
•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.
HowdoIusebatterypowermoreeffectivelywhenIamonthego?
•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingfiles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage31
.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage31.
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,removetheexternalbatterypack,
andfollowtheinstructionsin“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage71todisabletheinternalbuilt-in
batterysoastopreventbatterypowerfromdraining.
HowdoIsecurelydisposeofdatastoredontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive?
•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage49tofindouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Formoreinformation,
seethehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolid-statedrive,besuretoreadthetopic
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage58.
HowdoIgetconnectedindifferentlocations?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessintheLenovoSettingsprogram(ontheWindows8
andWindows8.1operatingsystems).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page34.
•Totravelmoreconfidently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage47.
•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
HowdoIgivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitor?
•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage38
.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternal
monitor.See“Usingdualdisplays”onpage41.
Ihavebeenusingthecomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower.WhatshouldIdo?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage123
.
•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on
page129.
•Arecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Formoreinformation,
seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage61
.
CanIchangetheWindows8.1startupbehaviortoopeneitherthedesktoportheStartscreen?
•OntheWindows8.1operatingsystem,youcansetthecomputertoopeneitherthedesktoportheStart
screenbydefault.Tosetthedefaultstartupscreen,dothefollowing:
1.Onthedesktop,moveyourpointertothetaskbaratthebottomofthescreenandright-clickon
thetaskbar.
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