–Powertothewirelessradioison.Noassociation.
–Powertothewirelessr adioison.Nosignal.
–Powertothewir elessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionisexcellent.
–Powertothewir elessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionismarginal.
–Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.T oimprove
thesignalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.
•Wirelessstatusiconstates:wirelessWAN
–Powertothewirelessradioisoff.
–Noassociation
–Nosignal
–Signallevel1
–Signallevel2
–Signallevel3
Note:Ifyouhavetroubleinmakingaconnection,trymovingyourcomputerclosert oyourwirelessaccess
point.

Enablingordisablingthewirelessfeatures

Toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows7:PressF9toopenthewirelessradioswitchboard.T urnonorturnoffthewirelessfeature
asdesired.
•ForWindows8:PressF9toenableordisabletheAirplanemode.WhentheAirplanemodeisenabled,all
ofyourwir elessdevicesar eturnedoff.
Youalsocanusethewirelessradioswitchtoturnonorturnoffthewirelessradiosofallthewirelessdevices
onyourcomputer .
Usingaprojectororanexternaldisplay
Youcanconnectyourcomputertoaprojectortogivepresentationsoryoucanconnectyourcomput er
toanexternalmonitortoexpandyourworkspace.
Changingdisplaysettings
Youcanchangethedisplaysettings,suchasfontsize.
Changingthefontsize
Tochangethefontsize,dothefollowing:
1.Right-clickonthedesktop,andclickPersonalize.
2.ClickDisplayattheleft.
3.Selectthedesiredfontsize.
4.ClickApply.Thechangewilltakeeffectafteryoulogoff.
Connectingaprojectororanexternalmonitor
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutconnectingaprojectororanext ernalmonitor.
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