•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”napágina23.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.
See“Managingthebatterypower”napágina23.
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypower
fromdrainingbyremovingthebattery.Lookformoreinformationaboutusingthebatteryin“Power
management”napágina21
.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrive?
•StudytheCapítulo4“Security”napágina41
tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheft
andunauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”napágina46
.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessprograminLenovoSettings(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”na
página27.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”napágina39
.
•PressF9toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Attachinganexternalmonitor”napágina30
.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeCapítulo5“Replacingdevices”napágina49formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”napágina89.
•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”napágina71
•“Computerstopsresponding”napágina95
•“Powerproblems”napágina109
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