User's Manual

Table Of Contents

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Contents

1 Finding Information

Finding the Help and Support Center (Start > Help and

Support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1

Finding the user guides (Start > Help and Support > User

Guides) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1

Identifying installed software and hardware . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

2 Next steps

Creating recovery discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Protecting the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Protecting the computer from viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Protecting your system files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Protecting your privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Protecting the computer from power surges . . . . . . . 2–3

Using the computer safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4

Choosing the type of Internet access available . . . . . 2–5

Choosing an ISP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Installing additional software and hardware . . . . . . . . . . 2–7

Updating the software installed on the computer. . . . . . . 2–8

Turning off the computer correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8

3 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Quick troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

The computer is unable to start up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1