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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Chapter 2: Learning the Basics...................................77
Computing tips .......................................................77
Using the keyboard.................................................79
Character keys .................................................79
Making your keyboard emulate a full-size
keyboard.....................................................79
Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys.........................................80
Function keys....................................................80
Windows special keys.......................................81
Overlay keys .....................................................81
Starting a program..................................................82
Starting a program from the Start menu...........83
Starting a program from Windows
®
Explorer....83
Starting a program from the Run dialog box ....85
Saving your work....................................................86
Saving files .......................................................86
Printing your work ..................................................88
Backing up your work .............................................89
Restoring your work .........................................89
Using the optical drive ............................................90
Optical drive components .................................91
Inserting a compact disc ..................................92
Playing an audio CD..........................................94
Playing CDs ......................................................95
Creating a CD....................................................95
Removing a disc with the computer on.............96
Removing a disc with the computer off ............97
Caring for CD or DVD Discs .............................97
Toshiba’s online resources .....................................98
Chapter 3: Mobile Computing ....................................99
Toshiba’s energy-saver design................................99
Running the computer on battery power ................99
Battery Notice .................................................100