Manual

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage19

•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage19

•“Usingthemulti-touchscreen”onpage21

•“Specialkeys”onpage23

•“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage25

•“Powermanagement”onpage28

•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage33

•“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage39

•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage36

•“Usingthecamera”onpage36

•“UsinganExpressCard,amediacard,orasmartcard”onpage37

Registeringyourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact

youifthereisarecallorothersevereproblem.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand

servicestoregisteredusers.

WhenyouregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,youalsowillreceivethefollowingbeneﬁts:

•QuickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp

•Automaticnotiﬁcationoffreesoftwareandspecialpromotionaloffers

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionson

thescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

IfyouareusingaWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanregisteryourcomputerthroughthepreinstalled

LenovoProductRegistrationprogram.Theprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryouhaveusedyour

computerforaperiodoftime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

ThistopicprovidesafewtipsthathelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourThinkPadnotebookcomputers.

Toensurethebestcomputerperformance,gotothefollowingWebpagetoﬁndinformationsuchasaidsfor

troubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:

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

CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?

•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow

theinstructionsonthescreen.