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Gateway M675 User Manual

Gateway M675
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Adjusting the color depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Adjusting the screen resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Changing the colors on your Windows desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Changing the desktop background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Selecting a screen saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Changing the touchpad settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Adding and modifying user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
11 Networking Your Gateway M675 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Benefits of networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sharing a single Internet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sharing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sharing peripheral devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Streaming audio and video files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Playing multi-player games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Selecting a network connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Using a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Example wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Equipment you need for a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Using a wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Wireless Ethernet speed and frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Example access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Equipment you need for an access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . 215
Example peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Equipment you need for a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . 217
For more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Using your notebook on a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Installing and configuring your notebook for Ethernet networking . . . . . . . . . 218
Turning your wireless Ethernet emitter on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
12 Moving From Your Old Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Using the Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Transferring files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Finding your files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Transferring Internet settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Setting up your ISP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Transferring your e-mail and address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Transferring your Internet shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Installing your old printer or scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Installing a USB printer or scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

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Gateway M675 Specifications

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BrandGateway
ModelM675
CategoryLaptop
LanguageEnglish

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