Contents 3
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
When Using Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ergonomic Computing Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
When Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1Setting Up
Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Parallel Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turning Off the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2Solving Problems
Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Accessing Help Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Power Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Start-Up Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24