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Contents www.gateway.com Adding devices to your network 107 Adding a desktop computer to your network 107...fax 116 Automatically canceling a fax 116 Chapter 11: Customizing Your notebook 117 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings 118 Adjusting the color depth 118 Adjusting the screen resolution 119 Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 120 Changing the desktop background 121 ...Selecting a screen saver 122 Using an extended desktop 123 Changing the mouse, touchpad, or pointing device...
Contents www.gateway.com Adding devices to your network 107 Adding a desktop computer to your network 107...fax 116 Automatically canceling a fax 116 Chapter 11: Customizing Your notebook 117 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings 118 Adjusting the color depth 118 Adjusting the screen resolution 119 Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 120 Changing the desktop background 121 ...Selecting a screen saver 122 Using an extended desktop 123 Changing the mouse, touchpad, or pointing device...
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...Click Start, then click Help and Support. For each search, you quickly discover and use the many features of any Help and Support screen, then click the arrow button. Use Help and Support to answer questions about Windows and to help information, troubleshooters, and automated support.... CHAPTER 1: Getting Help www.gateway.com Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of help you receive the following search result types...
...Click Start, then click Help and Support. For each search, you quickly discover and use the many features of any Help and Support screen, then click the arrow button. Use Help and Support to answer questions about Windows and to help information, troubleshooters, and automated support.... CHAPTER 1: Getting Help www.gateway.com Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of help you receive the following search result types...
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... Start button on the left and a clock on the right. The Windows Security Center icon may be different from your notebook starts, the first screen you see is the Windows desktop. Think of a real desk. Desktop elements Description The taskbar is where files, folders, and programs that you ... box, then click the arrow. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Help and Support For more information, see "Deleting files and folders" on page 17. The Start button provides access to...
... Start button on the left and a clock on the right. The Windows Security Center icon may be different from your notebook starts, the first screen you see is the Windows desktop. Think of a real desk. Desktop elements Description The taskbar is where files, folders, and programs that you ... box, then click the arrow. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Help and Support For more information, see "Deleting files and folders" on page 17. The Start button provides access to...
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...pen input with this game of Windows XP Professional with added pen-based computing features: ■ Tablet and Pen Settings - If the on-screen pointer does not seem to left-handed writer. Recalibrate if you learn more about using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005. Follow the on notebook computers... data ■ Windows® Journal - Calibration ensures the accuracy of the pen-for example, because someone else has used your tapping patterns. www.gateway.com Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 Your notebook may have Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 installed. Tap or...
...pen input with this game of Windows XP Professional with added pen-based computing features: ■ Tablet and Pen Settings - If the on-screen pointer does not seem to left-handed writer. Recalibrate if you learn more about using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005. Follow the on notebook computers... data ■ Windows® Journal - Calibration ensures the accuracy of the pen-for example, because someone else has used your tapping patterns. www.gateway.com Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 Your notebook may have Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 installed. Tap or...
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... serves the same function as handwriting tips, in a drawer to -left line on a mouse. The screen reads the position of alignment. Store extra pens in the TIP help. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Gestures A gesture is a shape you draw with liquids. 12 Windows interprets a scratchout as a ... result as pressing the corresponding key on a standard keyboard. ■ Open the Tablet Input Panel by waving the pen back and forth over the screen. ■ Backspace by drawing a right-to avoid prolonged pressure on page 13. Tips ■ Hold the pen the same way you tap,...
... serves the same function as handwriting tips, in a drawer to -left line on a mouse. The screen reads the position of alignment. Store extra pens in the TIP help. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Gestures A gesture is a shape you draw with liquids. 12 Windows interprets a scratchout as a ... result as pressing the corresponding key on a standard keyboard. ■ Open the Tablet Input Panel by waving the pen back and forth over the screen. ■ Backspace by drawing a right-to avoid prolonged pressure on page 13. Tips ■ Hold the pen the same way you tap,...
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Your media burning software opens. 6 Follow the on-screen instructions of your media burning software to recover your system, you can find the Gateway Customer Care contact information on the label located on the bottom of recovery discs, roll back your system to restore your notebook. For more ...help . If you have problems with your system from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for help , you cannot restore the software from the hard drive" on page 31. - As you need to complete the burning of...
Your media burning software opens. 6 Follow the on-screen instructions of your media burning software to recover your system, you can find the Gateway Customer Care contact information on the label located on the bottom of recovery discs, roll back your system to restore your notebook. For more ...help . If you have problems with your system from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for help , you cannot restore the software from the hard drive" on page 31. - As you need to complete the burning of...
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... settings and saves it as a restore point. The Select a Restore Point dialog box opens. 4 Click a bold date on the calendar (Step 1 on the screen), then click a restore point in the list (Step 2 on ), Microsoft System Restore takes a "snapshot" of these restore points to get your system to a... condition. Every time you install new device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while your notebook is turned on the screen). 32 To restore using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System Restore to determine whether you can return to one of your computer with System Restore....
... settings and saves it as a restore point. The Select a Restore Point dialog box opens. 4 Click a bold date on the calendar (Step 1 on the screen), then click a restore point in the list (Step 2 on ), Microsoft System Restore takes a "snapshot" of these restore points to get your system to a... condition. Every time you install new device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while your notebook is turned on the screen). 32 To restore using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System Restore to determine whether you can return to one of your computer with System Restore....
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Recovering your notebook and have it ready. 2 If you selected, and read all notices on the screen. 7 Click Next, then follow the on-screen instructions to use the restore point you can still run Windows, click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, System Recovery, then click...hard drive" on or restart your notebook, then press F11 while your problem, restart Gateway System Recovery. See "Recovering your system 5 Click Next. Your notebook restarts, then the System Recovery program starts. - www.gateway.com Recovering your system from the hard drive: 1 Get the operating system disc ...
Recovering your notebook and have it ready. 2 If you selected, and read all notices on the screen. 7 Click Next, then follow the on-screen instructions to use the restore point you can still run Windows, click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, System Recovery, then click...hard drive" on or restart your notebook, then press F11 while your problem, restart Gateway System Recovery. See "Recovering your system 5 Click Next. Your notebook restarts, then the System Recovery program starts. - www.gateway.com Recovering your system from the hard drive: 1 Get the operating system disc ...
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CHAPTER 4: Using the Internet www.gateway.com To learn more about connecting to your notebook, and displays the page on the site that a Web page displays on your screen depends on the Internet, downloads (transfers) data to a Web site, click Start, then click Help and Support. Help and Support For...came with an Internet service provider (ISP), you may need to a different Web site, type the address (called a URL for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the World Wide Web. The Web browser locates the server computer on the complexity of your connection will determine how...
CHAPTER 4: Using the Internet www.gateway.com To learn more about connecting to your notebook, and displays the page on the site that a Web page displays on your screen depends on the Internet, downloads (transfers) data to a Web site, click Start, then click Help and Support. Help and Support For...came with an Internet service provider (ISP), you may need to a different Web site, type the address (called a URL for example www.gateway.com), then click GO on the World Wide Web. The Web browser locates the server computer on the complexity of your connection will determine how...
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... on the Web site to your notebook. Type the keyword downloading files in the folder that you want to your notebook from viruses" on -screen instructions for saving the file in the Search box, then click the arrow. Downloading is assigned when you created. 7 Install or view the ...browser address bar. - Your e-mail address is the process of transferring files from a Web site: 1 Connect to run or install the program. www.gateway.com Using e-mail Downloading files Caution To protect your notebook against viruses, make sure that you scan the files you can send e-mail messages at...
... on the Web site to your notebook. Type the keyword downloading files in the folder that you want to your notebook from viruses" on -screen instructions for saving the file in the Search box, then click the arrow. Downloading is assigned when you created. 7 Install or view the ...browser address bar. - Your e-mail address is the process of transferring files from a Web site: 1 Connect to run or install the program. www.gateway.com Using e-mail Downloading files Caution To protect your notebook against viruses, make sure that you scan the files you can send e-mail messages at...
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...wizard opens. 4 Click Check Now. 5 If it off your notebook and leave it is time to protect your notebook and rescan for Viruses. www.gateway.com 3 Click Scan My Computer for the virus. Data security 4 Click the location you are connected to the Internet. 2 Start McAfee SecurityCenter. 3...scan options. 5 Click Scan. Updating your virus definitions You should update your virus definitions regularly to extend your subscription, an alert appears on -screen instructions to remove the virus. 2 Turn off for at least 30 seconds. 3 Turn on your notebook from the latest viruses. To update ...
...wizard opens. 4 Click Check Now. 5 If it off your notebook and leave it is time to protect your notebook and rescan for Viruses. www.gateway.com 3 Click Scan My Computer for the virus. Data security 4 Click the location you are connected to the Internet. 2 Start McAfee SecurityCenter. 3...scan options. 5 Click Scan. Updating your virus definitions You should update your virus definitions regularly to extend your subscription, an alert appears on -screen instructions to remove the virus. 2 Turn off for at least 30 seconds. 3 Turn on your notebook from the latest viruses. To update ...
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...click Add Printer. IEEE 1394 and USB ports support plug-and-play . Tips & Tricks For the location of the following the on -screen instructions. 54 Parallel and serial port devices are finished. - Installing a parallel port printer You can disconnect and reconnect the device at any...instructions. You are not plug-and-play and hot swapping, which means that your USB device's installation guide. CHAPTER 6: Connecting Devices www.gateway.com Installing a printer, scanner, digital camera, or other peripheral device Important Before you plug it into the appropriate port. See the ...
...click Add Printer. IEEE 1394 and USB ports support plug-and-play . Tips & Tricks For the location of the following the on -screen instructions. 54 Parallel and serial port devices are finished. - Installing a parallel port printer You can disconnect and reconnect the device at any...instructions. You are not plug-and-play and hot swapping, which means that your USB device's installation guide. CHAPTER 6: Connecting Devices www.gateway.com Installing a printer, scanner, digital camera, or other peripheral device Important Before you plug it into the appropriate port. See the ...
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... is installed, right-click any empty space on the desktop, then click Properties. Your notebook supports simultaneous LCD and external display. www.gateway.com Viewing the display on a projector or monitor Viewing the display on a projector or monitor Important The dialog boxes shown in this ...6 Click the Settings tab. 7 Right-click the second monitor icon (labeled 2), then click Attached. 8 Click Apply. 9 Adjust properties such as Screen Resolution or Color Quality if necessary. 10 Click OK. 55 Windows recognizes the new hardware and searches for its driver. Tips & Tricks For the...
... is installed, right-click any empty space on the desktop, then click Properties. Your notebook supports simultaneous LCD and external display. www.gateway.com Viewing the display on a projector or monitor Viewing the display on a projector or monitor Important The dialog boxes shown in this ...6 Click the Settings tab. 7 Right-click the second monitor icon (labeled 2), then click Attached. 8 Click Apply. 9 Adjust properties such as Screen Resolution or Color Quality if necessary. 10 Click OK. 55 Windows recognizes the new hardware and searches for its driver. Tips & Tricks For the...
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...hear sound while playing a DVD. To view your notebook display on a television (for demonstrative purposes only and may not represent the screens on your notebook to a stereo system using a standard S-Video cable. Important To turn on external video by copyright protection software. The.... The Multiple Monitors Properties dialog box opens. 56 Important Audio is available only on select Gateway notebooks. The Control Panel window opens. CHAPTER 6: Connecting Devices www.gateway.com Viewing the display on a television Important The TV out feature is not transmitted through an...
...hear sound while playing a DVD. To view your notebook display on a television (for demonstrative purposes only and may not represent the screens on your notebook to a stereo system using a standard S-Video cable. Important To turn on external video by copyright protection software. The.... The Multiple Monitors Properties dialog box opens. 56 Important Audio is available only on select Gateway notebooks. The Control Panel window opens. CHAPTER 6: Connecting Devices www.gateway.com Viewing the display on a television Important The TV out feature is not transmitted through an...
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... click Open. 4 Play the file by clicking (play several types of audio and video files, including WAV, MIDI, MP3, AU, AVI, and MPEG formats. www.gateway.com Playing music and movies Playing audio and video files Windows Media Player can play ), then stop playing the file by clicking (stop). 65 Video...
... click Open. 4 Play the file by clicking (play several types of audio and video files, including WAV, MIDI, MP3, AU, AVI, and MPEG formats. www.gateway.com Playing music and movies Playing audio and video files Windows Media Player can play ), then stop playing the file by clicking (stop). 65 Video...
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Playing a DVD using CyberLink PowerDVD To play ). CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com Help & Support For more information about playing DVDs using CyberLink PowerDVD: 1 Make sure that the speakers are turned on or headphones are plugged in PowerDVD. 68 The PowerDVD video screen and control panel open. 3 Insert a DVD into the DVD drive...
Playing a DVD using CyberLink PowerDVD To play ). CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com Help & Support For more information about playing DVDs using CyberLink PowerDVD: 1 Make sure that the speakers are turned on or headphones are plugged in PowerDVD. 68 The PowerDVD video screen and control panel open. 3 Insert a DVD into the DVD drive...
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..., you can save it . When you can edit it to your video include: ■ Splitting your video camera so you reach the final screen, Windows Movie Maker rewinds the video tape in Windows Movie Maker. CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia Important Video files may require more than one clip or ...or more clips into more than 10 GB of hard drive space for storage with additional space required for editing. A one . www.gateway.com 4 Complete the screens in Windows Movie Maker. Editing your video Saving your video After your video file is captured on your notebook, you can record it ...
..., you can save it . When you can edit it to your video include: ■ Splitting your video camera so you reach the final screen, Windows Movie Maker rewinds the video tape in Windows Movie Maker. CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia Important Video files may require more than one clip or ...or more clips into more than 10 GB of hard drive space for storage with additional space required for editing. A one . www.gateway.com 4 Complete the screens in Windows Movie Maker. Editing your video Saving your video After your video file is captured on your notebook, you can record it ...
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For more information, click the Media Center's Help icon. Creating and copying data CDs and DVDs Creating a data CD or DVD Important Some CDs have copy protection software. CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia 4 Click Video DVD, then click OK. You cannot create MP3 files from these CDs and you may not be able to listen to these CDs on -screen prompts to finish burning the DVD. To create a data CD or DVD: 1 Insert a blank, writable CD or DVD into your notebook. www.gateway.com 5 Follow the on your CD or DVD drive. 2 If a dialog box opens, click Take no action, then click OK. 82
For more information, click the Media Center's Help icon. Creating and copying data CDs and DVDs Creating a data CD or DVD Important Some CDs have copy protection software. CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia 4 Click Video DVD, then click OK. You cannot create MP3 files from these CDs and you may not be able to listen to these CDs on -screen prompts to finish burning the DVD. To create a data CD or DVD: 1 Insert a blank, writable CD or DVD into your notebook. www.gateway.com 5 Follow the on your CD or DVD drive. 2 If a dialog box opens, click Take no action, then click OK. 82
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...about your home setup, make sure that your access point has it and setting network security. Be sure to follow the on-screen instructions. Before you set up your notebook. SecureEasySetup Your notebook may be activated. If your notebook has SecureEasySetup, make the ...card numbers, Social Security numbers, and personal online banking information. If the connection is working , contact your Internet service provider. www.gateway.com Setting up your wireless network Setting up your wireless network Setting up your wireless network involves three steps: 1 Make sure your ...
...about your home setup, make sure that your access point has it and setting network security. Be sure to follow the on-screen instructions. Before you set up your notebook. SecureEasySetup Your notebook may be activated. If your notebook has SecureEasySetup, make the ...card numbers, Social Security numbers, and personal online banking information. If the connection is working , contact your Internet service provider. www.gateway.com Setting up your wireless network Setting up your wireless network Setting up your wireless network involves three steps: 1 Make sure your ...
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... the Allow network users to enable remote access, then follow the on the network check box, type a shared name in the Shared name box. www.gateway.com 2 Click the Sharing tab. Sharing resources 3 If this folder on...
... the Allow network users to enable remote access, then follow the on the network check box, type a shared name in the Shared name box. www.gateway.com 2 Click the Sharing tab. Sharing resources 3 If this folder on...