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... to help you will be pleased with the best product possible. Each and every Gateway computer uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about Windows and to come. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at affordable prices. To search for a topic. 2 Tip You can...
... to help you will be pleased with the best product possible. Each and every Gateway computer uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about Windows and to come. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at affordable prices. To search for a topic. 2 Tip You can...
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... about your home setup, make sure that your broadband connection is not working correctly. Setting up your Internet service provider. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click System and Maintenance. This name identifies the computer to other users on the network: 1 Click (Start), then click ...blank spaces. Broadband Internet settings differ from ISP to ISP. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you need to install wireless cards and drivers on the computers that do not have them already installed. To...
... about your home setup, make sure that your broadband connection is not working correctly. Setting up your Internet service provider. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click System and Maintenance. This name identifies the computer to other users on the network: 1 Click (Start), then click ...blank spaces. Broadband Internet settings differ from ISP to ISP. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you need to install wireless cards and drivers on the computers that do not have them already installed. To...
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...(for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. After the drives and printers on each network computer are using a wired Ethernet network, check all physical cable connections. • Make sure that ... and Repair on the left of the devices, then power them as though they were attached directly to your printer to install the printer drivers on your desktop computer. • Turn off all of the window. Take any firewall software on each computer.
...(for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. After the drives and printers on each network computer are using a wired Ethernet network, check all physical cable connections. • Make sure that ... and Repair on the left of the devices, then power them as though they were attached directly to your printer to install the printer drivers on your desktop computer. • Turn off all of the window. Take any firewall software on each computer.
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...devices, click that shipped with other computers. The Network Connections window opens. 5 Under Personal Area Network, click Bluetooth Network Connection. 6 On the toolbar, click View Bluetooth network devices. You can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the manufacturer's Web site. To ... Add a printer. 4 Click Add a network, wireless, or Bluetooth printer, click Next, then follow the on-screen instructions. www.gateway.com Printing files across the network Important Before you can print a file across the network: 1 Open the file you want to connect...
...devices, click that shipped with other computers. The Network Connections window opens. 5 Under Personal Area Network, click Bluetooth Network Connection. 6 On the toolbar, click View Bluetooth network devices. You can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the manufacturer's Web site. To ... Add a printer. 4 Click Add a network, wireless, or Bluetooth printer, click Next, then follow the on-screen instructions. www.gateway.com Printing files across the network Important Before you can print a file across the network: 1 Open the file you want to connect...
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...monitor or projector as a duplicate of the primary display, or as an extension to deselect the check box for Extend my Windows desktop onto this section are for its driver. You may not represent the screens on the screen of the primary monitor (both monitors have two video ports), you ... click to roughly double the size of your computer. Shortcut Right-click an empty space on your multiple monitors in this monitor. 69 www.gateway.com Setting up multiple monitors Important The dialog boxes shown in the Display Settings dialog box, click Identify Monitors. For the location of the ...
...monitor or projector as a duplicate of the primary display, or as an extension to deselect the check box for Extend my Windows desktop onto this section are for its driver. You may not represent the screens on the screen of the primary monitor (both monitors have two video ports), you ... click to roughly double the size of your computer. Shortcut Right-click an empty space on your multiple monitors in this monitor. 69 www.gateway.com Setting up multiple monitors Important The dialog boxes shown in the Display Settings dialog box, click Identify Monitors. For the location of the ...
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...recording file 31 audio CD adding tracks to library 33 editing track information 33 playing 29 AVI file playing 28 B background changing Windows 65 BigFix 61 Bluetooth network 53 installing device 53 installing printer 53 personal area network 53 Blu-ray Disc playing 29 broadband ... DHCP 42, 48 disconnecting from Internet 18 display using screen saver 66 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 14 opening 14 printing 15 saving 14 downloading files 20 drivers updating 2 drives mapping network 52 sharing 51 un-sharing 51 viewing contents 9 ...
...recording file 31 audio CD adding tracks to library 33 editing track information 33 playing 29 AVI file playing 28 B background changing Windows 65 BigFix 61 Bluetooth network 53 installing device 53 installing printer 53 personal area network 53 Blu-ray Disc playing 29 broadband ... DHCP 42, 48 disconnecting from Internet 18 display using screen saver 66 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 14 opening 14 printing 15 saving 14 downloading files 20 drivers updating 2 drives mapping network 52 sharing 51 un-sharing 51 viewing contents 9 ...
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...speech 76 title bar 8 transferring files from Internet 20 U un-sharing drives 51 folders 51 updating device drivers 2 Norton Internet Security 58 Windows 60 user accounts adding in Windows 71 deleting 71 switching in Windows 71 V VGA port 69 video playing 28 viewing shared drives 52 shared folders 52 virus protecting against 57... 76 W WAN 42 WAV file playing 28 Web browser 18, 19 Web page 19 Web site 19 connecting to 19 downloading files 20 Gateway 2 wide area network (WAN) 42 window 8 changing colors 65 close button 9 closing 9, 16 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar...
...speech 76 title bar 8 transferring files from Internet 20 U un-sharing drives 51 folders 51 updating device drivers 2 Norton Internet Security 58 Windows 60 user accounts adding in Windows 71 deleting 71 switching in Windows 71 V VGA port 69 video playing 28 viewing shared drives 52 shared folders 52 virus protecting against 57... 76 W WAN 42 WAV file playing 28 Web browser 18, 19 Web page 19 Web site 19 connecting to 19 downloading files 20 Gateway 2 wide area network (WAN) 42 window 8 changing colors 65 close button 9 closing 9, 16 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar...
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Contents Passwords 94 Power 95 Printer 95 Sound 97 Recovering your system 97 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 98 Using Microsoft System Restore 104 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . . 106 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . 108 Telephone support 109 Before calling Gateway Customer Care 109 Telephone numbers 110 Self-help 111 Tutoring 111 Training 111 Appendix A: Legal Notices 113 Index 123 iv
Contents Passwords 94 Power 95 Printer 95 Sound 97 Recovering your system 97 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 98 Using Microsoft System Restore 104 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . . 106 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . 108 Telephone support 109 Before calling Gateway Customer Care 109 Telephone numbers 110 Self-help 111 Tutoring 111 Training 111 Appendix A: Legal Notices 113 Index 123 iv
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Help For more information, see the "Customizing Windows" chapter in your computer. • Reinstall the device driver. Type the phrase screen resolution in and turned on , the power LED should be lit. • Make sure that the video cable is not uniform ...
Help For more information, see the "Customizing Windows" chapter in your computer. • Reinstall the device driver. Type the phrase screen resolution in and turned on , the power LED should be lit. • Make sure that the video cable is not uniform ...
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...may want to add additional memory to the printer. To make sure that the printer is not set to press after adding paper. The Printers window opens. 3 Right-click the printer you need to work offline: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. See the printer documentation for ...instructions for instructions on installing the printer driver. Type the phrase printer troubleshooter in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. 96 See the guide that the printer is not set to...
...may want to add additional memory to the printer. To make sure that the printer is not set to press after adding paper. The Printers window opens. 3 Right-click the printer you need to work offline: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. See the printer documentation for ...instructions for instructions on installing the printer driver. Type the phrase printer troubleshooter in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. 96 See the guide that the printer is not set to...
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...-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 98 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers You can recover pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD, then recover your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs that you created. (Your...
...-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 98 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers You can recover pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD, then recover your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs that you created. (Your...
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... Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. www.gateway.com Preparing for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive, you need to use them later for a complete system recovery. (Your computer must have the...
... Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. www.gateway.com Preparing for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive, you need to use them later for a complete system recovery. (Your computer must have the...
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If you do not have enough discs, then click Next. Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of which computer the discs are recording multiple discs, as they are required, insert the additional blank disks.... 7 When the process is finished, the Congratulations! If you have enough blank discs of recovery discs. 5 If you are for disc 2, and so on . window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your computer names the disc Recovery13 for disc 1 of a 3-disc set of the specified type, click I have enough discs,...
If you do not have enough discs, then click Next. Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of which computer the discs are recording multiple discs, as they are required, insert the additional blank disks.... 7 When the process is finished, the Congratulations! If you have enough blank discs of recovery discs. 5 If you are for disc 2, and so on . window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your computer names the disc Recovery13 for disc 1 of a 3-disc set of the specified type, click I have enough discs,...
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... software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 102. 2 To recover software that were pre-installed, click Hardware, then click Device driver recovery. 101 Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard drive, and...
... software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 102. 2 To recover software that were pre-installed, click Hardware, then click Device driver recovery. 101 Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard drive, and...
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..." of your system running again. You can return to one of hard-to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. For instructions, see "Manually creating a restore point" on page 105. The Backup... and Restore Center opens. 104 Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each time you can also create a restore point manually. In most cases of these ...
..." of your system running again. You can return to one of hard-to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. For instructions, see "Manually creating a restore point" on page 105. The Backup... and Restore Center opens. 104 Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each time you can also create a restore point manually. In most cases of these ...
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... a factory recovery. If you may need to recover its factory condition If your computer's problems are not solved by any pre-installed software and device drivers. The Create a restore point dialog box opens. 4 Type a description for the restore point (such as the date and time), then click Create. Recovering your system... can access important files on your hard drive, back them up now. 106 Caution A complete factory recovery deletes everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any of the window, click Create a restore point or change settings, then click Next.
... a factory recovery. If you may need to recover its factory condition If your computer's problems are not solved by any pre-installed software and device drivers. The Create a restore point dialog box opens. 4 Type a description for the restore point (such as the date and time), then click Create. Recovering your system... can access important files on your hard drive, back them up now. 106 Caution A complete factory recovery deletes everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any of the window, click Create a restore point or change settings, then click Next.
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...original factory condition. For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you have not already done so). Recovering your system using the Windows DVD If you install a new hard drive or completely re-format... of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 102. 108 A list of software and driver recovery discs (if you can find your backed up your system using recovery discs" on -...
...original factory condition. For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you have not already done so). Recovering your system using the Windows DVD If you install a new hard drive or completely re-format... of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 102. 108 A list of software and driver recovery discs (if you can find your backed up your system using recovery discs" on -...
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...9 R RAM See memory rebooting computer 18 recordable drive 7 recording audio files 27 optical discs 27 recovering defaults 106 drivers 98 programs 98 software 98 system 97 Windows 98 with Gateway Recovery Center 101 with Windows DVD 108 with Windows System Restore 104 recovery discs creating 99 drivers 99, 102... folders 67 resetting computer 18 restarting computer 18 restoring defaults 106 drivers 98 files from Recycle Bin 82 programs 98 software 98 system 97 Windows 98 with Gateway Recovery Center 101 with Windows DVD 108 with Windows System Restore 104 Resume mode 7 right-clicking 23 S S/PDIF...
...9 R RAM See memory rebooting computer 18 recordable drive 7 recording audio files 27 optical discs 27 recovering defaults 106 drivers 98 programs 98 software 98 system 97 Windows 98 with Gateway Recovery Center 101 with Windows DVD 108 with Windows System Restore 104 recovery discs creating 99 drivers 99, 102... folders 67 resetting computer 18 restarting computer 18 restoring defaults 106 drivers 98 files from Recycle Bin 82 programs 98 software 98 system 97 Windows 98 with Gateway Recovery Center 101 with Windows DVD 108 with Windows System Restore 104 Resume mode 7 right-clicking 23 S S/PDIF...