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... most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your new notebook. We have a problem, our knowledgeable, dedicated customer service department will be pleased with our range of your notebook. CHAPTER 1: Getting Help Thank you for years to come. Gateway stands behind ...our notebook! Please read this manual carefully to help you will provide you with the best product possible. Using the Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and provides the most stringent quality control tests ...
... most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your new notebook. We have a problem, our knowledgeable, dedicated customer service department will be pleased with our range of your notebook. CHAPTER 1: Getting Help Thank you for years to come. Gateway stands behind ...our notebook! Please read this manual carefully to help you will provide you with the best product possible. Using the Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and provides the most stringent quality control tests ...
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..., make sure that your broadband connection is working , contact your Internet service provider. For a crossover cable, the wires on the bottom. Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have for your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with this point, if you access the Internet connection from ISP to right). To... lets you have not already done so. Setting up a network using your computer's jack and the router or the cable or DSL modem at www.gateway.com. Plug your Ethernet cable into your current setup.
..., make sure that your broadband connection is working , contact your Internet service provider. For a crossover cable, the wires on the bottom. Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have for your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with this point, if you access the Internet connection from ISP to right). To... lets you have not already done so. Setting up a network using your computer's jack and the router or the cable or DSL modem at www.gateway.com. Plug your Ethernet cable into your current setup.
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... on the network: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. To identify this computer on installing the cards and any required drivers. If the connection is working , contact your Internet service provider. Make sure that another computer outside your network can gain access...contain some letters. 6 Type a name for information about your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with no blank spaces. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you do not have a broadband connection already ...
... on the network: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. To identify this computer on installing the cards and any required drivers. If the connection is working , contact your Internet service provider. Make sure that another computer outside your network can gain access...contain some letters. 6 Type a name for information about your home setup, make the necessary arrangements with no blank spaces. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you do not have a broadband connection already ...
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...For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on page 54. • Connect your printer to your printer to install the printer drivers on the front of the devices, then power them as though they were attached directly to your computer. Sharing resources With a network, ...8226; Contact your Internet service provider Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Then you can access them back on the left of the following: • Connect your printer to a networked computer, then share the...
...For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on page 54. • Connect your printer to your printer to install the printer drivers on the front of the devices, then power them as though they were attached directly to your computer. Sharing resources With a network, ...8226; Contact your Internet service provider Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Then you can access them back on the left of the following: • Connect your printer to a networked computer, then share the...
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...Bluetooth printer: 1 Turn on your printer or from the CD that device you must install the driver for the printer on the computer you can use of a USB or Firewire cable. www.gateway.com Printing files across the network Important Before you can print a file across the network: ...View Bluetooth network devices. Help For more information about Bluetooth, click Start, then click Help and Support. You can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the manufacturer's Web site. Bluetooth lets you want to connect to the Bluetooth personal area network. These devices ...
...Bluetooth printer: 1 Turn on your printer or from the CD that device you must install the driver for the printer on the computer you can use of a USB or Firewire cable. www.gateway.com Printing files across the network Important Before you can print a file across the network: ...View Bluetooth network devices. Help For more information about Bluetooth, click Start, then click Help and Support. You can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the manufacturer's Web site. Bluetooth lets you want to connect to the Bluetooth personal area network. These devices ...
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...Internet 22 Disk Cleanup 94 Disk Defragmenter 96 display using screen saver 74 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 3 Help and Support 3 online help 4 documents creating 17 opening 18 printing 18 saving 17 downloading files 24 drivers updating 2 drives backing up files 97 checking for errors 95 checking for ...checking for messages 26 sending 25 using 22, 25 Error-checking 95 Ethernet network equipment needed 47 example 46 installing cards 48, 51 installing drivers 48, 51 F Fast Ethernet 46 faxes canceling 31 receiving and viewing 31 sending 30 sending a Fax 27 sending from program 30 sending ...
...Internet 22 Disk Cleanup 94 Disk Defragmenter 96 display using screen saver 74 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 3 Help and Support 3 online help 4 documents creating 17 opening 18 printing 18 saving 17 downloading files 24 drivers updating 2 drives backing up files 97 checking for errors 95 checking for ...checking for messages 26 sending 25 using 22, 25 Error-checking 95 Ethernet network equipment needed 47 example 46 installing cards 48, 51 installing drivers 48, 51 F Fast Ethernet 46 faxes canceling 31 receiving and viewing 31 sending 30 sending a Fax 27 sending from program 30 sending ...
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www.gateway.com programs 7 P parental controls 86 activity reports 89 blocking specific games 88 game ratings 87 Internet filtering 86...from old computer 98, 99 settings from old computer 98 Trusted Platform Module 61 U un-sharing drives 55 folders 55 updating device drivers 2 McAfee SecurityCenter 63 Windows 92 user accounts adding in Windows XP 81 switching in Windows XP 81 using Fax 26 V video... file 34 Web browser 22, 23 Web page 23 Web site 23 connecting to 24 downloading files 24 Gateway 2 window 8 close button 9 closing 9, 19 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar 8 103
www.gateway.com programs 7 P parental controls 86 activity reports 89 blocking specific games 88 game ratings 87 Internet filtering 86...from old computer 98, 99 settings from old computer 98 Trusted Platform Module 61 U un-sharing drives 55 folders 55 updating device drivers 2 McAfee SecurityCenter 63 Windows 92 user accounts adding in Windows XP 81 switching in Windows XP 81 using Fax 26 V video... file 34 Web browser 22, 23 Web page 23 Web site 23 connecting to 24 downloading files 24 Gateway 2 window 8 close button 9 closing 9, 19 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar 8 103
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www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 72 Extending battery life 73 Maximizing battery performance 73 Conserving battery power 73 Using alternate power sources 74 Changing power modes ... the notebook screen 89 Maintaining the battery 90 Storing batteries 90 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 91 Recovering your system 91 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 92 Using Microsoft System Restore 99 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . . .102 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . .103 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your...
www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 72 Extending battery life 73 Maximizing battery performance 73 Conserving battery power 73 Using alternate power sources 74 Changing power modes ... the notebook screen 89 Maintaining the battery 90 Storing batteries 90 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 91 Recovering your system 91 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 92 Using Microsoft System Restore 99 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . . .102 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . .103 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your...
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CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook • Consult your insurance company and credit card company to learn about emergency travel assistance if your notebook is lost or damaged. • Take your recovery discs in case you need to install an additional driver or software. Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 86
CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook • Consult your insurance company and credit card company to learn about emergency travel assistance if your notebook is lost or damaged. • Take your recovery discs in case you need to install an additional driver or software. Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 86
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...from the center to run on AC power, remove the battery. Recovering your system You can solve most conditions. Gateway provides everything you should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. However, remember that when you want to the edge, not around in the... technical support pages at www.gateway.com. This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring ...
...from the center to run on AC power, remove the battery. Recovering your system You can solve most conditions. Gateway provides everything you should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. However, remember that when you want to the edge, not around in the... technical support pages at www.gateway.com. This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring ...
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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook • If only one or two items of recovery discs (you must create the discs) or by using Gateway Recovery Center. 92 If you upgrade or exchange your hard drive or if your hard drive is completely erased or corrupted, your only option for... by returning your system to a previous state when everything was working correctly, the problem may be solved by re-installing the software or the hardware drivers. For instructions, see "Using Microsoft System Restore" on page 99. • If nothing else has solved the problem and you created. • To re-install...
CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook • If only one or two items of recovery discs (you must create the discs) or by using Gateway Recovery Center. 92 If you upgrade or exchange your hard drive or if your hard drive is completely erased or corrupted, your only option for... by returning your system to a previous state when everything was working correctly, the problem may be solved by re-installing the software or the hardware drivers. For instructions, see "Using Microsoft System Restore" on page 99. • If nothing else has solved the problem and you created. • To re-install...
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...notebook may have shipped with your own set of recovery discs while you need to recover your hard drive. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. dialog box opens. 3 Click Create system recovery discs, then click Next. 93 ... opportunity. Caution Although you may want to do not come with a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 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 have...
...notebook may have shipped with your own set of recovery discs while you need to recover your hard drive. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. dialog box opens. 3 Click Create system recovery discs, then click Next. 93 ... opportunity. Caution Although you may want to do not come with a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 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 have...
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... recordable disc drive, then click Next. If an AutoPlay dialog box opens, click the x in the upper-right corner to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of the discs and store them in a safe place. 94 window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your notebook names the disc...
... recordable disc drive, then click Next. If an AutoPlay dialog box opens, click the x in the upper-right corner to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of the discs and store them in a safe place. 94 window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your notebook names the disc...
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... as an option, you must recover your software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 97. 95 Important If you have created. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The Gateway Recovery Center opens.
... as an option, you must recover your software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 97. 95 Important If you have created. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The Gateway Recovery Center opens.
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OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click Programs, then click Application recovery. - CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover software that were pre-installed, click Hardware, then click Device driver recovery. 3 Click the software or driver you want to recover, then click Next. 96
OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click Programs, then click Application recovery. - CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover software that were pre-installed, click Hardware, then click Device driver recovery. 3 Click the software or driver you want to recover, then click Next. 96
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...dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into the CD or DVD drive. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and run...the file Grc_Vista.exe on the disc. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 97 If a recovery disc does not offer the software or driver you created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each ...
...dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into the CD or DVD drive. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and run...the file Grc_Vista.exe on the disc. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 97 If a recovery disc does not offer the software or driver you created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each ...
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OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 98 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you have a multiple-disc set of driver you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the list and you want to recover. -
OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 98 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you have a multiple-disc set of driver you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the list and you want to recover. -
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...also create a restore point manually. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Backup and Restore Center opens. 99 Help For more information about... using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and Maintenance, then click Backup and Restore Center. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again.
...also create a restore point manually. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Backup and Restore Center opens. 99 Help For more information about... using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and Maintenance, then click Backup and Restore Center. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again.
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...1 If you can still run Windows: a Turn on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. This process is starting up now. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. Your notebook restarts. 2 ...problems are not solved by any of the other recovery options, you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook Recovering your system to its factory condition. The Welcome to select a Windows user...
...1 If you can still run Windows: a Turn on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. This process is starting up now. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. Your notebook restarts. 2 ...problems are not solved by any of the other recovery options, you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook Recovering your system to its factory condition. The Welcome to select a Windows user...
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...Next. If you want to save. 9 Click Yes, then click Next. For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on page 93. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into your notebook's DVD drive, then turn on or restart your notebook. 3 When the prompt ...To perform a full factory recovery without data backup, click Full factory recovery, then click Next. OR - A list of the system recovery. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in its original factory condition. Important Before your hard ...
...Next. If you want to save. 9 Click Yes, then click Next. For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on page 93. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into your notebook's DVD drive, then turn on or restart your notebook. 3 When the prompt ...To perform a full factory recovery without data backup, click Full factory recovery, then click Next. OR - A list of the system recovery. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in its original factory condition. Important Before your hard ...