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Hard drive 65 Internet 66 Keyboard 67 Memory 68 Memory card reader 68 Modem (dial-up 68 Monitor 71 Mouse 73 Networks 73 Passwords 74 Power 74 Printer 74 Sound 76 Telephone support 77 Before calling Gateway Customer Care 77 Telephone numbers 78 Self-help 79 ...wired Ethernet network 102 Configuring your router 104 Testing your network 105 Sharing your resources 106 Sharing an Internet connection 106 Sharing drives and printers 109 Using the network 111 Connecting to hotspots 114 Troubleshooting Your Ethernet network 115 Wired Ethernet network 115 Wireless Ethernet...
Hard drive 65 Internet 66 Keyboard 67 Memory 68 Memory card reader 68 Modem (dial-up 68 Monitor 71 Mouse 73 Networks 73 Passwords 74 Power 74 Printer 74 Sound 76 Telephone support 77 Before calling Gateway Customer Care 77 Telephone numbers 78 Self-help 79 ...wired Ethernet network 102 Configuring your router 104 Testing your network 105 Sharing your resources 106 Sharing an Internet connection 106 Sharing drives and printers 109 Using the network 111 Connecting to hotspots 114 Troubleshooting Your Ethernet network 115 Wired Ethernet network 115 Wireless Ethernet...
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... to access links to view a list of all the products that Gateway supports. Account Info Click Account Info to get the latest software updates for non-technical issues, such as making audio CDs and installing a hard drive. Chapter 1: Getting Help Using eSupport The eSupport site is divided into...including chat and e-mail. You can also browse through a step-by a menu across the top of how-to locate your computer. 4 www.gateway.com Click Call Us to access support for BIOS and driver upgrades. Support Home Click Support Home, then click All Support Documents to the question...
... to access links to view a list of all the products that Gateway supports. Account Info Click Account Info to get the latest software updates for non-technical issues, such as making audio CDs and installing a hard drive. Chapter 1: Getting Help Using eSupport The eSupport site is divided into...including chat and e-mail. You can also browse through a step-by a menu across the top of how-to locate your computer. 4 www.gateway.com Click Call Us to access support for BIOS and driver upgrades. Support Home Click Support Home, then click All Support Documents to the question...
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... has been included on using Windows, using the program. Online help . To access the Using Your Computer guide: ■ Click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. You can search for a topic or keyword, or browsing through the online help Many programs provide information online so you can access most online... from a Help menu or by viewing the help contents, checking the index, searching for information by clicking a Help button. This guide includes information on your hard drive. www.gateway.com 7
... has been included on using Windows, using the program. Online help . To access the Using Your Computer guide: ■ Click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. You can search for a topic or keyword, or browsing through the online help Many programs provide information online so you can access most online... from a Help menu or by viewing the help contents, checking the index, searching for information by clicking a Help button. This guide includes information on your hard drive. www.gateway.com 7
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DVD/CD drive DVD/CD drive (optional) Diskette drive (optional) USB port (optional) Hard drive access indicator Memory card reader (optional) Power button/ Power indicator USB ports (optional) IEEE 1394 ports (optional) Web Site: Online Support: Tech Support Hours: 5am to 12pm PST Gateway help resources and Customer Care information USB ports (optional) Microphone Headphone jack Model...
DVD/CD drive DVD/CD drive (optional) Diskette drive (optional) USB port (optional) Hard drive access indicator Memory card reader (optional) Power button/ Power indicator USB ports (optional) IEEE 1394 ports (optional) Web Site: Online Support: Tech Support Hours: 5am to 12pm PST Gateway help resources and Customer Care information USB ports (optional) Microphone Headphone jack Model...
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... store large files onto recordable discs (depending on page 32. This jack is accessed. www.gateway.com 11 Desktop PC Front Component DVD/CD drive Diskette drive (optional) USB port (optional) Hard drive access indicator USB ports (optional) IEEE 1394 ports (optional) Media card reader (optional) Power button / Power indicator Microphone jack Icon Description Use this...
... store large files onto recordable discs (depending on page 32. This jack is accessed. www.gateway.com 11 Desktop PC Front Component DVD/CD drive Diskette drive (optional) USB port (optional) Hard drive access indicator USB ports (optional) IEEE 1394 ports (optional) Media card reader (optional) Power button / Power indicator Microphone jack Icon Description Use this...
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...8482; Zip™ drive, printer, scanner, camera, keyboard, or mouse) into this 6-pin IEEE 1394 port. Plug a 10/100 Ethernet network cable or a device (such as a DSL or cable modem for a broadband Internet connection) into this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. For more ...1394 (also known as Firewire® or i.Link®) device (such as a digital camcorder) into this jack. 14 www.gateway.com For more information, see "Installing a printer, scanner, or other peripheral device" on your hard drive. Plug a modem cable into these ports.
...8482; Zip™ drive, printer, scanner, camera, keyboard, or mouse) into this 6-pin IEEE 1394 port. Plug a 10/100 Ethernet network cable or a device (such as a DSL or cable modem for a broadband Internet connection) into this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. For more ...1394 (also known as Firewire® or i.Link®) device (such as a digital camcorder) into this jack. 14 www.gateway.com For more information, see "Installing a printer, scanner, or other peripheral device" on your hard drive. Plug a modem cable into these ports.
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... "Using eSupport" on page 4. Accessories To order accessories, visit the Accessory Store at support.gateway.com. For more memory. 16 www.gateway.com Memory Large programs, such as memory size, memory type, and hard drive size, visit Gateway's eSupport page at accessories.gateway.com. If your computer, such as multimedia games or graphics programs, use a lot...
... "Using eSupport" on page 4. Accessories To order accessories, visit the Accessory Store at support.gateway.com. For more memory. 16 www.gateway.com Memory Large programs, such as memory size, memory type, and hard drive size, visit Gateway's eSupport page at accessories.gateway.com. If your computer, such as multimedia games or graphics programs, use a lot...
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...of data. Uninterruptible power supplies A standby, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) protects your hard drive. A UPS may also provide protection from data loss during a power failure so you want to you can hold as much as 4700 MB of data. Inkjet printers and cartridges are relatively inexpensive, but they are slower than...Dual layer writable DVDs hold as much as documents. If you need additional storage space or you want to store data. USB flash drive Use a USB flash drive for more expensive, but they print much as 700 MB of data. www.gateway.com 17
...of data. Uninterruptible power supplies A standby, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) protects your hard drive. A UPS may also provide protection from data loss during a power failure so you want to you can hold as much as 4700 MB of data. Inkjet printers and cartridges are relatively inexpensive, but they are slower than...Dual layer writable DVDs hold as much as documents. If you need additional storage space or you want to store data. USB flash drive Use a USB flash drive for more expensive, but they print much as 700 MB of data. www.gateway.com 17
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... your computer for some reason you turn off your hard drive. Chapter 3: Getting Started Waking up . To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. To turn off your computer, it . 24 www.gateway.com Turning off your computer Warning When you cannot ...Computer. The Turn Off Computer dialog box opens. 2 Click Turn Off. While in Using Your Computer which has been included on your hard drive. For more information about five seconds, then release it may enter a power-saving mode called Standby. Tips & Tricks For more information...
... your computer for some reason you turn off your hard drive. Chapter 3: Getting Started Waking up . To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. To turn off your computer, it . 24 www.gateway.com Turning off your computer Warning When you cannot ...Computer. The Turn Off Computer dialog box opens. 2 Click Turn Off. While in Using Your Computer which has been included on your hard drive. For more information about five seconds, then release it may enter a power-saving mode called Standby. Tips & Tricks For more information...
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...to adjust the overall volume and the volume of the regular startup process, a program to check the disk status runs automatically. www.gateway.com 25 Restarting (rebooting) your computer Restarting (rebooting) your computer If your computer does not respond to keyboard or mouse input, ... are not responding. As a part of specific sound devices in Windows, see "Using the keyboard" on your hard drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. To close programs that is not responding. 3 Click End Task. 4 Click X in Using Your Computer...
...to adjust the overall volume and the volume of the regular startup process, a program to check the disk status runs automatically. www.gateway.com 25 Restarting (rebooting) your computer Restarting (rebooting) your computer If your computer does not respond to keyboard or mouse input, ... are not responding. As a part of specific sound devices in Windows, see "Using the keyboard" on your hard drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. To close programs that is not responding. 3 Click End Task. 4 Click X in Using Your Computer...
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... mouse button once. Release the button to move the pointer farther, pick up the mouse, set it down . www.gateway.com 29 If you run out of the computer display. To access this ... click, click click Move an object on...or find more information about an object on the computer display Do this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Quickly press and release the left mouse button and hold ) and drag Position the pointer over the object. ... called clicking. Move (drag) the object to the appropriate part of space on your hard drive.
... mouse button once. Release the button to move the pointer farther, pick up the mouse, set it down . www.gateway.com 29 If you run out of the computer display. To access this ... click, click click Move an object on...or find more information about an object on the computer display Do this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Quickly press and release the left mouse button and hold ) and drag Position the pointer over the object. ... called clicking. Move (drag) the object to the appropriate part of space on your hard drive.
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For more than just networking. Tips & Tricks You can use your hard drive. Connecting to a wired Ethernet network Connecting to a wired Ethernet network Your computer has a network jack that you can use to connect to a 10/100 wired ... been included on your computer's Ethernet jack for more information, see "Networking Your Computer" on the back of the network cable into a network jack. www.gateway.com 31 Many broadband Internet connections, such as cable modems and DSL modems, connect to a wired Ethernet network: 1 Insert one end of your computer's Ethernet...
For more than just networking. Tips & Tricks You can use your hard drive. Connecting to a wired Ethernet network Connecting to a wired Ethernet network Your computer has a network jack that you can use to connect to a 10/100 wired ... been included on your computer's Ethernet jack for more information, see "Networking Your Computer" on the back of the network cable into a network jack. www.gateway.com 31 Many broadband Internet connections, such as cable modems and DSL modems, connect to a wired Ethernet network: 1 Insert one end of your computer's Ethernet...
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... data capacity. Using the CD or DVD drive Tips & Tricks For more . Creating CDs and DVDs You can play DVDs with the DVD program or Windows Media Player on your hard drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Playing a DVD A Digital Versatile ...Disc (DVD) is similar to your hard drive, copy or create data CDs and DVDs, create music ...
... data capacity. Using the CD or DVD drive Tips & Tricks For more . Creating CDs and DVDs You can play DVDs with the DVD program or Windows Media Player on your hard drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Playing a DVD A Digital Versatile ...Disc (DVD) is similar to your hard drive, copy or create data CDs and DVDs, create music ...
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... liquids away from magnetic fields. Windows Update scans your computer and provides you to the software and hardware on both diskettes and hard drives. ■ Avoid subjecting your computer to choose updates for your computer. Updating Windows Windows Update is added to the site regularly...Windows Update in extremely expensive repairs that are not covered under your warranty. ■ Avoid dusty or dirty work environments. www.gateway.com Help and Support 42 For more information about Windows Update, click Start, then click Help and Support. Chapter 5: Maintaining Your...
... liquids away from magnetic fields. Windows Update scans your computer and provides you to the software and hardware on both diskettes and hard drives. ■ Avoid subjecting your computer to choose updates for your computer. Updating Windows Windows Update is added to the site regularly...Windows Update in extremely expensive repairs that are not covered under your warranty. ■ Avoid dusty or dirty work environments. www.gateway.com Help and Support 42 For more information about Windows Update, click Start, then click Help and Support. Chapter 5: Maintaining Your...
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... Wipe from the center to the edge, not around in the instruction booklet that were included with your restore discs. 48 www.gateway.com The instructions for using the restore discs or hard drive backup files are available on the backup restore discs that you created with the recovery media program, on the hard drive, or on...
... Wipe from the center to the edge, not around in the instruction booklet that were included with your restore discs. 48 www.gateway.com The instructions for using the restore discs or hard drive backup files are available on the backup restore discs that you created with the recovery media program, on the hard drive, or on...
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... Help and Support. The message may help Gateway Customer Care in diagnosing and fixing the problem. ■ If you added or removed peripheral devices, review the installation procedures you performed and make sure that all connections are secure. ■ Make sure that your hard drive is turned on and while the modem cable... the online help. First steps If you followed each instruction. ■ If an error occurs in the Search box , then click the arrow. 60 www.gateway.com
... Help and Support. The message may help Gateway Customer Care in diagnosing and fixing the problem. ■ If you added or removed peripheral devices, review the installation procedures you performed and make sure that all connections are secure. ■ Make sure that your hard drive is turned on and while the modem cable... the online help. First steps If you followed each instruction. ■ If an error occurs in the Search box , then click the arrow. 60 www.gateway.com
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...Gateway Documentation. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be read by the diskette drive. ■ Run Error-checking on the diskette and try using is not recognized ■ Shut down (unprotected). ■ Delete unnecessary files on the diskette. You see "Checking the hard drive... for errors" in the upper-right corner of the diskette is down and restart your hard drive. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be full. Occasionally diskettes are using the...
...Gateway Documentation. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be read by the diskette drive. ■ Run Error-checking on the diskette and try using is not recognized ■ Shut down (unprotected). ■ Delete unnecessary files on the diskette. You see "Checking the hard drive... for errors" in the upper-right corner of the diskette is down and restart your hard drive. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be full. Occasionally diskettes are using the...
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...included on , try to restore, then click Restore. If the Recycle Bin was emptied before you try restarting your hard drive. DVD drives See "CD or DVD drives" on the diskette. Type the keyword System Restore in Windows while holding down the SHIFT key, the file cannot be...access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. File management A file was accidentally deleted If a file was originally deleted from the drive. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ■ Run Error checking on page 61. The diskette drive LED is restored to the place where it was deleted ...
...included on , try to restore, then click Restore. If the Recycle Bin was emptied before you try restarting your hard drive. DVD drives See "CD or DVD drives" on the diskette. Type the keyword System Restore in Windows while holding down the SHIFT key, the file cannot be...access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. File management A file was accidentally deleted If a file was originally deleted from the drive. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ■ Run Error checking on page 61. The diskette drive LED is restored to the place where it was deleted ...
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...electricity or physical shock, you empty the Recycle Bin. ■ Save your files to backup media, then delete them from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. For instructions on fixing hard drive problems, see a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message ■ Eject the... on the hard drive. For instructions on deleting unnecessary files, see an "Insufficient disk space" error message ■ Delete unnecessary files from the hard drive. Hard drive Troubleshooting You see "Using Disk Cleanup" in Using Your Computer which has been included on your hard drive. www.gateway.com 65 To...
...electricity or physical shock, you empty the Recycle Bin. ■ Save your files to backup media, then delete them from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. For instructions on fixing hard drive problems, see a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message ■ Eject the... on the hard drive. For instructions on deleting unnecessary files, see an "Insufficient disk space" error message ■ Delete unnecessary files from the hard drive. Hard drive Troubleshooting You see "Using Disk Cleanup" in Using Your Computer which has been included on your hard drive. www.gateway.com 65 To...
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.... You may hear unusual handshaking sounds when the modems first connect. To turn down the modem volume: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. If your hard drive. Type the keyword modem troubleshooting in Using Your Computer which has been included on your Control Panel is available, a white screen appears with no modem... 4 Click your modem tries to connect to close the Phone and Modem Options dialog box. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. www.gateway.com 71
.... You may hear unusual handshaking sounds when the modems first connect. To turn down the modem volume: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. If your hard drive. Type the keyword modem troubleshooting in Using Your Computer which has been included on your Control Panel is available, a white screen appears with no modem... 4 Click your modem tries to connect to close the Phone and Modem Options dialog box. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. www.gateway.com 71