Welcome!
This User Guide will tell you all you need to know to get
your new PC up and running quickly and easily.
Please take a few moments to read through this manual
as it also explains how to use all the different parts of the
PC and will answer the questions most commonly asked
by our customers.
Whilst every care is taken to keep this manual up-to-date, some of the
features described may not be applicable to your particular system.
If this is the case, additional printed documentation may be supplied.
Alternatively, it may be in electronic format on CD or as 'help' files on the
hard disk drive. For the latest information you should sign up for your free
Supanet account (UK only) and visit our web site, www.supanet.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Getting Started
The Intellimouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Windows
Shutting Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Worldbuilder2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Internet
SPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Popups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
CD-ROM Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
CD-Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
DVD-ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
DVD-+Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Hardware
Modems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Help & Support
The Reload CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Reload CD
Trouble Shooting
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Useful Web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Other Information
This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
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