User's Guide

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Discover your Lenovo notebook. . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Meet your computer . . . . . 1
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
USB specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2. Get started with your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Access networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connect to Wi-Fi networks. . . . . . . . . . 9
Connect to a cellular network (for 300w Gen 3
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turn on the Airplane mode . . . . . . . . . 10
Interact with your computer . . . . . . . . . . 10
Use Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Use the touch screen (for selected models) . . 10
Connect to an external display . . . . . . . 12
Get to know operating modes (for 300w Gen 3
and 500w Gen 3 only). . . . . . . . . . . 13
Use Lenovo Integrated Pen (for 300w Gen 3
and 500w Gen 3 only). . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3. Explore your computer . . 15
Lock the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Use the Vantage app . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Manage power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Check the battery status and temperature. . . 16
Charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Change the power settings . . . . . . . . 16
Transfer data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connect to a Bluetooth-enabled device. . . . 17
Use a microSD card . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 4. Configure advanced
settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
UEFI BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Enter the UEFI BIOS setup utility . . . . . . 19
Change the startup sequence . . . . . . . 19
Change the hotkey mode . . . . . . . . . 19
Enable or disable the Always On USB
function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Use passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Password types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Set an administrator password . . . . . . . 20
Change or remove the administrator
password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Set a user password . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Change or remove the user password . . . . 21
Enable the power on password . . . . . . . 21
Set a hard disk password . . . . . . . . . 21
Change or remove the hard disk password . . 22
Recovery information . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Restore system files and settings to an earlier
point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Restore your files from a backup . . . . . . 22
Reset your computer . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Use advanced options . . . . . . . . . . 22
Windows automatic recovery. . . . . . . . 23
Create and use a recovery USB device . . . . 23
Use firewalls and antivirus programs. . . . . . . 23
Chapter 5. Help and support . . . . . 25
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . 25
Self-help resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windows label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
What are CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Call Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Before you contact Lenovo . . . . . . . . 27
Lenovo Customer Support Center . . . . . . 28
Appendix A. Accessibility and
ergonomic information . . . . . . . . 31
Appendix B. Compliance
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Appendix C. Notices and
trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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