Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solidstatedrive?
•StudytheSecuritysectiontondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftandunauthorizeduse.
•ThePasswordManagerpreinstalledonyourcomputerperformsmanyofthesecuritytasksthathelp
protectit.Ifthesetupwizardruns,tokeepyoursystemsecure,besuretosetupthePasswordManager.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolidstatedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskorsolidstatedrive”onpage61.
Gettingconnectedindifferentlocationsisachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseofAccessConnections.
•Tolearnmor eaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page34.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage53.
•PressFn+F5,toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage42.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage71formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
•SeeChapter7“Enhancingyourcomputer”onpage97formoreinformationaboutenhancingthefeatur es
ofyourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage121.
•YoucanDiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalledsoftware.
•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage63.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage99
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage128
•“Powerproblems”onpage146
Specialkeysandbuttons
Yourcomputerhasseveralspecialkeysandbuttons.
Functionkeycombinations
Bysettingthefunctionkeys,youcanchangeoperationalfeaturesinstantly.T ousethisfunction,pressand
holdtheFnkey1;thenpressoneofthefunctionkeys2.
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