Laptop User Manual

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

Registeryourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact

youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteredyourcomputerwithLenovo,youwill

alsoreceivequickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextended

privilegesandservicestoregisteredusers.

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

•ConnectyourcomputertotheInternetandregisteryourcomputerthroughapreinstalledregistration

program:

–ForWindows7:ThepreinstalledLenovoProductRegistrationprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryou

haveusedyourcomputerforatime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

–ForWindows8:OpentheLenovoSupportprogram.ThenclickRegistrationandfollowtheinstructions

onthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

HereareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofThinkPadnotebook.

Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,browsethefollowingWebpagetond

informationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?

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

theinstructionsonthescreen.

Onthegoandneedtousebatterypowermoreeffectively?

•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,seethe

explanationabout“power-savingmodes”onpage31

•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.

See“Managingyourbatterypower”onpage31.

•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypower

fromdrainingbyremovingthebattery.Lookformoreinformationaboutusingthebatteryin“Power

management”onpage29.

Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskorsolid

statedrive?

•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage51

tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand

unauthorizeduse.

•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.