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Travel Tips
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These tips can make traveling with your notebook more convenient and trouble-free. This chapter provides information on:
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Using the modem
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Transferring files
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Protecting your notebook from loss and theft
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Managing your notebook's power efficiently
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Modem
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Take a modem cable to connect the modem to telephone jacks. If you are traveling internationally, take telephone jack adapters or an acoustic handset coupler.
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Take a telephone line protector.
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Take a telephone line tester to check for unsafe lines, especially if you are traveling internationally.
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Take remote access information with you so you can connect to your ISP while outside of your usual calling area. A list of country dialing codes may be especially useful if you are traveling internationally.
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Files
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Copy your working files from your desktop computer to your notebook before you travel.
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If you need to access your desktop computer files from your notebook while traveling, set up the desktop computer for remote access. Contact your network system administrator for more information about remote access.
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Take extra diskettes for transferring files between computers and backing up files.
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Security
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Get a locking cable for your notebook so you can attach a cable lock and leave the notebook in your hotel room while you are away.
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Always keep your notebook with you while waiting in airports, train stations, or bus terminals. Be ready to claim your notebook as soon as it passes through the x-ray machine in security checkpoints.
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Write down your notebook model number and serial number (available on the system label) in case of theft or loss, and keep the information in a safe place. Also, tape your business card or an address label to your notebook and accessories.
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Whoever sits next to you or behind you can see your notebook display. Avoid working with confidential files until you can be sure of privacy.
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Use a startup password to restrict access to your notebook.
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Use a password that you can remember, but that is difficult for someone else to guess. The password feature is very secure, with no easy way to recover a forgotten password. If you forget your password, you must return your notebook to Gateway for service. Call Gateway Technical Support for instructions.
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 To create
a startup password:
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Restart
your notebook. As soon as you see a startup screen, press
F2. The
BIOS Setup utility opens.
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Open the
Security
menu, then highlight
Password on
boot
and press
Enter.
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Highlight
Enabled,
then press
Enter.
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Highlight
Set Supervisor
Password, then press
Enter
and follow the instructions. You must set the supervisor password
in order to set the user (startup) password.
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Highlight
Set User Password,
then press
Enter
and follow the instructions. This is the password you need to enter
at startup.
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Exit the BIOS Setup utility by opening the Exit menu, then selecting Exit Saving Changes. When you start your computer, you are prompted to enter the user password you set in Step 5.
Power
To get the best performance from your notebook, avoid using the battery whenever possible, monitor the battery charge, and use the most efficient power management settings.
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