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Screen Resolution ...................................................................................... 31
Appearance and Personalization ............................................................... 32
Connecting an External Monitor ............................................................... 33
Duplicate the Desktop ......................................................................... 35
Extend the Desktop .............................................................................. 35
Only display the Desktop on 1 ............................................................. 35
Only display the Desktop on 2 ............................................................. 35
Data Entry ..................................................................................................... 36
The Keyboard ............................................................................................ 36
Notebook-Specific Key Combinations .................................................. 36
Programming the user-defined P1 key (optional) ...................................... 37
Touch Pad ..................................................................................................... 38
The Hard Drive .............................................................................................. 39
Important Directories ................................................................................ 40
The Optical Drive .......................................................................................... 41
Loading a Disc ........................................................................................... 41
Emergency Ejection of a Blocked Disc .................................................. 43
Playing Back and Retrieving Data from Discs ............................................. 43
Regional Playback Information for DVD ..................................................... 43
Subjects Concerning the CD/DVD-Rewriter ............................................... 44
Recordable/Rewriteable Discs .............................................................. 44
The Sound Card ............................................................................................ 45
External Audio Ports .................................................................................. 46
Dolby
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Home Theater
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(optional) ................................................................ 46
The Network ................................................................................................. 47
What is a network? .................................................................................... 47
Ethernet-Network ................................................................................ 47
Wireless LAN ............................................................................................. 48
Conditions ........................................................................................... 48
Troubleshooting within the Network ................................................... 49
Bluetooth (optional) .................................................................................. 50
The Multimedia Card Reader ......................................................................... 51
Inserting Memory Cards ............................................................................ 51
Removing Memory Cards .......................................................................... 51
Webcam (optional) ....................................................................................... 52
Actual example using Windows Live Messenger ........................................ 52
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Port....................................................................... 53
eSATA Port .................................................................................................... 54
Remove S-ATA Devices ......................................................................... 54
Securing the Notebook ................................................................................. 55
Startup Password ...................................................................................... 55
Using a safety lock ..................................................................................... 55
Software ........................................................................................................ 56
Getting to Know Windows® 7 .................................................................... 56
Windows
®
7 - News .............................................................................. 56
Windows
®
7 - Help and Support ........................................................... 58
Windows
®
7 – Getting Started .............................................................. 59