Manual

1.Onthedesktop,moveyourpointertothetaskbaratthebottomofthescreenandright-clickonthe

taskbar.

2.ClickProperties.TheTaskbarandNavigationpropertieswindowisdisplayed.

3.OntheNavigationtab,locatetheStartscreensection,andthendooneofthefollowing:

•Tosetthedesktopasyourdefaultstartupscreen,selectWhenIsigninorcloseallappsona

screen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartsoacheckisvisible.

•TosettheStartscreenasyourdefaultstartupscreen,removethecheckfromtheWhenIsigninor

closeallappsonthescreen,gotodesktopinsteadofStartcheckbox.

4.ClickOKtosavethesetting.

Howtousethebatterypowermoreeffectively?

•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingﬁles,see“Power-saving

modes”onpage32

•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.

Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor

solid-statedrive?

•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage51

toﬁndouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand

unauthorizeduse.

•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe

helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon

deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage56.

Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?

•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:

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

•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe

Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessintheLenovoSettingsprogram(ontheWindows

8.1operatingsystem).

•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on

page34.

•Totravelmoreconﬁdently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage50.

•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.

Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?

•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage36

•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal

monitor.

Ihavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?

•Follow“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage75

•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.

•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter8“Recoveryinformation”onpage97.

Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline

userguidewhennecessary.

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