 Wired Ethernet networking 44 Wireless Ethernet networking 47 ...Adding a printer to your network 52 Sharing resources 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 ...
...copying data discs 41 Creating a data disc 41 Using Windows Media Center 41 Starting Windows Media Center 42 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 43 Introduction to Networking 44 Networking terms you should know 44 Ethernet networking 44 Wired Ethernet networking 44 Wireless Ethernet networking 47 ...Adding a printer to your network 52 Sharing resources 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 ...
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www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen ...Windows Mobility Center 78 Setting up parental controls 80 Filtering Internet access 80 Scheduling notebook and Internet use 81 Restricting game access 81 Restricting specific programs 83 Creating activity reports 83 Chapter 8: Maintaining Your... Notebook 85 Setting up a maintenance schedule 86 Updating Windows 86 Using BigFix 86 Managing hard drive space...
www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen ...Windows Mobility Center 78 Setting up parental controls 80 Filtering Internet access 80 Scheduling notebook and Internet use 81 Restricting game access 81 Restricting specific programs 83 Creating activity reports 83 Chapter 8: Maintaining Your... Notebook 85 Setting up a maintenance schedule 86 Updating Windows 86 Using BigFix 86 Managing hard drive space...
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...be pleased with the outstanding quality, reliability, and performance of your new Gateway notebook for a topic. 2 Thanks again, from Microsoft. To search for purchasing our notebook! Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product ... You can find help information, troubleshooters, and automated support. Use Help and Support to answer questions about your Gateway notebook. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to familiarize yourself with the best product possible. Please read this ...
...be pleased with the outstanding quality, reliability, and performance of your new Gateway notebook for a topic. 2 Thanks again, from Microsoft. To search for purchasing our notebook! Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product ... You can find help information, troubleshooters, and automated support. Use Help and Support to answer questions about your Gateway notebook. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to familiarize yourself with the best product possible. Please read this ...
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Gateway Customer Care will need this information if you are taken. To access Media Center help . To find the answer, click the result that identifies your notebook has Windows Media Center, you can access help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by clicking the Help button on the .... Help and Support opens. 2 In the Help and Support window, type Windows Media Center in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Contacting Gateway The label on how to the Internet, click Windows Online Help, then type Windows Media Center in the Search Help For box. The Media Center...
Gateway Customer Care will need this information if you are taken. To access Media Center help . To find the answer, click the result that identifies your notebook has Windows Media Center, you can access help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by clicking the Help button on the .... Help and Support opens. 2 In the Help and Support window, type Windows Media Center in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Contacting Gateway The label on how to the Internet, click Windows Online Help, then type Windows Media Center in the Search Help For box. The Media Center...
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...6 For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. 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. Desktop elements Description The taskbar is the... bar at the bottom of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a clock on page 11. You must empty the Recycle Bin to permanently delete them...
...6 For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. 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. Desktop elements Description The taskbar is the... bar at the bottom of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a clock on page 11. You must empty the Recycle Bin to permanently delete them...
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... box, then press ENTER. Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire notebook display. You can organize your files and programs to a button on the taskbar. A notebook may also have more information about files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support.... in the taskbar opens the window again. Viewing drives Help For more than one drive. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to suit your notebook: 1 Click (Start), then click Computer. Working with files and folders You can store these...
... box, then press ENTER. Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire notebook display. You can organize your files and programs to a button on the taskbar. A notebook may also have more information about files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support.... in the taskbar opens the window again. Viewing drives Help For more than one drive. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to suit your notebook: 1 Click (Start), then click Computer. Working with files and folders You can store these...
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... of the file or folder on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you need to go in files. The new folder is your notebook. Then, when you decide what folder you want to go , you can contain files and other folders. In fact, all information on...
... of the file or folder on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you need to go in files. The new folder is your notebook. Then, when you decide what folder you want to go , you can contain files and other folders. In fact, all information on...
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... Recycle Bin window opens. 2 Click Empty the Recycle Bin. Searching for files If you can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your notebook by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file or folder name in the Search box in the top right of...
... Recycle Bin window opens. 2 Click Empty the Recycle Bin. Searching for files If you can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your notebook by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file or folder name in the Search box in the top right of...
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...voice, then drop it was created or modified You can search by selecting the search options that you want. This is rarely right on . www.gateway.com Using advanced search options Search can find files meeting more information about browsing for files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support... this utility can be inside yet another program. • Inkball-Practice and master digital pen input with your Windows desktop. Using Tablet PC Your notebook may be opened, copied, cut, renamed, or deleted directly from the list in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.
...voice, then drop it was created or modified You can search by selecting the search options that you want. This is rarely right on . www.gateway.com Using advanced search options Search can find files meeting more information about browsing for files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support... this utility can be inside yet another program. • Inkball-Practice and master digital pen input with your Windows desktop. Using Tablet PC Your notebook may be opened, copied, cut, renamed, or deleted directly from the list in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.
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... Opening a document To view, revise, or print an existing document, first you want to a network printer. Help For more information about installing or using your notebook or have access to open the document. 3 Click File, then click Print. Type opening documents, click Start, then click Help and Support.
... Opening a document To view, revise, or print an existing document, first you want to a network printer. Help For more information about installing or using your notebook or have access to open the document. 3 Click File, then click Print. Type opening documents, click Start, then click Help and Support.
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... when you connect to and disconnect from the Internet. In many instances, broadband is considered an always-connected service. With this notebook, contact the ISP directly. When you connect to the Internet during your telephone company and Internet service provider) often increase the ... and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your cable television or special telephone lines to connect to the Internet. Your notebook may include ordinary analog telephone lines, ISDN connections, and in dial-up Internet service, we suggest that connects your e-mail messages. ...
... when you connect to and disconnect from the Internet. In many instances, broadband is considered an always-connected service. With this notebook, contact the ISP directly. When you connect to the Internet during your telephone company and Internet service provider) often increase the ... and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your cable television or special telephone lines to connect to the Internet. Your notebook may include ordinary analog telephone lines, ISDN connections, and in dial-up Internet service, we suggest that connects your e-mail messages. ...
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... Locator") in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Downloading is downloaded to a Web site in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on your Web browser. The time that you want to store the file on your Internet account. 2 In the address... can access the many information sources on the method you use to connect to your Internet account, you want . Downloading files Caution To protect your notebook against viruses, make sure that a Web page displays on the browser address bar. - CHAPTER 3: Using the Internet and Faxing Connecting to a Web ...
... Locator") in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Downloading is downloaded to a Web site in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on your Web browser. The time that you want to store the file on your Internet account. 2 In the address... can access the many information sources on the method you use to connect to your Internet account, you want . Downloading files Caution To protect your notebook against viruses, make sure that a Web page displays on the browser address bar. - CHAPTER 3: Using the Internet and Faxing Connecting to a Web ...
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...Guide. For more information about using e-mail, click Start, then click Help and Support. If you are not sure whether your notebook has a built-in fax modem, see "Checking Out Your Notebook" in the lower left corner of the window. 3 If you can send and receive faxes. To send a Fax: 1 Click... (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Fax and Scan. The Fax Setup window opens. 26 You cannot use your notebook to multiple fax servers or devices on the toolbar. Windows automatically detects an optional built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. You can...
...Guide. For more information about using e-mail, click Start, then click Help and Support. If you are not sure whether your notebook has a built-in fax modem, see "Checking Out Your Notebook" in the lower left corner of the window. 3 If you can send and receive faxes. To send a Fax: 1 Click... (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Fax and Scan. The Fax Setup window opens. 26 You cannot use your notebook to multiple fax servers or devices on the toolbar. Windows automatically detects an optional built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. You can...
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...disc drive. 33 Help For more information about playing optical discs, click Start, then click Help and Support. To play these CDs on your notebook. You may not be able to the next file in the playlist (when you click it ) or skips to play an optical disc: ...must have copy protection software. Playing optical discs Optical discs are all optical discs. Playing an optical disc using Windows Media Player, click Help. www.gateway.com • Pause/Play alternately pauses and resumes playback. • Fast forward quickly fast forwards the current file (when you click and hold it...
...disc drive. 33 Help For more information about playing optical discs, click Start, then click Help and Support. To play these CDs on your notebook. You may not be able to the next file in the playlist (when you click it ) or skips to play an optical disc: ...must have copy protection software. Playing optical discs Optical discs are all optical discs. Playing an optical disc using Windows Media Player, click Help. www.gateway.com • Pause/Play alternately pauses and resumes playback. • Fast forward quickly fast forwards the current file (when you click and hold it...
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... (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 your notebook to the beginning. 34
... (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 your notebook to the beginning. 34
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... the built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Save As dialog box opens. 5 Type a name for your notebook. Type recording audio or ripping 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...
... the built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Save As dialog box opens. 5 Type a name for your notebook. Type recording audio or ripping 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...
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... During the download process, WMA and MP3 files may become corrupt. Using Windows Media Player, you can copy the tracks from a music CD to your notebook's hard drive as it is recorded. Windows Media Player records the tracks to your hard drive. Windows Media Player opens. 2 Right-click the Rip tab...
... During the download process, WMA and MP3 files may become corrupt. Using Windows Media Player, you can copy the tracks from a music CD to your notebook's hard drive as it is recorded. Windows Media Player records the tracks to your hard drive. Windows Media Player opens. 2 Right-click the Rip tab...
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...you what you need permission from the copyright owner. Creating music CDs and video DVDs Creating a music CD Important We recommend that you want your notebook to do not use a writable CD for other remedies. Important Make sure that you may be violating copyright law and be subject to payment of... damages and other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs. www.gateway.com Editing track information After you add a WMA or MP3 file to your music library, you are uncertain about your rights, contact your legal...
...you what you need permission from the copyright owner. Creating music CDs and video DVDs Creating a music CD Important We recommend that you want your notebook to do not use a writable CD for other remedies. Important Make sure that you may be violating copyright law and be subject to payment of... damages and other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs. www.gateway.com Editing track information After you add a WMA or MP3 file to your music library, you are uncertain about your rights, contact your legal...
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... box opens and asks you what you want to burn to CD from the copyright owner. If you are uncertain about your rights, contact your notebook for other remedies. To create a video DVD using Windows DVD Maker. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 5 Click the Burn tab, then click ... violating copyright law and be subject to payment of damages and other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs. Burn List Creating a video DVD If your notebook to the Burn List. The music is recorded onto the blank CD. Library 6 Click Start Burn. Otherwise, you need permission from the Library to...
... box opens and asks you what you want to burn to CD from the copyright owner. If you are uncertain about your rights, contact your notebook for other remedies. To create a video DVD using Windows DVD Maker. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 5 Click the Burn tab, then click ... violating copyright law and be subject to payment of damages and other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs. Burn List Creating a video DVD If your notebook to the Burn List. The music is recorded onto the blank CD. Library 6 Click Start Burn. Otherwise, you need permission from the Library to...