User Manual

•Arecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Formoreinformation,
seeChapter8“Recoveryoverview”onpage99
.
CanIchangetheWindows8.1startupbehaviortoopeneitherthedesktoportheStartscreen?
•OntheWindows8.1operatingsystem,youcansetthecomputertoopeneitherthedesktoportheStart
screenbydefault.Tosetthedefaultstartupscreen,dothefollowing:
1.Onthedesktop,moveyourpointertothetaskbaratthebottomofthescreenandright-clickon
thetaskbar.
2.ClickProperties.TheTaskbarandNavigationpropertieswindowisdisplayed.
3.OntheNavigationtab,locatetheStartscreensection,andthendooneofthefollowing:
–Tosetthedesktopasyourdefaultstartupscreen,selectWhenIsigninorcloseallappsona
screen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartsoacheckisvisible.
–TosettheStartscreenasyourdefaultstartupscreen,removethecheckfromtheWhenIsignin
orcloseallappsonascreen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartcheckbox.
4.ClickOKtosavethenewsetting.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage75
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage131
•“Powerproblems”onpage143
Usingthemulti-touchscreen
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousethemulti-touchscreenthatisavailableonsomemodels.
Note:Yourcomputerscreenmightlookdifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.
Touchgesture(touchmodels
only)
Description
Touch:Tap.
Mouseaction:Click.
Function:Openanapporperformanactiononanopenapp,suchasCopy,
Save,andDelete,dependingontheapp.
Supportedoperatingsystems:Windows7andWindows8.1
Touch:Tapandhold.
Mouseaction:Right-click.
Function:Openamenuwithmultipleoptions.
Supportedoperatingsystems:Windows7andWindows8.1
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