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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 3 Searching for a topic 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 4 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 ...
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Using the Gateway Web site 2 Using Help and Support 3 Searching for a topic 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center 3 Using online help 4 Chapter 2: Using Windows 5 Using the Windows desktop 6 ...
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... data discs 43 Creating a data disc 43 Using Windows Media Center 44 Starting Windows Media Center 44 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 45 Introduction to Networking 46 Networking terms you should know 46 Ethernet networking 46 Wired Ethernet networking 46 Wireless Ethernet networking 49 ...network 54 Adding a printer to your network 54 Sharing resources 54 Using the network 55 Bluetooth networking 57 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook 59 Hardware security 60 Kensington lock slot 60 CompuTrace 60 Data security 61 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 61 Computrace 61 Startup and...
... data discs 43 Creating a data disc 43 Using Windows Media Center 44 Starting Windows Media Center 44 Chapter 5: Networking Your Notebook 45 Introduction to Networking 46 Networking terms you should know 46 Ethernet networking 46 Wired Ethernet networking 46 Wireless Ethernet networking 49 ...network 54 Adding a printer to your network 54 Sharing resources 54 Using the network 55 Bluetooth networking 57 Chapter 6: Protecting Your Notebook 59 Hardware security 60 Kensington lock slot 60 CompuTrace 60 Data security 61 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 61 Computrace 61 Startup and...
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www.gateway.com Traveling securely 69 Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 71 Changing screen settings 72 Changing ...Windows Mobility Center 84 Setting up parental controls 86 Filtering Internet access 86 Scheduling notebook and Internet use 87 Restricting game access 87 Restricting specific programs 89 Creating activity reports 89 Chapter 8: Maintaining Your... Notebook 91 Setting up a maintenance schedule 92 Updating Windows 92 Using BigFix 92 Managing hard drive space...
www.gateway.com Traveling securely 69 Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 71 Changing screen settings 72 Changing ...Windows Mobility Center 84 Setting up parental controls 86 Filtering Internet access 86 Scheduling notebook and Internet use 87 Restricting game access 87 Restricting specific programs 89 Creating activity reports 89 Chapter 8: Maintaining Your... Notebook 91 Setting up a maintenance schedule 92 Updating Windows 92 Using BigFix 92 Managing hard drive space...
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...be pleased with our range of -class service and support in good operating condition. Thanks again, from your new Gateway notebook for purchasing our notebook! Gateway stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to provide best-of services and support. We have made an excellent... decision choosing Gateway. Using the Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and ...
...be pleased with our range of -class service and support in good operating condition. Thanks again, from your new Gateway notebook for purchasing our notebook! Gateway stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to provide best-of services and support. We have made an excellent... decision choosing Gateway. Using the Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and ...
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...about Windows and to use the many features of your question. You can find the answer, click the result that most closely matches your Gateway notebook. Searching for a topic To search for information on how to help you can access help for a topic in Help and Support, ... a category from Information from Microsoft. To start Help and Support: • Click (Start), then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Using Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of help : 1 Click (Start), then click Help and Support. For each search...
...about Windows and to use the many features of your question. You can find the answer, click the result that most closely matches your Gateway notebook. Searching for a topic To search for information on how to help you can access help for a topic in Help and Support, ... a category from Information from Microsoft. To start Help and Support: • Click (Start), then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Using Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of help : 1 Click (Start), then click Help and Support. For each search...
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... Start button, then open the Windows Security Center. The Windows Security Center icon may be different from this icon to permanently delete them from your notebook. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon. Click a program's button on page 66. 6 For more information ...the bar at the bottom of a real desk. The icon changes appearance to use the Recycle Bin, see is like the top of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a clock on the taskbar represent programs that are stored. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Using the ...
... Start button, then open the Windows Security Center. The Windows Security Center icon may be different from this icon to permanently delete them from your notebook. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon. Click a program's button on page 66. 6 For more information ...the bar at the bottom of a real desk. The icon changes appearance to use the Recycle Bin, see is like the top of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a clock on the taskbar represent programs that are stored. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Using the ...
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...Support. Clicking the maximize button expands the active window to its former size. You can organize your files and programs to a button on the taskbar. A notebook may also have more than one drive. To view the drives, folders, and files on the menu bar starts an action such as a CD or... DVD drive. Hard drive Disc drive 2 Double-click the drive icon. 9 Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire notebook display. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. Clicking the close button closes the active window or program. www...
...Support. Clicking the maximize button expands the active window to its former size. You can organize your files and programs to a button on the taskbar. A notebook may also have more than one drive. To view the drives, folders, and files on the menu bar starts an action such as a CD or... DVD drive. Hard drive Disc drive 2 Double-click the drive icon. 9 Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire notebook display. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. Clicking the close button closes the active window or program. www...
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... CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Creating folders Folders are much like the folders in (the destination folder), you paste it there. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is your notebook. Then the clipboard contains the new information only. The skills you cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is created. 5 Type ... the file or folder you paste it there. In fact, all information on the pop-up menu opens on the desktop. 3 Click Copy on a notebook is stored in files. When you cut or copy until you need to go in a file cabinet. Files are called copying, cutting, and pasting. ...
... CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Creating folders Folders are much like the folders in (the destination folder), you paste it there. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is your notebook. Then the clipboard contains the new information only. The skills you cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is created. 5 Type ... the file or folder you paste it there. In fact, all information on the pop-up menu opens on the desktop. 3 Click Copy on a notebook is stored in files. When you cut or copy until you need to go in a file cabinet. Files are called copying, cutting, and pasting. ...
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... Search Results window opens. 2 If you want to search on your hard drive, you can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon 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...
... Search Results window opens. 2 If you want to search on your hard drive, you can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon 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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... the on -screen instructions. 14 The Windows Mobility Center window opens. 2 Click or tap (Change Tablet PC settings). CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Using Tablet PC Your notebook may have the Tablet PC features. Some of the digital pen and adjusts the screen's performance for entering data. • Windows Journal-Hand-write documents...
... the on -screen instructions. 14 The Windows Mobility Center window opens. 2 Click or tap (Change Tablet PC settings). CHAPTER 2: Using Windows Using Tablet PC Your notebook may have the Tablet PC features. Some of the digital pen and adjusts the screen's performance for entering data. • Windows Journal-Hand-write documents...
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Type opening documents, click Start, then click Help and Support. For more information about installing or using your notebook or have a printer connected to your printer, see the printer documentation. To print a document: 1 Make sure that it . Help For more information about printing documents, ...
Type opening documents, click Start, then click Help and Support. For more information about installing or using your notebook or have a printer connected to your printer, see the printer documentation. To print a document: 1 Make sure that it . Help For more information about printing documents, ...
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... connects to people everywhere. Cable and DSL modems connect to the Internet, dial-up an Internet account Before you can access this notebook, contact the ISP directly. Because dial-up connections are finished. The two most popular services on the World Wide Web, you are...Explorer was included with an Internet service provider (ISP). Your Internet service provider can access it from the Internet. Setting up charges (with your notebook. Check your e-mail messages. To minimize the cost for a list of Internet service providers available locally. • A Web browser-a program ...
... connects to people everywhere. Cable and DSL modems connect to the Internet, dial-up an Internet account Before you can access this notebook, contact the ISP directly. Because dial-up connections are finished. The two most popular services on the World Wide Web, you are...Explorer was included with an Internet service provider (ISP). Your Internet service provider can access it from the Internet. Setting up charges (with your notebook. Check your e-mail messages. To minimize the cost for a list of Internet service providers available locally. • A Web browser-a program ...
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...screen. 3 To go to your screen depends on the browser address bar. - Downloading is downloaded to your notebook. Type the downloading files in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the complexity of transferring files from a Web site: 1 Connect to your ...connect to your Internet account, you created. 7 Install or view the downloaded file by double-clicking it takes to transfer the file to your notebook depends on the Internet to a different Web site, type the address (called a URL for "Universal Resource Locator") in the Search Help box...
...screen. 3 To go to your screen depends on the browser address bar. - Downloading is downloaded to your notebook. Type the downloading files in the browser address bar (for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the complexity of transferring files from a Web site: 1 Connect to your ...connect to your Internet account, you created. 7 Install or view the downloaded file by double-clicking it takes to transfer the file to your notebook depends on the Internet to a different Web site, type the address (called a URL for "Universal Resource Locator") in the Search Help box...
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...and Scan Windows Fax and Scan comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate Editions. You cannot use your notebook from this notebook. Windows automatically detects the built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Type the e-mail in fax modem during the... setup process. Your default e-mail program opens. 3 Click Send/Receive. 4 Double-click the message you prepare to your notebook from viruses, check any e-mail attachments using e-mail, click Start, then click Help and Support. For more information about using McAfee SecurityCenter....
...and Scan Windows Fax and Scan comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate Editions. You cannot use your notebook from this notebook. Windows automatically detects the built-in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Type the e-mail in fax modem during the... setup process. Your default e-mail program opens. 3 Click Send/Receive. 4 Double-click the message you prepare to your notebook from viruses, check any e-mail attachments using e-mail, click Start, then click Help and Support. For more information about using McAfee SecurityCenter....
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The Choose a modem name screen opens. 5 Type the name of connection you have never sent a fax on this notebook before, click New Fax on the toolbar. Windows Fax and Scan opens. 2 If Windows Fax and Scan is in Scan view, click Fax in the ...dialog box, then click Next. The Choose how to receive faxes screen opens. 27 www.gateway.com Sending a Fax Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using (fax modem or fax server). The Fax Setup window opens. 4 Click the type...
The Choose a modem name screen opens. 5 Type the name of connection you have never sent a fax on this notebook before, click New Fax on the toolbar. Windows Fax and Scan opens. 2 If Windows Fax and Scan is in Scan view, click Fax in the ...dialog box, then click Next. The Choose how to receive faxes screen opens. 27 www.gateway.com Sending a Fax Microsoft Fax lets you send and receive faxes using (fax modem or fax server). The Fax Setup window opens. 4 Click the type...
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Important Some music CDs have a DVD-compatible drive in your notebook. Type playing discs in and that use a laser to read and write data. ...an optical disc into the optical disc drive. 35 Playing an optical disc using Windows Media Player, click Help. www.gateway.com 3 Click one of the following to control playback: Repeat Rewind Fast forward Volume Shuffle Stop Pause/Play Mute ... all optical discs. You may not be able to add an external drive, visit the Accessory Store at www.gateway.com. If you click it ) or skips to the next file in the playlist (when you do not ...
Important Some music CDs have a DVD-compatible drive in your notebook. Type playing discs in and that use a laser to read and write data. ...an optical disc into the optical disc drive. 35 Playing an optical disc using Windows Media Player, click Help. www.gateway.com 3 Click one of the following to control playback: Repeat Rewind Fast forward Volume Shuffle Stop Pause/Play Mute ... all optical discs. You may not be able to add an external drive, visit the Accessory Store at www.gateway.com. If you click it ) or skips to the next file in the playlist (when you do not ...
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Playback controls 4 If the disc is not already playing, click (play). Windows Media Player opens. If Windows Media Player does not open automatically, click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Media Player. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 3 If a dialog box opens and asks you what you want the notebook to do with the disc, click Play. Playlist Video screen 36 Windows Media Player opens and begins playing the disc.
Playback controls 4 If the disc is not already playing, click (play). Windows Media Player opens. If Windows Media Player does not open automatically, click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Media Player. CHAPTER 4: Playing and Creating Media Files 3 If a dialog box opens and asks you what you want the notebook to do with the disc, click Play. Playlist Video screen 36 Windows Media Player opens and begins playing the disc.
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...including WAV, MP3, and WMA files. For the location of the microphone jack, see "Playing audio and video files" on your notebook. www.gateway.com 5 Click one of the following to control playback: Repeat Rewind Fast forward Volume Shuffle Stop Pause/Play Mute • Shuffle...8226; Rewind quickly rewinds the current file (when you click and hold it) or skips to the next file in microphone available on select Gateway notebooks. 2 Click (Start), All Programs, Accessories, then click Sound Recorder. Recording audio files Sound recorder is a simple Windows program that lets you...
...including WAV, MP3, and WMA files. For the location of the microphone jack, see "Playing audio and video files" on your notebook. www.gateway.com 5 Click one of the following to control playback: Repeat Rewind Fast forward Volume Shuffle Stop Pause/Play Mute • Shuffle...8226; Rewind quickly rewinds the current file (when you click and hold it) or skips to the next file in microphone available on select Gateway notebooks. 2 Click (Start), All Programs, Accessories, then click Sound Recorder. Recording audio files Sound recorder is a simple Windows program that lets you...
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... end in the file extension MP3. Windows Media Player records the tracks to each track as it is saved. A progress bar appears next to your notebook's hard drive as WMA files. Creating WMA and MP3 music files Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. Using Windows Media Player, you do...
... end in the file extension MP3. Windows Media Player records the tracks to each track as it is saved. A progress bar appears next to your notebook's hard drive as WMA files. Creating WMA and MP3 music files Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. Using Windows Media Player, you do...
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... subject to payment of damages and other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs. Burn List 40 If you are uncertain about your rights, contact your notebook for other remedies. The music is recorded onto the blank CD. If you record copyrighted material on a CD or DVD, you need permission from the...
... subject to payment of damages and other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs. Burn List 40 If you are uncertain about your rights, contact your notebook for other remedies. The music is recorded onto the blank CD. If you record copyrighted material on a CD or DVD, you need permission from the...