Gateway GT5086b manuals

GT5086b

Brand: Gateway | Category: Desktop

GT5086b

Brand: Gateway | Category: Desktop

Table of contents

1. Table Of Contents
2. Table Of Contents
3. Table Of Contents
4. Table Of Contents
5. Chapter 1: About This Reference
6. About this guide
7. Gateway contact information
8. Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Computer
9. Back
10. Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Started
11. Reducing eye strain
12. Sitting at your computer
13. Checking the voltage selection
14. Connecting a dial-up modem
15. Waking up your computer
16. Restarting (rebooting) your computer
17. Using the keyboard
18. Elite multimedia keyboard features
19. Using the mouse
20. Using optical drives
21. Identifying optical drive types
22. Playing discs
23. Creating discs
24. Memory card types
25. Using the diskette drive
26. Configuring the audio jacks
27. Installing a printer, scanner, or other device
28. Chapter 4: Upgrading Your Computer
29. Preventing static electricity discharge
30. Opening the case
31. Removing the front bezel
32. Closing the case
33. Replacing the side panel
34. Installing memory
35. Adding or replacing an optical disc drive
36. Replacing the memory card reader
37. Adding or replacing a hard drive
38. Replacing the heat sink and processor
39. Adding or replacing an expansion card
40. Replacing the system battery
41. Replacing the system board
42. Chapter 5: Maintaining Your Computer
43. Caring for your computer
44. Cleaning your computer
45. Cleaning the keyboard
46. Cleaning optical discs
47. Using BigFix
48. Managing hard drive space
49. Deleting unnecessary files
50. Checking the hard drive for errors
51. Defragmenting the hard drive
52. Backing up files
53. Scheduling maintenance tasks
54. Moving from your old computer
55. Transferring files and settings manually
56. Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
57. Safety guidelines
58. Troubleshooting
59. Diskette drive
60. Display
61. Ethernet
62. Expansion cards
63. Hard drive
64. Keyboard
65. Memory
66. Modem (dial-up)
67. Monitor
68. Networks
69. Printer
70. Sound
71. Recovering your system
72. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers
73. Using Microsoft System Restore
74. Recovering your system to its factory condition
75. Recovering your system using the Windows DVD
76. Telephone support
77. Self-help
78. Calling Customer Care
79. legal notices
80. Appendix A: Legal Notices
81. replacement parts and accessories
82. fcc declaration of conformity
83. laser safety statement
84. external television antenna grounding
85. environmental information
86. macrovision statement
87. Index

GT5086b

Brand: Gateway | Category: Desktop

Table of contents

1. Table Of Contents
2. Table Of Contents
3. Table Of Contents
4. Chapter 1: Getting Help
5. Thank you for purchasing our computer
6. Searching for a topic
7. Using online help
8. Chapter 2: Using Windows
9. Using the Windows desktop
10. Using the Start menu
11. Adding icons to the desktop
12. Working with files and folders
13. Creating folders
14. Deleting files and folders
15. Searching for files
16. Browsing for files and folders
17. Creating a new document
18. Printing a document
19. Shortcuts
20. Chapter 3: Using the Internet and Faxing
21. Learning about the Internet
22. Accessing your Internet account
23. Connecting to a Web site
24. Downloading files
25. Checking your e-mail
26. Sending a fax
27. Receiving and viewing a fax
28. media files
29. Playing music and movies
30. Playing optical discs
31. Creating audio files and music libraries
32. Building a music library
33. Creating music CDs and video DVDs
34. Creating a video DVD
35. Creating and copying data discs
36. Using Windows Media Center
37. Using the Media Center remote control
38. Chapter 5: Networking Your Computer
39. Introduction to Networking
40. setting up wired ethernet network hardware
41. Wireless Ethernet networking
42. Establishing your Ethernet network connection
43. Testing your network
44. Using the network
45. Bluetooth networking
46. Chapter 6: Protecting your computer
47. Hardware security
48. Windows user accounts
49. Using McAfee SecurityCenter
50. Using Windows Security Center
51. Security updates
52. BigFix
53. Chapter 7: Customizing Windows
54. Changing screen settings
55. Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds
56. Selecting a screen saver
57. Changing gadgets
58. Setting up multiple monitors
59. Changing system sounds
60. Changing mouse settings
61. Adding and modifying user accounts
62. Changing power-saving settings
63. Changing accessibility settings
64. Using voice recognition
65. Filtering Internet access
66. Scheduling computer and Internet use
67. Restricting specific programs
68. Index