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... 52 Using the network 54 Bluetooth networking 55 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook 57 Hardware security 58 Kensington lock slot 58 Data security 58 Startup and hard drive password 58 Windows user accounts 58 Protecting your notebook from viruses 59 Using Norton 360 59 Using Windows Security Center 62 Security updates 63 Windows...
... 52 Using the network 54 Bluetooth networking 55 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook 57 Hardware security 58 Kensington lock slot 58 Data security 58 Startup and hard drive password 58 Windows user accounts 58 Protecting your notebook from viruses 59 Using Norton 360 59 Using Windows Security Center 62 Security updates 63 Windows...
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www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen resolution 66 Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds 67 Selecting a ... Chapter 8: Maintaining Your Notebook 85 Setting up a maintenance schedule 86 Updating Windows 86 Using BigFix 86 Managing hard drive space 87 Checking hard drive space 87 Deleting unnecessary files 88 Checking the hard drive for errors 88 Defragmenting the hard drive 89 Backing up files 90 Scheduling maintenance tasks 91 Moving from your old computer 91 Transferring files...
www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen resolution 66 Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds 67 Selecting a ... Chapter 8: Maintaining Your Notebook 85 Setting up a maintenance schedule 86 Updating Windows 86 Using BigFix 86 Managing hard drive space 87 Checking hard drive space 87 Deleting unnecessary files 88 Checking the hard drive for errors 88 Defragmenting the hard drive 89 Backing up files 90 Scheduling maintenance tasks 91 Moving from your old computer 91 Transferring files...
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... active window or program. Viewing drives Help For more than one drive. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to a button on the menu bar starts an action such as Print or Save. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. Clicking the maximize button again...
... active window or program. Viewing drives Help For more than one drive. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to a button on the menu bar starts an action such as Print or Save. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. Clicking the maximize button again...
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...: Shortcut Click File ➧ New ➧ Folder ➧ type name 1 Click (Start), then click Computer on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you keep on your hard drive. 3 If you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click the existing folder. 4 Click Organize, then click New Folder. Typically...
...: Shortcut Click File ➧ New ➧ Folder ➧ type name 1 Click (Start), then click Computer on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you keep on your hard drive. 3 If you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click the existing folder. 4 Click Organize, then click New Folder. Typically...
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...; If you type all of the name, Search will list all files in common, but you do not remember where they are stored on your hard drive, you are looking for files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Windows asks you if you can be restored. 1 Double-click the...
...; If you type all of the name, Search will list all files in common, but you do not remember where they are stored on your hard drive, you are looking for files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Windows asks you if you can be restored. 1 Double-click the...
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...extension WMA, and MP3 files end in the file extension MP3. A progress bar appears next to clear the check box for your optical disc drive. 4 Click the Rip tab. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files Creating WMA and MP3 music files Important Some music CDs have copy protection ...Windows Media Player automatically adds these files to your music library. • Dragging and Dropping-Drag and drop files from a music CD to your hard drive. You cannot copy tracks from CDs, click the Rip tab, then click Help with Ripping. Building a music library Use Windows Media Player to ...
...extension WMA, and MP3 files end in the file extension MP3. A progress bar appears next to clear the check box for your optical disc drive. 4 Click the Rip tab. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files Creating WMA and MP3 music files Important Some music CDs have copy protection ...Windows Media Player automatically adds these files to your music library. • Dragging and Dropping-Drag and drop files from a music CD to your hard drive. You cannot copy tracks from CDs, click the Rip tab, then click Help with Ripping. Building a music library Use Windows Media Player to ...
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... home setup, 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 ISP. 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 installed...
... home setup, 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 ISP. 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 installed...
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...on page 52. • Connect your printer to your router's or access point's troubleshooting information. • Contact your Internet connection, drives, and printers. For more information about sharing printers, see the instructions that came with the patterns described in the Search Help box, .... • If you are using security. Testing your network Now that your access point. If you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. 52 Select Diagnose and Repair on your router or access point is...
...on page 52. • Connect your printer to your router's or access point's troubleshooting information. • Contact your Internet connection, drives, and printers. For more information about sharing printers, see the instructions that came with the patterns described in the Search Help box, .... • If you are using security. Testing your network Now that your access point. If you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. 52 Select Diagnose and Repair on your router or access point is...
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...for someone else to your insurance agent, but you set in computer security is very secure, and you turn on creating a startup and hard drive password, see your notebook's BIOS setup utility. The password feature is keeping your notebook so you can remember. Windows user accounts Windows ...object like the leg of the Kensington lock slot, see your notebook to Gateway so we can take it with a call to steal. But these features also make it . Startup and hard drive password Use a startup and hard drive password to guess. Because it's light-weight and compact, it . ...
...for someone else to your insurance agent, but you set in computer security is very secure, and you turn on creating a startup and hard drive password, see your notebook's BIOS setup utility. The password feature is keeping your notebook so you can remember. Windows user accounts Windows ...object like the leg of the Kensington lock slot, see your notebook to Gateway so we can take it with a call to steal. But these features also make it . Startup and hard drive password Use a startup and hard drive password to guess. Because it's light-weight and compact, it . ...
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CHAPTER 8 Maintaining Your Notebook • Setting up a maintenance schedule • Updating Windows • Using BigFix • Managing hard drive space • Scheduling maintenance tasks • Moving from your old computer 85
CHAPTER 8 Maintaining Your Notebook • Setting up a maintenance schedule • Updating Windows • Using BigFix • Managing hard drive space • Scheduling maintenance tasks • Moving from your old computer 85
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... Update, click Start, then click Help and Support. Maintenance task Weekly Monthly When needed Check for viruses X X X Run Windows Update X X Manage hard drive space X Clean up hard drives X X Scan hard drive for errors X X Defragment hard drive X X Back up files X X X Updating Windows Windows Update helps you by flashing the blue taskbar icon. Type windows update in the Search Help...
... Update, click Start, then click Help and Support. Maintenance task Weekly Monthly When needed Check for viruses X X X Run Windows Update X X Manage hard drive space X Clean up hard drives X X Scan hard drive for errors X X Defragment hard drive X X Back up files X X X Updating Windows Windows Update helps you by flashing the blue taskbar icon. Type windows update in the Search Help...
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Drive space information appears. 87 www.gateway.com Managing hard drive space Windows provides several utilities you want to check hard drive space, delete unnecessary files, defragment files, and back up files. Checking hard drive space To check hard drive space: Shortcut Start ➧ Computer ➧ right-click drive ➧ Properties 1 Click (Start) then click Computer. The 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. 87 www.gateway.com Managing hard drive space Windows provides several utilities you want to check hard drive space, delete unnecessary files, defragment files, and back up files. Checking hard drive space To check hard drive space: Shortcut Start ➧ Computer ➧ right-click drive ➧ Properties 1 Click (Start) then click Computer. The Computer window opens. 2 Right-click the drive that you can use to check for available file space, then click Properties.
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... All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click Disk Cleanup. Checking the hard drive for errors The Error-checking program examines the hard drive for the currently logged in user. • Files from all users on the hard drive so Windows does not use your notebook several hours every day, you encounter... Also use your notebook less frequently, once a month may be adequate. Help For more information about keeping the hard drive free of files you want to free hard drive space. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens. 3 Click to select the types of unnecessary files, click Start, then...
... All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click Disk Cleanup. Checking the hard drive for errors The Error-checking program examines the hard drive for the currently logged in user. • Files from all users on the hard drive so Windows does not use your notebook several hours every day, you encounter... Also use your notebook less frequently, once a month may be adequate. Help For more information about keeping the hard drive free of files you want to free hard drive space. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens. 3 Click to select the types of unnecessary files, click Start, then...
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...for your notebook to use your hard drive for errors, it found. 4 Correct any problems that you see this prompt, click Schedule disc check. After Windows has finished checking the drive for errors, you want to start over. www.gateway.com To check the hard drive for errors, click Start, ...then click Help and Support. Your drive is normal. Also, if you try to check your keyboard or...
...for your notebook to use your hard drive for errors, it found. 4 Correct any problems that you see this prompt, click Schedule disc check. After Windows has finished checking the drive for errors, you want to start over. www.gateway.com To check the hard drive for errors, click Start, ...then click Help and Support. Your drive is normal. Also, if you try to check your keyboard or...
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... a backup storage location and the files and folders to do a complete hard drive backup. CHAPTER 8: Maintaining Your Notebook To defragment the hard drive: 1 Disconnect your files regularly to complete, depending on the hard drive. This process may take hours to a writable optical disc (if you ... dialog box opens. 3 Click Defragment now. Help For more information about defragmenting the hard drive, click Start, then click Help and Support. It also protects you have a recordable drive). Help For more information about backing up files: 1 Click (Start), then click Computer...
... a backup storage location and the files and folders to do a complete hard drive backup. CHAPTER 8: Maintaining Your Notebook To defragment the hard drive: 1 Disconnect your files regularly to complete, depending on the hard drive. This process may take hours to a writable optical disc (if you ... dialog box opens. 3 Click Defragment now. Help For more information about defragmenting the hard drive, click Start, then click Help and Support. It also protects you have a recordable drive). Help For more information about backing up files: 1 Click (Start), then click Computer...
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... tasks, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Scheduling maintenance tasks Task Scheduler lets you schedule maintenance tasks such as display, Internet, and e-mail settings) from your old computer to your new one using a writeable disc, flash drive, or external hard drive. Important Your notebook must manually move your files, folders...
... tasks, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Scheduling maintenance tasks Task Scheduler lets you schedule maintenance tasks such as display, Internet, and e-mail settings) from your old computer to your new one using a writeable disc, flash drive, or external hard drive. Important Your notebook must manually move your files, folders...
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... You can often identify different data file types by copying them to removable media, such as a writable disc, an external hard drive, a network location, or a flash drive. Finding your documents Many programs save your network. OR In Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000, double-click the...screen instructions to another computer on page 12. Finding other files Use Windows Find or Search to the next step. 2 Double-click the C:\ drive icon. 3 Double-click the Documents or My Documents folder. For more information about transferring files, click Start, then click Help and Support....
... You can often identify different data file types by copying them to removable media, such as a writable disc, an external hard drive, a network location, or a flash drive. Finding your documents Many programs save your network. OR In Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000, double-click the...screen instructions to another computer on page 12. Finding other files Use Windows Find or Search to the next step. 2 Double-click the C:\ drive icon. 3 Double-click the Documents or My Documents folder. For more information about transferring files, click Start, then click Help and Support....
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...icons 8 desktop shortcuts 8 documents 17 folders 10 music files 36 video DVD 38 WMA files 36 customizing 65 cutting files and folders 10 D defragmenting hard drive 89 deleting files and folders 6, 11, 19, 88 desktop adding icons 8 adding shortcuts 8 adjusting settings 66 changing color scheme 67 selecting screen ...button 15 gestures 15 tips 15 disconnecting from Internet 22 Disk Cleanup 88 Disk Defragmenter 89 display using screen saver 68 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 17 opening 18 printing 18 saving 17 downloading files 24 drivers ...
...icons 8 desktop shortcuts 8 documents 17 folders 10 music files 36 video DVD 38 WMA files 36 customizing 65 cutting files and folders 10 D defragmenting hard drive 89 deleting files and folders 6, 11, 19, 88 desktop adding icons 8 adding shortcuts 8 adjusting settings 66 changing color scheme 67 selecting screen ...button 15 gestures 15 tips 15 disconnecting from Internet 22 Disk Cleanup 88 Disk Defragmenter 89 display using screen saver 68 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 2 Help and Support 2 online help 3 documents creating 17 opening 18 printing 18 saving 17 downloading files 24 drivers ...
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...G gadgets adding 69 configuring 69 configuring Sidebar 70 control panel 70 Sidebar 69 using 69 game access restricting 81 Gateway Web address 2 Web site 2 Gigabit Ethernet 44 H hard drive backing up files 90 checking for errors 88 checking for free space 87 defragmenting 89 deleting files and folders 88... icon 16 keyboard shortcuts 19 L LCD panel using screen saver 68 links 23 M maintenance backing up files 90 checking for drive errors 88 checking hard drive space 87 defragmenting 89 deleting files 88 suggested schedule 86 using Scheduled Task Wizard 91 virus protection 59 mapping network...
...G gadgets adding 69 configuring 69 configuring Sidebar 70 control panel 70 Sidebar 69 using 69 game access restricting 81 Gateway Web address 2 Web site 2 Gigabit Ethernet 44 H hard drive backing up files 90 checking for errors 88 checking for free space 87 defragmenting 89 deleting files and folders 88... icon 16 keyboard shortcuts 19 L LCD panel using screen saver 68 links 23 M maintenance backing up files 90 checking for drive errors 88 checking hard drive space 87 defragmenting 89 deleting files 88 suggested schedule 86 using Scheduled Task Wizard 91 virus protection 59 mapping network...
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..."Preventing static electricity discharge." 3 Turn off your notebook. Hard drive bay Preventing static electricity discharge The components inside of your workbench or other grounded connection. • Touch a bare metal surface on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. Before working with the drivers and applications already ...installed. Screw Screw Screw 11 Lift the hard drive bay cover using the thumb notch, then remove it to static electricity, ...
..."Preventing static electricity discharge." 3 Turn off your notebook. Hard drive bay Preventing static electricity discharge The components inside of your workbench or other grounded connection. • Touch a bare metal surface on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. Before working with the drivers and applications already ...installed. Screw Screw Screw 11 Lift the hard drive bay cover using the thumb notch, then remove it to static electricity, ...