Switching the Notebook On
You’ve now completed the preparations. Now press the on/off button to switch on the notebook.
Tip:
If you experience a program or system crash, press the keys: Ctrl + Alt + Del at the same time. If you’re fortunate this will enable you to end only the task that has crashed and/or restart the computer (warm start). If this does not work, hold down the on/off button for more than four seconds
–this will switch off the computer.You can now start up the computer as normal (cold start).
Once the computer is switched on, the on/off button can per- form several functions depending on the energy settings. In the standard setting, pressing the on/off button again will switch off the computer.
Fig. 5
Please note that with Microsoft® Windows® operating systems you should always switch off the computer as follows:
Click the Start button. Select Shut Down. Click OK.
This avoids any prob- lems with the hard disk and operating system.
The operating system is installed the first time you switch on the computer. Please follow the operating system’s installa- tion instructions here.
After installation and restarting, the computer is ready to use.
The basic graphics functions allow you to modify the resolu- tion, the color depth and the desktop appearance.
You can find more detailed information on this point in the installation instructions.
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