User's Manual

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Frequentlyaskedquestions
Thefollowingareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourcomputer.
Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,gotothefollowingWebpage
tondinformationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?
Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,goto:http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.
Howtousethebatterypowermoreeffectively?
Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage35
.
Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage35.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrive?
StudyChapter4“Security”onpage47tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage53
.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseoftheLocationAwarenessprogram(ontheWindows
8.1operatingsystem).
Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page36
.
Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage45.
PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Usinganexternalmonitoronpage38.
WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage75
.
Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage55.
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