User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Portégé® M400/M405 Series User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Selecting a place to work
- Setting up your computer
- Registering your computer with Toshiba
- Setting up other devices
- Connecting to a power source
- Charging the main battery
- Using the computer for the first time
- Adding memory (optional)
- Using the TouchPad™
- Using external display devices
- Using an external keyboard
- Using a mouse
- Connecting a printer
- Connecting an optional external diskette drive
- Turning off the computer
- Using your computer in tablet mode
- Caring for your computer
- Chapter 2: Learning the Basics
- Chapter 3: Mobile Computing
- Chapter 4: Exploring Your Computer’s Features
- Chapter 5: Toshiba Utilities
- Fn-esse
- Toshiba Hotkey Utility
- Toshiba Assist
- Setting passwords
- PC Diagnostic Tool Utility
- HDD Protection Utility
- Toshiba Power Saver
- Toshiba SD™ Memory Card Format Utility
- Mouse Utility
- Toshiba Mobile Extension
- Toshiba Zooming Utility
- Toshiba Button Controls
- CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer
- Toshiba Hardware Setup
- Tablet and Pen Settings
- Toshiba Rotation Utility
- Cross Menu Utility
- Toshiba Tablet Access Code Utility
- Toshiba SD™ Memory Boot Utility
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- Fingerprint Authentication Utility
- Chapter 6: Keeping Your Files Safe
- Using passwords in the Windows ® operating system
- User-level passwords
- Setting a user-level password
- Disabling the user-level password
- Using the power-on (user-level) password
- Using the instant (user-level) password
- Using the HDD password
- Setting a hard disk drive user only password in System Setup
- Deleting or changing a hard disk drive user only password in System Setup
- Setting a hard disk drive master and user password in System Setup
- Changing the master and user passwords in System Setup
- Deleting the hard disk drive master and user passwords in the System Setup
- Using passwords in the Windows ® operating system
- Chapter 7: If Something Goes Wrong
- Appendix A: Hot Keys
- Appendix B: Power Cord/Cable Connectors
- Appendix C: Using ConfigFree™ with your Toshiba Computer
- Glossary
- Index
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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Personalizing your desktop
5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.3
The elements you can add to the top of the window are:
Displaying a toolbar in a window
1 Click Start, then click My Computer.
The My Computer window appears.
2 On the View menu, point to Toolbars, then click the
name of the toolbar you want to display.
The toolbar appears below the menu bar of the current
window.
Displaying information about each folder
In addition to displaying the contents of each window, you
might find it helpful to have the operating system display the
name of the folder and brief information about how to use the
folder. This means displaying an individual window as a Web
page.
1 Click Start, then click My Computer.
The My Computer window appears.
Toolbar element Description
Address Bar Opens Web pages, programs, folders, or
documents. By default, the address bar
shows your current location, and whether
it is a folder or a Web page. You can
browse to another location by typing an
address — a URL, a path, or even a pro-
gram name.
If you start typing a previously typed
address, the AutoComplete feature fin-
ishes the address for you.
Standard buttons Displays buttons for commonly used
commands, such as copying, pasting,
deleting items, changing views, and
browsing backward and forward.