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...; Help and Support-This collection of Windows help and troubleshooting information, along with something on your computer, Gateway offers several options designed to meet your needs: • Gateway Web support-Available 24/7, Gateway's online support provides current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your computer. Click a link, do a search, or simply browse...
...; Help and Support-This collection of Windows help and troubleshooting information, along with something on your computer, Gateway offers several options designed to meet your needs: • Gateway Web support-Available 24/7, Gateway's online support provides current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your computer. Click a link, do a search, or simply browse...
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... sure that came with your factory-loaded hard drive contents (Windows Vista, pre-installed software and drivers), click Create factory default disc or, to finish. 21 To create discs, click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. prepare to recover When you have blank discs ready. To create recovery discs for...
... sure that came with your factory-loaded hard drive contents (Windows Vista, pre-installed software and drivers), click Create factory default disc or, to finish. 21 To create discs, click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. prepare to recover When you have blank discs ready. To create recovery discs for...
8513031 - Gateway Notebook User Guide for Windows Vista R3
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...dedicated customer service department will provide you quickly discover and use the many features of help you with fast, considerate service. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to provide best-of-class service and support in addition to come. Thanks again...prices. If you ever have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at www.gateway.com. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about Windows and...
...dedicated customer service department will provide you quickly discover and use the many features of help you with fast, considerate service. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to our customers-to provide best-of-class service and support in addition to come. Thanks again...prices. If you ever have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. Visit the Gateway Support Web site at www.gateway.com. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about Windows and...
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...the computers on the network and can provide firewall protection for setting up a network for instructions on installing the card and any required drivers. The router can assign IP addresses to ISP. Setting up your network, you should contact your ISP for any network computer. ... eight color-coded wires), and equipment compatible with the connectors facing away from the task list on the left to install Ethernet cards and drivers on each end. The Ethernet device installed in front of cable. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click System and Maintenance, then click...
...the computers on the network and can provide firewall protection for setting up a network for instructions on installing the card and any required drivers. The router can assign IP addresses to ISP. Setting up your network, you should contact your ISP for any network computer. ... eight color-coded wires), and equipment compatible with the connectors facing away from the task list on the left to install Ethernet cards and drivers on each end. The Ethernet device installed in front of cable. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click System and Maintenance, then click...
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...the Internet using for your network, a hacker can intercept the radio waves and take control of your network. Installing wireless cards and drivers After you have determined the type of up to download viruses or view your personal data, like credit card numbers, Social Security ... make sure that comes with your wireless cards for instructions on the network a unique Computer Name and the same Workgroup Name. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you do not have a broadband connection already installed,...
...the Internet using for your network, a hacker can intercept the radio waves and take control of your network. Installing wireless cards and drivers After you have determined the type of up to download viruses or view your personal data, like credit card numbers, Social Security ... make sure that comes with your wireless cards for instructions on the network a unique Computer Name and the same Workgroup Name. www.gateway.com Setting up wireless Ethernet network hardware Making sure your broadband connection works Important If you do not have a broadband connection already installed,...
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...network security methods, click Start, then click Help and Support. Important To share a printer among the computers connected to install the printer drivers on your desktop computer. • Turn off any actions suggested. • If you are using security. Take any firewall software on..., then share the printer. Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Sharing drives and printers With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the...
...network security methods, click Start, then click Help and Support. Important To share a printer among the computers connected to install the printer drivers on your desktop computer. • Turn off any actions suggested. • If you are using security. Take any firewall software on..., then share the printer. Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Sharing drives and printers With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the...
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...include printers, MP3 players, cellular telephones, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices. Bluetooth lets you want to copy the file to, then click Paste. www.gateway.com Copying files across the network To copy files across the network: 1 Open the file you want to print, then click Print. 2 Click...-screen instructions. If you are sending the file from the manufacturer's Web site. To access a Bluetooth-enabled device, you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that contains the file you want to copy. 3 Browse to the file you want to copy. 4 Right-click...
...include printers, MP3 players, cellular telephones, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices. Bluetooth lets you want to copy the file to, then click Paste. www.gateway.com Copying files across the network To copy files across the network: 1 Open the file you want to print, then click Print. 2 Click...-screen instructions. If you are sending the file from the manufacturer's Web site. To access a Bluetooth-enabled device, you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that contains the file you want to copy. 3 Browse to the file you want to copy. 4 Right-click...
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...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 updating 2 drives backing up files 90 checking for errors 88 checking for ...checking for messages 25 sending 25 using 22, 25 Error-checking 88 Ethernet network equipment needed 45 example 45 installing cards 46, 49 installing drivers 46, 49 F Fast Ethernet 44 faxes canceling 30 receiving and viewing 30 sending 30 sending a Fax 26 sending from program 30 sending ...
...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 updating 2 drives backing up files 90 checking for errors 88 checking for ...checking for messages 25 sending 25 using 22, 25 Error-checking 88 Ethernet network equipment needed 45 example 45 installing cards 46, 49 installing drivers 46, 49 F Fast Ethernet 44 faxes canceling 30 receiving and viewing 30 sending 30 sending a Fax 26 sending from program 30 sending ...
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...8 transferring files from Internet 24 files from old computer 91, 92 settings from old computer 91 U un-sharing drives 53 folders 53 updating device drivers 2 Norton 360 61 Windows 86 user accounts adding in Windows XP 75 switching in Windows XP 75 using Fax 26 V video playing 32 viewing shared... virus protecting against 59 removing 59 W WAV file 32 Web browser 22, 23 Web page 23 Web site 23 connecting to 24 downloading files 24 Gateway 2 window 8 close button 9 closing 9, 19 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar 8 Windows clipboard 10 Search utility 12 Windows Media Center ...
...8 transferring files from Internet 24 files from old computer 91, 92 settings from old computer 91 U un-sharing drives 53 folders 53 updating device drivers 2 Norton 360 61 Windows 86 user accounts adding in Windows XP 75 switching in Windows XP 75 using Fax 26 V video playing 32 viewing shared... virus protecting against 59 removing 59 W WAV file 32 Web browser 22, 23 Web page 23 Web site 23 connecting to 24 downloading files 24 Gateway 2 window 8 close button 9 closing 9, 19 maximize button 9 menu bar 9 minimize button 9 title bar 8 Windows clipboard 10 Search utility 12 Windows Media Center ...
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www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 68 Extending battery life 69 Maximizing battery performance 69 Conserving battery power 69 Using alternate power sources 70 Changing power modes ... Maintaining the battery 86 Storing batteries 86 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 87 Recovering your system 87 Creating recovery discs 89 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 91 Returning to a previous system condition 92 Returning your system to its factory condition 93 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your Notebook 97 Preventing static electricity discharge 98...
www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 68 Extending battery life 69 Maximizing battery performance 69 Conserving battery power 69 Using alternate power sources 70 Changing power modes ... Maintaining the battery 86 Storing batteries 86 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 87 Recovering your system 87 Creating recovery discs 89 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 91 Returning to a previous system condition 92 Returning your system to its factory condition 93 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your Notebook 97 Preventing static electricity discharge 98...
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Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 82 CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook • Consult your insurance company and credit card company to learn about emergency travel assistance if your notebook is lost or damaged. • Take your recovery discs in case you need to install an additional driver or software.
Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 82 CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook • Consult your insurance company and credit card company to learn about emergency travel assistance if your notebook is lost or damaged. • Take your recovery discs in case you need to install an additional driver or software.
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... your system from significant hardware and software problems. For instructions, see "Creating recovery discs" on page 93. 88 To recover software and drivers that were pre-installed at the factory, see "Returning to a previous system condition" on page 91. If reinstalling software or... drivers does not help, then the problem may be solved by reinstalling the software or the device drivers. If only one or two items of software or hardware have stopped working correctly, the problem ...
... your system from significant hardware and software problems. For instructions, see "Creating recovery discs" on page 93. 88 To recover software and drivers that were pre-installed at the factory, see "Returning to a previous system condition" on page 91. If reinstalling software or... drivers does not help, then the problem may be solved by reinstalling the software or the device drivers. If only one or two items of software or hardware have stopped working correctly, the problem ...
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... to reinstall the Windows operating system and factory-loaded software and drivers. www.gateway.com Creating recovery discs If your computer experiences problems that you create each type of recovery discs beforehand. Gateway Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the... factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. Important We recommend that are not recoverable by ...
... to reinstall the Windows operating system and factory-loaded software and drivers. www.gateway.com Creating recovery discs If your computer experiences problems that you create each type of recovery discs beforehand. Gateway Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the... factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. Important We recommend that are not recoverable by ...
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... a blank disc into the drive indicated in the Burn to complete the recovery discs. Continue recording discs until the process is complete. 90 or "Apps/Drivers Recovery disc." 5 If multiple discs are required, insert a new disc when prompted, then click OK. Important Write a unique, descriptive label on the screen. When the...
... a blank disc into the drive indicated in the Burn to complete the recovery discs. Continue recording discs until the process is complete. 90 or "Apps/Drivers Recovery disc." 5 If multiple discs are required, insert a new disc when prompted, then click OK. Important Write a unique, descriptive label on the screen. When the...
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..., you need to follow the instructions provided with the device. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers As a troubleshooting step, you may need to recover device drivers that came pre-installed on your computer, follow that software's installation instructions.... • New device drivers-If you need to reinstall the software and device drivers that did not come pre-installed on your pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. The Gateway Application Recovery main menu opens...
..., you need to follow the instructions provided with the device. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers As a troubleshooting step, you may need to recover device drivers that came pre-installed on your computer, follow that software's installation instructions.... • New device drivers-If you need to reinstall the software and device drivers that did not come pre-installed on your pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click Gateway Recovery Management. The Gateway Application Recovery main menu opens...
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... click Help and Support. A list of your system running again. Returning to a previous system condition Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of software and device drivers opens. 4 Click the install icon for each time you want to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. Repeat this step for...
... click Help and Support. A list of your system running again. Returning to a previous system condition Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of software and device drivers opens. 4 Click the install icon for each time you want to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. Repeat this step for...
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... is restored using System Restore, then click Next. The Choose a restore point dialog box opens. 3 Click the restore point you may restart your system. www.gateway.com 2 On the left side of the window, click Repair Windows using the restore point you specified. A confirmation message box appears. 4 Click Yes. Your system... your computer. You can still run Windows Vista, see "Recovering from within Windows Vista" on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that are not recoverable by other methods, you want, click Next, then click Finish.
... is restored using System Restore, then click Next. The Choose a restore point dialog box opens. 3 Click the restore point you may restart your system. www.gateway.com 2 On the left side of the window, click Repair Windows using the restore point you specified. A confirmation message box appears. 4 Click Yes. Your system... your computer. You can still run Windows Vista, see "Recovering from within Windows Vista" on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that are not recoverable by other methods, you want, click Next, then click Finish.
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... OK. The recovery process begins by restarting your computer, then continues by copying files to . This process may take a while, but a Gateway Recovery Management screen shows you to factory default. When the recovery has finished, a dialog box prompts you its progress. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your ...Notebook Recovering from within Windows Vista To reinstall Windows Vista and all files on -screen prompts for first-time system setup. 94 Gateway Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Restore system to restart your computer. 5 Click OK. A dialog box displays...
... OK. The recovery process begins by restarting your computer, then continues by copying files to . This process may take a while, but a Gateway Recovery Management screen shows you to factory default. When the recovery has finished, a dialog box prompts you its progress. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your ...Notebook Recovering from within Windows Vista To reinstall Windows Vista and all files on -screen prompts for first-time system setup. 94 Gateway Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Restore system to restart your computer. 5 Click OK. A dialog box displays...
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...boot menu is where you inserted. 4 Insert the second recovery disc when prompted, then follow the on-screen prompts to continue. www.gateway.com Recovering from the hard drive during startup. Caution Continuing the process will take several minutes. This process will erase all files on your... computer, then press ALT+F10 during startup To reinstall Windows Vista and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Turn on your computer, insert the first system recovery disc into your optical disc drive, then restart your computer. Recovering from ...
...boot menu is where you inserted. 4 Insert the second recovery disc when prompted, then follow the on-screen prompts to continue. www.gateway.com Recovering from the hard drive during startup. Caution Continuing the process will take several minutes. This process will erase all files on your... computer, then press ALT+F10 during startup To reinstall Windows Vista and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Turn on your computer, insert the first system recovery disc into your optical disc drive, then restart your computer. Recovering from ...
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...any Express cards. 103 Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 98. 4 Turn off your notebook. 5 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem ...cable, and network cable. 6 Disconnect all peripheral devices connected to replace the hard drive kit. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You...
...any Express cards. 103 Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 98. 4 Turn off your notebook. 5 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem ...cable, and network cable. 6 Disconnect all peripheral devices connected to replace the hard drive kit. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You...