User Guide

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage17

•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage17

•“Specialkeys”onpage21

•“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage23

•“Powermanagement”onpage25

•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage29

•“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage32

•“UsingtheExtenddesktopfunction”onpage34

•“Settingupapresentation”onpage35

•“UsingtheAMDSwitchableGraphicsfeature”onpage35

•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage35

•“Usingtheintegratedcamera”onpage36

•“Usingamediacard”onpage36

Registeringyourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact

youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteredyourcomputerwithLenovo,youwill

alsoreceivequickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextended

privilegesandservicestoregisteredusers.

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

•ConnectyourcomputertotheInternetandregisteryourcomputerthroughapreinstalledregistration

program:

–ForWindows7:ThepreinstalledLenovoProductRegistrationprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryou

haveusedyourcomputerforatime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

–ForWindows8:LaunchtheLenovoSupportprogram.ThenclickRegistrationandfollowthe

instructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

Thefollowingareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourcomputer.

Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,gotothefollowingWebpage

tondinformationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq

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