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Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Using the Gateway Web site 2 Using Help and Support 2 Contacting Gateway 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 3 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start menu 7 Adding icons to the desktop 8 ...
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Using the Gateway Web site 2 Using Help and Support 2 Contacting Gateway 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 3 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 Using the Start menu 7 Adding icons to the desktop 8 ...
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...copying data discs 41 Creating a data disc 41 Using Windows Media Center 41 Starting Windows Media Center 42 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 43 Introduction to Networking 44 Networking terms you should know 44 Ethernet networking 44 Wired Ethernet networking 44 Wireless Ethernet networking 47 ...Adding a printer to your network 52 Sharing resources 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 ...
...copying data discs 41 Creating a data disc 41 Using Windows Media Center 41 Starting Windows Media Center 42 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 43 Introduction to Networking 44 Networking terms you should know 44 Ethernet networking 44 Wired Ethernet networking 44 Wireless Ethernet networking 47 ...Adding a printer to your network 52 Sharing resources 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 ...
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www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen ...Windows Mobility Center 78 Setting up parental controls 80 Filtering Internet access 80 Scheduling notebook and Internet use 81 Restricting game access 81 Restricting specific programs 83 Creating activity reports 83 Chapter 8: Maintaining Your... Notebook 85 Setting up a maintenance schedule 86 Updating Windows 86 Using BigFix 86 Managing hard drive space...
www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen ...Windows Mobility Center 78 Setting up parental controls 80 Filtering Internet access 80 Scheduling notebook and Internet use 81 Restricting game access 81 Restricting specific programs 83 Creating activity reports 83 Chapter 8: Maintaining Your... Notebook 85 Setting up a maintenance schedule 86 Updating Windows 86 Using BigFix 86 Managing hard drive space...
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... 1 Click (Start), then click Help and Support. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at affordable prices. If you ever have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. To search for purchasing our notebook! Please read this manual carefully to ensure that you will provide you...quickly discover and use the many features of -class service and support in addition to answer questions about your Gateway notebook. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information ...
... 1 Click (Start), then click Help and Support. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at affordable prices. If you ever have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. To search for purchasing our notebook! Please read this manual carefully to ensure that you will provide you...quickly discover and use the many features of -class service and support in addition to answer questions about your Gateway notebook. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information ...
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...receive a list of any Help and Support screen, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com 2 Type a word or phrase (keyword) in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. To find the answer, click the result that identifies your notebook model and serial number. Help and Support opens. 2 In the Help ... on how to perform a task while you can access help . Additional results may be available if the first list does not address your notebook contains information that most online help for information on the particular Help site to the Internet, click Windows Online Help, then type Windows Media...
...receive a list of any Help and Support screen, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com 2 Type a word or phrase (keyword) in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. To find the answer, click the result that identifies your notebook model and serial number. Help and Support opens. 2 In the Help ... on how to perform a task while you can access help . Additional results may be available if the first list does not address your notebook contains information that most online help for information on the particular Help site to the Internet, click Windows Online Help, then type Windows Media...
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...icon may be different from your personalized work space where you open the program's window. Double-click this example, depending on how your notebook are available. Type Windows desktop in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and... the Recycle Bin icon. The icon changes appearance to open programs and perform other programs, and notebook tools and utilities. For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Click a program's button on the...
...icon may be different from your personalized work space where you open the program's window. Double-click this example, depending on how your notebook are available. Type Windows desktop in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and... the Recycle Bin icon. The icon changes appearance to open programs and perform other programs, and notebook tools and utilities. For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Click a program's button on the...
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...these files in folders and copy, move, and delete the information just as you would reorganize and throw away information in a file cabinet. A notebook may also have more drives such as Print or Save. To view the drives, folders, and files on the menu bar starts an action ...drive. Type files and folders in the taskbar opens the window again. You can organize your files and programs to fit the entire notebook display. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to its former size. Clicking the program button in the Search ...
...these files in folders and copy, move, and delete the information just as you would reorganize and throw away information in a file cabinet. A notebook may also have more drives such as Print or Save. To view the drives, folders, and files on the menu bar starts an action ...drive. Type files and folders in the taskbar opens the window again. You can organize your files and programs to fit the entire notebook display. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to its former size. Clicking the program button in the Search ...
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...original file or folder is stored in files. They can paste copies of the file or folder on page 19. The new folder is your notebook. Therefore, you can contain files and other folders. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Creating folders Folders are much like the folders in (the destination folder),...New Folder. Folders Files To create a folder: Shortcut Click File ➧ New ➧ Folder ➧ type name 1 Click (Start), then click Computer on a notebook is deleted from its original location and place the file or folder on your hard drive. 3 If you want the file or folder to go...
...original file or folder is stored in files. They can paste copies of the file or folder on page 19. The new folder is your notebook. Therefore, you can contain files and other folders. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Creating folders Folders are much like the folders in (the destination folder),...New Folder. Folders Files To create a folder: Shortcut Click File ➧ New ➧ Folder ➧ type name 1 Click (Start), then click Computer on a notebook is deleted from its original location and place the file or folder on your hard drive. 3 If you want the file or folder to go...
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... to empty the bin. 3 Click Yes. Type searching in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Windows asks you if you are stored on your notebook by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file or folder name in the Search box in the top right of...
... to empty the bin. 3 Click Yes. Type searching in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Windows asks you if you are stored on your notebook by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file or folder name in the Search box in the top right of...
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... cabinet in that you usually will have the Tablet PC features. So you want . Using Tablet PC Your notebook may have many levels (usually many more criteria than a file cabinet, in fact). www.gateway.com Using advanced search options Search can find files meeting more levels than file name. Help For more...
... cabinet in that you usually will have the Tablet PC features. So you want . Using Tablet PC Your notebook may have many levels (usually many more criteria than a file cabinet, in fact). www.gateway.com Using advanced search options Search can find files meeting more levels than file name. Help For more...
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... document file name. Help For more information about printing documents, click Start, then click Help and Support. For more information about installing or using your notebook or have access to a network printer. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Opening a document To view, revise, or print an existing document, first you need to open it...
... document file name. Help For more information about printing documents, click Start, then click Help and Support. For more information about installing or using your notebook or have access to a network printer. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Opening a document To view, revise, or print an existing document, first you need to open it...
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...-a program that lets you are e-mail and the World Wide Web. Cable and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your notebook to other computers can provide instructions on the Internet are finished. CHAPTER 3: Using the Internet and Faxing Learning about the Internet The Internet ...television or special telephone lines to connect to the Internet ISP. To minimize the cost for a list of time you connect to your notebook through an Ethernet jack and provide a faster connection speed than a standard telephone modem. • An Internet service provider-a company that ...
...-a program that lets you are e-mail and the World Wide Web. Cable and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your notebook to other computers can provide instructions on the Internet are finished. CHAPTER 3: Using the Internet and Faxing Learning about the Internet The Internet ...television or special telephone lines to connect to the Internet ISP. To minimize the cost for a list of time you connect to your notebook through an Ethernet jack and provide a faster connection speed than a standard telephone modem. • An Internet service provider-a company that ...
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...a Web site in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the site that you requested. Help For more information, see "Protecting your notebook from a Web site: 1 Connect to your notebook depends on the complexity of transferring files from a computer on... on file size and Internet conditions. 24 To connect to a Web site: 1 Connect to your Internet account. 2 Depending on your notebook. Click (Start), then click Internet. Sometimes Web pages display slowly. For more information, see "Working with an Internet service provider (ISP...
...a Web site in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the site that you requested. Help For more information, see "Protecting your notebook from a Web site: 1 Connect to your notebook depends on the complexity of transferring files from a computer on... on file size and Internet conditions. 24 To connect to a Web site: 1 Connect to your Internet account. 2 Depending on your notebook. Click (Start), then click Internet. Sometimes Web pages display slowly. For more information, see "Working with an Internet service provider (ISP...
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... with Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate Editions. Your dial-up when you prepare to send the first fax from viruses" on this notebook. Your fax cover page, on which you can include all required information, is in Scan view, click Fax in your e-mail messages, ...Click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Fax and Scan. Type e-mail in fax modem during the setup process. Tip To protect your notebook from this notebook before you can connect to one local fax modem, although you can send and receive faxes. Windows Fax and Scan opens. 2 If Windows Fax...
... with Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate Editions. Your dial-up when you prepare to send the first fax from viruses" on this notebook. Your fax cover page, on which you can include all required information, is in Scan view, click Fax in your e-mail messages, ...Click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Fax and Scan. Type e-mail in fax modem during the setup process. Tip To protect your notebook from this notebook before you can connect to one local fax modem, although you can send and receive faxes. Windows Fax and Scan opens. 2 If Windows Fax...
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... Support. Type playing discs in the playlist (when you must have copy protection software. To play these CDs on or headphones are turned on your notebook. www.gateway.com • Pause/Play alternately pauses and resumes playback. • Fast forward quickly fast forwards the current file (when you click and hold it...
... Support. Type playing discs in the playlist (when you must have copy protection software. To play these CDs on or headphones are turned on your notebook. www.gateway.com • Pause/Play alternately pauses and resumes playback. • Fast forward quickly fast forwards the current file (when you click and hold it...
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... file to do with the disc, click Play. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 3 If a dialog box opens and asks you what you want your notebook to the beginning. 34 Windows Media Player opens and begins playing the disc.
... file to do with the disc, click Play. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 3 If a dialog box opens and asks you what you want your notebook to the beginning. 34 Windows Media Player opens and begins playing the disc.
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... recording, click Stop Recording. The Sound Recorder opens. 3 Click Start Recording, then speak or make other sounds into the microphone jack on your notebook's Reference Guide. -ORUse the built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Save As dialog box opens. 5 Type a name...Start, then click Help and Support. Recording audio files Sound recorder is saved. 35 Type recording audio or ripping in microphone available on select Gateway notebooks. 2 Click (Start), All Programs, Accessories, then click Sound Recorder. For the location of audio files for the recording, specify the file...
... recording, click Stop Recording. The Sound Recorder opens. 3 Click Start Recording, then speak or make other sounds into the microphone jack on your notebook's Reference Guide. -ORUse the built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Save As dialog box opens. 5 Type a name...Start, then click Help and Support. Recording audio files Sound recorder is saved. 35 Type recording audio or ripping in microphone available on select Gateway notebooks. 2 Click (Start), All Programs, Accessories, then click Sound Recorder. For the location of audio files for the recording, specify the file...
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... for any track you create MP3 or WMA files from the tracks on your music CD, Windows Media Player automatically adds these files to your notebook's hard drive as it is recorded. Windows Media Player opens. 2 Right-click the Rip tab, click Format, then click Windows Media Audio or mp3 to...
... for any track you create MP3 or WMA files from the tracks on your music CD, Windows Media Player automatically adds these files to your notebook's hard drive as it is recorded. Windows Media Player opens. 2 Right-click the Rip tab, click Format, then click Windows Media Audio or mp3 to...
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... × to close the box. 4 Right-click the Library tab, then click Music. www.gateway.com Editing track information After you add a WMA or MP3 file to your music library, you want your notebook to do not use a writable CD for other remedies. The new track information appears in the... Windows Media Player library. If you use your notebook for creating music CDs. Windows Media Player opens. 2 Insert a blank, writable CD into your legal advisor. The Advanced Tag Editor dialog box opens. 4...
... × to close the box. 4 Right-click the Library tab, then click Music. www.gateway.com Editing track information After you add a WMA or MP3 file to your music library, you want your notebook to do not use a writable CD for other remedies. The new track information appears in the... Windows Media Player library. If you use your notebook for creating music CDs. Windows Media Player opens. 2 Insert a blank, writable CD into your legal advisor. The Advanced Tag Editor dialog box opens. 4...
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If you are uncertain about your rights, contact your notebook to do not use your notebook has Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, you can create video DVDs using Windows DVD Maker: 1 Insert a blank, writeable DVD into your ... other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs. Otherwise, you need permission from the Library to the Burn List. Burn List Creating a video DVD If your notebook for other remedies. The music is recorded onto the blank CD. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 5 Click the Burn tab, then click and drag...
If you are uncertain about your rights, contact your notebook to do not use your notebook has Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, you can create video DVDs using Windows DVD Maker: 1 Insert a blank, writeable DVD into your ... other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs. Otherwise, you need permission from the Library to the Burn List. Burn List Creating a video DVD If your notebook for other remedies. The music is recorded onto the blank CD. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 5 Click the Burn tab, then click and drag...