Gateway LT 1000, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Using the Internet www.gateway.com
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To learn more about using the Web browser features, click Help in the menu bar.
Connecting to a Web site
Tips & Tricks
To protect your children from accessing
objectionable Web sites, use the Parental
Control feature in McAfee
SecurityCenter which came with your
computer.
Help and Support
For general information about
connecting to a Web site, click Start, then
click Help and Support. Type the
keyword
connecting to Web site
in
the Search box, then click the arrow.
After you set up an account with an Internet service provider (ISP), you can access
the many information sources on the World Wide Web.
To connect to a Web site:
1
Connect to your Internet account.
2
Depending on the method you use to connect to your Internet account, you
may need to start your Web browser. Click
Start , then click Internet . Your
default Web browser opens showing an opening page or welcome screen.
3
To go to a different Web site, type the address (called a URL for “Universal
Resource Locator”) in the browser address bar (for example
www.gateway.com
), then click GO on the browser address bar.
- OR -
On the current Web page, click a link to a Web site.
The Web browser locates the server computer on the Internet, downloads
(transfers) data to your computer, and displays the page on the site that you
requested.
Sometimes Web pages display slowly. The speed that a Web page displays on your
screen depends on the complexity of the Web page and other Internet conditions.
Additionally, the speed of your connection will determine how fast Web pages
display.
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page
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