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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Internet problems ...........................................219
The Windows
®
XP operating system can
help you....................................................219
Resolving a hardware conflict...............................220
A plan of action...............................................220
Resolving hardware conflicts on your own .....221
Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........222
Power and the batteries ..................................224
Keyboard problems.........................................226
Display problems............................................227
Disk drive problems........................................230
Optical drive problems....................................232
Sound system problems.................................234
PC Card problems...........................................234
Printer problems.............................................237
Modem problems............................................238
Wireless networking problems .......................239
DVD operating problems.......................................243
Develop good computing habits ...........................245
Data and system configuration backup in
Windows XP .............................................247
If you need further assistance...............................253
Before you contact Toshiba ............................253
Contacting Toshiba .........................................254
Other Toshiba Internet Web sites .........................255
Toshiba’s worldwide offices..................................256
Appendix A: Hot Keys...............................................258
Volume Mute ........................................................258
Password security ................................................259
Without a password........................................259
With a password.............................................259
Maintaining security when the battery is
not fully charged.......................................260