User Manual

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage21

•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage21

•“Specialkeys”onpage26

•“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage30

•“Powermanagement”onpage31

•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage36

•“Presentationsandmultimedia”onpage40

•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage43

•“Usingthecamera”onpage43

•“Usingtheopticaldrive”onpage44

•“Usingaﬂashmediacard”onpage44

Registeringyourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact

youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand

servicestoregisteredusers.

WhenyouregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,youalsowillreceivethefollowingbeneﬁts:

•QuickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp

•Automaticnotiﬁcationoffreesoftwareandspecialpromotionaloffers

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:

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

•ConnectyourcomputertotheInternetandregisteryourcomputerthroughapreinstalledregistration

program:

–ForWindows7:ThepreinstalledLenovoProductRegistrationprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryou

haveusedyourcomputerforatime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

–ForWindows8andWindows8.1:OpentheLenovoSupportprogram.ThenclickRegistrationand

followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

Thefollowingareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourcomputer.

Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,gotothefollowingWebpagetoﬁnd

informationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:

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

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