Frequentlyaskedquestions
Thefollowingareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourcomputer.
Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,gotothefollowingWebpage
tondinformationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?
•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,goto:http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.
Howtousethebatterypowermoreeffectively?
•Toconservepower,ort osuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage35.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage35.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrive?
•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage47tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataonthehar ddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuret oread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage53.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseoftheLocationAwarenessprogram(ontheWindows
8.1operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmor eaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page36.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage45.
•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage38.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage75.
•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftwar e.
•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage55.
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