User guide

HowdoIusebatterypowermoreeffectivelywhenIamonthego?

•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingﬁles,see“Power-saving

modes”onpage36.

•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.

See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage36.

•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,followtheinstructionsin“Disabling

thebuilt-inbattery”onpage75todisabletheinternalbuilt-inbatterysoastopreventbatterypower

fromdraining.

HowdoIsecurelydisposeofdatastoredonthesolid-statedrive?

•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage55toﬁndouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand

unauthorizeduse.

•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Formoreinformation,

seethehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataonthesolid-statedrive,besuretoreadthetopic“Noticeondeletingdata

fromyoursolid-statedrive”onpage64.

HowdoIgetconnectedindifferentlocations?

•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.

•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe

Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessintheLenovoSettingsprogram(ontheWindows

8.1operatingsystem).

•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on

page39.

•Totravelmoreconﬁdently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage53.

•Tapthewirelessicon

intheFunctionmodetoenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.Formore

informationonhowtodisplaytheFunctionmode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage25.

HowdoIgivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitor?

•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage44.

•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternal

monitor.See“Usingdualdisplays”onpage45.

Ihavebeenusingthecomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower.WhatshouldIdo?

•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage107.

•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on

page113.

•Arecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputersolid-statedrive.Formoreinformation,seeChapter5

“Recoveryoverview”onpage67.

CanIchangetheWindows8.1startupbehaviortoopeneitherthedesktoportheStartscreen?

•OntheWindows8.1operatingsystem,youcansetthecomputertoopeneitherthedesktoportheStart

screenbydefault.Tosetthedefaultstartupscreen,dothefollowing:

1.Onthedesktop,moveyourpointertothetaskbaratthebottomofthescreenandright-clickon

thetaskbar.

2.ClickProperties.TheTaskbarandNavigationpropertieswindowisdisplayed.

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