Presario
 Presario Mobile Internet PC
Page
 Contents
 Using Your Notebook
 Common Tasks
 Let’s Go Surfing
 Caring for Your Battery
 Glossary Index
 Introduction
 Beyond Setup Guide
Where Can Find Information?
Printed Documents
 Warranty Certificate
Safety and Comfort Guide
Presario Operating System Manual
 € Caution
Symbols and Graphics
Symbols
Graphics
 Disconnecting Your Notebook from the Power Source
Safety
Protecting Your Notebook During an Electrical Storm
 Series
 Your At a Glance
 Microphone Scroll Button Keyboard
TouchPad Power Button Speakers Display
Front Your Presario
Components on Front
 Internet Zone Buttons and Lights
Lower Front Panel
Network Status Light Digital Audio Button Hard Disk Light
 More
To play MP3 music
Financial information
My Presario
 Function Keys
 USB Port
Left Panel
Components on Left Side
Diskette, CD, DVD, or CD-RW Drive for Left Side
 IR Port
Right Panel
Components on Right Side
Air Vent
 Components on Back
Back Panel
External Monitor VGA Port
 Serial Number
Battery Microsoft COA Battery Stopper
Underside
Components on Underside
 Series
 Using Your Notebook
 Don’ts
Power On
Plugging and Unplugging AC Power
Do’s
 Power Button Functionality
Why Use AC Power When I’ve Got a Battery?
Turning Your Notebook On and Off
 Connecting and Removing the Battery
Using Battery Power
 Optimizing Processor Speed
Charging the Battery
Use
 Right-Click
Using the TouchPad Instead of a Mouse
TouchPad
Left-Click
 Properties dialog box
Tapping and Double-Tapping
 Edge Motion
 Display Options
Changing Resolution
 Adjusting Brightness
 Reprogramming the Internet Zone Buttons
Internet Zone Buttons
 Identifying Your Storage Drives
Storage Drives
 Connecting the Diskette Drive
Using the Diskette Drive
Inserting and Ejecting a Diskette
 Using the Modem
Feature
 Using the LAN
 Connecting an IR Device
Infrared Feature
 Security
Using the Security Slot
Power-On Password
Setting the Password
 Removing the Password
 Press the Enter key on the Enter new Power-On password line
 Series
 Common Tasks
 Anti-Virus Software
Using Anti-Virus Software
 Removing a Virus
Recognizing a Computer Virus
 Software and Hardware
Installing Software from a CD or Diskette
Adding and Removing Software
 Installing a Downloaded Program File
 Attaching Hardware Devices
 Select Specify a location
 Series
 Using the CD or DVD Drive
 CD or DVD Drive
Connecting the CD or DVD Drive
Inserting a Disc
 Removing a Disc
 Manually Ejecting a Disc
 Audio CDs and Video Discs
Disabling the Self-Starting Feature
Playing Audio CDs
 Series
 Playing Non-DVD Video Discs
DVDs
 Using the DVD Player
 On-Screen Controls
 Button Title Description
+ Volume 3D Audio Mute ClosePlayer Minimize ¹ Help
Change
 Drive region?
Setting the Play Features
 Identifying Your Region Setting
Using Regionalized DVDs
 Selecting Your Region Setting
 Showing and Hiding the DVD Panel
Video Display Options
Zooming the View
 CD-RW Basics
Installing Adaptec Easy CD Creator
Easy CD Creator and Direct CD
 Take Two
 Creating Audio CDs
Using Adaptec Easy CD Creator
 Creating Data CDs
 Jewel Case Creator
DirectCD
 CD Copier
Preventing Buffer Underrun Errors
 Accessing Easy CD Creator User Information
 Series
 Let’s Go Surfing
 Basic Concepts
What is the Internet?
 World Wide Web
What is the World Wide Web?
 Web Servers
Web Sites and Web Pages
 Modem
Internet Service Provider ISP
Surfing the Web
Internet Address URL
 Mail
Search Engine
 Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
What is a Browser?
Browsers
 See also
 Choosing a Search Engine
Search Engines
 Using a Search Engine
 Searching on the Web
 Accessing Files from the Internet
 Caring for Your Battery
 Checking Battery Power
Battery Care
Using the Battery
Storing the Battery
 Recycling the Battery
 Calibrating the Battery
Battery Calibration
 From Running on Batteries column
 Battery Charging Time
Maximizing Battery Operating Time
Purchasing Spare or Extra Batteries
 Connect the AC Adapter
Fixing a Low-Battery Condition
 Suspend Your Work
Replace the Drained Battery with a Charged One
 Saving Energy
Power Management
What is Power Management?
Understanding Power Management
 Starting and Ending Power Modes
 Service
 Cleaning Your Notebook’s Exterior
Preventive Maintenance
Cleaning the Keyboard
 Cleaning the TouchPad
Cleaning the Display Screen
 Caring for Your Presario Notebook
 Using Backup Devices
Backup Utilities
 Using ScanDisk
Hard Disk Errors
Using Disk Cleanup
 Defragmenting Your Hard Disk
Deleting Stored Files
 Checking the Hard Disk Space
Hard Disk Space Management
Deleting Unnecessary Files
 Using the Recycle Bin
 Service
 Solutions
 Finding Solutions Quickly
Basic Solutions
Helpful Hints
 General Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
 Display Questions
How can I change the display settings on my Notebook?
 My display monitor is blank. What should I do?
Questions about Sound
There is no sound coming from my Notebook. What’s wrong?
 Questions about Movies
Questions about Upgrades
Questions about Peripherals
 Receive hard disk error messages. What is wrong?
Error Messages
 Presario Mobile Internet PC Beyond Setup Guide
 Audio and Video
Solution Tables
 Switch between the LCD
Video or Display Symptom Problem Solution
Is enabled With the TouchPad
Power » light is Flashing
 Battery and Power
 Playing Not beep Alarm does not Interrupt play to
Battery Symptom Problem Solution Cont’d
Replace the battery
Low Battery Beep, or a CD is
 Discharged or Not installed Insert a charged battery
Power Symptom Problem Solution
Been pressed Power plug is not
To back Your Notebook Battery is fully
 Certified by Microsoft
TouchPad Down the Power » button
Locked up
Verify that the program is
 Mass-Storage
 My Computer g icon
Drive
Following steps
Abort, Retry Double-click
 Use another diskette or
Your information
Write-protected
Diskette
 Is displayed Operating system Diskette drive
When the operation is
Operation restores
Drive failed
 Game and Internet
 ISP connection is Connect to your ISP
On the receiver
Messages and try your
Call again
 Keyboard and TouchPad
 Use the arrow keys to
Keyboard and TouchPad Symptom Problem Solution Cont’d
Your keyboard
To select Shut Down
 Double-click Mouse
Need adjustment Start button and point To Settings
Set up to interpret
Adjustment
 Memory and PC Card
 See peripheral
Glossary
 GLOSSARY-2
 Directory See folder
Desktop See Windows desktop
 See secure Web site
DSL digital subscriber line
 Floppy disk See diskette
 Html hypertext markup language
 Internet Explorer
See Microsoft
Link See hyperlink
 GLOSSARY-8
 See browser
See hyperlink
 GLOSSARY-10
 See microprocessor
 GLOSSARY-12
 Taskbar See Windows taskbar
See right-click
 Web See World Wide Web
Video phone See Internet phone
 Windows Explorer a file management
 GLOSSARY-16
 Index
 Power 2-2, 2-3, 2-6
 INDEX-3
 INDEX-4
 Button 2-2
 Audio 9-15, 9-19, 9-21, 9-24 CD
 INDEX-7
 INDEX-8