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... must contain some letters. 6 Type a name for instructions on installing the cards and any required drivers. Make sure that your broadband connection is not working correctly. The System and Maintenance window opens. 3 Click System, then click Change Settings in the Computer name box. Use a workgroup ... they have for all computers in the Workgroup box. The workgroup name must be the same for setting up a network. 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 ...
... must contain some letters. 6 Type a name for instructions on installing the cards and any required drivers. Make sure that your broadband connection is not working correctly. The System and Maintenance window opens. 3 Click System, then click Change Settings in the Computer name box. Use a workgroup ... they have for all computers in the Workgroup box. The workgroup name must be the same for setting up a network. 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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...the router or access point documentation • Temporarily turn off all of the router or access point with your printer to install the printer drivers on page 54. • Connect your printer to your network. Then you can access them back on the left of your computers,... you can share your Internet connection, drives, and printers. For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on each of the window. Sharing resources With a network, you want to the Internet: • Click Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet, then the Network and Sharing ...
...the router or access point documentation • Temporarily turn off all of the router or access point with your printer to install the printer drivers on page 54. • Connect your printer to your network. Then you can access them back on the left of your computers,... you can share your Internet connection, drives, and printers. For more information, see "Sharing drives and printers" on each of the window. Sharing resources With a network, you want to the Internet: • Click Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet, then the Network and Sharing ...
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...Control Panel, then click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Bluetooth Devices. 4 Click Add, then follow the on -screen instructions. The Network Connections window opens. 5 Under Personal Area Network, click Bluetooth Network Connection. 6 On the toolbar, click View Bluetooth network devices. These devices may have built...the use Bluetooth to a USB port on your computer. www.gateway.com Printing files across the network Important Before you can print a file across the network: 1 Open the file you must install the driver for the printer on your Bluetooth radio and the Bluetooth device....
...Control Panel, then click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Bluetooth Devices. 4 Click Add, then follow the on -screen instructions. The Network Connections window opens. 5 Under Personal Area Network, click Bluetooth Network Connection. 6 On the toolbar, click View Bluetooth network devices. These devices may have built...the use Bluetooth to a USB port on your computer. www.gateway.com Printing files across the network Important Before you can print a file across the network: 1 Open the file you must install the driver for the printer on your Bluetooth radio and the Bluetooth device....
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...your library 39 creating audio 40 creating data 43 editing track information 39 playing music 35 clipboard 10 close button 9 closing program 9, 19 window 9, 19 color changing scheme 73 computers naming 51 Computrace 60, 61 configuring router 52 TCP/IP protocol 52 connecting to Internet 23 to... 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 ...
...your library 39 creating audio 40 creating data 43 editing track information 39 playing music 35 clipboard 10 close button 9 closing program 9, 19 window 9, 19 color changing scheme 73 computers naming 51 Computrace 60, 61 configuring router 52 TCP/IP protocol 52 connecting to Internet 23 to... 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 ...
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www.gateway.com programs 7 P parental controls 86 activity reports 89 blocking specific games 88 game ratings 87 Internet ...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 playing 34 viewing shared drives 56 shared folders 56... 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 ...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 playing 34 viewing shared drives 56 shared folders 56... 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 ... 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 Notebook . . . . . 105 Preventing static electricity discharge 106 Adding or replacing...
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 ... 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 Notebook . . . . . 105 Preventing static electricity discharge 106 Adding or replacing...
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... factory. If you created. • To re-install Windows using the Windows DVD, see "Recovering your system using the Windows DVD" on page 103. • To re-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 92 For instructions, see "Recovering your system...
... factory. If you created. • To re-install Windows using the Windows DVD, see "Recovering your system using the Windows DVD" on page 103. • To re-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 92 For instructions, see "Recovering your system...
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... media, then click Next. However, if you ever re-install Windows from your hard drive. Because these discs do ? 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 recover your pre-installed...
... media, then click Next. However, if you ever re-install Windows from your hard drive. Because these discs do ? 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 recover your pre-installed...
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A dialog box opens that tells you the number of blank discs you need to create a full set , Recovery23 for disc 2, and so on . window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your notebook names the disc Recovery13 for . If you remove each disc from the drive, use the marker to label each ...disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of which notebook the discs are for disc 1 of a 3-disc set of the discs and store them in the upper...
A dialog box opens that tells you the number of blank discs you need to create a full set , Recovery23 for disc 2, and so on . window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your notebook names the disc Recovery13 for . If you remove each disc from the drive, use the marker to label each ...disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of which notebook the discs are for disc 1 of a 3-disc set of the discs and store them in the upper...
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... you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard drive, and your Start menu does not contain Gateway Recovery Center as an option, you must recover your software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 97. 95 For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using software and driver recovery discs you have created...
... you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard drive, and your Start menu does not contain Gateway Recovery Center as an option, you must recover your software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 97. 95 For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using software and driver recovery discs you have created...
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You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each time you can also create a restore point manually. For instructions, see "... in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again. Help For more information about using Microsoft ...
You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each time you can also create a restore point manually. For instructions, see "... in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again. Help For more information about using Microsoft ...
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...Next. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. The Welcome to select Repair Your Computer, then press ENTER. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. If Windows starts to load instead, restart the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on or restart your notebook. The...type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. Your notebook restarts. 2 If you can access important files on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any ), then click Next. Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4...
...Next. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. The Welcome to select Repair Your Computer, then press ENTER. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. If Windows starts to load instead, restart the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on or restart your notebook. The...type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. Your notebook restarts. 2 If you can access important files on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any ), then click Next. Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4...
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... Continuing with automatic data backup, 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 "Press any software that... up your hard drive is complete window opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. You still need to reinstall any key to save. 9 Click Yes, then click Next. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with the full factory recovery will be...
... Continuing with automatic data backup, 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 "Press any software that... up your hard drive is complete window opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. You still need to reinstall any key to save. 9 Click Yes, then click Next. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with the full factory recovery will be...
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For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on -screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 97. 104 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers.
For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on -screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 97. 104 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers.
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..." on page 92. 2 Back up any Express cards. 111 Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more hard drive capacity, you can replace your notebook. 5 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable.... 6 Disconnect all peripheral devices connected to replace the hard drive kit. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the notebook and remove any data you want to transfer to the new hard...
..." on page 92. 2 Back up any Express cards. 111 Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more hard drive capacity, you can replace your notebook. 5 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable.... 6 Disconnect all peripheral devices connected to replace the hard drive kit. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the notebook and remove any data you want to transfer to the new hard...
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... turn your notebook over. 20 Connect the power adapter, modem cable, and network cable 21 Turn on your notebook, open the DVD drive, insert the Windows DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your keyboard and follow the on your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your...
... turn your notebook over. 20 Connect the power adapter, modem cable, and network cable 21 Turn on your notebook, open the DVD drive, insert the Windows DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your keyboard and follow the on your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your...
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...is facing up , then try again. • Some music CDs have copy protection software. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on your notebook. For more information, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on your notebook is turned up . For more information about using the... your volume control, see "Front" on . • Clean the disc. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that the Windows volume control is turned up . For the location of the headphone jack, see "Adjusting the volume" on the notebook. A DVD movie will not ...
...is facing up , then try again. • Some music CDs have copy protection software. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on your notebook. For more information, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on your notebook is turned up . For more information about using the... your volume control, see "Front" on . • Clean the disc. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that the Windows volume control is turned up . For the location of the headphone jack, see "Adjusting the volume" on the notebook. A DVD movie will not ...
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...sure that you may need to press. • Make sure that the power cable is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Many printers have selected it is connected to work offline: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. To set to the correct port...., then press ENTER. Make sure that the printer is not set a default printer: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers. 138 Type the keyword printer troubleshooting in the printer setup. CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting Printer Help For ...
...sure that you may need to press. • Make sure that the power cable is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Many printers have selected it is connected to work offline: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. To set to the correct port...., then press ENTER. Make sure that the printer is not set a default printer: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers. 138 Type the keyword printer troubleshooting in the printer setup. CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting Printer Help For ...
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... 26 recalibrating battery 72 recharging battery 70 recovering defaults 102 drivers 92 programs 92 software 92 system 91 Windows 92 with Gateway Recovery Center 95 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 recovery discs creating 93 drivers 93, 97 programs 93, 97 software 93, 97 using...deleting files 122 emptying 122 regional code DVD 57 re-installing defaults 102 drivers 92 programs 91, 92 software 91, 92 Windows 91, 92 with Gateway Recovery Center 95 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 replacing See installing resetting notebook 26 restarting notebook 26 restoring...
... 26 recalibrating battery 72 recharging battery 70 recovering defaults 102 drivers 92 programs 92 software 92 system 91 Windows 92 with Gateway Recovery Center 95 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 recovery discs creating 93 drivers 93, 97 programs 93, 97 software 93, 97 using...deleting files 122 emptying 122 regional code DVD 57 re-installing defaults 102 drivers 92 programs 91, 92 software 91, 92 Windows 91, 92 with Gateway Recovery Center 95 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 replacing See installing resetting notebook 26 restarting notebook 26 restoring...
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... press any Express cards. All rights reserved. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory,... and legal information. © 2008 Gateway, Inc. Screw Screw 13 Using the plastic tab, slide the...network cable 25 Turn on your notebook, open the DVD drive, insert the Windows DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your keyboard and follow the on-... you may be prompted to boot from the old drive. As part of Gateway, Inc. All other countries. Screw Screw Screw Screw Technical Support See the...
... press any Express cards. All rights reserved. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory,... and legal information. © 2008 Gateway, Inc. Screw Screw 13 Using the plastic tab, slide the...network cable 25 Turn on your notebook, open the DVD drive, insert the Windows DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your keyboard and follow the on-... you may be prompted to boot from the old drive. As part of Gateway, Inc. All other countries. Screw Screw Screw Screw Technical Support See the...