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Cont ents i Chapter 1: Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Thank you for purchas ing our c omputer! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Using t he Gateway Web s ite .
Contents ii Playing optic al d iscs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 Creating audio f iles and mus ic librarie s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHAP TER 1 1 Get ting Help • Usi n g the G a te way We b s i te • Us ing Help and Support • Using online help.
CHAPT ER 1: Getting Help 2 T hank y ou f or pur c ha sing our comput er! Y ou hav e made an exc e llent decision c hoosing Gate w ay . We are sure t hat you w ill be pleased w ith the outstanding quality , reliability , and perf ormance of your new comput er .
www.gateway.com 3 2 T ype a w ord or phra se in the Search Help bo x locate d at the t op of an y Help and Support screen, th en press E NTER . For each search, you receive a list of sug gested topics. T o find the answer , click the result that most clo sel y mat ches y our question.
CHAPT ER 1: Getting Help 4.
CHAP TER 2 5 Using W indo w s • Us i ng t he Windo ws deskt op • Working w ith f iles and f olders • Searc hing f or file s • W orking wit h documents • Short c uts.
CHAPTER 2: Us ing Windows 6 U sing t he W indo w s de skt op Aft er your comput er starts, the first sc reen you see is the Windo ws de skt op . The de skt op is lik e the t op of a real desk. Think of the d eskt op as your personali zed work space where you open progr ams and p erf orm ot he r tasks .
www.gateway.com 7 Us i n g t h e S t a rt m e n u Y ou can start pr ograms, open files , cu stomi ze y our sy stem, ge t help, sear ch f or files and f olders, and more using the Start menu. To u s e t h e S t a r t m e n u : 1 C lick ( Start ) on t he lower lef t of the Windo ws deskt op.
CHAPTER 2: Us ing Windows 8 Adding icons t o the de skt op Y ou may w ant to add an icon ( short cut) to t he desktop f or a program that y ou use f requently . T o ad d ic o ns to th e d esk to p: 1 C lick ( Star t ), t h e n c l i c k All Pr ograms .
www.gateway.com 9 W orking w ith file s and f olders Y ou can organi ze y our files and progr ams to suit your pr eference s much like y ou would stor e inf ormation in a file cabinet.
CHAPTER 2: Us ing Windows 10 Creating f olders Fol d er s are muc h lik e t he f olders in a file cabinet. The y can c ontain fi les and ot her f olders. Fil es are much lik e paper documents—let ters, spr e adsheets, and pic tures—that y ou k eep on your comput er .
www.gateway.com 11 5 Wit h the point er inside the destin ation f older , righ t-c lick . 6 C lick Pa s te . A copy of the f ile or f older appears in th e new location. T o m o v e a f i l e o r f o l d e r t o a n o t h e r f o l d e r : 1 L ocate the fi le or f older you want to mo v e.
CHAPTER 2: Us ing Windows 12 T o empty the R ecy cle Bin: 1 Double-clic k th e Re cyc le B in icon on your W indows de sktop. T he Recycle B in window opens. 2 C lick Empty the R ecycle B in . Window s asks you if y ou are sure that y ou want t o empty the b in .
www.gateway.com 13 Usin g adv anced sea rch options Searc h can find files mee ting more crit eria than file n ame. Y ou can narro w your s earc h b y selecting the sear ch options that you w ant.
CHAPTER 2: Us ing Windows 14 Cr eating a ne w doc ument T o create a new document: 1 C lick ( Star t ) , All Pro gra ms , Accessories , then clic k Wo r d Pa d . Micro sof t Wor dPad starts and a blank doc ument opens. 2 Begin composing your doc ument.
www.gateway.com 15 3 C lick Fo ld er s t o open the Folders list, then c lick the f older you w ant to open. 4 Double- clic k the document file name . The document opens. Printing a d ocument T o print a document, y ou must hav e a printer connec ted t o your computer or ha ve acce ss to a network pri nter .
CHAPTER 2: Us ing Windows 16 Shor t c uts Th e follo wing table shows a f ew short c uts that y ou can use in W indow s and almost all pr ograms that r un in Windo ws. F or more inf ormation about s hortc uts, see y ou r W indows or program documentation.
CHAP TER 3 17 Using the Int e rnet and F axing • L earning about the Int e rne t • Set ting up an Int ernet account • Usi n g th e Wo rl d Wi de Web • Usi n g e -ma i l • Us ing Windo w s F .
CHAPT ER 3: Using the In ternet and Fax ing 18 L earning about t he Int er net The In te rn et is a world wid e network of c ompute rs link ed t ogether to pr ov ide inf ormat ion to p eople ev erywhere. T he two most popular services on the Int ernet are e -mail and the World Wide W e b.
www.gateway.com 19 Acce s sing y our Int erne t account T h e m e t h o d y o u u s e t o a c c e s s y o u r I n t e r n e t a c c o u n t v a r i e s f r o m I S P t o I S P .
CHAPT ER 3: Using the In ternet and Fax ing 20 Download ing fi les Downloadin g is th e p ro ce ss of tra n s fer ri ng fi l es fro m a c om p u te r o n t he In te rn et to yo u r co m p u ter . T o d o w n l o a d f i l e s o r p r o g r a m s f r o m a W e b s i t e : 1 Connec t to y o ur Inte rnet account.
www.gateway.com 21 5 T ype t he subject of y our e -mail in the Sub ject box. 6 T ype t he e-mail mes sage. 7 When fini she d, click Send . Y our e -mail is sent over t he I nte rnet to th e e-mail addre ss you specif ied. C heckin g y our e -mail T o check y our e -mail using Wi ndows Mail: 1 Connec t to y our Internet service pro vider .
CHAPT ER 3: Using the In ternet and Fax ing 22 3 If y ou hav e n e ver s ent a f ax on this comput er bef ore , clic k New Fax on t he toolbar . T he Fa x Setu p window opens. 4 C lick t he type of connec tion y ou will be u sing (f ax modem or fax se r v er) .
www.gateway.com 23 7 Create y o ur f ax, then open t he Cover Page menu by clic king the arr ow and selecting a cov er page from the lis t. The Send er I n forma ti on dialog bo x opens. 8 T y pe yo ur inf ormatio n in the spac es pro v ided, t hen clic k OK .
CHAPT ER 3: Using the In ternet and Fax ing 24 11 Highlight y our location, then clic k Edit . Th e Ed i t Lo ca t io n dialog box opens. 12 Comp let e the location inf ormation, t hen clic k OK . Y ou are retu rne d to the Dialin g R ules dialog box.
www.gateway.com 25 3 C lick To o l s , Cov er P ages , then c lick Ne w . T he Fax Cover Page Ed ito r open s. • If y ou want t o include fi e lds t h at are i mported f rom t he Send F ax Wi zar d .
CHAPT ER 3: Using the In ternet and Fax ing 26 4 C lick Delete t o canc el the fax. 5 C lick Ye s . R ece i v ing and v ie wi ng a f ax To r e c e iv e a n d v i e w a fa x : 1 C lick ( Start ), All Progr ams , then c lick W indow s Fax and Scan . W indows F ax and Scan opens.
CHAP TER 4 27 Pl ayi n g a n d C r e a t i n g Media F iles • Pla ying mu sic and mo vie s • Creating a udio file s and music libr aries • Creating mu sic CDs and v ideo D VDs • Creating and c.
CHAPTE R 4: Pl aying and Creating Me dia Fi les 28 P la y ing music and mo v ie s P lay ing audio and v ideo f ile s Windo ws M edia Pla yer can pla y se vera l types of audio and video file s, including W A V , MIDI, MP3, AU , A VI, and MPEG f orm ats.
www.gateway.com 29 3 C lick one of the f ollo wing t o contr ol play back : • Shuf fle randomiz es the pla yba ck order of the file s in the play list. • Repe a t starts pla ying t he list ov er again aft er it reac hes the end. • Stop st ops play back and re winds the cu rrent file t o the beginning.
CHAPTE R 4: Pl aying and Creating Me dia Fi les 30 3 If a dialog box o p ens and asks you what y ou w ant the compu t er to do wit h the disc, clic k Pl ay . Windows Media P l ay er opens and begins play ing the disc. If Window s Media Pla yer doe s not open automaticall y , clic k ( Star t ), All Prog rams , then cli ck Windows Medi a Play er .
www.gateway.com 31 5 C lick one of the f ollow ing to contr ol pla yba ck: • Shuf fle randomiz es the pla ybac k order of the file s on the disc. • Repe a t starts pla ying t he list ov er again aft er it reac hes the end. • Stop st ops play back and re winds the cu rrent file t o the beginning.
CHAPTE R 4: Pl aying and Creating Me dia Fi les 32 4 W h e n y o u f i n i s h r e c o r d i n g , c l i c k Stop R ecording . Th e Sa ve As dialog bo x opens. 5 T ype a name f or the recording, spec ify the file type and location where y ou want t o sa ve the rec ordi ng, the n click Save .
www.gateway.com 33 Building a mu sic libr ar y Us e Windo ws Media Play e r to build a music library . Y ou can organiz e your music tr ack s (individu al MP3 or WMA audio files) b y cat e gories, f ind a track quic kly by s orting, and add in f ormation to a musi c file .
CHAPTE R 4: Pl aying and Creating Me dia Fi les 34 Cr eating mu sic CDs and v ideo D VDs Creating a mu sic CD T o creat e a music CD using W indow s Media Pla yer: 1 C lick ( Sta rt ), All Programs , then click Windows Media P lay er . Windows Medi a Play er opens.
www.gateway.com 35 Cre ating a v ideo D VD If your comput er has W indows Vista Home Premium or Window s Vista Ul timate Ed iti on, y ou can cr eate video D VDs using Window s DVD Make r . T o creat e a video D VD using Window s DVD Mak er: 1 Insert a b lank, writeab le DVD in to your record able op tica l di sc drive.
CHAPTE R 4: Pl aying and Creating Me dia Fi les 36 4 C lick Add items . T he Add It e ms to DVD dialog bo x opens. 5 Find and selec t the vi deos you w ant to add to the v ideo DVD , then click Add .
www.gateway.com 37 7 C lick an y of the fol lowing options t o cu stomi ze y our video disc: • Pre view sho ws ho w your D VD’ s opening menu will look u sing the cu rrent s ett ings. • Menu text change s the dis c title , font, and butt on names.
CHAPTE R 4: Pl aying and Creating Me dia Fi les 38 U sing W indo w s Media C ent er If your comput er has W indows Vista Home Premium or Window s Vista Ul timate Ed ition , y ou can use W indows Media Cent er to w at ch TV , video s, an d mov ies, list en to mu sic, and vie w photos.
www.gateway.com 39 3 Us e the remot e control na vigation butt ons to selec t a Media Center menu option, then pres s OK . • TV + Mo vies lets y ou play TV progr ams you ha ve recor ded, play a D VD or Blu -ra y mov ie , or set up y our TV tuner c ard (if installed) .
CHAPTE R 4: Pl aying and Creating Me dia Fi les 40 U sing the Media C ent er r emot e contr ol Wit h Media Cent e r mode acti ve , you can use t he optional r emote control t o play all of your media file s fr om acro ss the r oom. (The r em ot e control, if included wit h your comput er , ma y look diff erent from t ha t s ho wn be l ow.
CHAP TER 5 41 Netw orking Y our C omput er • Intr oduction t o Networking • Ether net ne tw o rking • Bluet ooth net working.
CHAPTER 5: Ne twork ing Your Com puter 42 Intr oduc tion t o Netw orking Netw orking t er ms y ou should know DHCP—Dyn amic Host Confi guration Prot ocol (DHCP) lets a r outer t emporaril y assi gn an IP addres s t o a com put er on t he ne tw ork.
www.gateway.com 43 Attac hed to t he router are all of y our computers or Ether net -ready de vices . Also connect ed to t he rout er is a cable or DSL modem that pro vides acces s to the Inter net.
CHAPTER 5: Ne twork ing Your Com puter 44 Setting up w ired Ethernet network hardw are Making sure y our broadband c onnection works Bef ore y ou change any thing about your home se tup, mak e sure t hat your br oadband c onnection is w or k i n g c orr e ct ly.
www.gateway.com 45 In addition to a rout er , you need a straight -thr ough cab le f or each computer y ou want to con nect to t h e n et wo rk . T o set up a netw ork using a rout er: 1 Plug one end of the pow er adapter int o the AC connec tor on t he router and t he other end int o a gr ound ed, 1 1 0V el ect rical outle t.
CHAPTER 5: Ne twork ing Your Com puter 46 Speed is not the only issue if you decide t o use equipment with diff erent standards. Compatibility can als o be an issue .
www.gateway.com 47 Setting up w ireless Ethernet netw ork hardwa re Making sure y our broadband c onnection works Bef ore y ou change any thing about your home se tup, mak e sure t hat your br oadband c onnection is wo rking corre ctl y . T o te st the conn ection, log ont o th e Inter net usin g your c urr ent se tup.
CHAPTER 5: Ne twork ing Your Com puter 48 C onfiguring the T CP/IP prot ocol A netw orking prot ocol is a language computers u se to talk t o each other . One of se ver al av ailable prot ocols must be se t up on each computer y ou plan to us e on your netw ork.
www.gateway.com 49 2 C lick Networ k and Sharing Cent er . The Network and Sharing C ent er win d ow op e n s . 3 C lick Co nnect to a network on the left of th e window . Th e Co n ne ct to a n et w o rk dialog box opens. 4 C lick a ne twork , then cl ick Connect .
CHAPTER 5: Ne twork ing Your Com puter 50 Wi r el es s s e c u r i t y For informa tio n on wireless securi ty , refer to the d ocument at ion that cam e with your acc ess poi nt. T esting y our netw ork Now that y our home network is set up , log on to one of y our computers and access a f a vorit e In te r ne t We b si te.
www.gateway.com 51 Sharing d riv es or fo lders T o share dri ve s or fol ders: 1 C lick ( Star t ), t h e n c l i c k Computer . 2 R i g h t- cl i c k t h e d ri v e o r fo l d e r th a t yo u wa n t t o s h a r e, th e n cl ic k Share . The Properties dialog box opens.
CHAPTER 5: Ne twork ing Your Com puter 52 Us i n g t h e n e t wo r k Aft er the dri ves and print ers on each network computer are shar ed, you can: • View sh are d d rives a nd fol de r s • Map .
www.gateway.com 53 Printing files across the network T o print file s across the netwo rk: 1 Open the file you w ant to print, then click Print . 2 Cli ck t h e ar ro w b u tto n to o p en the pri n te r na m e l i st , th en c li c k th e n et wo r k p ri n te r .
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CHAP TER 6 55 Prot ecting y our comput er • H ard ware se curit y • Data security • Sec urity updat es.
CHAPTER 6: Protecting your computer 56 H ardwa re se c u ri t y Although y ou may be able t o replace your comput er with a ca ll to your insurance agent, y ou cannot replace the inf ormation st ored on your computer . T ake st eps t o prev ent theft of y our compu t er .
www.gateway.com 57 Pr ot ec ting y our comput er f r om vi ru se s A viru s is a pr og r a m t ha t a t t ac he s i ts el f t o a f il e on a co m pu t er , t he n s pr ea ds f r o m o n e c om p ut e r to anot her . V iruse s can damag e data or caus e y our com puter t o malfunction.
CHAPTER 6: Protecting your computer 58 2 At the top of t he window , click Ta s k s . The Ta s k s window open s. 3 C lick Ru n S c an s . The Cho ose Sc a n s windo w opens. 4 C li ck t he type of s can you w ant to run, then c lick Go . Nort on 36 0 scans y our computer f or viru ses and sp ywar e and remo ve s any that it f inds.
www.gateway.com 59 Updating your virus and s p yw are definition s Y ou should update your v irus definitions f requently so Nort on 36 0 can recogniz e the latest t hreats. T o updat e your virus and sp ywar e definitio ns: 1 Ma ke su r e th at you a re c o n n ecte d to t he I n te rn et .
CHAPTER 6: Protecting your computer 60 4 C lick Ch ec k for Updat es . Y our computer dow nloads and installs the lat est v irus definitions. Using W indow s Sec urity Cent er Windo ws Secur ity Cente.
www.gateway.com 61 3 C lick: • Windo ws Update t o run Windo ws Updat e or mod ify the Windo ws Update set tings. • Win d ows F ir ewa ll to pre vent outsiders f rom acce ssing t he inf ormation on y our computer .
CHAPTER 6: Protecting your computer 62 4 C lick: • Install Updat es to dow nload and install update s on your comput er . The se update s include sec urity u pdate s. • Instal l Extras to downl oad additional Window s softw a re f or your comput er .
CHAP TER 7 63 C ust omizing W indo w s • Ch a n g i n g sc ree n se tt i n g s • C hanging sy st em sounds • Ch a n g i n g m o use sett i n gs • Adding and modify ing us er accounts • C han.
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 64 C hanging s cr een se t tings Adjusting the color depth and sc reen area ar e two of the most ba sic display s ettings y ou may need to c hange. Y ou c an also adjust se ttings such as t h e sc reen ba ck ground and scr een sav er .
www.gateway.com 65 C hanging the ap pearance of windo w s and back gr ounds Y ou can change t he appe arance of W indows deskt op items, suc h as t he c olors of window s and dialog box es and the color and design of the desktop back ground.
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 66 Selec ting a sc reen s a ve r Y ou can use a sc reen sav er to k eep others fr om vie wing y ou r scr een while you are a wa y fr om your com puter . Win dows su ppl ies a v a riety of screen savers th at you can choose from , an d m any mo re are a v ailable fr om the Int ernet and as commer cial pr oducts.
www.gateway.com 67 C hanging ga dgets Gadgets ar e constantly r unning mini-programs t hat are v isible on y ou r W indows de sktop. T hey can be mo ved , remo ved, r esi ze d, and configur ed accor ding to y our pr efe rence .
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 68 Usin g a gadge t ’ s contro l panel Some gadgets hav e buil t -in control panels that you can use t o control their beha vior . T o use a gadget’ s control panel: 1 In the Sidebar , hold the mouse pointer o ver th e gadget.
www.gateway.com 69 Set ting up multiple monit ors If your computer’ s video card supports additional monit ors (it must hav e two vi d eo ports), you can connect an additional monitor or projec tor to y ou r computer .
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 70 9 T o use the second monitor or projec tor as an ex tension of your deskt op (increas ing the siz e of y ou r Window s deskt op) , cl ick to selec t the check bo x fo r Extend my Windows deskt op on to th i s m o ni to r .
www.gateway.com 71 C h a n gi n g m o use sett i n gs Y ou can adjust the double -click spe ed, pointer speed, lef t- hand or right -hand configuration, and other mous e set tings. T o change y our mouse settings: 1 C lick ( Start ), Control P anel , then under Hardware and So und , clic k Mouse .
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 72 T o add, delet e, o r modify us er accoun ts: 1 C lick ( St art ), Contr ol Panel , then under Use r Ac coun ts and Fami ly Sa fety , c lick Add or re mov e user ac coun ts . • T o cr eate a new acc ount, click Create a new accou nt , then f ollow the on -screen instruc tions to finish t he setup.
www.gateway.com 73 C hanging pow er -s a v ing se t tings C hanging the po wer plan P ower plan s (groups of pow er set tings) let you c hange power sa ving options such as w h en the monitor or har d driv e is automaticall y turned off . Y ou can selec t one of the defined power plans or cre a te a custo m p owe r p l an .
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 74 4 T o change adv anced po wer s ett ings, c lick Cha nge plan settings , Change adva nced powe r settings . 5 C hange t he se ttin gs y ou w ant, then c lic k OK .
www.gateway.com 75 Usi n g th e Ease o f A c c ess Ce n ter Use the Ease o f Ac cess Center to change sev era l system di spl ay settings. T o use the Ease of Access C enter : 1 C lick ( Start ), Control P anel , E ase o f Acces s , then click Ease o f Access Center .
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 76 U sing v oice r ecognition Y ou can attac h a micr ophone to y our com puter a nd configure Window s t o creat e typed t ext f rom yo u r vo i c e. T o set u p voice re cogni tion : 1 C lick ( Start ), Control Panel , Ease of Ac cess , then click Speech Recognition Op tions .
www.gateway.com 77 F ilter ing Int erne t acces s Y ou can specify the ty pe of In ter net content that can be acces sed by a user . T o set up Inter net filt ering: 1 C lick ( Star t ), Cont rol P anel , then under User Accounts and Fami ly Safe ty , c lick Set up par ent al co ntro ls for any use r .
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 78 Sc heduling comput er and Int er net u s e T o schedule th e times a user can acc ess the Int ern et: 1 C lick ( Star t ), Cont rol P anel , then under User Accounts and Fami ly Safe ty , c lick Set up par ent al co ntro ls for any use r .
www.gateway.com 79 3 C lick Set game ratings . T he Gam e R es tri ct ions dialog bo x opens. 4 C lick t he le v el of game s y ou w ant allo wed, then c lick OK .
CHAPTER 7: Customizi ng Windows 80 4 C lick t he le vel of acce ss y ou w ant f or each game lis ted, t hen clic k OK . If the game you want t o r es tr ic t acc es s t o is not s ho wn on th e li st, se e “Re stric ting specif ic programs” on page 8 0 .
www.gateway.com 81 Notice s Co py rig ht © 2008 G ate wa y , Inc. All R ights R eserv ed 7565 I r vi n e Ce n te r D r i ve Irvine, CA 9 2 6 18 USA All Rights R eser ved This publication is prot ect ed by copy right and all rights are r eserv e d.
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83 Index A access point setting up 47 usin g 46 accessibility high contrast col or scheme 74 Magnifie r 74 Narrator 74 on-screen k eyboard 74 settings 74 accessing shared drives 52 share d files 52 sh.
Index 84 file s copyin g 10 , 16 cuttin g 10 dele ting 6 , 11 , 16 down load ing 20 findi ng 12 , 13 moving 10 openin g 7 opening s hared 52 pasting 10 , 16 recovering 11 renaming 16 searching for 12 .
85 www.gateway.com upda ting 59 O online hel p 2 , 3 openin g docum ents 14 file s 7 files ac ross ne twork 52 fold ers 9 pro gram s 7 optical d isc creati ng data 37 play ing 29 Outlook 18 Outlook E .
Index 86 setting up fax co ver page tem plate 25 testin g net work 50 text to speech 76 title b ar 8 tran sfer rin g file s from Inte rnet 20 U un-s hari ng drives 51 fold ers 51 upda ting device dri .
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