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 Contents
 Using the Internet
Using Multimedia
Windows Basics
 Managing Power
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Sending and Receiving Faxes
 Travel Tips
Customizing Your Computer
Networking Your Computer
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Maintaining Your Computer
Restoring Software
 Troubleshooting
Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information Index
Upgrading Your Notebook
 Checking Out 1 Your Gateway
 Component Icon Description
Front
 Component
Left side
 Speakers are turned off when speakers or headphones are
 Right side
 Back
 Bottom
 Component Icon Description
 Keyboard area
 Component Icon Description
 Identifying your model
Gateway model number
Gateway serial number
 Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity
Internal wireless label
 Finding your specifications
 Checking Out Your Gateway
 Peripheral devices
Accessories
Batteries and automobile/airplane power adapters
Carrying cases
 Printers
 Getting Started
 To connect the AC adapter
Connecting the AC adapter
 Connecting the AC adapter
 Protecting from power source problems
 To start your notebook
Starting your notebook
 Turning off your notebook
Waking up your notebook
To turn off your notebook
 To close unresponsive programs and restart your notebook
Restarting rebooting your notebook
 Indicator Icon Description
Status indicators
 Status indicators
 Using the keyboard
 Key type Icon Description
Key types
 Press and hold F N while Pressing this system key
System key combinations
 Decrease the brightness of the display
 Button Icon Press to
Multi-function buttons
 Using the EZ Pad touchpad
 Do this
Using the touchpad
 Using the EZ Pad touchpad
 To connect the modem
Connecting the modem
 To connect to a wired Ethernet network
Connecting to a wired Ethernet network
 Broadband Internet connections
Installing a printer, scanner, or other peripheral device
 Getting Help
 To start HelpSpot
HelpSpot
 HelpSpot
 Searching for a topic
 To play a HelpSpot video
HelpSpot videos
 Online help
 Gateway Web site
 Support Home tab
Using eSupport
 Windows Basics
 About the Windows environment
 Desktop elements Description
Using the desktop
Using the Start menu
To use the Start menu
 To add icons to the desktop
Adding icons to the desktop
 Identifying window items
Identifying window items
 Window item Description
 Working with files and folders
Viewing drives
To view the drives on your computer
 To see the files and folders on a drive
Creating folders
 To create a folder
 To copy a file or folder to another folder
Copying and moving files and folders
 To move a file or folder to another folder
 To recover files or folders from the Recycle Bin
Deleting files and folders
To delete files or folders
 To empty the Recycle Bin
Browsing for files and folders
 To browse for a file
 Searching for files
 To find files and folders using the Search utility
Using the Windows Search utility
 Using advanced search options
 Working with documents
Creating a new document
To create a new document
 To save a document
Saving a document
 To open a document
Opening a document
 To print a document
Printing a document
 Do this
Shortcuts
 Using the Internet
 Learning about the Internet
 To set up an Internet account with America Online
Setting up an Internet account
 Accessing your Internet account
To connect to your America Online Internet account
To disconnect from your America Online Internet account
 Using the World Wide Web
 To connect to a Web site
Connecting to a Web site
 To download files or programs from a Web site
Downloading files
 Using e-mail
To send e-mail using America Online
Sending e-mail
 Checking your e-mail
To check your e-mail using America Online
 Using the Internet
 Using Multimedia
 To use a diskette
Using the diskette drive
 Using the CD or DVD drive
Identifying drive types
CD drive CD-RW drive DVD drive
 To insert a CD or DVD
Inserting a CD or DVD
 To adjust the overall volume level from Windows
Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the volume
To adjust the overall volume level using hardware controls
 To adjust specific volume levels
 Click the Volume tab
 Listening to CDs
Listening to CDs
To play a CD
 Listening to CDs
 To make an audio recording
Recording and playing audio
 Clicking Stop
To play an audio recording in Sound Recorder
 Playing audio and video files with the Windows Media Player
To play a file using the Windows Media Player
 Playing CDs
Using MusicMatch
 To play a music CD
 To create rip MP3 files
Creating MP3 music files
 Click the record button. The Recorder window opens
 To edit track information
Editing track information
 Building a music library
 To change the music library display settings
Changing the music library display settings
 To listen to an Internet radio station
Listening to Internet radio
 Using a recordable drive
Using advanced features
Creating data CDs
 Insert a blank, writable CD into your recordable CD drive
To create a data CD
 Select Source Files Source Pane Add
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Creating music CDs
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To create music CDs
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Copying CDs
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To copy a CD
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 Playing a DVD
To play a DVD
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 Capturing video
To use Pinnacle Expression
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Sending and 7 Receiving Faxes
 To install Fax
Installing and configuring Fax
Installing Fax
Configuring Fax
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To configure Microsoft Fax
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 Sending a simple fax
To send a simple fax
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 Setting up your cover page template
To set up your fax cover page template
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 To fax a document that you have scanned
Faxing from programs
Faxing a scanned document
To fax a document directly from most programs
 To receive and view a fax
Canceling a fax
To cancel a fax that has not been sent
Receiving and viewing a fax
 Automatically retry sending a fax
To automatically retry sending a fax
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 Automatically cancelling a fax
To automatically cancel a failed fax
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Managing Power
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Monitoring the battery charge
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Recharging the battery
 Recalibrating the battery
To recalibrate the battery
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Changing the battery
Replacing the battery
To replace the battery
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Extending battery life
Conserving battery power
Using alternate power sources
 Changing power modes
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If your computer You want to Then
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Changing power settings
 Changing the power scheme
To change the power scheme
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 Changing alarm options
To change the alarm options
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 Changing advanced settings
To change advanced power management settings
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 Activating and using Hibernate mode
To activate Hibernate mode
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To use Hibernate mode
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Travel Tips
 Radio frequency wireless connections
Modem
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 Files
Security
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 Power
To create a startup password
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Additional tips
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Customizing 10 Your Computer
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Adjusting the screen and desktop settings
Adjusting the color depth
To change the color depth
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Adjusting the screen resolution
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To adjust the screen resolution
 Changing the colors on your Windows desktop
To change desktop colors
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 Changing the desktop background
To change the desktop background
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 Selecting a screen saver
To select a screen saver
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 Changing the touchpad settings
To change your touchpad settings
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Changing the touchpad settings
 Programming the multi-function buttons
To program the multi-function buttons
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 Adding and modifying user accounts
To add, delete, or modify user accounts
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To switch user accounts
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Networking Your Computer
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Benefits of networking
Sharing a single Internet connection
Sharing drives
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Sharing peripheral devices
Streaming audio and video files
Playing multi-player games
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Wired Ethernet network
Wireless Ethernet Ieee 802.11a or Ieee 802.11b network
Selecting a network connection
 Using a wired Ethernet network
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet
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Example wired Ethernet network
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Equipment you need for a wired Ethernet network
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Using a wireless Ethernet network
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Example access point wireless Ethernet network
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Example peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network
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For more information
 Using your notebook on a network
To turn wireless Ethernet on or off
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Moving from Your 12 Old Computer
 Using the Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
To open the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
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Transferring files
Finding your files
To find files in the My Documents folder
 To find files using Find or Search
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File type File usually ends
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Transferring Internet settings
Setting up your ISP
To use the Internet Connection Wizard
 Transferring your Internet shortcuts
Installing your old printer or scanner
Installing a USB printer or scanner
Transferring your e-mail and address book
 Installing a parallel port printer
To install your old printer
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Installing your old programs
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Maintaining 13 Your Computer
 After purchase
Maintenance task Immediately
Caring for your computer
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Maintenance task Immediately Monthly When needed
 Creating an emergency startup diskette
To create an emergency startup diskette
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 Creating an emergency startup diskette
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Protecting your computer from viruses
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To scan for viruses
 To update Norton AntiVirus
To remove a virus
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Managing hard drive space
Checking hard drive space
To check hard drive space
 Using Disk Cleanup
To use the Windows Disk Cleanup program
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 Checking the hard drive for errors
To check the hard drive for errors
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 Defragmenting the hard drive
To run Disk Defragmenter
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Backing up files
 Using the Scheduled Task Wizard
To start the Scheduled Task Wizard
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 Cleaning your computer
Cleaning the exterior
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Cleaning the keyboard
Cleaning the computer screen
Cleaning the mouse
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To clean your trackball mouse
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Restoring Software
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Using the Restoration CDs
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 Reinstalling programs
To reinstall programs from the red Gateway CD
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 Reinstalling Windows
To reinstall Windows XP and the device drivers
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Upgrading Your
 Adding and removing a PC Card
To insert a PC Card
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To remove a PC Card
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Preventing static electricity discharge
 Preventing static electricity discharge
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 Adding or replacing memory
To add or replace memory modules
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 Adding or replacing memory
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 Replacing the hard drive kit
To replace the hard drive kit
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Troubleshooting
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Safety guidelines
 First steps
Software support tools
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 An audio CD does not produce sound
Troubleshooting
CD or DVD drives
Your notebook does not recognize a disc or the drive
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DVD movie will not play
 To check IRQ usage
Cleaning CDs or DVDs
Device installation
You have computer problems after adding a new device
 Diskette drive
To free IRQ resources for the new device
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Display
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To restore deleted files
File management
Hard drive
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You see a Data error message
Internet
You cannot connect to the Internet
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Connecting to a Web site takes too long
 External keyboard does not work
You see a Memory error message
Keyboard
Memory
 Your modem does not dial or does not connect
You see a Not enough memory error message
Modem
To check the dialing properties
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Your 56K modem does not connect at 56K
 To access the gateway.your.way dial-up server
Modem is not recognized by your notebook
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 To run modem diagnostics
Modem is noisy when it dials and connects
234
 External mouse works erratically
To turn down the modem volume
Mouse
External mouse does not work
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Passwords
Networks
PC Cards
 Power
Printer
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To set a default printer
You see a Printer queue is full error message
To make sure that the printer is not set to work offline
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You see a Printer is out of paper error message
Sound
You are not getting sound from the built-in speakers
 Video
External monitor is not working
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 Telephone support
Before calling Gateway Technical Support
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Service description How to reach
Resource Service description How to reach
Telephone numbers
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Tutoring and training
Self-help
Tutoring
 Resource Service description For more information
Training
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 Important safety information
Setting up your system
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 Replacement parts and accessories
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Care during use
 Wireless Guidance
Regulatory compliance statements
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 United States of America
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Unintentional emitter per FCC Part
 FCC declaration of conformity
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 Unintentional emitter per ICES-003
Canada
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Industry Canada IC Intentional emitter per RSS
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 Unintentional emitter
Mexico
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Intentional emitter
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Laser safety statement
 Trademark Acknowledgments
Macrovision statement
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All Rights Reserved
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Index
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 DVD/CD-RW
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Fn 27
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Battery 23, 122, 123, 124, 125
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