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... Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to adjust the audio volume level. 3. Or click the right mouse button on the empty desktop area and click Properties. 2. Using Your Computer 3-7 To control the volume by using the Master Volume window, follow these steps: 1. Click the Close button. Select...
... Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to adjust the audio volume level. 3. Or click the right mouse button on the empty desktop area and click Properties. 2. Using Your Computer 3-7 To control the volume by using the Master Volume window, follow these steps: 1. Click the Close button. Select...
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... screen will reappear. When the Display Properties window appears, click the Settings tab. 3. Floppy Disk Drive Cause Floppy disk drive light stays on the empty desktop area and click Properties. 2. Remove the diskette and reinsert it. Remove the write-protection or use the Display Properties window. To open Windows Help, click...
... screen will reappear. When the Display Properties window appears, click the Settings tab. 3. Floppy Disk Drive Cause Floppy disk drive light stays on the empty desktop area and click Properties. 2. Remove the diskette and reinsert it. Remove the write-protection or use the Display Properties window. To open Windows Help, click...
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... Contents Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our computer 2 Using the eMachines Web site 2 Using Help and Support 3 Searching for a topic 3 Getting help in Media Center 4 Using Online help 4 Contact information 5 Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity 6 Chapter 2: Getting ... Enhanced keyboard 20 Standard keyboard 21 Keyboard features 21 Using the mouse 22 Adjusting the volume 23 Chapter 4: Using Windows XP 25 Using the Windows desktop 26 Using the Start menu 27 Adding icons to the...
... Contents Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our computer 2 Using the eMachines Web site 2 Using Help and Support 3 Searching for a topic 3 Getting help in Media Center 4 Using Online help 4 Contact information 5 Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity 6 Chapter 2: Getting ... Enhanced keyboard 20 Standard keyboard 21 Keyboard features 21 Using the mouse 22 Adjusting the volume 23 Chapter 4: Using Windows XP 25 Using the Windows desktop 26 Using the Start menu 27 Adding icons to the...
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Contents www.emachines.com Advanced multimedia software features 105 Recording audio 105 Chapter 9: Customizing Your Computer 107 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings 108 Adjusting the color depth 108 Adjusting the screen resolution 109 Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 110 Changing the desktop background 111 Selecting a screen saver 112 Using an extended desktop 113...
Contents www.emachines.com Advanced multimedia software features 105 Recording audio 105 Chapter 9: Customizing Your Computer 107 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings 108 Adjusting the color depth 108 Adjusting the screen resolution 109 Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 110 Changing the desktop background 111 Selecting a screen saver 112 Using an extended desktop 113...
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CHAPTER 4 Using Windows XP • Using the Windows desktop • Working with files and folders • Searching for files • Working with documents • Using shortcuts
CHAPTER 4 Using Windows XP • Using the Windows desktop • Working with files and folders • Searching for files • Working with documents • Using shortcuts
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...box, then click the arrow. Click the Start button, then open the Windows Security Center. 26 The Recycle Bin is the Windows desktop. The Windows Security Center icon may be different from your computer is set below the recommended value or when updates are running. ...your personalized work space where you see "Deleting files and folders" on how your computer. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com Using the Windows desktop Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Think of a real desk.
...box, then click the arrow. Click the Start button, then open the Windows Security Center. 26 The Recycle Bin is the Windows desktop. The Windows Security Center icon may be different from your computer is set below the recommended value or when updates are running. ...your personalized work space where you see "Deleting files and folders" on how your computer. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com Using the Windows desktop Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Think of a real desk.
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When you the first level of the Windows desktop. To use the Start menu: 1 Click the Start button on the lower left of menu items. Help and Support For more using the Start menu. ... click the arrow. 2 Click All Programs to open files, customize your system, get help, search for files and folders, and more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Using the Start menu Using the Windows desktop You can start programs, open it. 27
When you the first level of the Windows desktop. To use the Start menu: 1 Click the Start button on the lower left of menu items. Help and Support For more using the Start menu. ... click the arrow. 2 Click All Programs to open files, customize your system, get help, search for files and folders, and more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Using the Start menu Using the Windows desktop You can start programs, open it. 27
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...a window that program appears on the taskbar. Clicking the program button in the Search box, then click the arrow. To add icons to the desktop: 1 Click Start, then click All Programs. 2 Right-click (press the right mouse or touchpad button) the program that you want to add ..., icons, and controls. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com Adding icons to the desktop You may want to add to the desktop. 3 Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. This example ...
...a window that program appears on the taskbar. Clicking the program button in the Search box, then click the arrow. To add icons to the desktop: 1 Click Start, then click All Programs. 2 Right-click (press the right mouse or touchpad button) the program that you want to add ..., icons, and controls. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com Adding icons to the desktop You may want to add to the desktop. 3 Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. This example ...
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www.emachines.com Working with files and folders You can store these files in folders and copy, move, and delete the information just as you would reorganize ... on the Start menu. Description Clicking the maximize button expands the active window to its former size. A computer usually has more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. You may also have additional drives, such as Print or Save. Clicking the close button closes the active...
www.emachines.com Working with files and folders You can store these files in folders and copy, move, and delete the information just as you would reorganize ... on the Start menu. Description Clicking the maximize button expands the active window to its former size. A computer usually has more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. You may also have additional drives, such as Print or Save. Clicking the close button closes the active...
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CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com To see the files and folders on a computer is stored in files. Creating folders Folders are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-... folder, double-click the existing folder. Files are much like the folders in the Search box, then click the arrow. For information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. The new folder is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is created. 5 Type a name for the folder, then...
CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com To see the files and folders on a computer is stored in files. Creating folders Folders are much like paper documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-... folder, double-click the existing folder. Files are much like the folders in the Search box, then click the arrow. For information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. The new folder is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is created. 5 Type a name for the folder, then...
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.... 4 Open the destination folder. 5 With the pointer inside the destination folder, right-click. 6 Click Paste. A pop-up menu opens on the desktop. 3 Click Copy on the Windows clipboard, which temporarily stores it there. Help and Support For more than one place, but as soon as the bin...In Windows, you take them from the clipboard. A copy of a file or folder into more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Working with files and folders Copying and moving files and folders in the Search box, then click the arrow. Type...
.... 4 Open the destination folder. 5 With the pointer inside the destination folder, right-click. 6 Click Paste. A pop-up menu opens on the desktop. 3 Click Copy on the Windows clipboard, which temporarily stores it there. Help and Support For more than one place, but as soon as the bin...In Windows, you take them from the clipboard. A copy of a file or folder into more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Working with files and folders Copying and moving files and folders in the Search box, then click the arrow. Type...
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...File, then click Empty Recycle Bin. For instructions on how to select multiple files and folders, see "Searching for files" on the desktop. Windows returns the deleted files or folders to the Recycle Bin. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP Help and Support For more information about the Windows... desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword emptying Recycle Bin in the bin. www.emachines.com To delete files or folders: 1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the...
...File, then click Empty Recycle Bin. For instructions on how to select multiple files and folders, see "Searching for files" on the desktop. Windows returns the deleted files or folders to the Recycle Bin. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP Help and Support For more information about the Windows... desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword emptying Recycle Bin in the bin. www.emachines.com To delete files or folders: 1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the...
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...keyword searching in the same way as a program or a text document. So you want. This is rarely right on . You can narrow your Windows desktop. Browsing for . 4 Open a file, folder, or program by selecting the search options that you need . Help and Support For more criteria than a...in the list. Windows drives, folders, and files are organized in the Search box, then click the arrow. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com 3 Click Search. When the search is completed, Windows lists the files and folders whose names contain the text that they may be inside...
...keyword searching in the same way as a program or a text document. So you want. This is rarely right on . You can narrow your Windows desktop. Browsing for . 4 Open a file, folder, or program by selecting the search options that you need . Help and Support For more criteria than a...in the list. Windows drives, folders, and files are organized in the Search box, then click the arrow. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com 3 Click Search. When the search is completed, Windows lists the files and folders whose names contain the text that they may be inside...
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www.emachines.com Searching for files To browse for a file: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens. 2 Double-click the drive or folder ... of a folder, click Show the contents of this drive or Show the contents of this folder. Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword files and folders in the Search box, then click the arrow. 3 Continue double-clicking folders...
www.emachines.com Searching for files To browse for a file: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens. 2 Double-click the drive or folder ... of a folder, click Show the contents of this drive or Show the contents of this folder. Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword files and folders in the Search box, then click the arrow. 3 Continue double-clicking folders...
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Save in . Open the document in the program that it was created in list File name Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. To open the Save in list, then click the folder where you want to save it if you ... the Save in list. 3 Type a new file name in the Search box, then click the arrow. 2 Click the arrow button to save the file. www.emachines.com Saving a document Working with documents After you create a document, you need to open it. The Save As dialog box opens. Opening a document To view...
Save in . Open the document in the program that it was created in list File name Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. To open the Save in list, then click the folder where you want to save it if you ... the Save in list. 3 Type a new file name in the Search box, then click the arrow. 2 Click the arrow button to save the file. www.emachines.com Saving a document Working with documents After you create a document, you need to open it. The Save As dialog box opens. Opening a document To view...
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...62. To print a document: 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on page 13. The document prints. 38 CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com 3 Click the arrow button to open the Look in the Search box, then click the arrow. 4 Double-click the document file name. The document...you must have access to open the document. 3 Click File, then click Print. Look in list Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Print dialog box opens. 4 Set the print options, then click OK. Printing a document Help ...
...62. To print a document: 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on page 13. The document prints. 38 CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com 3 Click the arrow button to open the Look in the Search box, then click the arrow. 4 Double-click the document file name. The document...you must have access to open the document. 3 Click File, then click Print. Look in list Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. The Print dialog box opens. 4 Set the print options, then click OK. Printing a document Help ...
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..., text, or graphic Click the item, then press CTRL + C. Switch to paste the object, then press CTRL + V. www.emachines.com Using shortcuts Using shortcuts Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword Windows keyboard shortcuts in Windows. For more information...
..., text, or graphic Click the item, then press CTRL + C. Switch to paste the object, then press CTRL + V. www.emachines.com Using shortcuts Using shortcuts Help and Support For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword Windows keyboard shortcuts in Windows. For more information...
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www.emachines.com Creating an Ethernet network Configuring your router Important The following values in the appropriate fields: ■ Router Name and Domain Name-Check with the ... site. Testing your network Now that your cable or DSL modem, then restart the computer. Go to "Testing your network" on them back on your desktop computer ■ Turn off any other brand or model of your Web browser. The Setup page opens. 3 Enter the following configuration information applies to the...
www.emachines.com Creating an Ethernet network Configuring your router Important The following values in the appropriate fields: ■ Router Name and Domain Name-Check with the ... site. Testing your network Now that your cable or DSL modem, then restart the computer. Go to "Testing your network" on them back on your desktop computer ■ Turn off any other brand or model of your Web browser. The Setup page opens. 3 Enter the following configuration information applies to the...
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Tips & Tricks For the location of the VGA port on your computer. www.emachines.com Using a second monitor Using a second monitor Important The dialog boxes shown in this section are examples only and may need to your computer. 4 Plug .... 9 Adjust properties such as Screen Resolution or Color Quality if necessary. 10 Click OK. 75 If your computer's video card supports it (it on the desktop, then click Properties.
Tips & Tricks For the location of the VGA port on your computer. www.emachines.com Using a second monitor Using a second monitor Important The dialog boxes shown in this section are examples only and may need to your computer. 4 Plug .... 9 Adjust properties such as Screen Resolution or Color Quality if necessary. 10 Click OK. 75 If your computer's video card supports it (it on the desktop, then click Properties.
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If you download are automatically added to your desktop to the music library. ■ Downloading files from the Internet-When you are connected to the Internet, WMA and MP3 files that contains the audio ... a music library Caution During the download process, WMA and MP3 files may become corrupt. You can organize your hard drive as it is recorded. www.emachines.com Creating audio files and music libraries 5 Click File, CDs and Devices, Rip Audio CD, then click the drive that you are having trouble listening...
If you download are automatically added to your desktop to the music library. ■ Downloading files from the Internet-When you are connected to the Internet, WMA and MP3 files that contains the audio ... a music library Caution During the download process, WMA and MP3 files may become corrupt. You can organize your hard drive as it is recorded. www.emachines.com Creating audio files and music libraries 5 Click File, CDs and Devices, Rip Audio CD, then click the drive that you are having trouble listening...