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Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Gateway Web site 2 Using Support 3 Help and Support 4 Searching for a topic 4 Getting help in Media Center 5 BigFix 5 Online help 6 Chapter 2: Using Windows ... Opening a document 24 Printing a document 24 Shortcuts 25 Chapter 3: Recovering Your System 27 System recovery options 28 Drivers and applications recovery 28 Creating drivers and applications recovery discs 29 Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network 30 Creating discs from recovery files on a network 31 Recovering your system...
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Gateway Web site 2 Using Support 3 Help and Support 4 Searching for a topic 4 Getting help in Media Center 5 BigFix 5 Online help 6 Chapter 2: Using Windows ... Opening a document 24 Printing a document 24 Shortcuts 25 Chapter 3: Recovering Your System 27 System recovery options 28 Drivers and applications recovery 28 Creating drivers and applications recovery discs 29 Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network 30 Creating discs from recovery files on a network 31 Recovering your system...
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... receive the utmost satisfaction and enjoyment from all of services and support. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your notebook. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to manage the processor speed and power consumption for purchasing...
... receive the utmost satisfaction and enjoyment from all of services and support. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your notebook. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to manage the processor speed and power consumption for purchasing...
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... access links to access product documentation, specifications, and guides for your drivers. Click Browse All Downloads to walk through a step-by-step wizard to view and purchase upgrades for all Gateway notebooks. Click the arrow button to open the Select Your Computer Product... Customer Service to help you get drivers specific to get a list of Gateway telephone numbers for Gateway products. Drivers & Downloads Click Drivers & Downloads to your serial number in the Serial Number box, then click Submit. www.gateway.com Using Support Gateway Web site The Support site is divided...
... access links to access product documentation, specifications, and guides for your drivers. Click Browse All Downloads to walk through a step-by-step wizard to view and purchase upgrades for all Gateway notebooks. Click the arrow button to open the Select Your Computer Product... Customer Service to help you get drivers specific to get a list of Gateway telephone numbers for Gateway products. Drivers & Downloads Click Drivers & Downloads to your serial number in the Serial Number box, then click Submit. www.gateway.com Using Support Gateway Web site The Support site is divided...
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CHAPTER 3 Recovering Your System • System recovery options • Drivers and applications recovery • Recovering your system 27
CHAPTER 3 Recovering Your System • System recovery options • Drivers and applications recovery • Recovering your system 27
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...the hard drive" on page 34 describes how to return your hard drive. Gateway provides everything you need to reinstall specific software, such as you get your new Gateway system. ■ "Drivers and applications recovery" on page 28 tells you can use Microsoft System Restore to... roll back your system to a previous condition when drivers and programs worked correctly. ■ "Recovering your system using your Reference Guide or at support.gateway.com. Recovery discs let you create. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything you...
...the hard drive" on page 34 describes how to return your hard drive. Gateway provides everything you need to reinstall specific software, such as you get your new Gateway system. ■ "Drivers and applications recovery" on page 28 tells you can use Microsoft System Restore to... roll back your system to a previous condition when drivers and programs worked correctly. ■ "Recovering your system using your Reference Guide or at support.gateway.com. Recovery discs let you create. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything you...
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www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery Creating drivers and applications recovery discs You can use . 6 Make sure that you are CD-R and not CD-RW discs. If you have a recordable drive, see "Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a drive). 3 Click Burn ISO. To record a set . 5 Click ...either several CD-R discs or one DVD-R or DVD+R disc. 2 Click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, then click Create My Drivers-Applications CD(s). Before you the number of blank discs that your notebook does not have the appropriate number and type of recordable drive your...
www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery Creating drivers and applications recovery discs You can use . 6 Make sure that you are CD-R and not CD-RW discs. If you have a recordable drive, see "Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a drive). 3 Click Burn ISO. To record a set . 5 Click ...either several CD-R discs or one DVD-R or DVD+R disc. 2 Click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, then click Create My Drivers-Applications CD(s). Before you the number of blank discs that your notebook does not have the appropriate number and type of recordable drive your...
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...place for future use the marker to label each disc "Gateway Driver and Application Recovery." A message asks you if you remove each disc from the drive, use . www.gateway.com 7 Click OK. You are done. To copy drivers and applications recovery files to a drive). 30 CHAPTER 3:... Recovering Your System Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc 1 of x, 2 of x, 3 of drivers and applications recovery discs from a different...
...place for future use the marker to label each disc "Gateway Driver and Application Recovery." A message asks you if you remove each disc from the drive, use . www.gateway.com 7 Click OK. You are done. To copy drivers and applications recovery files to a drive). 30 CHAPTER 3:... Recovering Your System Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc 1 of x, 2 of x, 3 of drivers and applications recovery discs from a different...
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...that they are done. If the ISO filenames start with DVD, you are recording to . 3 Click OK. You need blank CDs. www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery 2 Click Create ISO, then find the network location you continue, make sure that your recovery (ISO) images in a folder..., then click My Computer. 31 To create recovery discs from recovery files on a network" on a network Before you want to save the driver and application recovery files to DVDs, make sure that they are recording to the location you specified. 4 When you just copied, see the message...
...that they are done. If the ISO filenames start with DVD, you are recording to . 3 Click OK. You need blank CDs. www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery 2 Click Create ISO, then find the network location you continue, make sure that your recovery (ISO) images in a folder..., then click My Computer. 31 To create recovery discs from recovery files on a network" on a network Before you want to save the driver and application recovery files to DVDs, make sure that they are recording to the location you specified. 4 When you just copied, see the message...
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... Double-click the file for the first disc. Recovering your system Important If your system, you can restore specific drivers and programs from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for installation. OR - ■ To restore your system to follow the software's own instructions for ...help , you need to label each disc "Gateway Drivers and Applications Recovery." For more help . Recovering specific files and software You can recover specific files using Microsoft System Restore" on page...
... Double-click the file for the first disc. Recovering your system Important If your system, you can restore specific drivers and programs from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for installation. OR - ■ To restore your system to follow the software's own instructions for ...help , you need to label each disc "Gateway Drivers and Applications Recovery." For more help . Recovering specific files and software You can recover specific files using Microsoft System Restore" on page...
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www.gateway.com Recovering your notebook, then insert the drivers and applications recovery disc #1 (if available) into the CD or DVD drive. To select multiple items, press and hold CTRL while clicking each item. 3 Click ... system still has problems, follow the directions in a safe place for future use. The Application Recovery program opens. - The Application Recovery program opens. 2 Click the driver or application you want to exit. 5 Store the discs in "Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore" on your system To recover specific...
www.gateway.com Recovering your notebook, then insert the drivers and applications recovery disc #1 (if available) into the CD or DVD drive. To select multiple items, press and hold CTRL while clicking each item. 3 Click ... system still has problems, follow the directions in a safe place for future use. The Application Recovery program opens. - The Application Recovery program opens. 2 Click the driver or application you want to exit. 5 Store the discs in "Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore" on your system To recover specific...
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...click Next. The Welcome to System Restore dialog box opens. 3 Click Restore my computer to get your system running again. To restore using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System Restore to determine whether you can return to one of hard-to-resolve software problems, you install new... device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while your notebook is turned on the screen). 34 The Microsoft Windows XP Help and Support Center opens...
...click Next. The Welcome to System Restore dialog box opens. 3 Click Restore my computer to get your system running again. To restore using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System Restore to determine whether you can return to one of hard-to-resolve software problems, you install new... device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while your notebook is turned on the screen). 34 The Microsoft Windows XP Help and Support Center opens...
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... updates To keep your notebook secure, you need to keep your notebook secure. ■ Express-Click Express to download high-priority, Windows software, and hardware driver updates. CHAPTER 5: Protecting your notebook www.gateway.com 2 Click Internet Options or Windows Firewall. 3 For more information about Security Center.
... updates To keep your notebook secure, you need to keep your notebook secure. ■ Express-Click Express to download high-priority, Windows software, and hardware driver updates. CHAPTER 5: Protecting your notebook www.gateway.com 2 Click Internet Options or Windows Firewall. 3 For more information about Security Center.
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...that you can share your computer. Sharing drives and printers Important To share a printer among the computers connected to install the printer drivers on your network. To share drives or folders: 1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive or folder ...drive or folder, use the following instructions. After the drives and printers on each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. CHAPTER 7: Wireless Networking www.gateway.com Sharing resources With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among...
...that you can share your computer. Sharing drives and printers Important To share a printer among the computers connected to install the printer drivers on your network. To share drives or folders: 1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive or folder ...drive or folder, use the following instructions. After the drives and printers on each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. CHAPTER 7: Wireless Networking www.gateway.com Sharing resources With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among...
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www.gateway.com Using the network Opening files across the network To open files across the ... containing the file, then double-click the file. You can print a file across the network, you must install the driver for the file you want to open the printer name list, then click the network printer. 4 Click OK. 87 ...Copying files across the network To copy files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from . Printing files across the network: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window...
www.gateway.com Using the network Opening files across the network To open files across the ... containing the file, then double-click the file. You can print a file across the network, you must install the driver for the file you want to open the printer name list, then click the network printer. 4 Click OK. 87 ...Copying files across the network To copy files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from . Printing files across the network: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window...
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... changing scheme 100 Computrace 44, 45 connecting to hotspots 88 to Internet 39 to Web site 40 connections digital video camera 64 Firewire 64 i.Link 64 IEEE 1394 64 video camera 64 copying data CD 76 data DVD 76 files across network 87 files and folders 17, 25 music CD 76 text and... 99 properties 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 using screen saver 102 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 4 Help and Support 4 online help 6 documents creating 22 opening 24 printing 24 saving 23 downloading files 41 drivers updating 3 drives backing up files 114 checking for errors 112 checking for free space 111...
... changing scheme 100 Computrace 44, 45 connecting to hotspots 88 to Internet 39 to Web site 40 connections digital video camera 64 Firewire 64 i.Link 64 IEEE 1394 64 video camera 64 copying data CD 76 data DVD 76 files across network 87 files and folders 17, 25 music CD 76 text and... 99 properties 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 using screen saver 102 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 4 Help and Support 4 online help 6 documents creating 22 opening 24 printing 24 saving 23 downloading files 41 drivers updating 3 drives backing up files 114 checking for errors 112 checking for free space 111...
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www.gateway.com Index minimize button 10 modem cable 39 dial-up 38 DSL 39 monitor changing ...listening with Windows Media Player 77 recordable drive See DVD drive recording audio file 60 CD tracks 61, 76 recovering device drivers 32 files and folders 18 programs 32 system 32 Recycle Bin 9 deleting files and folders 18 emptying 18 recovering files...software 118 removing files and folders 9, 18, 25, 112 renaming files and folders 25 resolution changing 99 restoring device drivers 32 files and folders 18 programs 32 system 32 S saving documents 23 video 66 scanner installing 118 Scheduled Tasks ...
www.gateway.com Index minimize button 10 modem cable 39 dial-up 38 DSL 39 monitor changing ...listening with Windows Media Player 77 recordable drive See DVD drive recording audio file 60 CD tracks 61, 76 recovering device drivers 32 files and folders 18 programs 32 system 32 Recycle Bin 9 deleting files and folders 18 emptying 18 recovering files...software 118 removing files and folders 9, 18, 25, 112 renaming files and folders 25 resolution changing 99 restoring device drivers 32 files and folders 18 programs 32 system 32 S saving documents 23 video 66 scanner installing 118 Scheduled Tasks ...
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...from old computer 115, 116 Internet settings from old computer 117 settings from old computer 115 video to computer 64 Trusted Platform Module 45 U un-sharing drives 85 folders 85 updating device drivers 3 McAfee SecurityCenter 49 Windows 110 user accounts adding in Windows XP 108 switching in Windows XP 108 V... computer 64 Video Capture Wizard 65 viewing shared drives 86 shared folders 86 virus protecting against 46 removing 46 voice recognition 11 volume adjusting 54 controls 54 muting 54 W WAV file 57 Web browser 38, 39 Web page 39 Web site 39 connecting to 40 downloading files 41 Gateway 2 ...
...from old computer 115, 116 Internet settings from old computer 117 settings from old computer 115 video to computer 64 Trusted Platform Module 45 U un-sharing drives 85 folders 85 updating device drivers 3 McAfee SecurityCenter 49 Windows 110 user accounts adding in Windows XP 108 switching in Windows XP 108 V... computer 64 Video Capture Wizard 65 viewing shared drives 86 shared folders 86 virus protecting against 46 removing 46 voice recognition 11 volume adjusting 54 controls 54 muting 54 W WAV file 57 Web browser 38, 39 Web page 39 Web site 39 connecting to 40 downloading files 41 Gateway 2 ...