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...the image. ✎ To remove an image from the label, click the image and then press Delete on your PC while LightScribe is displayed, along with the appearance of the label. 8 Click and drag the image to and select... label. ✎ A sudden bump or vibration of the computer during the labeling process may affect the quality of your keyboard. 14. Click Print, insert the LightScribe disc (label-side down) in the disc tray, and then click OK. ... follow the on-screen instructions to browse to the desired area on Your Notebook Using LightScribe 12. Creating Disc Labels on the label.
...the image. ✎ To remove an image from the label, click the image and then press Delete on your PC while LightScribe is displayed, along with the appearance of the label. 8 Click and drag the image to and select... label. ✎ A sudden bump or vibration of the computer during the labeling process may affect the quality of your keyboard. 14. Click Print, insert the LightScribe disc (label-side down) in the disc tray, and then click OK. ... follow the on-screen instructions to browse to the desired area on Your Notebook Using LightScribe 12. Creating Disc Labels on the label.
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Contents 1 Component ID Top Components 1-1 Keyboard and Mute Lights 1-1 Power/Standby, Wireless and Memory Reader Lights 1-2 TouchPad 1-3 Power Controls 1-4 Wireless and Volume Buttons 1-5 Keys 1-6 Front Components 1-7 Rear Components 1-8 Right-Side Components 1-9 ...
Contents 1 Component ID Top Components 1-1 Keyboard and Mute Lights 1-1 Power/Standby, Wireless and Memory Reader Lights 1-2 TouchPad 1-3 Power Controls 1-4 Wireless and Volume Buttons 1-5 Keys 1-6 Front Components 1-7 Rear Components 1-8 Right-Side Components 1-9 ...
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... 3-1 Using the TouchPad 3-1 Setting Mouse Properties 3-3 Hotkeys 3-4 Hotkey Quick Reference 3-4 Using Hotkey Procedures 3-5 Using Hotkey Commands 3-5 Using Hotkeys with External Keyboards 3-11 Quick Launch Buttons Software 3-12 Keypads 3-15 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad 3-16 Using an External Numeric Keypad 3-18 4 Multimedia Audio Features 4-1 Using the ...
... 3-1 Using the TouchPad 3-1 Setting Mouse Properties 3-3 Hotkeys 3-4 Hotkey Quick Reference 3-4 Using Hotkey Procedures 3-5 Using Hotkey Commands 3-5 Using Hotkeys with External Keyboards 3-11 Quick Launch Buttons Software 3-12 Keypads 3-15 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad 3-16 Using an External Numeric Keypad 3-18 4 Multimedia Audio Features 4-1 Using the ...
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Contents 14 Software Updates and Recovery Software Updates 14-1 Accessing Notebook Product Information 14-2 Accessing Notebook ROM Information 14-2 Internet Software 14-4 Downloading System ROM 14-4 Downloading Software 14-7 System Recovery 14-8 Before You Begin 14... 14-11 Repairing or Reinstalling Applications 14-12 Repairing the Operating System 14-14 Reinstalling the Operating System 14-15 15 Notebook Care Temperature 15-1 Notebook 15-1 Keyboard 15-3 Display 15-4 TouchPad 15-4 External Mouse 15-4 16 Travel and Shipping Travel 16-1 Shipping 16-2 17 Specifications Operating...
Contents 14 Software Updates and Recovery Software Updates 14-1 Accessing Notebook Product Information 14-2 Accessing Notebook ROM Information 14-2 Internet Software 14-4 Downloading System ROM 14-4 Downloading Software 14-7 System Recovery 14-8 Before You Begin 14... 14-11 Repairing or Reinstalling Applications 14-12 Repairing the Operating System 14-14 Reinstalling the Operating System 14-15 15 Notebook Care Temperature 15-1 Notebook 15-1 Keyboard 15-3 Display 15-4 TouchPad 15-4 External Mouse 15-4 16 Travel and Shipping Travel 16-1 Shipping 16-2 17 Specifications Operating...
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Hardware and Software Guide 1-1 On: Num lock is on . On: Volume is muted. 1 Component ID Top Components Keyboard and Mute Lights Component 1 Caps lock light 2 Mute light 3 Num lock light Description On: Caps lock is on or the embedded numeric keypad is enabled.
Hardware and Software Guide 1-1 On: Num lock is on . On: Volume is muted. 1 Component ID Top Components Keyboard and Mute Lights Component 1 Caps lock light 2 Mute light 3 Num lock light Description On: Caps lock is on or the embedded numeric keypad is enabled.
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For information about changing the functions of TouchPad components, refer to "Setting Mouse Properties" in Chapter 3, "Keyboard." Hardware and Software Guide 1-3 TouchPad Component ID Component Description 1 TouchPad light On: TouchPad is enabled. 2 TouchPad* Moves the pointer. 3 TouchPad horizontal scroll zone* Scrolls toward ...
For information about changing the functions of TouchPad components, refer to "Setting Mouse Properties" in Chapter 3, "Keyboard." Hardware and Software Guide 1-3 TouchPad Component ID Component Description 1 TouchPad light On: TouchPad is enabled. 2 TouchPad* Moves the pointer. 3 TouchPad horizontal scroll zone* Scrolls toward ...
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3 Keyboard TouchPad Using the TouchPad The TouchPad, shown in the following illustration, is enabled each time the notebook is turned on. Hardware and Software Guide 3-1
3 Keyboard TouchPad Using the TouchPad The TouchPad, shown in the following illustration, is enabled each time the notebook is turned on. Hardware and Software Guide 3-1
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Keyboard When the TouchPad is enabled, the TouchPad light 1 is on and the TouchPad provides the functions of an optional external mouse: ■ To move the ...
Keyboard When the TouchPad is enabled, the TouchPad light 1 is on and the TouchPad provides the functions of an optional external mouse: ■ To move the ...
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... ■ Adjust basic pointing device settings such as click speed, mouse trails, and pointer speed and shape. ■ Configure the right and left -handed use . Keyboard Setting Mouse Properties TouchPad preferences are set in the Mouse Properties window and the TouchPad Properties window. Use the TouchPad to continue cursor movement when...
... ■ Adjust basic pointing device settings such as click speed, mouse trails, and pointer speed and shape. ■ Configure the right and left -handed use . Keyboard Setting Mouse Properties TouchPad preferences are set in the Mouse Properties window and the TouchPad Properties window. Use the TouchPad to continue cursor movement when...
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... table. fn+f7 Increases screen brightness. fn+f11 Plays the next track or chapter on the function keys, f1 through f12, represent their hotkey functions. Keyboard Hotkeys Hotkey Quick Reference A hotkey is a preset combination of the fn key with either the esc key or one of hotkey functions on an audio...
... table. fn+f7 Increases screen brightness. fn+f11 Plays the next track or chapter on the function keys, f1 through f12, represent their hotkey functions. Keyboard Hotkeys Hotkey Quick Reference A hotkey is a preset combination of the fn key with either the esc key or one of hotkey functions on an audio...
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... Help and Support Center by selecting Start > Help and Support. You can also be used on the notebook keyboard, use notebook and operating system features. Keyboard Using Hotkey Procedures To use a hotkey command on an optional external keyboard. In addition to providing information about your operating system, the Help and Support Center provides ■ Information...
... Help and Support Center by selecting Start > Help and Support. You can also be used on the notebook keyboard, use notebook and operating system features. Keyboard Using Hotkey Procedures To use a hotkey command on an optional external keyboard. In addition to providing information about your operating system, the Help and Support Center provides ■ Information...
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.... For information about using this wizard and other Internet connection methods, refer to the printed Getting Started guide included with your notebook. ■ After you have set up your Internet or network services and your Web browser home page, you have set ... Explorer. ■ Until you can use the fn+f3 hotkey to Customer Care. Keyboard ■ Updates for your operating system, device drivers, and the software provided on your notebook. ■ Checkups for notebook functionality. ■ Automated and interactive troubleshooting, repair solutions, and system recovery procedures. ...
.... For information about using this wizard and other Internet connection methods, refer to the printed Getting Started guide included with your notebook. ■ After you have set up your Internet or network services and your Web browser home page, you have set ... Explorer. ■ Until you can use the fn+f3 hotkey to Customer Care. Keyboard ■ Updates for your operating system, device drivers, and the software provided on your notebook. ■ Checkups for notebook functionality. ■ Automated and interactive troubleshooting, repair solutions, and system recovery procedures. ...
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Keyboard Switching Displays (fn+f4) The fn+f4 hotkey switches the image among the notebook display, the monitor display, and a simultaneous display on both the notebook and the monitor. For example, if an optional monitor is connected to the notebook through the external monitor port, each ...VGA video standard. The following video transmission types, with examples of devices that use them, are supported by the fn+f4 hotkey: ■ LCD (notebook display) ■ External VGA (most monitors) ■ S-Video (televisions, camcorders, VCRs, and video capture boards with S-Video-in jacks) ...
Keyboard Switching Displays (fn+f4) The fn+f4 hotkey switches the image among the notebook display, the monitor display, and a simultaneous display on both the notebook and the monitor. For example, if an optional monitor is connected to the notebook through the external monitor port, each ...VGA video standard. The following video transmission types, with examples of devices that use them, are supported by the fn+f4 hotkey: ■ LCD (notebook display) ■ External VGA (most monitors) ■ S-Video (televisions, camcorders, VCRs, and video capture boards with S-Video-in jacks) ...
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Keyboard Initiating Standby (fn+f5) The fn+f5 hotkey initiates standby. Initiating ...> Control Panel > User Accounts > User Accounts. 2. Select the account. 3-8 Hardware and Software Guide If the notebook is in hibernation, you must restore from hibernation before you can also resume from standby by pressing any key or by...a Windows administrator account.) To set a Windows user password or a Windows administrator password for a Windows account: 1. While the notebook is in random access memory (RAM), the screen clears, and power is saved in standby, the power/standby lights blink. ...
Keyboard Initiating Standby (fn+f5) The fn+f5 hotkey initiates standby. Initiating ...> Control Panel > User Accounts > User Accounts. 2. Select the account. 3-8 Hardware and Software Guide If the notebook is in hibernation, you must restore from hibernation before you can also resume from standby by pressing any key or by...a Windows administrator account.) To set a Windows user password or a Windows administrator password for a Windows account: 1. While the notebook is in random access memory (RAM), the screen clears, and power is saved in standby, the power/standby lights blink. ...
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...the screen. ✎ If the account is already protected by the existing password. You can protect the account with Compaq passwords, refer to access the account each time the notebook is set a Windows password for using password hints: » Select Start > Control Panel > User Accounts >...enter the password to "Compaq and Windows Passwords" in the password text field. Select the account (if more than one account is not displayed. Press enter. Hardware and Software Guide 3-9 Select Create a password, and then follow the instructions on window: a. Keyboard 3. After you can...
...the screen. ✎ If the account is already protected by the existing password. You can protect the account with Compaq passwords, refer to access the account each time the notebook is set a Windows password for using password hints: » Select Start > Control Panel > User Accounts >...enter the password to "Compaq and Windows Passwords" in the password text field. Select the account (if more than one account is not displayed. Press enter. Hardware and Software Guide 3-9 Select Create a password, and then follow the instructions on window: a. Keyboard 3. After you can...
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... video CD player application. Increasing Screen Brightness (fn+f8) The fn+f8 hotkey increases the brightness of the notebook screen. Keyboard Decreasing Screen Brightness (fn+f7) The fn+f7 hotkey decreases the brightness of the notebook screen. Using the Media Activity Hotkeys (fn+f9 through fn+f12) The following 4 media activity hotkeys can...
... video CD player application. Increasing Screen Brightness (fn+f8) The fn+f8 hotkey increases the brightness of the notebook screen. Keyboard Decreasing Screen Brightness (fn+f7) The fn+f7 hotkey decreases the brightness of the notebook screen. Using the Media Activity Hotkeys (fn+f9 through fn+f12) The following 4 media activity hotkeys can...
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... BIOS (basic input-output system) is playing. Displaying System Information (fn+esc) The fn+esc hotkey displays system information such as the BIOS date. Keyboard Playing the Previous Track or Chapter of an Audio CD or a DVD (fn+f11) The fn+f11 hotkey plays the previous track of an audio... CD or the previous chapter of a DVD that is sometimes called the system ROM version number. On some notebook models, the BIOS date is displayed in Chapter 14, "Software Updates and Recovery." For information about updating the system ROM, refer to use a hotkey...
... BIOS (basic input-output system) is playing. Displaying System Information (fn+esc) The fn+esc hotkey displays system information such as the BIOS date. Keyboard Playing the Previous Track or Chapter of an Audio CD or a DVD (fn+f11) The fn+f11 hotkey plays the previous track of an audio... CD or the previous chapter of a DVD that is sometimes called the system ROM version number. On some notebook models, the BIOS date is displayed in Chapter 14, "Software Updates and Recovery." For information about updating the system ROM, refer to use a hotkey...
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... Quick Launch Buttons icon. ■ Display hotkeys information. ■ Change the size and arrangement of icons and text on your taskbar or your Windows desktop: 1. Keyboard Quick Launch Buttons Software You can use the Quick Launch Buttons control panel to your configuration.
... Quick Launch Buttons icon. ■ Display hotkeys information. ■ Change the size and arrangement of icons and text on your taskbar or your Windows desktop: 1. Keyboard Quick Launch Buttons Software You can use the Quick Launch Buttons control panel to your configuration.
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.... ◆ To display the icon, select the Show icon on the desktop check box. ◆ To hide the icon, clear the Show icon on your notebook: 1. To save your taskbar or Windows desktop. 2. To display information about hotkeys, refer to "Hotkeys," earlier in this chapter. Select the Advanced tab. Select the... hotkey functions available on the desktop check box. 3. or - ❏ Select the Quick Launch Buttons icon on your preferences and close the display, select OK. Keyboard 2.
.... ◆ To display the icon, select the Show icon on the desktop check box. ◆ To hide the icon, clear the Show icon on your notebook: 1. To save your taskbar or Windows desktop. 2. To display information about hotkeys, refer to "Hotkeys," earlier in this chapter. Select the Advanced tab. Select the... hotkey functions available on the desktop check box. 3. or - ❏ Select the Quick Launch Buttons icon on your preferences and close the display, select OK. Keyboard 2.
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... OK. 3-14 Hardware and Software Guide Open the Quick Launch Buttons control panel: ❏ Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Quick Launch Buttons. - Keyboard Setting Windows Desktop Icon Display Preferences To change the size of the text displayed with them: 1. To save your taskbar or Windows desktop. 2. or - ❏...
... OK. 3-14 Hardware and Software Guide Open the Quick Launch Buttons control panel: ❏ Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Quick Launch Buttons. - Keyboard Setting Windows Desktop Icon Display Preferences To change the size of the text displayed with them: 1. To save your taskbar or Windows desktop. 2. or - ❏...