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Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Gateway Web site 2 Using Support 3 Help and Support 4 Searching for a topic 4 Getting help in Media Center 5 BigFix 5 Online help 6 Chapter 2: Using Windows XP 7 About the Windows ...
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Gateway Web site 2 Using Support 3 Help and Support 4 Searching for a topic 4 Getting help in Media Center 5 BigFix 5 Online help 6 Chapter 2: Using Windows XP 7 About the Windows ...
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...gateway.com Chapter 4: Using the Internet 37 Learning about the Internet 38 Setting up an Internet account 39 Accessing your Internet account 39 Using the World Wide Web 39 Connecting to a Web site 40 Downloading files 41 Using e-mail 41 Sending e-mail 42 Checking your e-mail 42 Chapter 5: Protecting your notebook...files 60 Building a music library 62 Editing track information 63 Creating and editing videos 64 Editing videos 64 Transferring your video to your notebook 64 Editing your video 65 Saving your video 66 Creating music CDs and video DVDs 66 Creating a music CD 66 ii
...gateway.com Chapter 4: Using the Internet 37 Learning about the Internet 38 Setting up an Internet account 39 Accessing your Internet account 39 Using the World Wide Web 39 Connecting to a Web site 40 Downloading files 41 Using e-mail 41 Sending e-mail 42 Checking your e-mail 42 Chapter 5: Protecting your notebook...files 60 Building a music library 62 Editing track information 63 Creating and editing videos 64 Editing videos 64 Transferring your video to your notebook 64 Editing your video 65 Saving your video 66 Creating music CDs and video DVDs 66 Creating a music CD 66 ii
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www.gateway.com Contents Creating a video DVD 69 Creating and copying data CDs and DVDs 73 Creating... wireless network 81 Making sure your broadband connection works 81 Setting up your access point 81 Setting up your notebook 82 Testing your network 83 Sharing resources 84 Sharing drives and printers 84 Using the network 86 Viewing shared ...Canceling a fax 95 Automatically retry sending a fax 96 Automatically canceling a fax 96 Chapter 9: Customizing Your Notebook 97 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings 98 Adjusting the color depth 98 Adjusting the screen resolution 99 iii
www.gateway.com Contents Creating a video DVD 69 Creating and copying data CDs and DVDs 73 Creating... wireless network 81 Making sure your broadband connection works 81 Setting up your access point 81 Setting up your notebook 82 Testing your network 83 Sharing resources 84 Sharing drives and printers 84 Using the network 86 Viewing shared ...Canceling a fax 95 Automatically retry sending a fax 96 Automatically canceling a fax 96 Chapter 9: Customizing Your Notebook 97 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings 98 Adjusting the color depth 98 Adjusting the screen resolution 99 iii
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Contents www.gateway.com Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 100 Changing the desktop background 101 Selecting a screen saver 102 Using an extended desktop 103 Changing the ... pen settings 106 Programming the buttons 107 Adjusting the Tablet PC Input Panel Settings 107 Adding and modifying user accounts 108 Chapter 10: Maintaining Your Notebook 109 Updating Windows 110 Using BigFix 110 Managing hard drive space 111 Checking hard drive space 111 Deleting unnecessary files 112 Checking the hard drive...
Contents www.gateway.com Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 100 Changing the desktop background 101 Selecting a screen saver 102 Using an extended desktop 103 Changing the ... pen settings 106 Programming the buttons 107 Adjusting the Tablet PC Input Panel Settings 107 Adding and modifying user accounts 108 Chapter 10: Maintaining Your Notebook 109 Updating Windows 110 Using BigFix 110 Managing hard drive space 111 Checking hard drive space 111 Deleting unnecessary files 112 Checking the hard drive...
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... drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your new Gateway notebook for years to manage the processor speed and power consumption for purchasing our notebook! Gateway stands behind our value proposition to high-quality, brand-name components at support.gateway.com. 2 Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is designed to familiarize yourself with our range of...
... drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your new Gateway notebook for years to manage the processor speed and power consumption for purchasing our notebook! Gateway stands behind our value proposition to high-quality, brand-name components at support.gateway.com. 2 Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is designed to familiarize yourself with our range of...
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...Click Customer Service to view information about your notebook. Click the arrow button to open the Select Your Computer Product box, then click Notebook Computers to get a list of Gateway telephone numbers for all Gateway notebooks. Contact Us Click Contact Us to access links...help you get the latest software updates for Gateway products. Upgrades Click Upgrades to get drivers specific to locate your notebook. Drivers & Downloads Click Drivers & Downloads to view and purchase upgrades for your notebook, type your notebook. Documents Click Documents to customer care with...
...Click Customer Service to view information about your notebook. Click the arrow button to open the Select Your Computer Product box, then click Notebook Computers to get a list of Gateway telephone numbers for all Gateway notebooks. Contact Us Click Contact Us to access links...help you get the latest software updates for Gateway products. Upgrades Click Upgrades to get drivers specific to locate your notebook. Drivers & Downloads Click Drivers & Downloads to view and purchase upgrades for your notebook, type your notebook. Documents Click Documents to customer care with...
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...You must be connected to the Internet to your search topic. ■ Full-text Search Matches - CHAPTER 1: Getting Help www.gateway.com Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of help you entered in the Search box. For each search, you entered in ... Base - These topics are located on the Microsoft Web site and contain the words you quickly discover and use the many features of your Gateway notebook. To view a topic, click the topic name in Help and Support and contain the words you receive the following search result types: ■...
...You must be connected to the Internet to your search topic. ■ Full-text Search Matches - CHAPTER 1: Getting Help www.gateway.com Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of help you entered in the Search box. For each search, you entered in ... Base - These topics are located on the Microsoft Web site and contain the words you quickly discover and use the many features of your Gateway notebook. To view a topic, click the topic name in Help and Support and contain the words you receive the following search result types: ■...
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... the BigFix program, click Help, then click Tutorial. 5 BigFix 2 Click the Help icon in Media Center If your notebook for problems and conflicts. www.gateway.com BigFix Getting help in the tool bar. Your notebook may include BigFix. To start BigFix: ■ Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click BigFix. The...
... the BigFix program, click Help, then click Tutorial. 5 BigFix 2 Click the Help icon in Media Center If your notebook for problems and conflicts. www.gateway.com BigFix Getting help in the tool bar. Your notebook may include BigFix. To start BigFix: ■ Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click BigFix. The...
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... access to open the program's window. After your personalized work space where you see is the bar at the bottom of the desktop as your notebook starts, the first screen you open a file or program by clicking an item on the right. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button... Windows desktop in the Search box, then click the arrow. Think of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a clock on the menu that are running. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Help and Support For more information about the Windows ...
... access to open the program's window. After your personalized work space where you see is the bar at the bottom of the desktop as your notebook starts, the first screen you open a file or program by clicking an item on the right. The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button... Windows desktop in the Search box, then click the arrow. Think of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a clock on the menu that are running. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Help and Support For more information about the Windows ...
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... and folders, and more using the Start menu. The Windows Security Center icon may appear on your notebook. Type the keyword Windows Start menu in the Start menu. www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Desktop elements Description The Recycle Bin is where files, folders, and programs ...files, programs, or commands. 3 Click a file or program to open it. 9 For instructions on how to permanently delete them from your notebook are set below the recommended value or when updates are stored. The Start menu opens showing you discarded are available. You must empty the Recycle...
... and folders, and more using the Start menu. The Windows Security Center icon may appear on your notebook. Type the keyword Windows Start menu in the Start menu. www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Desktop elements Description The Recycle Bin is where files, folders, and programs ...files, programs, or commands. 3 Click a file or program to open it. 9 For instructions on how to permanently delete them from your notebook are set below the recommended value or when updates are stored. The Start menu opens showing you discarded are available. You must empty the Recycle...
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...174; Journal - capture, organize, and reuse your pen or voice and drop it into another program ■ Document annotation - www.gateway.com Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 Window item Description Clicking the maximize button expands the active window to its writing pad, soft keyboard,..., and display screen ■ Tablet PC Input Panel (TIP) - Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire notebook display. The Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 operating system is a fully functioning version of strategy ■ MicroSoft OneNote - Clicking the close...
...174; Journal - capture, organize, and reuse your pen or voice and drop it into another program ■ Document annotation - www.gateway.com Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 Window item Description Clicking the maximize button expands the active window to its writing pad, soft keyboard,..., and display screen ■ Tablet PC Input Panel (TIP) - Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire notebook display. The Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 operating system is a fully functioning version of strategy ■ MicroSoft OneNote - Clicking the close...
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...have more drives such as you double-click its icon, click Show the contents of a drive after you would store information in a file cabinet. A notebook almost always has more information about files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for...file cabinets because they hold files and folders. Hard drives Diskette Disc drive drive To see the contents of this drive. 15 www.gateway.com Working with files and folders Working with files and folders You can store these files in the Search box, then click the arrow.
...have more drives such as you double-click its icon, click Show the contents of a drive after you would store information in a file cabinet. A notebook almost always has more information about files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for...file cabinets because they hold files and folders. Hard drives Diskette Disc drive drive To see the contents of this drive. 15 www.gateway.com Working with files and folders Working with files and folders You can store these files in the Search box, then click the arrow.
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...creating files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Files are much like the folders in a file cabinet. The new folder is your notebook. Type the keyword creating files and folders in files. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is created. 5 Type a name for the folder, then press ENTER.... of the drive, click Show the contents of this drive. 3 If you keep on page 25. 16 CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Creating folders Help and Support For more information about renaming folders, see "Shortcuts" on your hard drive. Folders are much like paper documents...
...creating files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Files are much like the folders in a file cabinet. The new folder is your notebook. Type the keyword creating files and folders in files. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is created. 5 Type a name for the folder, then press ENTER.... of the drive, click Show the contents of this drive. 3 If you keep on page 25. 16 CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Creating folders Help and Support For more information about renaming folders, see "Shortcuts" on your hard drive. Folders are much like paper documents...
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...the Search box, then click the arrow. To print a document, you do not see the printer documentation. For more information about installing or using your notebook or have a printer connected to open the document. 3 Click File, then click Print. The document opens. The document prints. 24 Type the keyword opening... in the program that the printer is turned on and loaded with paper. 2 Start the program and open . CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Opening a document Help and Support For more information about opening files in the Search box, then click the arrow.
...the Search box, then click the arrow. To print a document, you do not see the printer documentation. For more information about installing or using your notebook or have a printer connected to open the document. 3 Click File, then click Print. The document opens. The document prints. 24 Type the keyword opening... in the program that the printer is turned on and loaded with paper. 2 Start the program and open . CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Opening a document Help and Support For more information about opening files in the Search box, then click the arrow.
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...specific, factory-installed software and device drivers. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything you need to reinstall specific software, such as you get your new Gateway system. ■ "Drivers and applications recovery" on page 31 28 Problem... to completely reinstall the original factory software. For more information on page 29. Gateway provides everything you need to reinstall everything, including the operating system, so your notebook has its original factory settings. ■ "Recovering your system from recovery files on...
...specific, factory-installed software and device drivers. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything you need to reinstall specific software, such as you get your new Gateway system. ■ "Drivers and applications recovery" on page 31 28 Problem... to completely reinstall the original factory software. For more information on page 29. Gateway provides everything you need to reinstall everything, including the operating system, so your notebook has its original factory settings. ■ "Recovering your system from recovery files on...
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...you want to "Burn ISO" (record recovery discs) or "Create ISO" (copy the files to a network" on the type of recordable drive your notebook has a recordable drive. If you are CD-R and not CD-RW discs. The Recovery CD/DVD Creator dialog box opens. 4 Click Start Creation....Recovery, then click Create My Drivers-Applications CD(s). A message asks you if you have blank discs ready. Depending on page 30. www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery Creating drivers and applications recovery discs You can create an unlimited number of drivers and applications recovery disc sets.
...you want to "Burn ISO" (record recovery discs) or "Create ISO" (copy the files to a network" on the type of recordable drive your notebook has a recordable drive. If you are CD-R and not CD-RW discs. The Recovery CD/DVD Creator dialog box opens. 4 Click Start Creation....Recovery, then click Create My Drivers-Applications CD(s). A message asks you if you have blank discs ready. Depending on page 30. www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery Creating drivers and applications recovery discs You can create an unlimited number of drivers and applications recovery disc sets.
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...applications recovery files to a network You can copy driver and application recovery files to a network location, so you remove each disc "Gateway Driver and Application Recovery." To copy drivers and applications recovery files to a drive). 30 CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System Important Use a ...permanent marker to label each disc from a different notebook that has a recordable drive. As you can burn unlimited sets of drivers and applications recovery discs from the drive, use . The program...
...applications recovery files to a network You can copy driver and application recovery files to a network location, so you remove each disc "Gateway Driver and Application Recovery." To copy drivers and applications recovery files to a drive). 30 CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System Important Use a ...permanent marker to label each disc from a different notebook that has a recordable drive. As you can burn unlimited sets of drivers and applications recovery discs from the drive, use . The program...
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..., use the marker to a previous condition when drivers and programs were working correctly, see "Recovering your notebook. Recovering specific files and software You can find the Gateway Customer Care contact information on the label located on . 7 When the disc is complete, remove that ...you have problems with your notebook and you need to complete the burning of the recovery disc(s). www.gateway.com Important Use a permanent marker to restore your system from the notebook's hard drive. ■ To selectively restore device drivers or programs...
..., use the marker to a previous condition when drivers and programs were working correctly, see "Recovering your notebook. Recovering specific files and software You can find the Gateway Customer Care contact information on the label located on . 7 When the disc is complete, remove that ...you have problems with your notebook and you need to complete the burning of the recovery disc(s). www.gateway.com Important Use a permanent marker to restore your system from the notebook's hard drive. ■ To selectively restore device drivers or programs...
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... your system To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, then click Application & Driver Recovery. www.gateway.com Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore" on your notebook, then insert the drivers and applications recovery disc #1 (if available) into the CD or DVD drive. You are installed. The...
... your system To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, then click Application & Driver Recovery. www.gateway.com Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore" on your notebook, then insert the drivers and applications recovery disc #1 (if available) into the CD or DVD drive. You are installed. The...
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...Restore takes a "snapshot" of these restore points to one of your system settings and saves it as a restore point. To restore using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System Restore to determine whether you install new device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while your... XP Help and Support Center opens. 2 Click Undo changes to an earlier time, then click Next. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System www.gateway.com Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore Before using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Press F1. Every time you can return to get your...
...Restore takes a "snapshot" of these restore points to one of your system settings and saves it as a restore point. To restore using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System Restore to determine whether you install new device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while your... XP Help and Support Center opens. 2 Click Undo changes to an earlier time, then click Next. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System www.gateway.com Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore Before using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Press F1. Every time you can return to get your...