Getting Started Guide

Next steps

Finding the user guides

User guides, regulatory and safety notices, and other information

resources about using the computer are available through the

Help and Support Center.

To access the user guides:

» Select Start > Help and Support > User Guides.

Turning off the computer correctly

Whenever possible, turn off the computer by using the standard

shutdown procedure:

1. Save your work and close all open applications.

2. Shut down the computer through the operating system by

selecting Start > Turn Off Computer > Turn Off.

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If you have been registered to a network domain, the button

you click will be called Shut Down instead of Turn Off

Computer.

If you are unable to turn off the computer with these procedures,

try the following emergency procedures in the sequence

provided:

CAUTION: Emergency shutdown procedures result in the loss of

unsaved information.

1. Press ctrl+alt+delete. Then, select Shut Down > Turn Off.

2. Press and hold the power button for at least 5 seconds.

3. Disconnect the computer from external power and remove

the battery.

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