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...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 XP 7 About the Windows desktop 8 Using the Start menu 9 Adding icons to the desktop 10 Identifying window items 10... Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 11 Using Tablet PC extensions 12 Working with files and folders 15 Viewing drives 15 Creating folders 16 Copying and moving ...using Microsoft System Restore 34 Recovering your system from the hard drive 35 i
...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 XP 7 About the Windows desktop 8 Using the Start menu 9 Adding icons to the desktop 10 Identifying window items 10... Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 11 Using Tablet PC extensions 12 Working with files and folders 15 Viewing drives 15 Creating folders 16 Copying and moving ...using Microsoft System Restore 34 Recovering your system from the hard drive 35 i
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Contents www.gateway.com Chapter 4: Using the Internet 37 Learning about the Internet 38 Setting up an Internet account 39 Accessing your Internet account 39 Using the World ... your notebook 43 Hardware security 44 Kensington lock slot 44 CompuTrace 44 Data security 45 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 45 Computrace 45 Notebook startup and hard drive password 45 Windows XP user accounts 45 Protecting your notebook from viruses 46 Using McAfee SecurityCenter 47 Using Windows XP Security Center 49 Security updates...
Contents www.gateway.com Chapter 4: Using the Internet 37 Learning about the Internet 38 Setting up an Internet account 39 Accessing your Internet account 39 Using the World ... your notebook 43 Hardware security 44 Kensington lock slot 44 CompuTrace 44 Data security 45 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 45 Computrace 45 Notebook startup and hard drive password 45 Windows XP user accounts 45 Protecting your notebook from viruses 46 Using McAfee SecurityCenter 47 Using Windows XP Security Center 49 Security updates...
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Contents www.gateway.com Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 100 Changing the desktop background 101 Selecting a screen saver 102 Using an extended desktop 103 Changing the ... PC Input Panel Settings 107 Adding and modifying user accounts 108 Chapter 10: Maintaining Your Notebook 109 Updating Windows 110 Using BigFix 110 Managing hard drive space 111 Checking hard drive space 111 Deleting unnecessary files 112 Checking the hard drive for errors 112 Defragmenting the hard drive 113 Backing up files 114 Scheduling maintenance tasks 115 Moving from...
Contents www.gateway.com Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 100 Changing the desktop background 101 Selecting a screen saver 102 Using an extended desktop 103 Changing the ... PC Input Panel Settings 107 Adding and modifying user accounts 108 Chapter 10: Maintaining Your Notebook 109 Updating Windows 110 Using BigFix 110 Managing hard drive space 111 Checking hard drive space 111 Deleting unnecessary files 112 Checking the hard drive for errors 112 Defragmenting the hard drive 113 Backing up files 114 Scheduling maintenance tasks 115 Moving from...
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... menu. You may also have more than one drive. A notebook almost always has more drives such as you would store information in a file cabinet. To view the drives on a drive: ■ Double-click the drive icon. www.gateway.com Working with files and folders Working with files... much like file cabinets because they hold files and folders. Hard drives Diskette Disc drive drive To see the contents of a drive after you double-click its icon, click Show the contents of this drive. 15 Viewing drives Help and Support For more information about files and folders, click...
... menu. You may also have more than one drive. A notebook almost always has more drives such as you would store information in a file cabinet. To view the drives on a drive: ■ Double-click the drive icon. www.gateway.com Working with files and folders Working with files... much like file cabinets because they hold files and folders. Hard drives Diskette Disc drive drive To see the contents of a drive after you double-click its icon, click Show the contents of this drive. 15 Viewing drives Help and Support For more information about files and folders, click...
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CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Creating folders Help and Support For more information about renaming folders, see the contents of the drive or folder, click Show the contents of this drive or Show the contents of this folder. 4 Click File, New, then click Folder. For information about ...folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Folders Files To create a folder: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer on your hard drive. Folders are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you keep on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the...
CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Creating folders Help and Support For more information about renaming folders, see the contents of the drive or folder, click Show the contents of this drive or Show the contents of this folder. 4 Click File, New, then click Folder. For information about ...folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Folders Files To create a folder: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer on your hard drive. Folders are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you keep on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the...
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... file or folder or a set of files or folders that have characteristics in common, but you do not remember where they are stored on your hard drive, you can use the Search utility to search by: ■ Name or part of a name ■ Creation date ■ Modification date ■ File type ■... can be opened, copied, cut, renamed, or deleted directly from the list in the Search box, then click the arrow. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Searching for files If you are looking for files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Search Results window opens.
... file or folder or a set of files or folders that have characteristics in common, but you do not remember where they are stored on your hard drive, you can use the Search utility to search by: ■ Name or part of a name ■ Creation date ■ Modification date ■ File type ■... can be opened, copied, cut, renamed, or deleted directly from the list in the Search box, then click the arrow. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Searching for files If you are looking for files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Search Results window opens.
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... most conditions. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything you need to recover your hard drive. For more information on using your system from recovery files on a network" on page 35 tells how to a previous working order. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System www.gateway.com System recovery options Most computer problems can be...
... most conditions. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything you need to recover your hard drive. For more information on using your system from recovery files on a network" on page 35 tells how to a previous working order. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System www.gateway.com System recovery options Most computer problems can be...
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... disc and insert another. 8 Repeat steps 5-7 for the first disc. Recovering your system Important If your hard drive has failed and you can find the Gateway Customer Care contact information on the label located on your system using either the Start menu or a drivers... device drivers or programs, see "Recovering your system, you need to recover your system, you cannot restore the software from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for installation. For more help . Recovering specific files and software You can recover specific files using Microsoft System Restore" ...
... disc and insert another. 8 Repeat steps 5-7 for the first disc. Recovering your system Important If your hard drive has failed and you can find the Gateway Customer Care contact information on the label located on your system using either the Start menu or a drivers... device drivers or programs, see "Recovering your system, you need to recover your system, you cannot restore the software from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for installation. For more help . Recovering specific files and software You can recover specific files using Microsoft System Restore" ...
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...Gateway System Recovery. The Confirm Restore Point Selection dialog box opens. 6 Make sure that came with your system from the hard drive To recover from the hard drive" on or restart your notebook, then press F11 while your system 5 Click Next. If completing Microsoft System Restore does not solve your system from the hard drive...notebook restarts, then the System Recovery program starts. - OR Turn on page 35 for instructions. www.gateway.com Recovering your notebook is starting. 3 Insert the Operating System Recovery CD/DVD when prompted. The System Recovery program starts. ...
...Gateway System Recovery. The Confirm Restore Point Selection dialog box opens. 6 Make sure that came with your system from the hard drive To recover from the hard drive" on or restart your notebook, then press F11 while your system 5 Click Next. If completing Microsoft System Restore does not solve your system from the hard drive...notebook restarts, then the System Recovery program starts. - OR Turn on page 35 for instructions. www.gateway.com Recovering your notebook is starting. 3 Insert the Operating System Recovery CD/DVD when prompted. The System Recovery program starts. ...
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...C:\My Backup folder and installs a new copy of Windows XP. Format and Recover dialog box opens. 6 Click Yes. This option saves your hard drive. When file recovery has finished, the System Restore dialog box opens. 7 Click Restart. Your notebook restarts, and Windows finishes its setup and ... System Restore - You need to download Windows updates and antivirus updates to use this process. 4 Click a system recovery option: www.gateway.com Important After you purchased your data files. ■ Full System Restore with the same files and programs it had when it shipped...
...C:\My Backup folder and installs a new copy of Windows XP. Format and Recover dialog box opens. 6 Click Yes. This option saves your hard drive. When file recovery has finished, the System Restore dialog box opens. 7 Click Restart. Your notebook restarts, and Windows finishes its setup and ... System Restore - You need to download Windows updates and antivirus updates to use this process. 4 Click a system recovery option: www.gateway.com Important After you purchased your data files. ■ Full System Restore with the same files and programs it had when it shipped...
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...is very secure, and you set up and running. If you forget your notebook. Use a startup and hard drive password to guess. Windows lets you cannot bypass it . www.gateway.com Data security Data security The second step in notebook security is keeping your notebook's BIOS setup utility. If... hardware but that is better than commercially available software security. When you can assign a password to enter your notebook. Notebook startup and hard drive password Tips & Tricks Make sure that you use Computrace Complete to get TPM up a user account for each account so only the ...
...is very secure, and you set up and running. If you forget your notebook. Use a startup and hard drive password to guess. Windows lets you cannot bypass it . www.gateway.com Data security Data security The second step in notebook security is keeping your notebook's BIOS setup utility. If... hardware but that is better than commercially available software security. When you can assign a password to enter your notebook. Notebook startup and hard drive password Tips & Tricks Make sure that you use Computrace Complete to get TPM up a user account for each account so only the ...
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..., and MP3 files end in the file extension MP3. OR - WMA and MP3 are methods for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. The Windows Media Player opens. 3 Click Tools, Options, then click the Rip Music tab. 4 Click the arrow... Windows Media Player opens. - To create WMA or MP3 files: 1 Insert a music CD into compact files without noticeably sacrificing quality. www.gateway.com Creating audio files and music libraries Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. You cannot copy tracks from a music CD to open with...
..., and MP3 files end in the file extension MP3. OR - WMA and MP3 are methods for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. The Windows Media Player opens. 3 Click Tools, Options, then click the Rip Music tab. 4 Click the arrow... Windows Media Player opens. - To create WMA or MP3 files: 1 Insert a music CD into compact files without noticeably sacrificing quality. www.gateway.com Creating audio files and music libraries Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. You cannot copy tracks from a music CD to open with...
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...library. Building a music library Caution During the download process, WMA and MP3 files may become corrupt. If you are having trouble listening to your hard drive as it is recorded. You can organize your music tracks (individual MP3 or WMA audio files) by categories, find a track quickly by :... Media Player records the tracks to , or working with, a downloaded file, try downloading the file again. CHAPTER 6: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com 5 Click File, CDs and Devices, Rip Audio CD, then click the drive that you download are automatically added to your music library. 62
...library. Building a music library Caution During the download process, WMA and MP3 files may become corrupt. If you are having trouble listening to your hard drive as it is recorded. You can organize your music tracks (individual MP3 or WMA audio files) by categories, find a track quickly by :... Media Player records the tracks to , or working with, a downloaded file, try downloading the file again. CHAPTER 6: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com 5 Click File, CDs and Devices, Rip Audio CD, then click the drive that you download are automatically added to your music library. 62
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... depending on your settings. Some of the edits you can make to your video include: ■ Splitting your video into more than 10 GB of hard drive space for storage with additional space required for editing. 4 Complete the screens in the Video Capture Wizard, click Learn more than one ...Video files may require more about video settings in the wizard, or click Help, then click Help Topics in Windows Movie Maker. 65 www.gateway.com Creating and editing videos Windows Movie Maker recognizes your camera and the Video Capture Wizard opens. 3 If the wizard does not open, click...
... depending on your settings. Some of the edits you can make to your video include: ■ Splitting your video into more than 10 GB of hard drive space for storage with additional space required for editing. 4 Complete the screens in the Video Capture Wizard, click Learn more than one ...Video files may require more about video settings in the wizard, or click Help, then click Help Topics in Windows Movie Maker. 65 www.gateway.com Creating and editing videos Windows Movie Maker recognizes your camera and the Video Capture Wizard opens. 3 If the wizard does not open, click...
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...Windows Media Player. CHAPTER 6: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com Saving your video After you finish editing your video, you do not use your notebook for other remedies. Under Movie Tasks: ■ Click Save to My Computer to save your movie to your hard drive. ■ Click Save to CD to one... Player or CyberLink Power2Go. The Select files to payment of the following places. Otherwise, you are uncertain about your rights, contact your CD or DVD drive. 3 If a dialog box opens, click Take no action, then click OK. 4 Click the Burn tab. If you may be violating copyright law...
...Windows Media Player. CHAPTER 6: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com Saving your video After you finish editing your video, you do not use your notebook for other remedies. Under Movie Tasks: ■ Click Save to My Computer to save your movie to your hard drive. ■ Click Save to CD to one... Player or CyberLink Power2Go. The Select files to payment of the following places. Otherwise, you are uncertain about your rights, contact your CD or DVD drive. 3 If a dialog box opens, click Take no action, then click OK. 4 Click the Burn tab. If you may be violating copyright law...
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... features Windows Media Player advanced features You can use Windows Media Player to transfer WMA and MP3 files to your hard drive as an MP3, WAV, or WMA file. ■ Audio Converter converts an audio file to insert a CD... disc utilities: ■ Burn Disc Image and Save Disc Image create an exact image of a disc on your hard drive and then burn that the recording is complete, click OK. Remove the source CD or DVD, insert a blank,... music player, to listen to Internet radio, and to close. www.gateway.com Advanced multimedia software features 6 Click Copy. The Burning dialog box opens.
... features Windows Media Player advanced features You can use Windows Media Player to transfer WMA and MP3 files to your hard drive as an MP3, WAV, or WMA file. ■ Audio Converter converts an audio file to insert a CD... disc utilities: ■ Burn Disc Image and Save Disc Image create an exact image of a disc on your hard drive and then burn that the recording is complete, click OK. Remove the source CD or DVD, insert a blank,... music player, to listen to Internet radio, and to close. www.gateway.com Advanced multimedia software features 6 Click Copy. The Burning dialog box opens.
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...data, like credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and personal online banking information. Also ask your network. SecureEasySetup is a program that Gateway has already installed on -screen instructions. When you are ready to follow the on select notebook models that your broadband connection is not working..., make sure that another computer outside your network can gain access to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to find out when the line will have a broadband connection already installed, make sure that helps you do not have you change...
...data, like credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and personal online banking information. Also ask your network. SecureEasySetup is a program that Gateway has already installed on -screen instructions. When you are ready to follow the on select notebook models that your broadband connection is not working..., make sure that another computer outside your network can gain access to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to find out when the line will have a broadband connection already installed, make sure that helps you do not have you change...
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...Click the Sharing tab. 84 If you share a drive, the entire contents of that you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. Then you can: ■ View a network drive ■ Open and copy files stored on other ...connected to everyone on network printers Sharing drives or folders If you want to share a drive or folder, use the following instructions. CHAPTER 7: Wireless Networking www.gateway.com Sharing resources With a network, you can share your network. To share drives or folders: 1 In My Computer...
...Click the Sharing tab. 84 If you share a drive, the entire contents of that you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. Then you can: ■ View a network drive ■ Open and copy files stored on other ...connected to everyone on network printers Sharing drives or folders If you want to share a drive or folder, use the following instructions. CHAPTER 7: Wireless Networking www.gateway.com Sharing resources With a network, you can share your network. To share drives or folders: 1 In My Computer...
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CHAPTER 10 Maintaining Your Notebook • Updating Windows • Using BigFix • Managing hard drive space • Moving from your old computer 109
CHAPTER 10 Maintaining Your Notebook • Updating Windows • Using BigFix • Managing hard drive space • Moving from your old computer 109
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Checking hard drive space To check hard drive space: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens. 2 Right-click the drive that you can use to check for available file space, then click Properties. Drive space information appears. 111 www.gateway.com Managing hard drive space Managing hard drive space Windows provides several utilities you want to manage your hard drive.
Checking hard drive space To check hard drive space: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens. 2 Right-click the drive that you can use to check for available file space, then click Properties. Drive space information appears. 111 www.gateway.com Managing hard drive space Managing hard drive space Windows provides several utilities you want to manage your hard drive.