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Chapter 1: About This Reference . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessing your online User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Gateway contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Computer . . . . . 5
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Started . . 11
Working safely and comfortably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reducing eye strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting up your computer desk and chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sitting at your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Avoiding discomfort and injury from repetitive strain . . 14
Positioning the computer case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Preparing power connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Protecting from power source problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting to a broadband modem or network . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a dial-up modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Waking up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turning off your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Restarting (rebooting) your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Premium multimedia keyboard features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Elite multimedia keyboard features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Standard keyboard features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using optical drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Loading an optical disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Identifying optical drive types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Contents
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Page 10: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4 8512733 book Page 4 Friday September 21 2007 4 47 PM...
Page 92: ...CHAPTER 5 Maintaining Your Computer 86 8512733 book Page 86 Friday September 21 2007 4 47 PM...
Page 128: ...CHAPTER 6 Troubleshooting 122 8512733 book Page 122 Friday September 21 2007 4 47 PM...
Page 138: ...APPENDIX A Legal Notices 132 8512733 book Page 132 Friday September 21 2007 4 47 PM...
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