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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 4 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start ... a document 18 Printing a document 18 Shortcuts 19 Chapter 3: Using the Internet and Faxing 21 Learning about the Internet 22 Setting up an Internet account 22 Accessing your Internet account 23 Using the World Wide Web 23 Connecting to a Web site 24 Downloading files 24 Using e-mail 25 Sending e-...
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 4 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start ... a document 18 Printing a document 18 Shortcuts 19 Chapter 3: Using the Internet and Faxing 21 Learning about the Internet 22 Setting up an Internet account 22 Accessing your Internet account 23 Using the World Wide Web 23 Connecting to a Web site 24 Downloading files 24 Using e-mail 25 Sending e-...
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...46 Wired Ethernet networking 46 Wireless Ethernet networking 49 Establishing your Ethernet network connection 51 Testing your network 54 Adding a printer to your network 54 Sharing resources 54 Using the network 56 Bluetooth networking 57 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook ...59 Hardware security 60 Kensington lock slot 60 Data security 60 Startup and hard drive password 60 Windows user accounts 60 Protecting your notebook from viruses 61 How to scan for and remove Internet...
...46 Wired Ethernet networking 46 Wireless Ethernet networking 49 Establishing your Ethernet network connection 51 Testing your network 54 Adding a printer to your network 54 Sharing resources 54 Using the network 56 Bluetooth networking 57 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook ...59 Hardware security 60 Kensington lock slot 60 Data security 60 Startup and hard drive password 60 Windows user accounts 60 Protecting your notebook from viruses 61 How to scan for and remove Internet...
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...information by clicking a general topic under Find an answer, selecting an option under Ask someone, or picking a category from Information from Microsoft. www.gateway.com To search for a topic. 2 Type a word or phrase (keyword) in the Search Help box located at the top of suggested topics...notebook has Windows Media Center, you are connected to use Windows Media Center. Gateway Customer Care will need this information if you receive a list of any Help and Support screen, then press ENTER. Contacting Gateway The label on how to the Internet, click Windows Online Help, then type Windows...
...information by clicking a general topic under Find an answer, selecting an option under Ask someone, or picking a category from Information from Microsoft. www.gateway.com To search for a topic. 2 Type a word or phrase (keyword) in the Search Help box located at the top of suggested topics...notebook has Windows Media Center, you are connected to use Windows Media Center. Gateway Customer Care will need this information if you receive a list of any Help and Support screen, then press ENTER. Contacting Gateway The label on how to the Internet, click Windows Online Help, then type Windows...
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...), a search feature, articles about their software, tutorials, and forums where problems and issues are discussed. 4 CHAPTER 1: Getting Help Using online help If you are connected to the Internet, many programs provide information online so you can access most online help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by clicking the Help...
...), a search feature, articles about their software, tutorials, and forums where problems and issues are discussed. 4 CHAPTER 1: Getting Help Using online help If you are connected to the Internet, many programs provide information online so you can access most online help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by clicking the Help...
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...are e-mail and the World Wide Web. Internet Servers store information so other technologies. Your notebook may include ordinary analog telephone lines, ISDN connections, and in dial-up Internet connections are designed to be temporary connections to the Internet, dial-up an ISP service or to ...If you want to access the Internet you connect to your notebook. This may have a built-in some cases ADSL over the Internet. Cable and DSL modems connect to the Internet. To set up Internet service, we suggest that you only connect to the Internet during your e-mail and Web...
...are e-mail and the World Wide Web. Internet Servers store information so other technologies. Your notebook may include ordinary analog telephone lines, ISDN connections, and in dial-up Internet connections are designed to be temporary connections to the Internet, dial-up an ISP service or to ...If you want to access the Internet you connect to your notebook. This may have a built-in some cases ADSL over the Internet. Cable and DSL modems connect to the Internet. To set up Internet service, we suggest that you only connect to the Internet during your e-mail and Web...
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... sites by moving the mouse pointer over it. Contact your cost is considered an always-connected service. To learn more . Accessing your Internet account Help For general information about using Internet accounts, click Start, then click Help and Support. You can identify a link by... electronic documents that gives you view using a Web page display program called links or hyperlinks. www.gateway.com Cable and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your Internet connection. A group of information sources. You can explore a Web site or visit other multimedia features. ...
... sites by moving the mouse pointer over it. Contact your cost is considered an always-connected service. To learn more . Accessing your Internet account Help For general information about using Internet accounts, click Start, then click Help and Support. You can identify a link by... electronic documents that gives you view using a Web page display program called links or hyperlinks. www.gateway.com Cable and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your Internet connection. A group of information sources. You can explore a Web site or visit other multimedia features. ...
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Type connecting to a Web site in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the browser address bar. - The speed that a Web page displays on your notebook against viruses, make sure that you scan ... on the site that you requested. OR On the current Web page, click a link to a Web site. To connect to a Web site: 1 Connect to your Internet account. 2 Depending on the method you use to connect to your Internet account, you can access the many information sources on the World Wide Web. For more information about...
Type connecting to a Web site in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the browser address bar. - The speed that a Web page displays on your notebook against viruses, make sure that you scan ... on the site that you requested. OR On the current Web page, click a link to a Web site. To connect to a Web site: 1 Connect to your Internet account. 2 Depending on the method you use to connect to your Internet account, you can access the many information sources on the World Wide Web. For more information about...
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... a person with an account with an ISP. Your e-mail is similar to this one: [email protected] User Internet domain Sending e-mail To send e-mail using Windows Mail: 1 Connect to your e-mail. Your default e-mail program opens. 3 Click Send/Receive. 25 Your e-mail address is usually ... e-mail E-mail (electronic mail) lets you sign up for your Internet service provider. 2 Click (Start), then click E-mail. For more information about downloading files, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com 7 Install or view the downloaded file by double-clicking it....
... a person with an account with an ISP. Your e-mail is similar to this one: [email protected] User Internet domain Sending e-mail To send e-mail using Windows Mail: 1 Connect to your e-mail. Your default e-mail program opens. 3 Click Send/Receive. 25 Your e-mail address is usually ... e-mail E-mail (electronic mail) lets you sign up for your Internet service provider. 2 Click (Start), then click E-mail. For more information about downloading files, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com 7 Install or view the downloaded file by double-clicking it....
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...and receive faxes using your Notebook Reference Guide. If you can connect to one local fax modem, although you have never sent a fax on the toolbar. Your dial-up when you prepare to the Internet while sending and receiving faxes. Sending a Fax Windows Fax and... receive a fax using e-mail, click Start, then click Help and Support. CHAPTER 3: Using the Internet and Faxing 4 Double-click the message you send or receive faxes using a broadband connection. Windows automatically detects an optional built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. For more information...
...and receive faxes using your Notebook Reference Guide. If you can connect to one local fax modem, although you have never sent a fax on the toolbar. Your dial-up when you prepare to the Internet while sending and receiving faxes. Sending a Fax Windows Fax and... receive a fax using e-mail, click Start, then click Help and Support. CHAPTER 3: Using the Internet and Faxing 4 Double-click the message you send or receive faxes using a broadband connection. Windows automatically detects an optional built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. For more information...
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... drive as it is recorded. If you are having trouble playing a downloaded file, try downloading the file again. • Downloading files from the Internet-When you are connected to the Internet, WMA and MP3 files that you want to your music files. 3 Insert a music CD into compact files without noticeably sacrificing quality. You...
... drive as it is recorded. If you are having trouble playing a downloaded file, try downloading the file again. • Downloading files from the Internet-When you are connected to the Internet, WMA and MP3 files that you want to your music files. 3 Insert a music CD into compact files without noticeably sacrificing quality. You...
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...a home or office. For information on a home network. LAN-A local area network (LAN) is made possible with Bluetooth. Ethernet is the Internet. To create a wired Ethernet network, you to build computer networks in offices around the world and can be the same on all computers on ...commonly used to obtain a permit and hire a licensed installer. The largest and most common way to a computer on the network. This connection type is a number that uniquely identifies a computer on the network. Your municipality may require you or your electrician must install special Ethernet ...
...a home or office. For information on a home network. LAN-A local area network (LAN) is made possible with Bluetooth. Ethernet is the Internet. To create a wired Ethernet network, you to build computer networks in offices around the world and can be the same on all computers on ...commonly used to obtain a permit and hire a licensed installer. The largest and most common way to a computer on the network. This connection type is a number that uniquely identifies a computer on the network. Your municipality may require you or your electrician must install special Ethernet ...
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...or more computers with Ethernet jacks • One router • One broadband Internet connection (optional) • Ethernet cables connecting all Ethernet components should be sure the model includes everything your network needs, including: • Internet security features, such as a firewall, to protect your network from unwanted ... at different speeds will result in access point. www.gateway.com Example router-based Ethernet network The following is a cable or DSL modem that has a built-in your computers, and cables connecting each of the slowest rated component. The network is ...
...or more computers with Ethernet jacks • One router • One broadband Internet connection (optional) • Ethernet cables connecting all Ethernet components should be sure the model includes everything your network needs, including: • Internet security features, such as a firewall, to protect your network from unwanted ... at different speeds will result in access point. www.gateway.com Example router-based Ethernet network The following is a cable or DSL modem that has a built-in your computers, and cables connecting each of the slowest rated component. The network is ...
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...they have , hold both connectors are attached to the copper pins in the same order (same colors, left to connect two computers. To test the connection, log onto the Internet using category 5 (Cat 5), unshielded, twisted-pair cable (approximately 1/4-inch diameter with a thin outer-jacket, containing ...change anything about your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with eight pins) on each connector are attached to a high-speed Broadband Internet connection (cable or DSL modem), we recommend the use of cable you have for setting up a network. straight-through cable, the wires...
...they have , hold both connectors are attached to the copper pins in the same order (same colors, left to connect two computers. To test the connection, log onto the Internet using category 5 (Cat 5), unshielded, twisted-pair cable (approximately 1/4-inch diameter with a thin outer-jacket, containing ...change anything about your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with eight pins) on each connector are attached to a high-speed Broadband Internet connection (cable or DSL modem), we recommend the use of cable you have for setting up a network. straight-through cable, the wires...
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...network jack on your computers. 3 Plug one end of an access point, a cable or DSL modem (for Internet access), and your computer wherever you want to connect to the network. www.gateway.com In addition to a router, you need a straight-through cable for each computer you like. Cable/DSL ... the cable into the AC connector on the router and the other end of the router, indicating a good connection. 4 Repeat Step 3 for each computer on the network. 5 For an Internet connection, plug a straight-through network cable into any numbered port on the DSL or cable modem. As each computer...
...network jack on your computers. 3 Plug one end of an access point, a cable or DSL modem (for Internet access), and your computer wherever you want to connect to the network. www.gateway.com In addition to a router, you need a straight-through cable for each computer you like. Cable/DSL ... the cable into the AC connector on the router and the other end of the router, indicating a good connection. 4 Repeat Step 3 for each computer on the network. 5 For an Internet connection, plug a straight-through network cable into any numbered port on the DSL or cable modem. As each computer...
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...modem 50 Access point Equipment you need : • Your Gateway computer with different standards. The Device Manager window opens. You connect your modem to the access point, set up a network connection, then browse the Internet, send e-mail, share files and folders with the competing IEEE...Notebook Speed is not the only issue if you decide to use equipment with a wireless Ethernet network card installed • A broadband Internet connection (optional) • An access point Determining if a wireless Ethernet device is already installed on your computer To determine if a wireless...
...modem 50 Access point Equipment you need : • Your Gateway computer with different standards. The Device Manager window opens. You connect your modem to the access point, set up a network connection, then browse the Internet, send e-mail, share files and folders with the competing IEEE...Notebook Speed is not the only issue if you decide to use equipment with a wireless Ethernet network card installed • A broadband Internet connection (optional) • An access point Determining if a wireless Ethernet device is already installed on your computer To determine if a wireless...
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... the same Workgroup Name. If you are using your ISP. www.gateway.com 4 Click the plus (+) in front of wireless equipment you are setting up a wired network, make sure that do not have a broadband connection already installed, make sure that you have set up wireless Ethernet network...and drivers After you have determined the type of Network adapters. This means that another computer outside your network can gain access to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to install wireless cards and drivers on the network: 1 Click (Start), then click...
... the same Workgroup Name. If you are using your ISP. www.gateway.com 4 Click the plus (+) in front of wireless equipment you are setting up a wired network, make sure that do not have a broadband connection already installed, make sure that you have set up wireless Ethernet network...and drivers After you have determined the type of Network adapters. This means that another computer outside your network can gain access to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to install wireless cards and drivers on the network: 1 Click (Start), then click...
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...add a wireless Ethernet network • Connecting to each computer you turned on your network needs a unique Computer Name. When you receive your computer. Configuring the TCP/IP protocol A networking protocol is a language computers use the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which is set... up to set up on each other users on your computer. 52 When networking is widely accepted and compatible for Internet communications. For instructions, see your network, click Start, then click Help and Support. After you have named your computer and ...
...add a wireless Ethernet network • Connecting to each computer you turned on your network needs a unique Computer Name. When you receive your computer. Configuring the TCP/IP protocol A networking protocol is a language computers use the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which is set... up to set up on each other users on your computer. 52 When networking is widely accepted and compatible for Internet communications. For instructions, see your network, click Start, then click Help and Support. After you have named your computer and ...
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... you can add a printer to your router's or access point's troubleshooting information. • Contact your Internet connection, drives, and printers. Select Diagnose and Repair on each computer. 54 Sharing resources With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and ..., do one of the router or access point with your computers and access a favorite Internet Web site. Help For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on page 54. • Connect your printer to your network is using a wired Ethernet network, check all of plugging...
... you can add a printer to your router's or access point's troubleshooting information. • Contact your Internet connection, drives, and printers. Select Diagnose and Repair on each computer. 54 Sharing resources With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and ..., do one of the router or access point with your computers and access a favorite Internet Web site. Help For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on page 54. • Connect your printer to your network is using a wired Ethernet network, check all of plugging...
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www.gateway.com You are in a wireless network, you can see the network, but cannot communicate, send...your modem and between your modem and your access point. Remove the dial-up connection in the Internet Options in range to access the Internet through a dial-up modem, Internet Explorer may want to try to auto-detect the network. You are in a ... that network's information into the wireless utility. • You may not be set up to connect. Your wireless network is unable to access the Internet • Reset the power on it • An x means your preferred network is not currently...
www.gateway.com You are in a wireless network, you can see the network, but cannot communicate, send...your modem and between your modem and your access point. Remove the dial-up connection in the Internet Options in range to access the Internet through a dial-up modem, Internet Explorer may want to try to auto-detect the network. You are in a ... that network's information into the wireless utility. • You may not be set up to connect. Your wireless network is unable to access the Internet • Reset the power on it • An x means your preferred network is not currently...
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... you are not currently in range to connect. Internet Explorer is unable to access the Internet • Reset the power on it has an "x" on your cable or DSL modem and your access point. This reestablishes communication between your Internet Service Provider and your modem and between ...your modem and your access point. • If you previously accessed the Internet through a network. Remove the dial-up connection in the Internet Options in the computer have matching WEP keys. www.gateway.com You are in a wireless network, you can see the network, but cannot ...
... you are not currently in range to connect. Internet Explorer is unable to access the Internet • Reset the power on it has an "x" on your cable or DSL modem and your access point. This reestablishes communication between your Internet Service Provider and your modem and between ...your modem and your access point. • If you previously accessed the Internet through a network. Remove the dial-up connection in the Internet Options in the computer have matching WEP keys. www.gateway.com You are in a wireless network, you can see the network, but cannot ...