Welcome to your new computer!

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Welcome to your new computer!

• Basic instructions on laptop setup and program
  use.

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What comes with your laptop?

• Your laptop comes with an AC Adapter.
• You should charge your battery on your laptop
  before your first use.
• You will need to connect your AC adapter to
  charge your battery.

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Tour of your laptop

• When you open your laptop you will see a
  keyboard, screen, tool buttons, and touchpad with
  mouse buttons.
• On the sides of the laptop you will find many
  slots buttons or other items you may not be
  familiar with.

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Tour of your laptop cont..
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Using your touch pad

• Your touch pad is like a mouse built into your
  computer.
• The small rectangular screen is the touch
  surface.
• You move your finger on it to move your cursor or
  pointer.

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Using your touchpad cont..
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Using your touchpad cont..
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Starting your laptop
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Logging onto your laptop

• Turn on your laptop
• Wait a short time and your Windows desktop will
  appear.

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Your windows desktop

• Your desktop is the screen that will appear after
  you logon to your laptop.
• The desktop has icons or small pictures on it
  designating the programs installed on your
  computer.

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Opening Programs

• Click the start button at the bottom left hand
  corner of your screen , then the words, all
  programs, this will show the programs installed
  on your computer.

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Opening Programs

• Highlight the program you want to open and tap
  your touch pad.

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Opening programs cont..

• Your program will then open.

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Wired network and Modem connections.
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Connecting to a Wireless network

• Move your cursor over the 2 small monitors
  together on the right side of your toolbar.
• Use the right button on your touch pad to open
  menu.
• Highlight View Available Wireless Networks and
  tap with your touchpad.

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Connecting to a Wireless network

• A box will appear listing the available wireless
  connections.
• You should connect to any available network with
  your laptop.
• All campuses require a key code to access their
  wireless networks see your facilitator for the
  code.

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Getting service for your laptop.

• If you are having problems with your computer
  working properly you may call Gateway directly.
  If it is a hardware issue they will help you. If
  it is a software issue your campus office
  administrator will contact Bethel Success help
  for you.
• When you call Gateway you will need to provide
  them with some information about your laptop.
• To call Gateway dial [phone] then option
  3 then option 2

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Internet Service Providers ISPs

• If you want to connect to the internet away from
  campus you will need to get an internet service
  provider.
• There are many to choose from such as
• Charter- (High speed)
• Bell South- (High speed Dial up access)
• Net Zero- (Dial up access)
• Walmart- (Their setup disks are available at the
  checkouts.)
• ATT- (Dial up)

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Opening your internet browser.

• Move your cursor to the start button. When the
  menu expands click the blue E.
• The browser should open to your Bethel Home page.

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Setting up a free e-mail account

• There are several services on the internet that
  offer free e-mail accounts.
• If you use one of these accounts you can check
  your e-mail from anywhere worldwide.
• Just connect to the internet. Open your browser
  and go to a site listed below.
• These services include
• Hotmail http//www.hotmail.com
• Yahoo http//www.yahoo.com
• Mail.com http//www.mail.com

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Virus Protection

• Your laptop comes equipt with Symantec
  Anti-virus.
• You will need to update this program at least
  once a month.
• To update click start.
• Then click all programs
• When the programs list appears highlight Symantec
  Client Security, then Symantec Anti-virus and
  click.
• The program will then open.
• Click the button in the lower right hand corner
  that says Live Update.

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Virus Protection

• After you click Live Update you will have a
  series of windows that will appear.
• Click next and let the program update.
• This process could take a while depending on your
  internet connection speed.

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Virus Protection

• After Symantec has finished updating you will
  need to scan your laptop for viruses.

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Virus Protection

• You should scan your laptop at least once a
  month. The more often you scan for viruses the
  better.
• You should also scan all floppies, and CDs you
  get from people.
• To start your scan.
• Open Symantec Anti-virus.
• Click the next to Scan.
• Click Scan Computer.
• Different drives you can scan will appear in the
  window to the right.
• Click the box next to the drive you want to scan.
• Then click the Scan button in the lower right
  hand corner.

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Creating a File Folder

• You can create a file folder to store selected
  files on your computer.
• This is helpful for when you are saving
  information for a research paper or just your
  favorite photos!
• Step 1 click your start button then the My
  Documents icon.
• Step 2 Click File
• Step 3 Click New
• Step 4 Click Folder

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Creating a File Folder

• The new folder will appear.
• Name the folder and it is ready to use.

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Saving Files

1. Select file
2. Select Save As
3. In the box next to File Name type in the name you
   want.
4. Next to Save Type select how you want the file
   saved.
5. Next to Save In at the top you can direct where
   you want the file saved!
6. You can use this procedure for saving any type of
   file including pages off the Internet.

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Common Types of Files

• Image (picture) Files
• .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp
• Text file (.txt)
• Plain text no fancy styles
• HTML (.html, .htm) Hyper Text Markup Language
• Web Pages
• PDF (.pdf) Portable Document Format
• Adobe Acrobat Reader File
• Microsoft Office Files
• Word
• Excel
• Access
• Power Point