•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage39.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans(in
WindowsXP,powerschemes)byuseofPowerManager.
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypowerfrom
drainingbyremovingthebattery.Formoreinformationaboutusingthebattery,see“Powermanagement”
onpage38.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskorsolid
statedrive?
•RefertoChapter4“Security”onpage89tolearnhowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•TheClientSecuritySolutionprogrampreinstalledonyourcomputerperformsmanyofthesecuritytasks
thathelpprotectit.Ifthesetupwizar druns,tokeepyoursecure,besuretosetuptheClientSecurity
Solution.
Note:IfyourcomputerisaWindows7model,ClientSecuritySolutionisnotpreinstalledonit.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolidstatedrive,besuret oread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage100.
Gettingconnectedindifferentlocationsisachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseofAccessConnections.
•Tolearnmor eaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,refert o“Wirelessconnections”on
page43.
•Ifyourcomputerhasamodem,see“Usingthebuilt-inmodem”onpage50.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage86.
•PressFn+F5,orusethewirelessradioswitchtoenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•UsePresentationDirectortosetupapresentation.
Note:IfyourcomputerisaWindows7model,itdoesnotsupportPresentationDirector,howeverthe
“Fn+F7”onpage30keycombinationmaystillbeusedtoswitchdisplayoutputlocation.
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedurein“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage70.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomput erdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage111formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
•SeeChapter7“Enhancingyourcomputer”onpage149formoreinformationaboutenhancingthe
featuresofyourcomputer .
You'vebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage195.
•Youcandiagnosetheproblemyourselfbyusingthepreinstalledsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on
page201.
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