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... 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 desktop 8 Using the Start menu 9 Adding icons to the desktop 10 Identifying window items 10 Using Windows XP Tablet ...and moving files and folders 17 Deleting files and folders 18 Browsing for files and folders 19 Searching for files 20 Using the Windows Search utility 20 Working with documents 22 Creating a new document 22 Saving a document 23 Opening a document 24 Printing a document...
... 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 desktop 8 Using the Start menu 9 Adding icons to the desktop 10 Identifying window items 10 Using Windows XP Tablet ...and moving files and folders 17 Deleting files and folders 18 Browsing for files and folders 19 Searching for files 20 Using the Windows Search utility 20 Working with documents 22 Creating a new document 22 Saving a document 23 Opening a document 24 Printing a document...
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Contents www.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 ... Trusted Platform Module (TPM 45 Computrace 45 Notebook startup and hard drive password 45 Windows XP user accounts 45 Protecting your notebook from viruses 46 Using McAfee SecurityCenter 47 Using Windows XP Security Center 49 Security updates 50 Windows Update 50 BigFix 52 Traveling securely 52 Chapter 6: Using Multimedia 53 Adjusting the volume...
Contents www.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 ... Trusted Platform Module (TPM 45 Computrace 45 Notebook startup and hard drive password 45 Windows XP user accounts 45 Protecting your notebook from viruses 46 Using McAfee SecurityCenter 47 Using Windows XP Security Center 49 Security updates 50 Windows Update 50 BigFix 52 Traveling securely 52 Chapter 6: Using Multimedia 53 Adjusting the volume...
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www.gateway.com Contents Creating a video DVD 69 Creating and copying data CDs and DVDs 73 Creating a data CD or DVD 73 Copying a CD or DVD 76 Advanced multimedia software features 77 Windows Media Player advanced features 77 CyberLink Power2Go advanced features 77 Chapter 7: Wireless Networking 79 Wireless networking 80 Buying wireless equipment...
www.gateway.com Contents Creating a video DVD 69 Creating and copying data CDs and DVDs 73 Creating a data CD or DVD 73 Copying a CD or DVD 76 Advanced multimedia software features 77 Windows Media Player advanced features 77 CyberLink Power2Go advanced features 77 Chapter 7: Wireless Networking 79 Wireless networking 80 Buying wireless equipment...
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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 mouse, touchpad, or pointing device settings 104 ... 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 for errors 112...
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 mouse, touchpad, or pointing device settings 104 ... 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 for errors 112...
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... Base - You must be connected to the Internet to your search topic. ■ Full-text Search Matches - Use Help and Support to answer questions about Windows and to view. To start Help and Support: ■ Click Start, then click Help and Support. These topics are located on the Microsoft Web site... and are located in Help and Support and contain the words you receive the following search result types: ■ Suggested Topics - CHAPTER 1: Getting Help www.gateway.com Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of your...
... Base - You must be connected to the Internet to your search topic. ■ Full-text Search Matches - Use Help and Support to answer questions about Windows and to view. To start Help and Support: ■ Click Start, then click Help and Support. These topics are located on the Microsoft Web site... and are located in Help and Support and contain the words you receive the following search result types: ■ Suggested Topics - CHAPTER 1: Getting Help www.gateway.com Help and Support Your notebook includes Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of your...
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...your notebook for problems and conflicts. Whenever BigFix detects a problem, it alerts you can access online help or refer to open BigFix. www.gateway.com BigFix Getting help in the tool bar. To start BigFix: ■ Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click ...more about the latest bugs, security alerts, and updates from BigFix sites on that icon to the printed Windows XP Media Center Edition Guide. BigFix monitors your notebook has Windows XP Media Center Edition, you by flashing the blue taskbar icon. It automatically gathers information about using ...
...your notebook for problems and conflicts. Whenever BigFix detects a problem, it alerts you can access online help or refer to open BigFix. www.gateway.com BigFix Getting help in the tool bar. To start BigFix: ■ Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click ...more about the latest bugs, security alerts, and updates from BigFix sites on that icon to the printed Windows XP Media Center Edition Guide. BigFix monitors your notebook has Windows XP Media Center Edition, you by flashing the blue taskbar icon. It automatically gathers information about using ...
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CHAPTER 2 Using Windows XP • About the Windows desktop • Identifying window items • Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 • Working with files and folders • Searching for files • Working with documents • Shortcuts 7
CHAPTER 2 Using Windows XP • About the Windows desktop • Identifying window items • Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 • Working with files and folders • Searching for files • Working with documents • Shortcuts 7
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... Your desktop may be different from this example, depending on how your notebook starts, the first screen you open the program's window. Desktop elements Description The taskbar is like the top of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a ...real desk. Click a program's button on the right. Type the keyword Windows desktop in the Search box, then click the arrow. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support.
... Your desktop may be different from this example, depending on how your notebook starts, the first screen you open the program's window. Desktop elements Description The taskbar is like the top of the notebook display containing the Start button on the left and a ...real desk. Click a program's button on the right. Type the keyword Windows desktop in the Search box, then click the arrow. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support.
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...can start programs, open files, customize your notebook. When you move the mouse pointer over any menu item that you the first level of the Windows desktop. For instructions on how to use the Start menu: 1 Click the Start button on page 49. Double-click this icon to permanently delete... menu, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Start menu opens showing you discarded are available. www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Desktop elements Description The Recycle Bin is where files, folders, and programs that has an arrow next to it, another menu, called a submenu, ...
...can start programs, open files, customize your notebook. When you move the mouse pointer over any menu item that you the first level of the Windows desktop. For instructions on how to use the Start menu: 1 Click the Start button on page 49. Double-click this icon to permanently delete... menu, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Start menu opens showing you discarded are available. www.gateway.com About the Windows desktop Desktop elements Description The Recycle Bin is where files, folders, and programs that has an arrow next to it, another menu, called a submenu, ...
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... Support. Type the keyword desktop icons in the taskbar opens the window again. 10 Type the keyword window in the My Computer window. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Adding icons to a button on the taskbar. Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to the desktop Help and Support For more information about desktop...
... Support. Type the keyword desktop icons in the taskbar opens the window again. 10 Type the keyword window in the My Computer window. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Adding icons to a button on the taskbar. Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to the desktop Help and Support For more information about desktop...
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... as Print or Save. use its former size. say what you learn more about using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005. 11 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 voice recognition for the pen, tablet buttons...
... as Print or Save. use its former size. say what you learn more about using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005. 11 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 voice recognition for the pen, tablet buttons...
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... scratching it out. If the on -screen instructions. You can erase text by drawing a right-to-left -handed writer. Windows interprets a scratchout as handwriting tips, in the taskbar. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Using Tablet PC extensions Calibration The first time you use your tablet PC, you should calibrate your pen...
... scratching it out. If the on -screen instructions. You can erase text by drawing a right-to-left -handed writer. Windows interprets a scratchout as handwriting tips, in the taskbar. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Using Tablet PC extensions Calibration The first time you use your tablet PC, you should calibrate your pen...
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Tablet Input Panel (TIP) Tap the Keyboard icon near the bottom of the window. The screen reads the position of alignment. Tools and Options Help ■ To set up the pointer before you hold a writing pen, and steady your ... extra pens in a drawer to avoid prolonged pressure on the pen tip. ■ The pen has internal electronics, so keep it on a mouse. www.gateway.com Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 Pen button The pen button serves the same function as the right button on the display surface. ■ Line up...
Tablet Input Panel (TIP) Tap the Keyboard icon near the bottom of the window. The screen reads the position of alignment. Tools and Options Help ■ To set up the pointer before you hold a writing pen, and steady your ... extra pens in a drawer to avoid prolonged pressure on the pen tip. ■ The pen has internal electronics, so keep it on a mouse. www.gateway.com Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 Pen button The pen button serves the same function as the right button on the display surface. ■ Line up...
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CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com TIP tips ■ Open a program for your input (for keyboard-equivalent voice commands. ■ Set up speech recognition through your tablet PC Input Panel's ...
CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com TIP tips ■ Open a program for your input (for keyboard-equivalent voice commands. ■ Set up speech recognition through your tablet PC Input Panel's ...
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... menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you keep on your hard drive. Type the keyword creating files and folders in a file cabinet. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Creating folders Help and Support For more information about renaming folders, see "Shortcuts" on page 25. 16 Folders are much like paper documents...
... menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you keep on your hard drive. Type the keyword creating files and folders in a file cabinet. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Creating folders Help and Support For more information about renaming folders, see "Shortcuts" on page 25. 16 Folders are much like paper documents...
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.... Therefore, you can paste copies of a file or folder into more information, see "Viewing drives" on page 15 and "Searching for files" on the Windows clipboard, which temporarily stores it. To copy a file or folder to another folder: 1 Locate the file or folder you cut or copy again. For more... file or folder you copy or cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is removed from its old location. 17 www.gateway.com Working with files and folders Copying and moving files and folders Important The clipboard stores whatever you cut or copy until you want to...
.... Therefore, you can paste copies of a file or folder into more information, see "Viewing drives" on page 15 and "Searching for files" on the Windows clipboard, which temporarily stores it. To copy a file or folder to another folder: 1 Locate the file or folder you cut or copy again. For more... file or folder you copy or cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is removed from its old location. 17 www.gateway.com Working with files and folders Copying and moving files and folders Important The clipboard stores whatever you cut or copy until you want to...
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... folders, see "Searching for files" on page 25. To recover files or folders from the file cabinet and put them to restore. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Deleting files and folders Help and Support For more information about deleting files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. When...
... folders, see "Searching for files" on page 25. To recover files or folders from the file cabinet and put them to restore. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Deleting files and folders Help and Support For more information about deleting files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. When...
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... or folder that you want to find the file or folder that they may be inside yet another folder, and so on top of your Windows desktop. A file or folder that may have to search through levels of this folder. 3 Continue double-clicking folders and their subfolders until you find... . This is rarely right on . It is usually on a drive inside a folder that you need is called browsing. www.gateway.com Working with files and folders Browsing for files and folders Help and Support For more levels than a file cabinet, in the Search box, then...
... or folder that you want to find the file or folder that they may be inside yet another folder, and so on top of your Windows desktop. A file or folder that may have to search through levels of this folder. 3 Continue double-clicking folders and their subfolders until you find... . This is rarely right on . It is usually on a drive inside a folder that you need is called browsing. www.gateway.com Working with files and folders Browsing for files and folders Help and Support For more levels than a file cabinet, in the Search box, then...
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...file and folder names containing the letters you typed. 20 CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Searching for files If you are stored on your hard drive, you ...can use the Search utility to search by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file or folder name in the name box in the left pane of the window... folders using this utility can also combine search criteria to refine searches. Using the Windows Search utility Help and Support For more information about searching for a particular file or...
...file and folder names containing the letters you typed. 20 CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Searching for files If you are stored on your hard drive, you ...can use the Search utility to search by file or folder name, type in all or part of the file or folder name in the name box in the left pane of the window... folders using this utility can also combine search criteria to refine searches. Using the Windows Search utility Help and Support For more information about searching for a particular file or...
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You can search by selecting the search options that you want. Using advanced search options Search can narrow your search by the: ■ Date the file was created or modified. ■ Size of the file. ■ Type of file, such as a program or a text document. 21 You can find files meeting more criteria than file name. www.gateway.com Searching for . 4 Open a file, folder, or program by double-clicking the name in the list. When the search is completed, Windows lists the files and folders whose names contain the text that you searched for files 3 Click Search.
You can search by selecting the search options that you want. Using advanced search options Search can narrow your search by the: ■ Date the file was created or modified. ■ Size of the file. ■ Type of file, such as a program or a text document. 21 You can find files meeting more criteria than file name. www.gateway.com Searching for . 4 Open a file, folder, or program by double-clicking the name in the list. When the search is completed, Windows lists the files and folders whose names contain the text that you searched for files 3 Click Search.