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Power 177 Additional tips 178 10 Customizing Your Gateway M275 179 Using the display 180 Changing display orientation 180 Adjusting brightness 180 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings 182 Adjusting the color depth 182 Adjusting the screen resolution 184 Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 185 Changing the desktop background 186 Selecting a screen...
Power 177 Additional tips 178 10 Customizing Your Gateway M275 179 Using the display 180 Changing display orientation 180 Adjusting brightness 180 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings 182 Adjusting the color depth 182 Adjusting the screen resolution 184 Changing the colors on your Windows desktop 185 Changing the desktop background 186 Selecting a screen...
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...or scanner 217 Installing a USB printer or scanner 218 Installing a parallel port printer 218 Installing your old programs 219 13 Maintaining Your Gateway M275 221 Caring for your convertible tablet PC 222 Display screen 222 Pen 223 Replacing the pen point 224 Maintenance schedule 225 Protecting your convertible... the keyboard 238 Cleaning the convertible tablet PC screen 238 Cleaning the mouse 238 14 Restoring Software 241 Using the Gateway Windows XP Pro Tablet PC DVD 242 Reinstalling device drivers 243 Updating device drivers 245 Reinstalling programs 246 Reinstalling...
...or scanner 217 Installing a USB printer or scanner 218 Installing a parallel port printer 218 Installing your old programs 219 13 Maintaining Your Gateway M275 221 Caring for your convertible tablet PC 222 Display screen 222 Pen 223 Replacing the pen point 224 Maintenance schedule 225 Protecting your convertible... the keyboard 238 Cleaning the convertible tablet PC screen 238 Cleaning the mouse 238 14 Restoring Software 241 Using the Gateway Windows XP Pro Tablet PC DVD 242 Reinstalling device drivers 243 Updating device drivers 245 Reinstalling programs 246 Reinstalling...
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... your convertible tablet PC, you want to your convertible tablet PC on your stereo receiver. 108 www.gateway.com For more information about playing audio and video using the S/PDIF digital audio jack, you must ...use the S/PDIF function on a stereo system using the Windows Media Player, click/tap Start, then click/tap Help and Support. Using S/PDIF digital audio To listen to... , then click/tap the arrow. Important To use the Gateway M275 port replicator. Chapter 7: Using Multimedia 3 Click/Tap the file you must activate S/PDIF.
... your convertible tablet PC, you want to your convertible tablet PC on your stereo receiver. 108 www.gateway.com For more information about playing audio and video using the S/PDIF digital audio jack, you must ...use the S/PDIF function on a stereo system using the Windows Media Player, click/tap Start, then click/tap Help and Support. Using S/PDIF digital audio To listen to... , then click/tap the arrow. Important To use the Gateway M275 port replicator. Chapter 7: Using Multimedia 3 Click/Tap the file you must activate S/PDIF.
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...emergency travel assistance if your convertible tablet PC is lost or damaged. ■ Take your Gateway Windows XP Pro Tablet PC DVD in case you need to a network. Chapter 9: Traveling With Your Gateway M275 Additional tips ■ If you plan to use several USB peripheral devices, take a ...portable USB hub to provide additional USB ports. ■ Take a network cable if you need to connect to install an additional driver or software. 178 www.gateway.com
...emergency travel assistance if your convertible tablet PC is lost or damaged. ■ Take your Gateway Windows XP Pro Tablet PC DVD in case you need to a network. Chapter 9: Traveling With Your Gateway M275 Additional tips ■ If you plan to use several USB peripheral devices, take a ...portable USB hub to provide additional USB ports. ■ Take a network cable if you need to connect to install an additional driver or software. 178 www.gateway.com
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10 Customizing Your Gateway M275 This chapter provides information about customizing your convertible tablet PC by changing settings in Windows. Read this chapter to learn how to: ■ Change screen and display settings ■ Change the background and screen saver ■ Adjust the touchpad settings ■ Add, change, and switch user accounts 179
10 Customizing Your Gateway M275 This chapter provides information about customizing your convertible tablet PC by changing settings in Windows. Read this chapter to learn how to: ■ Change screen and display settings ■ Change the background and screen saver ■ Adjust the touchpad settings ■ Add, change, and switch user accounts 179
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...is in Category View, click/tap Appearance and Themes. 2 Click/Double-click/Tap/Double-tap the Display icon. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings Adjusting the color depth and screen area are two of the most basic display settings you may appear ... while color photographs need to change the color depth: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. If your screen displays. The Control Panel window opens. If the color in your images seems "false" or "jumpy," especially after you have played a game or run a video-intensive program,...
...is in Category View, click/tap Appearance and Themes. 2 Click/Double-click/Tap/Double-tap the Display icon. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Adjusting the screen and desktop settings Adjusting the color depth and screen area are two of the most basic display settings you may appear ... while color photographs need to change the color depth: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. If your screen displays. The Control Panel window opens. If the color in your images seems "false" or "jumpy," especially after you have played a game or run a video-intensive program,...
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The higher the resolution, the smaller individual components of the screen (such as icons and menu bars) appear. The Control Panel window opens. The Display Properties dialog box opens. 3 Click/Tap the Settings tab. 4 Drag the Screen resolution slider to make reading the display ...easier. If your changes, click/tap OK, then click/tap Yes. 184 www.gateway.com To adjust the screen resolution: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Adjusting the screen resolution You can increase the screen resolution to fit more icons on ...
The higher the resolution, the smaller individual components of the screen (such as icons and menu bars) appear. The Control Panel window opens. The Display Properties dialog box opens. 3 Click/Tap the Settings tab. 4 Drag the Screen resolution slider to make reading the display ...easier. If your changes, click/tap OK, then click/tap Yes. 184 www.gateway.com To adjust the screen resolution: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Adjusting the screen resolution You can increase the screen resolution to fit more icons on ...
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... that you want, then click/tap OK. c Change the color or font settings for the new theme, then click/tap OK twice. Windows provides several backgrounds, or you can change the desktop background: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. The Display Properties dialog ...click/tap Appearance and Themes. 2 Click/Double-click/Tap/Double-tap the Display icon. The Control Panel window opens. To change the Windows desktop background picture. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 4 Click/Tap the arrow button to open the Item list, then click/tap the item you want to...
... that you want, then click/tap OK. c Change the color or font settings for the new theme, then click/tap OK twice. Windows provides several backgrounds, or you can change the desktop background: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. The Display Properties dialog ...click/tap Appearance and Themes. 2 Click/Double-click/Tap/Double-tap the Display icon. The Control Panel window opens. To change the Windows desktop background picture. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 4 Click/Tap the arrow button to open the Item list, then click/tap the item you want to...
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... the screen saver. 5 If you selected. 188 www.gateway.com Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Selecting a screen saver You can choose from, and many more are away from the Internet and as commercial products. The Control Panel window opens. If your changes. Windows supplies a variety of screen savers that you want to keep others...
... the screen saver. 5 If you selected. 188 www.gateway.com Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Selecting a screen saver You can choose from, and many more are away from the Internet and as commercial products. The Control Panel window opens. If your changes. Windows supplies a variety of screen savers that you want to keep others...
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To change your Control Panel is in Category View, click/tap Printers and Other Hardware. 2 Click/Double-click/Tap/Double-tap the Mouse icon. If your touchpad settings: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. The Mouse Properties dialog box opens. 192 www.gateway.com The Control Panel window opens. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Changing the touchpad settings You can adjust the double-click speed, pointer speed, left-hand or right-hand configuration, and other touchpad settings.
To change your Control Panel is in Category View, click/tap Printers and Other Hardware. 2 Click/Double-click/Tap/Double-tap the Mouse icon. If your touchpad settings: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap Control Panel. The Mouse Properties dialog box opens. 192 www.gateway.com The Control Panel window opens. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Changing the touchpad settings You can adjust the double-click speed, pointer speed, left-hand or right-hand configuration, and other touchpad settings.
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... Shared Documents folder is accessible from all accounts on that limited accounts may not be available in other accounts. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Adding and modifying user accounts You can also switch (change) user accounts without turning off your convertible tablet PC. You can create and...are stored in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. 194 www.gateway.com Remember that computer and from other computers on -screen instructions to make that account limited. The User Accounts window opens. 3 Follow the on the network. Type the keyword user accounts in ...
... Shared Documents folder is accessible from all accounts on that limited accounts may not be available in other accounts. Chapter 10: Customizing Your Gateway M275 Adding and modifying user accounts You can also switch (change) user accounts without turning off your convertible tablet PC. You can create and...are stored in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. 194 www.gateway.com Remember that computer and from other computers on -screen instructions to make that account limited. The User Accounts window opens. 3 Follow the on the network. Type the keyword user accounts in ...
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... of network connections ■ Purchasing additional network equipment ■ Turning the wireless Ethernet emitter on and off Tips & Tricks The Setting Up Your Windows Network guide has been included on your home, small office, or home office computers lets you share drives, printers, and a single Internet connection ...among the connected computers. It provides instructions for installing and configuring Ethernet networking on your hard drive. 11 Networking Your Gateway M275 Connecting your notebook. Read this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click...
... of network connections ■ Purchasing additional network equipment ■ Turning the wireless Ethernet emitter on and off Tips & Tricks The Setting Up Your Windows Network guide has been included on your home, small office, or home office computers lets you share drives, printers, and a single Internet connection ...among the connected computers. It provides instructions for installing and configuring Ethernet networking on your hard drive. 11 Networking Your Gateway M275 Connecting your notebook. Read this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click...
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... devices to use of devices that provide wireless communication. To access this guide, click/tap Start, All Programs, then click/tap Gateway Documentation. IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, and IEEE 802.11g communication devices are limited examples where use a wireless device may... Ethernet emitter on your hard drive. Chapter 11: Networking Your Gateway M275 Using your convertible tablet PC on a network Installing and configuring your convertible tablet PC for Ethernet networking The Setting Up Your Windows Network guide has been included on or off while traveling in environments...
... devices to use of devices that provide wireless communication. To access this guide, click/tap Start, All Programs, then click/tap Gateway Documentation. IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, and IEEE 802.11g communication devices are limited examples where use a wireless device may... Ethernet emitter on your hard drive. Chapter 11: Networking Your Gateway M275 Using your convertible tablet PC on a network Installing and configuring your convertible tablet PC for Ethernet networking The Setting Up Your Windows Network guide has been included on or off while traveling in environments...
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... your files Many programs automatically save your new one by using Nero Express" on page 125 and "Networking Your Gateway M275" on page 71. 214 www.gateway.com For more information about using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. Transferring files You can move your data files... and personal settings, such as display, Internet, and e-mail settings, from your old computer to locate other personal data files. Use Windows Find ...
... your files Many programs automatically save your new one by using Nero Express" on page 125 and "Networking Your Gateway M275" on page 71. 214 www.gateway.com For more information about using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. Transferring files You can move your data files... and personal settings, such as display, Internet, and e-mail settings, from your old computer to locate other personal data files. Use Windows Find ...
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... box opens at the General tab. 3 Click/Tap Disk Cleanup. To use the Windows Disk Cleanup program: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap My Computer. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 Using Disk Cleanup Delete unnecessary files, such as temporary Windows files, to delete files from, for example Local Disk (C:), then click/tap Properties...
... box opens at the General tab. 3 Click/Tap Disk Cleanup. To use the Windows Disk Cleanup program: 1 Click/Tap Start, then click/tap My Computer. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 Using Disk Cleanup Delete unnecessary files, such as temporary Windows files, to delete files from, for example Local Disk (C:), then click/tap Properties...
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This process may take several minutes. After Windows has finished checking the drive for errors, click/tap Start, then click/tap Help and Support. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 3 Click/Tap the Tools tab. 4 Click/Tap Check Now. 5 Click/Tap the options you want to use, then click/tap Start. Help and Support... of the problems that it found. 6 Correct any problems that are found by following the on-screen instructions. 7 Click/Tap OK. For help, press F1. Windows checks the drive for disk errors in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. 232 www...
This process may take several minutes. After Windows has finished checking the drive for errors, click/tap Start, then click/tap Help and Support. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 3 Click/Tap the Tools tab. 4 Click/Tap Check Now. 5 Click/Tap the options you want to use, then click/tap Start. Help and Support... of the problems that it found. 6 Correct any problems that are found by following the on-screen instructions. 7 Click/Tap OK. For help, press F1. Windows checks the drive for disk errors in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. 232 www...
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... asks if you want to close the Disk Defragmenter window. Disk Defragmenter shows its progress on the computer display. Help and Support For more information about defragmenting the hard drive, click/tap Start, then click/tap Help and Support. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 3 Click/Tap the Tools tab. 4 Click/Tap Defragment... corner to quit the program. 6 Click/Tap Close or Yes, then click/tap the X in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. 234 www.gateway.com
... asks if you want to close the Disk Defragmenter window. Disk Defragmenter shows its progress on the computer display. Help and Support For more information about defragmenting the hard drive, click/tap Start, then click/tap Help and Support. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 3 Click/Tap the Tools tab. 4 Click/Tap Defragment... corner to quit the program. 6 Click/Tap Close or Yes, then click/tap the X in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. 234 www.gateway.com
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If your convertible tablet PC is off, scheduled tasks will not run. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 To start the Scheduled Task Wizard: 1 Click/Tap Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click/tap Scheduled Tasks. Help and Support For more information ... be on -screen instructions to customize the task. Type the keyword Scheduled Task Wizard in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. 236 www.gateway.com The Scheduled Task Wizard opens. 3 Click/Tap Next, then click/tap the task or program you want to schedule and follow the on during...
If your convertible tablet PC is off, scheduled tasks will not run. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 To start the Scheduled Task Wizard: 1 Click/Tap Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then click/tap Scheduled Tasks. Help and Support For more information ... be on -screen instructions to customize the task. Type the keyword Scheduled Task Wizard in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. 236 www.gateway.com The Scheduled Task Wizard opens. 3 Click/Tap Next, then click/tap the task or program you want to schedule and follow the on during...
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... optical mouse by using an aerosol can of the mouse with a narrow, straw-like extension to replace it again. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 Cleaning the keyboard You should clean the keyboard occasionally by wiping the bottom of air with a damp lint-free cloth. 238 www...dries, you spill liquid on the surface. Cleaning the convertible tablet PC screen Use the special cleaning cloth included with water or a mild window glass cleaner solution but never spray anything directly on the keyboard, turn off your convertible tablet PC and turn your convertible tablet PC to ...
... optical mouse by using an aerosol can of the mouse with a narrow, straw-like extension to replace it again. Chapter 13: Maintaining Your Gateway M275 Cleaning the keyboard You should clean the keyboard occasionally by wiping the bottom of air with a damp lint-free cloth. 238 www...dries, you spill liquid on the surface. Cleaning the convertible tablet PC screen Use the special cleaning cloth included with water or a mild window glass cleaner solution but never spray anything directly on the keyboard, turn off your convertible tablet PC and turn your convertible tablet PC to ...
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Chapter 15: Upgrading Your Gateway M275 11 Remove the bracket from the old drive. 12 Insert the new drive into the bracket so the screw holes line up. 13 Replace the ... Reattach the optional port replicator. 18 Connect the power adapter and modem and network cables, then turn on your convertible tablet PC. 19 See "Reinstalling Windows" on page 248 for instructions on installing Windows, your drivers, and your applications. 270 www.gateway.com
Chapter 15: Upgrading Your Gateway M275 11 Remove the bracket from the old drive. 12 Insert the new drive into the bracket so the screw holes line up. 13 Replace the ... Reattach the optional port replicator. 18 Connect the power adapter and modem and network cables, then turn on your convertible tablet PC. 19 See "Reinstalling Windows" on page 248 for instructions on installing Windows, your drivers, and your applications. 270 www.gateway.com