Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer
Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.
•“Registeryourcomputer”onpage19
•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage19
•“Specialkeysandbuttons”onpage21
•“UsingtheUltraNavpointingdevice”onpage24
•“Powermanagement”onpage27
•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage32
•“Presentationsandmultimedia”onpage36
•“UsingtheNVIDIAOptimusGraphicsfeature”onpage40
•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage40
•“Usinganintegratedcamera”onpage41
•“Usingtheopticaldrive”onpage41
•“UsinganExpressCard,aashmediacard,orasmartcard”onpage42

Registeryourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,youwillreceive
quickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand
servicestoregisteredusers.
ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:
•ConnectyourcomputertotheInternetandregisteryourcomputerthroughthepreinstalledLenovo
ProductRegistr ationprogram.Theprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryouhaveusedyourcomputer
foratime.F ollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.
•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

HereareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofThinkPadnotebook.
Toensurethatyour eceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,browsethefollowingWebpagetond
informationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?
•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,gotohttp://www .lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.
Onthegoandneedtousebatterypowermoreeffectively?
•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,seethe
explanationabout“Power-savingmodes”onpage29.
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