Lenovo ThinkPad S430 - Disabling the Ultranav Pointing Device and Using an External Mouse; Adding the Ultranav Icon to the Windows Notification Area; Power Management; Checking the Battery Status

DisablingtheUltraNavpointingdeviceandusinganexternalmouse
IfyouattachanexternalmousetoaUSBconnector,youcanusetheexternalmousesimultaneouslywith
theTrackPointpointingdeviceandthetouchpad.
DisablingtheTrackPointorthetouchpad
TodisabletheTrackPointorthetouchpad,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙Mouse➙UltraNav.
2.TodisabletheTrackPointpointingdevice,clearthecheckboxforEnableTrackPoint.
Todisablethetouchpad,clearthecheckboxforEnableTouchPad.
3.ClickOK.
Note:YoucanalsochangetheUltraNavpointingdevicesettingsbyclickingtheUltraNaviconinthe
Windowsnoticationarea.TodisplaytheUltraNaviconintheWindowsnoticationarea,see“Addingthe
UltraNavicontotheWindowsnoticationarea”onpage28
.
AddingtheUltraNavicontotheWindowsnoticationarea
ForeasyaccesstotheUltraNavproperties,youcanenablethedisplayoftheUltraNaviconintheWindows
noticationarea.
ToenablethedisplayoftheUltraNaviconintheWindowsnoticationarea,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse.
2.IntheMousePropertieswindow,clicktheUltraNavtab.
3.SelectthecheckboxforShowUltraNavicononthesystemtray.
4.ClickOK.
Note:IfyoucannotseetheUltraNavicon,clickthetriangulariconintheWindowsnoticationareato
showhiddenicons.
Powermanagement
Whenyouneedtouseyourcomputerawayfromelectricaloutlets,youdependonbatterypowertokeep
yourcomputerrunning.Differentcomputercomponentsconsumepoweratdifferentrates.Themoreyou
usethepower-intensivecomponents,thefasteryouconsumebatterypower.
SpendmoretimeunpluggedwithThinkPadbatteries.Mobilityhasrevolutionizedbusinessbyallowing
youtotakeyourworkwhereveryougo.WithThinkPadbatteries,youwillbeabletoworklongerwithout
beingtiedtoanelectricaloutlet.
Checkingthebatterystatus
ThebatteryiconintheWindowsnoticationareadisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining.
Therateatwhichyouusebatterypowerwilldeterminehowlongyoucanusethebatteryofyourcomputer
betweencharges.Becauseeachcomputeruserhasdifferenthabitsandneeds,itisdifculttopredicthow
longabatterychargewilllast.Therearetwomainfactors:
•Howmuchenergyisstoredinthebatterywhenyoubegintowork.
•Thewayyouuseyourcomputer.Forexample:
–Howoftenyouaccesstheharddiskdrive.
–Howbrightyoumakethecomputerdisplay.
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