–Powertothewirelessradioison.Noassociation.
–Powertothewirelessradioison.Nosignal.
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Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionisexcellent.
–Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionismarginal.
–Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.Toimprove
thesignalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.
•Wirelessstatusiconstates:wirelessWAN
–Powertothewirelessradioisoff.
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Noassociation
–Nosignal
–Signallevel1
–Signallevel2
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Signallevel3
Note:Ifyouhavetroubleinmakingaconnection,trymovingyourcomputerclosertoyourwirelessaccess
point.
Enablingordisablingthewirelessfeatures
Toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows7:PressF9toopenthewirelessradioswitchboard.Turnonorturnoffthewirelessfeature
asdesired.
•ForWindows8:PressF9toenableordisabletheAirplanemode.WhentheAirplanemodeisenabled,all
ofyourwirelessdevicesareturnedoff.
Youalsocanusethewirelessradioswitchtoturnonorturnoffthewirelessradiosofallthewirelessdevices
onyourcomputer.
Usingaprojectororanexternaldisplay
Youcanconnectyourcomputertoaprojectortogivepresentationsoryoucanconnectyourcomputer
toanexternalmonitortoexpandyourworkspace.
Changingdisplaysettings
Youcanchangethedisplaysettings,suchasfontsize.
Changingthefontsize
Tochangethefontsize,dothefollowing:
1.Right-clickonthedesktop,andclickPersonalize.
2.ClickDisplayattheleft.
3.Selectthedesiredfontsize.
4.ClickApply.Thechangewilltakeeffectafteryoulogoff.
Connectingaprojectororanexternalmonitor
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutconnectingaprojectororanexternalmonitor.
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