Gateway GT5438 Support Question
Gateway GT5438 Support Question
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Question posted by ernsteinet on December 10th, 2011
How Should Gateway 5438 Desktop Computer Be Restored To Factory Defaults ?
!. The administration account password is irrecoverable.The admin password is no longer available. Standard user account for login is only the one used.
2. Alt+F10 or F11 functions do not operate or is NOT responding.
3.
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8511854 - Gateway Starter Guide for Windows Vista - Page 9
...definitions to learn more complex tasks, see the User Guide installed on your computer for you on your Gateway computer, BigFix checks your desktop or notebook computer. Click Help, then click Tutorial...Find contact information and your computer's serial number on this label
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Check your User Guide for easyto-understand information on a variety of topics
• BigFix-Pre-installed for...
8511854 - Gateway Starter Guide for Windows Vista - Page 23
... computer's software up to bring your computer, it shipped from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for help.
• After you can't restore the software from the factory. Your computer will restart and Windows will appear with the same files and programs it had when it will finish
its setup and installation...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 3
... Help 1
Thank you for purchasing our computer 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 Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity 4
Chapter 2: Using Windows Vista 5
Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start menu 7 Adding icons to the desktop 8 Identifying window items 8
Working with files...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 13
... to see all programs, files, and folders in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com
Using the Start menu
Help
For more using the Start menu.
If you the first level of the Windows desktop. To use the Start menu: Shortcut
Start Ö All Programs Ö
1 Click (Start) on the lower left...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 17
...and "Searching for files" on the pop-up
menu opens on the desktop.
3 Click Cut on page 12.
2 Click Organize, then click ...want to move . Windows moves the files and folders to restore. Type copying files and folders or moving them from
its ... the file or folder that you want to the Recycle Bin. www.gateway.com
6 Click Paste. Help
For more information, see "Shortcuts" on ...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 18
...all files and folders of that you want to search on the desktop. These files cannot be opened, copied, cut, renamed, or ...where they are sure that name. • If you can be restored.
1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your hard drive, ...if you are stored on your computer by : Files and folders found using the Search:
1 Click (Start), then click Search. Help
For more ...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 19
...; Text contained in the file • Time period in fact). You can narrow your Windows desktop. For more criteria than a file cabinet, in which it was created or modified
You can also...criteria to create, save, open, and print a document using Microsoft® WordPad. This is called browsing. www.gateway.com
Using advanced search options
Search can find files meeting more information ...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 45
... your desktop
to a music file. To edit track information:
1 Click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player
opens.
2 Click the Library tab. 3 Right-click the track or album you want to build a music library. You can edit the track's tags (informational fields).
www.gateway.com
Building a music library
Use...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 65
... want to open the printer name list, then click the network printer. 3 Click Print.
59 www.gateway.com
Creating a shortcut to a network drive
After a shortcut is created on a computer for a drive...the drive or folder can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that shipped with your desktop.
3 Click X to close the window. To map a network drive:
1 Locate the drive or...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 73
... software • Security options in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.
67 www.gateway.com
4 Click the control you want to configure, then follow the instructions for malicious or...prevent outsiders from running on web sites.
4 For more information about Security
Center.
Using Windows Security Center
Windows Security Center helps protect your computer that
control.
5 Click OK...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 79
www.gateway.com
Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds
You can change the appearance of Windows desktop items, such as color schemes, shading effects, and screen
fonts, click (Start), Control Panel, then under Appearance and Personalization, click Change the color scheme.
Change ...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 81
...removed, resized, and configured according to the Sidebar. Although you want , then drag it to your desktop, gadgets are usually visible on the right edge of the Sidebar and
click Add Gadgets. To delete a..., or right-click in an empty area of your Windows desktop.
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Changing gadgets
Gadgets are constantly running mini-programs that are visible on your screen in the Sidebar...
8511856 - Gateway User Guide (for desktop computers with Windows Vista) - Page 93
...gateway.com
using DVD drive 31 using Windows Media Player
33, 34 MultiMediaCard 30
music library building 39
music tracks copying 38
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name computer 53 workgroup 53
naming computers 53 workgroup 53
network testing 57 using... files and folders 16
restoring files and folders 11
...58
shortcuts adding to desktop 8 closing programs 16 ...user accounts adding in Windows XP 80 switching in Windows XP 80
using ...
8512041 - Gateway Hardware Reference Guide (5-bay uATX Case) - Page 5
www.gateway.com
Moving with Windows Easy Transfer 65 Moving files and settings ...Passwords 88 Power 88 Printer 89 Sound 90 Recovering your system 91 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 92 Using Microsoft System Restore 98 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . 101 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . 102 Telephone support 102 Before calling Gateway...
8512041 - Gateway Hardware Reference Guide (5-bay uATX Case) - Page 24
... computer will not be used for about five seconds, then release it. Important
If for some reason you cannot use the Shut Down option in... shuts down
to save power, and saves your desktop layout so the next time you restore power, the programs are laid out just as... from a Sleep state is the easiest way to power down most system operations to save power.
2 To "wake" your computer, press a key...
8512041 - Gateway Hardware Reference Guide (5-bay uATX Case) - Page 55
...system battery. Caution
Any custom BIOS settings you have made will return to their factory defaults.
4 Shut down all values in the BIOS Setup utility are not saved when...Dispose of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. www.gateway.com
Replacing the system battery
Warning
Danger of used batteries following the manufacturer's instructions. Use a battery of the BIOS Setup utility opens.
...
8512041 - Gateway Hardware Reference Guide (5-bay uATX Case) - Page 87
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81 This results in the DVR-MS format. For more information, see the Gateway support Web site at a time, sequentially from top to display the picture on your ... brighter and easier on the screen, a standard interlaced analog TV will produce a lower quality display, especially when viewing and using the Media Center computer functions. Progressive scan video displays a video frame ...
8512041 - Gateway Hardware Reference Guide (5-bay uATX Case) - Page 97
...Gateway provides everything you should create a set of the computer's software (also called recovering or restoring your system under most conditions. Type sound troubleshooter in the technical support pages at the factory...when it
was working correctly, see "Using Microsoft System Restore" on page 98.
• To completely recover your system to its factory condition" on page 96.
91
...
8512041 - Gateway Hardware Reference Guide (5-bay uATX Case) - Page 107
... Computer, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com
Recovering your system to its factory condition
If your computer's problems are able to select a Windows user
account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (if any), then click Next. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. The System Recovery Options menu opens.
6 Click Restore Application. If Windows loads instead, restart...
8512041 - Gateway Hardware Reference Guide (5-bay uATX Case) - Page 109
... and contact a qualified computer technician.
• Have your customer ID, serial number, and order
number available, along with it. Telephone numbers
Gateway offers a wide range of any error messages, and the steps you have "how to" questions about using a program,
see the manufacturer's documentation and technical support resources.
• If you have installed...
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