Gateway NX.Y1UAA.030 User Manual
USERGUIDE
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Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Thank you for purchasing our 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 PC 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using Tablet PC extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Working with files and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Viewing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Creating folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Copying 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3: Recovering Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System recovery options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Drivers and applications recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Creating drivers and applications recovery discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network . . . . . . . . 30
Creating discs from recovery files on a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Recovering your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recovering specific files and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Recovering your system from the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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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 Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Connecting to a Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Downloading files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Using e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Sending e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Checking your e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Chapter 5: Protecting your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Hardware security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Kensington lock slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
CompuTrace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Data security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Playing music and movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Playing WAV audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Playing audio and video files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Playing CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Creating audio files and music libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Creating music files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Building a music library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Editing track information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Creating and editing videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Editing videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Transferring your video to your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Editing your video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Saving your video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Creating music CDs and video DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Creating a music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
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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
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Chapter 7: Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Wireless networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Buying wireless equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting up your wireless network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Making sure your broadband connection works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting up your access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting up your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Testing your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Sharing resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sharing drives and printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Viewing shared drives and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Mapping a network drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Opening files across the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Copying files across the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Printing files across the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Connecting to hotspots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adding devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adding a desktop computer to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adding a printer to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chapter 8: Sending and Receiving Faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing and configuring Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Configuring Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Sending a simple fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Setting up your cover page template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Faxing from programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Faxing a scanned document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Receiving and viewing a fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Canceling a fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Automatically retry sending a fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Automatically canceling a fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Chapter 9: Customizing Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adjusting the screen and desktop settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Adjusting the color depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Adjusting the screen resolution 99
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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
Changing mouse settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Changing touchpad or pointing device settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Adjusting tablet and pen settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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
Defragmenting the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Backing up files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Scheduling maintenance tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Moving from your old computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Transferring files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Transferring Internet settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Installing your old printer or scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Installing your old programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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Getting Help
• Gateway Web site
• Help and Support
•BigFix
•Online help
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Thank you for purchasing our notebook!
You have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. We are sure that you
will be pleased with the outstanding quality, reliability, and performance of your
new notebook. Each and every Gateway notebook uses the latest technology
and passes through the most stringent quality control tests to ensure that you
are provided with the best product possible.
Your new Gateway notebook is designed to provide an exceptional balance of
performance and portability. Your notebook uses the latest chipset and mobile
processor technologies to manage the processor speed and power
consumption for a greater battery life experience. This design provides you with
maximum performance when plugged into AC power balanced with optimized
battery life when on battery power.
Please read this manual carefully to familiarize yourself with our range of
services and support. We have highlighted some basic care and safety
information to help you keep your notebook in good operating condition.
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best-of-class service and support in addition to high-quality, brand-name
components at affordable prices. If you ever have a problem, our
knowledgeable, dedicated customer service department will provide you with
fast, considerate service.
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Gateway's online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and
provides the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and
personalized information about your notebook. Visit the Gateway Support
Web site at support.gateway.com
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Using Support
Gateway Web site
The Support site is divided into seven major areas:
■ Product Support
■ Documents
■ Drivers & Downloads
■ Customer Service
■ Upgrades
■ Tools
■ Contact Us
Product Support
Click Support Home, then click Notebooks. To view support documents for
your notebook, type your serial number in the Serial Number box, then click
Submit.
Click the arrow button to open the Select Your Computer Product box, then
click Notebook Computers to access product documentation, specifications,
and guides for all Gateway notebooks.
Documents
Click Documents to access user guides and specifications for Gateway products.
Drivers & Downloads
Click Drivers & Downloads to get the latest software updates for BIOS and
driver upgrades. By entering your serial number you get drivers specific to your
notebook. Click Browse All Downloads to walk through a step-by-step wizard
to locate your drivers.
Customer Service
Click Customer Service to view information about your account and general
information about warranties and special offers.
Upgrades
Click Upgrades to view and purchase upgrades for your notebook.
Tools
Click Tools to access utilities to help you manage your notebook.
Contact Us
Click Contact Us to access links to customer care with a live technician,
including chat and e-mail. Click Call Us to get a list of Gateway telephone
numbers for both sales and support.
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Help and Support
Your no tebook inclu des Help and Support, an easily accessible collection of help
information, troubleshooters, and automated support. Use Help and Support
to answer questions about Windows and to help you quickly discover and use
the many features of your Gateway notebook.
To start Help and Support:
■ Click Start, then click Help and Support. Help and Support opens.
Searching for a topic
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You can find help information by clicking a link, performing a search, or
browsing the index.
To search for a topic in Help and Support, type a word or phrase (keyword) in
the Search box located at the top of any Help and Support screen, then click
the arrow button.
For each search, you receive the following search result types:
■ Suggested Topics - These topics are located in Help and Support and are
relevant to your search topic.
■ Full-text Search Matches - These topics are located in Help and Support
and contain the words you entered in the Search box.
■ Microsoft Knowledge Base - These topics are located on the Microsoft Web
site and contain the words you entered in the Search box. You must be
connected to the Internet to search for and access these topics.
To view a list of your search results, click the results header for the type of results
you want to view.
To view a topic, click the topic name in the Search Results list.
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Getting help in Media Center
BigFix
If your notebook has Windows XP Media Center Edition, you can access online
help or refer to the printed Windows XP Media Center Edition Guide.
To access Media Center help:
1 In the Media Center window, move the mouse to activate the Media Center
tool bar. The tool bar appears at the top of the window.
BigFix
2 Click the Help icon in the tool bar.
Your notebook may include BigFix. BigFix monitors your notebook for problems
and conflicts. It automatically gathers information about the latest bugs,
security alerts, and updates from BigFix sites on the Internet. Whenever BigFix
detects a problem, it alerts you by flashing the blue taskbar icon. To fix the
problem, click on that icon to open BigFix.
To start BigFix:
■ Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click BigFix.
To learn more about using BigFix:
■ From the BigFix program, click Help, then click Tut ori al.
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Online help
Many programs provide information online so you can research a topic or learn
how to perform a task while you are using the program. You can access most
online help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by clicking a
Help button.
You can search for information by viewing the help contents, checking the
index, searching for a topic or keyword, or browsing through the online help.
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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
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About the Windows desktop
Help and Support
For more information about the
Windows desktop, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type the keyword
Windows desktop in the Search box,
then click the arrow.
After your notebook starts, the first screen you see is the Windows desktop. The
desktop is like the top of a real desk. Think of the desktop as your personalized
work space where you open programs and perform other tasks.
Your desktop may be different from this example, depending on how your
notebook is set up.
The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon.
Desktop
Description
elements
The taskbar is the bar at the bottom of the notebook display
containing the Start button on the left and a clock on the right.
Other buttons on the taskbar represent programs that are
running.
Click a program’s button on the taskbar to open the program’s
window.
The Start button provides access to programs, files, help for
Windows and other programs, and computer tools and utilities.
Click the Start button, then open a file or program by clicking an
item on the menu that opens.
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About the Windows desktop
Using the Start menu
Help and Support
For more information about the
Windows Start menu, click Start, then
click Help and Support. Type the
keywo rd Windows St art menu in the
Search box, then click the arrow.
Desktop
Description
elements
The Recycle Bin is where files, folders, and programs that you
discarded are stored. You must empty the Recycle Bin to
permanently delete them from your notebook. For instructions on
how to use the Recycle Bin, see “Deleting files and folders” on
page 18.
The Windows Security Center icon may appear on the taskbar near
the clock. The icon changes appearance to notify you when the
security settings on your notebook are set below the
recommended value or when updates are available. Double-click
this icon to open the Windows Security Center. For more
information, see “Using Windows XP Security Center” on page 49.
You can start programs, open files, customize your system, get help, search for
files and folders, and more using the Start menu.
To use the Start menu:
1 Click the Start button on the lower left of the Windows desktop. The Start
menu opens showing you the first level of menu items.
2 Click All Programs to see all programs and files in the Start menu. When
you move the mouse pointer over any menu item that has an arrow next
to it, another menu, called a submenu, opens and reveals related files,
programs, or commands.
3 Click a file or program to open it.
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Adding icons to the desktop
For more information about desktop
icons, click Start, then click Help and
Support. Type the keyword desktop
icons in the Search box, then click the
Help and Support
arrow.
You may want to add an icon (shortcut) to the desktop for a program that you
use frequently.
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 to the desktop.
3 Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). A shortcut icon for
that program appears on the desktop.
Identifying window items
For more information about windows,
click Start, then click Help and Support.
Type the k eywor d window in the Search
Help and Support
box, then click the arrow.
When you double-click the icon for a drive, folder, file, or program, a window
opens on the desktop. This example shows the Local Disk (C:) window, which
opens after you double-click the Local Disk (C:) icon in the My Computer
window.
Title bar
Menu
bar
Close
Maximize
Minimize
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Every program window looks a little different because each has its own menus,
icons, and controls. Most windows include these items:
Window item Description
The title bar is the horizontal bar at the
top of a window that shows the
window title.
Clicking the minimize button reduces
the active window to a button on the
taskbar. Clicking the program button
in the taskbar opens the window
again.
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Using Windows XP T ablet PC 2005
Your notebook may have Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 installed. The Microsoft
Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 operating system is a fully functioning version of
Windows XP Professional with added pen-based computing features:
■ Tablet and Pen Settings — set properties for the pen, tablet buttons, and
display screen
■ Tablet PC Input Panel (TIP) — use its writing pad, soft keyboard, and voice
recognition for entering data
■ Windows® Journal — hand-write documents, then turn them into text or
image files
■ Sticky Notes — make a quick note with your pen or voice and drop it into
another program
■ Document annotation — insert handwritten notes into Word documents
and other programs
■ Enhanced speech and voice recognition — say what you are thinking, and
your tablet will understand
■ Inkball — practice and master pen input with this game of strategy
■ MicroSoft OneNote — capture, organize, and reuse your notes on notebook
computers, desktop computers, or tablet PCs.
Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005
Clicking the maximize button expands
the active window to fit the entire
notebook display. Clicking the
maximize button again restores the
window to its former size.
Clicking the close button closes the
active window or program.
Clicking an item on the menu bar
starts an action such as Print or Save.
The What’s New in Windows XP link in the Help and Support Center can help
you learn more about using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005.
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Using Tablet PC extensions
Calibration
The first time you use your tablet PC, you should calibrate your pen for both
portrait and landscape orientations. Calibration ensures the accuracy of the pen
and adjusts the screen’s performance for different users.
If the on-screen pointer does not seem to line up with the tip of the pen—for
example, because someone else has used your tablet PC and adjusted it for their
own use—recalibrate it to your tapping patterns. Recalibrate if you write with
the opposite hand from the previous user—right-handed writer to left-handed
writer.
To open the calibration program:
■ Double-tap or double-click (Table t and Pen S ettin gs) in the taskbar.
Tap or clic k Properties, then tap or click Calibrate. Follow the on-screen
instructions.
Gestures
A gesture is a shape you draw with your tablet PC pen to send a command to
your tablet PC Input Panel. You can also use gestures to control the insertion
point in the active program. When you use these gestures, you get the same
result as pressing the corresponding key on a standard keyboard.
■ Open the Tablet Input Panel by waving the pen back and forth over the
screen.
■ Backspace by drawing a right-to-left line on the display surface.
■ In most text input programs, you can erase text by scratching it out.
Windows interprets a scratchout as a delete command.
■ To erase, draw a short, wide “Z.”
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■ You will find more information about gestures and gesture symbols, as
well as handwriting tips, in the TIP help. For more information, see “Tablet
Input Panel (TIP)” on page 13.
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Pen button
The pen button serves the same function as the right button on a mouse. Press
it and tap (button-tap) to open right-click menus when they are available.
Tips
■ Hold the pen the same way you hold a writing pen, and steady your
writing hand by resting it on the display surface.
■ Line up the pointer before you tap, in cases where the pointer and pen
point are out of alignment. The screen reads the position of the pointer,
not the tap.
■ Store the pen in the tablet PC’s pen holder. Store extra pens in a drawer
to avoid prolonged pressure on the pen tip.
■ The pen has internal electronics, so keep it dry and avoid contact with
liquids.
Tablet Input Panel (TIP)
Tap the Keyboard icon near the Start button to open the Tablet Input Panel
(TIP). Use the TIP to enter data by hand, soft keyboard, or voice into a word
processing program or a text-entry form.
■ Access the TIP keyboard and writing pad by tapping or clicking the tabs
near the bottom of the window.
Tools and Options
Help
■ To set up speech options, tap or click the Tools and Options icon ,
then tap or click Speech.
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TIP tips
■ Open a program for your input (for example, a word processing program
or a Web form) before using the writing pad or soft keyboard.
■ To adjust writing pad and keyboard settings, tap or click the Tools and
Options icon , then tap or click Options.
■ For secur ity and accuracy when entering ma ske d text (such as passwords),
use your tablet PC Input Panel’s soft keyboard instead of the writing pad.
Using speech recognition
The tablet PC is designed to accept and interpret the human voice, both for
dictation (speech recognition) and for keyboard-equivalent voice commands.
■ Set up speech recognition through your tablet PC Input Panel’s Tools
menu.
■ Learn more about voice commands in the Accessibility section of the
Help and Support Center.
■ Use the built-in microphone or an external microphone.
■ To modify the speech recognition function, see “Adjusting the Tablet PC
Input Panel Settings” on page 107.
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Working with files and folders
You can organize your files and programs to suit your preferences much like you
would store information in a file cabinet. You can store these files in folders and
copy, move, and delete the information just as you would reorganize and throw
away information in a file cabinet.
Viewing drives
Working with files and folders
For more information about files and
folders, click Start, then click Help and
Support. Type the keyword files and
folders in the Search box, then click the
Help and Support
arrow.
Drives are like file cabinets because they hold files and folders. A notebook
almost always has more than one drive. Each drive has a letter, usually Local
Disk (C:) for the hard drive and DVD (D:) for the optical drive. You may also have
more drives such as a memory card reader.
To view the drives on your notebook:
■ Click Start, then click My Computer on the Start menu.
Hard
drives
Diskette
drive
Disc
drive
To see the files and folders on a drive:
■ Double-click the drive icon. If you do not see the contents of a drive after
you double-click its icon, click Show the contents of this drive.
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Creating folders
For more information about creating files
and folders, click Start, then click Help
creating files and folders in the
Help and Support
and Support. Type the keyword
Search box, then click the arrow.
Folders are much like the folders in a file cabinet. They can contain files and other
folders.
Files are much like paper documents—letters, spreadsheets, and pictures—that
you keep on your notebook. In fact, all information on a notebook is stored in
files.
Folde rs
Files
To create a folder:
1 Click Start, then click My Computer on the Start menu.
2 Double-click the drive where you want to put the new folder. Typically,
Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive. If you do not see the contents of the drive,
click Show the contents of this drive.
3 If you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click
the existing folder. If you do not see the contents of the drive or folder,
click Show the contents of this drive or Show the contents of this
folder.
4 Click File, New, then click Folder. The new folder is created.
5 Type a name for the folder, then press ENTER. The new folder name appears
by the folder icon.
For information about renaming folders, see “Shortcuts” on page 25.
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Copying and moving files and folders
Working with files and folders
The clipboard stores whatever you cut or
copy until you cut or copy again. Then the
clipboard contains the new information
only. Therefore, you can paste copies of a
file or folder into more than one place,
but as soon as you copy or cut a different
file or folder, the original file or folder is
For more information about copying files
and folders or moving files and folders,
click Start, then click Help and Support.
Type the keyword copying files and
folders or moving files and folders
in the Search box, then click the arrow.
deleted from the clipboard.
Help and Support
Important
The skills you need to copy and move files are called copying, cutting, and
pasting.
When you copy and paste a file or folder, you place a copy of the file or folder
on the Windows clipboard, which temporarily stores it. Then, when you decide
what folder you want the copy to go in (the destination folder), you paste it there.
When you cut and paste a file or folder, you remove the file or folder from its
original location and place the file or folder on the Windows clipboard. When
you decide where you want the file or folder to go, you paste it there.
To copy a file or folder to another folder:
1 Locate the file or folder you want to copy. For more information, see
“Viewing drives” on page 15 and “Searching for files” on page 20.
2 Right-click (press the right mouse or touchpad button) the file or folder
that you want to copy. A pop-up menu opens on the desktop.
3 Click Copy on the pop-up menu.
4 Open the destination folder.
5 With the pointer inside the destination folder, right-click.
6 Click Paste. A copy of the file or folder appears in the new location.
To move a file or folder to another folder:
1 Locate the file or folder you want to move. For more information, see
“Viewing drives” on page 15 and “Searching for files” on page 20.
2 Right-click (press the right mouse or touchpad button) the file or folder
that you want to move. A pop-up menu opens on the desktop.
3 Click Cut on the pop-up menu.
4 Open the destination folder.
5 With the pointer inside the destination folder, right-click.
6 Click Paste. The file or folder you moved appears in its new location and
is removed from its old location.
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Deleting files and folders
For more information about deletin g files
and folders, click Start, then click Help
deleting files and folders in the
Help and Support
and Support. Type the keyword
Search box, then click the arrow.
When you throw away paper files and folders, you take them from the file
cabinet and put them in a trash can. Eventually the trash can is emptied.
In Windows, you throw away files and folders by first moving them to the
Windows trash can, called the Recycle Bin, where they remain until you decide
to empty the bin.
You can recover any file in the Recycle Bin as long as the bin has not been
emptied.
To delete files or folders:
1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the files or folders that you
want to delete. For instructions on how to select multiple files and folders,
see “Shortcuts” on page 25.
If you cannot find the file you want to delete, see “Searching for files” on
page 20.
2 Click File, then click Delete. Windows moves the files and folders to the
Recycle Bin.
To recover files or folders from the Recycle Bin:
1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon. The Recycle Bin window opens and lists
the files and folders you have thrown away since you last emptied it.
Emptying the Recycle Bin permanently
erases any files or folders in the bin. These
For more information about emptying
the Recycle Bin, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type the keyword
emptying the Recycle Bin in the
files cannot be restored.
Help and Support
Search box, then click the arrow.
Caution
2 Click the files or folders that you want to restore. For instructions on how
to select multiple files and folders, see “Shortcuts” on page 25.
3 Click File, then click Restore. Windows returns the deleted files or folders
to their original locations.
To empty the Recycle Bin:
1 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop. The Recycle Bin window
opens.
2 Click File, then click Empty Recycle Bin. Windows asks you if you are sure
that you want to empty the bin.
3 Click Ye s . Windows permanently deletes all files in the Recycle Bin.
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Browsing for files and folders
Working with files and folders
For more information about browsing for
files and folders, click Star t, then click
Help and Support. Type the keyword
files and folders in the Search box,
Help and Support
then click the arrow.
A file or folder that you need is rarely right on top of your Windows desktop. It
is usually on a drive inside a folder that may be inside yet another folder, and
so on.
Windows drives, folders, and files are organized in the same way as a real file
cabinet in that they may have many levels (usually many more levels than a file
cabinet, in fact). So you usually will have to search through levels of folders to
find the file or folder that you need. This is called browsing.
To browse for a file:
1 Click Start, then click MY COMPUTER. The My Computer window opens.
2 Double-click the drive or folder that you think contains the file or folder
that you want to find. If you do not see the contents of a folder, click Show
the contents of this drive or Show the contents of this folder.
3 Continue double-clicking folders and their subfolders until you find the
file or folder you want.
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Searching for files
If you are looking for a particular file or folder or a set of files or folders that have
characteristics in common, but you do not remember where they are stored on
your hard drive, you can use the Search utility to search by:
■ Name or part of a name
■ Creation date
■ Modification date
■ File type
■ Text conta ined i n the f ile
■ Time period in which it was created or modified
You can also combine search criteria to refine searches.
Files and folders found using this utility can be opened, copied, cut, renamed,
or deleted directly from the list in the results window.
Using the Windows Search utility
For more information about searching
for files and folders, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type the keyword
searching in the Search box, then click
Help and Support
the arrow.
To find files and folders using the Search utility:
1 Click Start, then click Search. The Search Results window opens. Click All
files and folders.
2 If you want 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.
■ If you type all of the name, Search will list all files and folders of
that name.
■ If you type part of the name, Search will list all of the file and folder
names containing the letters you typed.
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Searching for files
3 Click Search. When the search is completed, Windows lists the files and
folders whose names contain the text that you searched for.
4 Open a file, folder, or program by double-clicking the name in the list.
Using advanced search options
Search can find files meeting more criteria than file name. You can narrow your
search by selecting the search options that you want. You can 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.
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Working with documents
Computer documents include word processing files, spreadsheet files, or other
similar files. The basic methods of creating, saving, opening, and printing a
document apply to most of these types of files.
Creating a new document
The following examples show how to create, save, open, and print a document
using Microsoft
WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
For more information about using a program, click Help on its menu bar.
To create a new document:
1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, then click WordPad. Microsoft
WordPad starts and a blank document opens.
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WordPad. Similar procedures apply to other programs such as
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2 Begin composing your document. Use the menus and toolbar buttons at
the top of the window to format the document.
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Saving a document
Working with documents
For more information about saving
documents, click Start, then click Help
and Support. Type the keyword saving
in the Search box, then click the arrow.
Help and Support
After you create a document, you need to save it if you want to use it later.
To save a document:
1 Click File, then click Save. The Save As dialog box opens.
Save in
list
File name
2 Click the arrow button to open the Save in list, then click the folder where
you want to save the file. If you do not see the folder you want, browse
through the folders listed below the Save in list.
3 Type a new file name in the File name box.
4 Click Save.
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Opening a document
For more information about opening
documents, click Start, then click Help
opening files in the Search box, then
Help and Support
and Support. Type the keyword
click the arrow.
To view, revise, or print an existing document, first you need to open it. Open
the document in the program that it was created in.
To open a document:
1 Start the program.
2 Click File, then click Open.
3 Click the arrow button to open the Look in list, then click the folder you
want to open. If you do not see the folder you want, browse through the
folders listed below the Look in list.
Look in list
Printing a document
For more information about printing
documents, click Start, then click Help
printing in the Search box, then click
Help and Support
and Support. Type the keyword
the arrow.
4 Double-click the document file name. The document opens.
To print a document, you must have a printer connected to your notebook or
have access to a network printer. For more information about installing or using
your printer, see the printer documentation.
To print a document:
1 Make sure that the printer is turned on and loaded with paper.
2 Start the program and open the document.
3 Click File, then click Print. The Print dialog box opens.
4 Set the print options, then click OK. The document prints.
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