Desktop User Guide
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GATEWAY COMPUTER USERGUIDE ® Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help . 1 Thank you for purchasing our computer! . 2 Using the Gateway Web site . 2 Using Help and Support . 2 Contacting Gateway . 3 Getting help for Windows Media Center . 3 Using online help . 3 Chapter 2: Using Windows . 5 Using the Windows desktop . 6 Using the Start menu . 7 Adding icons to the desktop . 8 Identifying window items . 8 Working with files and folders . 9 Viewing drives . 9 Creating folders . 10 Copying and moving files and folders . 10 Deleting files and folders . 11 Searching for files . 12 Using the Windows Search . 12 Browsing for files and folders . 13 Working with documents . 13 Creating a new document . 14 Saving a document . 14 Opening a document . 14 Printing a document . 15 Shortcuts . 16 Chapter 3: Using the Internet and Faxing. 17 Learning about the Internet . 18 Setting up an Internet account . 18 Accessing your Internet account . 19 Using the World Wide Web . 19 Connecting to a Web site . 19 Downloading files . 20 Using e-mail . 20 Sending e-mail . 20 Checking your e-mail . 21 Using Windows Fax and Scan . 21 Sending a fax . 21 Faxing a scanned document or from programs . 25 Canceling a fax . 25 Receiving and viewing a fax . 26 Chapter 4: Playing and Creating Media Files . 27 Playing music and movies . 28 Playing audio and video files . 28 i Contents Playing optical discs . .29 Creating audio files and music libraries . .31 Creating music files . .31 Building a music library . .33 Editing track information . .33 Creating music CDs and video DVDs . .34 Creating a music CD . .34 Creating a video DVD . .35 Creating and copying data discs . .37 Creating a data disc . .37 Using Windows Media Center . .38 Starting Windows Media Center . .38 Using the Media Center remote control . .40 Chapter 5: Networking Your Computer . .41 Introduction to Networking . .42 Networking terms you should know . .42 Ethernet networking . .42 Wired Ethernet networking . .42 Wireless Ethernet networking . .45 Establishing your Ethernet network connection . .47 Testing your network . .50 Adding a printer to your network . .50 Sharing resources . .50 Using the network . .52 Bluetooth networking . .53 Chapter 6: Protecting your computer. .55 Hardware security . .56 Kensington lock slot . .56 Data security . ..