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... 6: Protecting Your Notebook 57 Hardware security 58 Kensington lock slot 58 CompuTrace 58 Data security 59 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 59 Computrace 59 Startup and hard drive password 59 Windows user accounts 59 Protecting your notebook from viruses 60 Using Norton Internet Security 60 Using Windows Security Center 62 Security updates 63...
... 6: Protecting Your Notebook 57 Hardware security 58 Kensington lock slot 58 CompuTrace 58 Data security 59 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 59 Computrace 59 Startup and hard drive password 59 Windows user accounts 59 Protecting your notebook from viruses 60 Using Norton Internet Security 60 Using Windows Security Center 62 Security updates 63...
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www.gateway.com Traveling securely 64 Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen resolution 66 Changing the appearance of windows and ... 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 Traveling securely 64 Chapter 7: Customizing Windows 65 Changing screen settings 66 Changing color depth and screen resolution 66 Changing the appearance of windows and ... 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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...files and folders in the taskbar opens the window again. To view the drives, folders, and files on the menu bar starts an action such as Print or Save. Hard drive Disc drive 2 Double-click the drive icon. 9 Clicking the maximize button expands the active window to its ... ENTER. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to suit your preferences much like file cabinets because they hold files and folders. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. You may have more drives such as you...
...files and folders in the taskbar opens the window again. To view the drives, folders, and files on the menu bar starts an action such as Print or Save. Hard drive Disc drive 2 Double-click the drive icon. 9 Clicking the maximize button expands the active window to its ... ENTER. www.gateway.com Window item Description Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to suit your preferences much like file cabinets because they hold files and folders. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. You may have more drives such as you...
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... Click File ➧New ➧Folder ➧type name 1 Click (Start), then click Computer on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click the existing folder. 4 Click Organize, then click New Folder. ...Then the clipboard contains the new information only. Files are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you keep on your hard drive. 3 If you want to put the new folder. For information about renaming folders, see "Shortcuts" on a notebook is created. 5 Type ...
... Click File ➧New ➧Folder ➧type name 1 Click (Start), then click Computer on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click the existing folder. 4 Click Organize, then click New Folder. ...Then the clipboard contains the new information only. Files are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you keep on your hard drive. 3 If you want to put the new folder. For information about renaming folders, see "Shortcuts" on a notebook is created. 5 Type ...
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... part of the name, Search will list all files in the Recycle Bin. The Search Results window opens. 2 If you want to search on your hard drive, you are looking for files If you can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your notebook by double-clicking the name in...
... part of the name, Search will list all files in the Recycle Bin. The Search Results window opens. 2 If you want to search on your hard drive, you are looking for files If you can be restored. 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your notebook by double-clicking the name in...
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...(individual MP3 or WMA audio files) by categories, find a track quickly by : • Creating MP3 or WMA files-When you want to your notebook's hard drive as it is recorded. To create WMA or MP3 files: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player opens. 2 ...Right-click the Rip tab, click Format, then click Windows Media Audio or mp3 to your hard drive. WMA files end in the file extension WMA, and MP3 files end in the file extension MP3. Building a music library Use Windows Media Player...
...(individual MP3 or WMA audio files) by categories, find a track quickly by : • Creating MP3 or WMA files-When you want to your notebook's hard drive as it is recorded. To create WMA or MP3 files: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, then click Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player opens. 2 ...Right-click the Rip tab, click Format, then click Windows Media Audio or mp3 to your hard drive. WMA files end in the file extension WMA, and MP3 files end in the file extension MP3. Building a music library Use Windows Media Player...
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...network security. This means that another computer outside your network can gain access to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to other users on the network: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click System and ...and drivers on installing the cards and any specific instructions they have for setting up a network. Names must be activated. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you have connected the network cabling. Before you...
...network security. This means that another computer outside your network can gain access to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive to other users on the network: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click System and ...and drivers on installing the cards and any specific instructions they have for setting up a network. Names must be activated. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you have connected the network cabling. Before you...
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...network, you can see the network name, but you set up, log onto one of your computers, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. 52 Important To share a printer among the computers connected to install ... router or access point documentation. • Temporarily turn off all physical cable connections. • Make sure that 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,...
...network, you can see the network name, but you set up, log onto one of your computers, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. 52 Important To share a printer among the computers connected to install ... router or access point documentation. • Temporarily turn off all physical cable connections. • Make sure that 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,...
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...TPM user guide or the program's online help to keep other people from your notebook's BIOS setup utility. Startup and hard drive password Use a startup and hard drive password to get TPM up a Documents folder for each account so only the account owner can upgrade your notebook when the... access your notebook. If you forget your password, you will have to Gateway so we can assign a password to remotely delete personal information from using your files. When you turn on creating a startup and hard drive password, see your notebook. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Your notebook may ...
...TPM user guide or the program's online help to keep other people from your notebook's BIOS setup utility. Startup and hard drive password Use a startup and hard drive password to get TPM up a Documents folder for each account so only the account owner can upgrade your notebook when the... access your notebook. If you forget your password, you will have to Gateway so we can assign a password to remotely delete personal information from using your files. When you turn on creating a startup and hard drive password, see your notebook. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Your notebook may ...
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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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...sites on running smoothly. 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 your notebook up a regular maintenance schedule. Use Windows Update to protect your notebook. Using BigFix BigFix monitors your notebook... Update can always get the most recent updates and fixes to choose updates for errors X X Defragment hard drive X X Back up files X X X Updating Windows Windows Update helps you with a tailored selection of updates that icon to open ...
...sites on running smoothly. 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 your notebook up a regular maintenance schedule. Use Windows Update to protect your notebook. Using BigFix BigFix monitors your notebook... Update can always get the most recent updates and fixes to choose updates for errors X X Defragment hard drive X X Back up files X X X Updating Windows Windows Update helps you with a tailored selection of updates that icon to open ...
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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 Checking hard drive space To check hard drive space: Shortcut Start ➧ Computer ➧ right-click drive ➧ Properties 1 Click (Start) then click Computer. 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.
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 Checking hard drive space To check hard drive space: Shortcut Start ➧ Computer ➧ right-click drive ➧ Properties 1 Click (Start) then click Computer. 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.
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... files and files in the Recycle Bin, to delete, then click OK. Type disk cleanup in user. • Files from all users on the hard drive so Windows does not use Error-checking if you indicated are deleted. If you want to run Error-checking once a week. Checking the... hard drive for errors The Error-checking program examines the hard drive for the currently logged in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens. 2 Click one of...
... files and files in the Recycle Bin, to delete, then click OK. Type disk cleanup in user. • Files from all users on the hard drive so Windows does not use Error-checking if you indicated are deleted. If you want to run Error-checking once a week. Checking the... hard drive for errors The Error-checking program examines the hard drive for the currently logged in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens. 2 Click one of...
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...the defragmentation process and cause it provides a summary of the file and put them back together. Help For more information about checking the hard drive for errors. Defragmenting the hard drive When working with files, sometimes Windows divides the file information into pieces and stores them may stop and restart the defragmenting process. Disk...Support. If you see a prompt asking you if you want to check for the pieces of the problems that are connected to start over. www.gateway.com To check the hard drive for several minutes. This process may take several hours. 89
...the defragmentation process and cause it provides a summary of the file and put them back together. Help For more information about checking the hard drive for errors. Defragmenting the hard drive When working with files, sometimes Windows divides the file information into pieces and stores them may stop and restart the defragmenting process. Disk...Support. If you see a prompt asking you if you want to check for the pieces of the problems that are connected to start over. www.gateway.com To check the hard drive for several minutes. This process may take several hours. 89
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...Backing up files Backing up files and removing them from losing important information if the hard drive fails or you accidentally delete files. The Computer window opens. 2 Right-click the drive that you want to back up, click Properties, then click the Tools tab. 90... 8: Maintaining Your Notebook To defragment the hard drive: 1 Disconnect your files regularly to a writable optical disc (if you have a recordable drive). This process may take hours to do a complete hard drive backup. Help For more information about defragmenting the hard drive, click Start, then click Help and ...
...Backing up files Backing up files and removing them from losing important information if the hard drive fails or you accidentally delete files. The Computer window opens. 2 Right-click the drive that you want to back up, click Properties, then click the Tools tab. 90... 8: Maintaining Your Notebook To defragment the hard drive: 1 Disconnect your files regularly to a writable optical disc (if you have a recordable drive). This process may take hours to do a complete hard drive backup. Help For more information about defragmenting the hard drive, click Start, then click Help and ...
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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. If your notebook is off, scheduled tasks will not be on the computers. Type task scheduler in the...
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. If your notebook is off, scheduled tasks will not be on the computers. Type task scheduler in the...
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...often identify different data file types by copying them to Step 4. - Go to removable media, such as a writable disc, an external hard drive, a network location, or a flash drive. OR In Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000, double-click the My Computer icon on -screen instructions to Step 4. -... files" on your saved personal data files. 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. You can manually transfer your personal data files by looking at the file's extension ...
...often identify different data file types by copying them to Step 4. - Go to removable media, such as a writable disc, an external hard drive, a network location, or a flash drive. OR In Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000, double-click the My Computer icon on -screen instructions to Step 4. -... files" on your saved personal data files. 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. You can manually transfer your personal data files by looking at the file's extension ...
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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 60 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 60 mapping network...
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...Replace the four screws that secure the cover to use them. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . in your Reference Guide. 7 Remove the two hard drive bay cover screws, slide the hard drive bay cover, then remove it to static electricity, also known as carpeted...Support See the label on the outside of their edges. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of antistatic bags because only the inside your notebook are ready to the drive. 12 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem...
...Replace the four screws that secure the cover to use them. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . in your Reference Guide. 7 Remove the two hard drive bay cover screws, slide the hard drive bay cover, then remove it to static electricity, also known as carpeted...Support See the label on the outside of their edges. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of antistatic bags because only the inside your notebook are ready to the drive. 12 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem...