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... individual. (The telephone number provided may not be a 900 number or any changes necessary to maintain uninterrupted service. Contact the state public utility commission, public service commission or corporation commission for repair or standard limited warranty information, please contact Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. If these changes might affect your service or the operation of your right to file a complaint with...
... individual. (The telephone number provided may not be a 900 number or any changes necessary to maintain uninterrupted service. Contact the state public utility commission, public service commission or corporation commission for repair or standard limited warranty information, please contact Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. If these changes might affect your service or the operation of your right to file a complaint with...
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... time 50 Opening the display panel 50 Your computer's features and specifications ....51 Turning on the power 51 Adding memory (optional 52 Installing a memory module 53 Removing a memory module 58 Checking total memory 60 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 61 Creating Recovery DVDs 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 62 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 68 Checking the HDD operating status 70 Installing drivers and applications 70 Using the TouchPad 71 Scrolling with the TouchPad 71 Control buttons 71 Disabling or enabling the TouchPad 72 Using external display...
... time 50 Opening the display panel 50 Your computer's features and specifications ....51 Turning on the power 51 Adding memory (optional 52 Installing a memory module 53 Removing a memory module 58 Checking total memory 60 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 61 Creating Recovery DVDs 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 62 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 68 Checking the HDD operating status 70 Installing drivers and applications 70 Using the TouchPad 71 Scrolling with the TouchPad 71 Control buttons 71 Disabling or enabling the TouchPad 72 Using external display...
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...; Memory Card Format Utility .........163 TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Boot Utility 164 Booting from a bootable SD card 165 Mouse Utility 166 TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 167 USB Sleep and Charge Utility 169 Starting the USB Sleep and Charge Utility.......169 USB Sleep and Charge 169 Enabling USB Sleep and Charge 171 Power supply mode settings 171 Battery settings 171 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 172 TOSHIBA Button Support 173 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 174 TOSHIBA Rotation Utility 175 Windows® Mobility Center 176 Tablet PC Settings 177 Toshiba Tablet Access Code Utility 179 TOSHIBA...
...; Memory Card Format Utility .........163 TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Boot Utility 164 Booting from a bootable SD card 165 Mouse Utility 166 TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 167 USB Sleep and Charge Utility 169 Starting the USB Sleep and Charge Utility.......169 USB Sleep and Charge 169 Enabling USB Sleep and Charge 171 Power supply mode settings 171 Battery settings 171 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 172 TOSHIBA Button Support 173 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 174 TOSHIBA Rotation Utility 175 Windows® Mobility Center 176 Tablet PC Settings 177 Toshiba Tablet Access Code Utility 179 TOSHIBA...
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... Using Startup options to fix problems 193 Internet problems 194 The Windows® operating system can help you 195 Resolving a hardware conflict 195 A plan of action 195 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........196 Memory problems 197 Power and the batteries 198 Keyboard problems 199 Display problems 200 Disk or internal storage drive problems ..........202 Optical drive problems 203 Sound system problems 204 PC Card problems 205 Printer problems 207 Modem problems 208 Wireless networking problems 208 DVD operating problems 211 Develop good computing habits 212 Data...
... Using Startup options to fix problems 193 Internet problems 194 The Windows® operating system can help you 195 Resolving a hardware conflict 195 A plan of action 195 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........196 Memory problems 197 Power and the batteries 198 Keyboard problems 199 Display problems 200 Disk or internal storage drive problems ..........202 Optical drive problems 203 Sound system problems 204 PC Card problems 205 Printer problems 207 Modem problems 208 Wireless networking problems 208 DVD operating problems 211 Develop good computing habits 212 Data...
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... limited to, a mouse, keyboard, printer, memory, and PC Cards. Overheating your computer or AC adaptor could cause system failure, computer or AC adaptor damage or a fire, possibly resulting in the "Instruction Manual for Safety and Comfort" that needs to charge the battery you can block the vents located at the base of the computer. Setting up your computer TECHNICAL...
... limited to, a mouse, keyboard, printer, memory, and PC Cards. Overheating your computer or AC adaptor could cause system failure, computer or AC adaptor damage or a fire, possibly resulting in the "Instruction Manual for Safety and Comfort" that needs to charge the battery you can block the vents located at the base of the computer. Setting up your computer TECHNICAL...
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... setting you want takes effect. Briefly pause each time you press the F5 key to allow time for the display to use the internal display only, the external device only, or both simultaneously. This hot key cycles through the settings in display and external monitor simultaneously ❖ External monitor only ❖ Dual monitor different image (Sample Image) Display options window 3 Release the Fn key. Getting Started Using external display devices 73 Directing the display output when you turn...
... setting you want takes effect. Briefly pause each time you press the F5 key to allow time for the display to use the internal display only, the external device only, or both simultaneously. This hot key cycles through the settings in display and external monitor simultaneously ❖ External monitor only ❖ Dual monitor different image (Sample Image) Display options window 3 Release the Fn key. Getting Started Using external display devices 73 Directing the display output when you turn...
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... desktop ❖ Use the Start menu ❖ Use Windows® Explorer or the Start menu to locate the program file ❖ Use the Search or Start Search field in the Start menu The next three sections explain how to step 3, otherwise, continue with your mouse on your program is displayed. 3 Click the program, in this example, WordPad. NOTE If you install a program, the operating system usually...
... desktop ❖ Use the Start menu ❖ Use Windows® Explorer or the Start menu to locate the program file ❖ Use the Search or Start Search field in the Start menu The next three sections explain how to step 3, otherwise, continue with your mouse on your program is displayed. 3 Click the program, in this example, WordPad. NOTE If you install a program, the operating system usually...
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... it is not receiving correct input from the AC power supply. HINT: Be careful not to the secondary battery (available on replacing the main battery. Disconnect the AC power cord/cable and remove the battery pack. Mobile Computing Monitoring main battery power 113 The computer can be used . ❖ Flashes amber when the main battery charge is low and it is suspended (using the Windows® operating system Sleep command).
... it is not receiving correct input from the AC power supply. HINT: Be careful not to the secondary battery (available on replacing the main battery. Disconnect the AC power cord/cable and remove the battery pack. Mobile Computing Monitoring main battery power 113 The computer can be used . ❖ Flashes amber when the main battery charge is low and it is suspended (using the Windows® operating system Sleep command).
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...-up screen appears asking for any losses that may occur to you, your organization or others as a result of the inability to access your computer. A message displays confirming that you save the password to a text file on password protection. Using a user password A user password provides power-on a diskette or media of the TOSHIBA Password Utility window appears. 4 Click Delete. Deleting a supervisor password To delete a supervisor password: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then TOSHIBA Assist. Setting a user password...
...-up screen appears asking for any losses that may occur to you, your organization or others as a result of the inability to access your computer. A message displays confirming that you save the password to a text file on password protection. Using a user password A user password provides power-on a diskette or media of the TOSHIBA Password Utility window appears. 4 Click Delete. Deleting a supervisor password To delete a supervisor password: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then TOSHIBA Assist. Setting a user password...
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158 Utilities Setting passwords To register a password for the power-on -screen instructions to remove the user password. The TOSHIBA Password Utility window appears. 2 Click Delete. 3 Follow the on password functions: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then TOSHIBA Password Utility. Deleting a user password To cancel the power-on a diskette or media of your password, and then enter it again to verify. 4 Click Set. 5 Click OK if you want to save the password to exit. The TOSHIBA Password Utility window appears. (Sample Image) TOSHIBA Password Utility window 2 ...
158 Utilities Setting passwords To register a password for the power-on -screen instructions to remove the user password. The TOSHIBA Password Utility window appears. 2 Click Delete. 3 Follow the on password functions: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then TOSHIBA Password Utility. Deleting a user password To cancel the power-on a diskette or media of your password, and then enter it again to verify. 4 Click Set. 5 Click OK if you want to save the password to exit. The TOSHIBA Password Utility window appears. (Sample Image) TOSHIBA Password Utility window 2 ...
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... Windows® starts loading. The Windows® Advanced Boot Options menu displays these problems, use the options in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. The voltage level must be able to fix the problem. To open the Startup menu: 1 Restart your computer. 2 Press F8 when your computer model. The computer may have to change the system in the Startup menu. Unless a hardware device has failed, problems...
... Windows® starts loading. The Windows® Advanced Boot Options menu displays these problems, use the options in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. The voltage level must be able to fix the problem. To open the Startup menu: 1 Restart your computer. 2 Press F8 when your computer model. The computer may have to change the system in the Startup menu. Unless a hardware device has failed, problems...
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... Goes Wrong The Windows® operating system is not working ❖ Safe Mode with Command Prompt ❖ Enable Boot Logging ❖ Enable low-resolution video (640x480) ❖ Last Known Good Configuration (advanced) ❖ Directory Services Restore Mode ❖ Debugging Mode ❖ Disable automatic restart on system failure ❖ Disable Driver Signature Enforcement ❖ Start Windows® normally When you highlight each option using the arrow keys, Windows® displays information about each...
... Goes Wrong The Windows® operating system is not working ❖ Safe Mode with Command Prompt ❖ Enable Boot Logging ❖ Enable low-resolution video (640x480) ❖ Last Known Good Configuration (advanced) ❖ Directory Services Restore Mode ❖ Debugging Mode ❖ Disable automatic restart on system failure ❖ Disable Driver Signature Enforcement ❖ Start Windows® normally When you highlight each option using the arrow keys, Windows® displays information about each...
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... control mode light is on the most recent software and hardware options for your software using the internal storage drive more keyboard error messages. Using the computer's TouchPad: 1 Click Start, and then click the arrow next to any of the Start menu. Is your computer, and for all batteries. All these conditions affect how long the charge lasts. Is the display power set to turn off , make of time, the battery will restart and recognize the device...
... control mode light is on the most recent software and hardware options for your software using the internal storage drive more keyboard error messages. Using the computer's TouchPad: 1 Click Start, and then click the arrow next to any of the Start menu. Is your computer, and for all batteries. All these conditions affect how long the charge lasts. Is the display power set to turn off , make of time, the battery will restart and recognize the device...
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.... If the optical drive is an external drive, make sure that the hardware configuration meets its needs. Make sure that the metal head window cover goes into the optional external diskette drive. You may be able to see "Disk or internal storage drive problems" on the faulty diskette (for file recovery procedures. You may already have a diskette in the drive. Run Errorchecking on page 202). Open the tray and...
.... If the optical drive is an external drive, make sure that the hardware configuration meets its needs. Make sure that the metal head window cover goes into the optional external diskette drive. You may be able to see "Disk or internal storage drive problems" on the faulty diskette (for file recovery procedures. You may already have a diskette in the drive. Run Errorchecking on page 202). Open the tray and...
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... to change these settings. Refer to the program's documentation and the modem manual for information on , set up properly but still does not transmit or receive data. Make sure the cable from the modem to the telephone line is on how to check this. It should be a configuration issue. For more advanced users. Wireless networking problems NOTE This section provides general troubleshooting tips...
... to change these settings. Refer to the program's documentation and the modem manual for information on , set up properly but still does not transmit or receive data. Make sure the cable from the modem to the telephone line is on how to check this. It should be a configuration issue. For more advanced users. Wireless networking problems NOTE This section provides general troubleshooting tips...
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...; adapter. ❖ If another computer is on the same network, verify that the driver is loaded. Toshiba provides a Client Manager utility for example, the other than the private address of 169.254.xxx.xxx assigned by the Windows® operating system, and that it matches the SSID assigned to open the Start menu. 2 Type Cmd in Device Manager (part of the Windows® Control Panel, Hardware and Sound). If...
...; adapter. ❖ If another computer is on the same network, verify that the driver is loaded. Toshiba provides a Client Manager utility for example, the other than the private address of 169.254.xxx.xxx assigned by the Windows® operating system, and that it matches the SSID assigned to open the Start menu. 2 Type Cmd in Device Manager (part of the Windows® Control Panel, Hardware and Sound). If...
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... than main memory. Interlaced monitors take two passes to add or remove devices from a computer while the computer is refreshed. K keyboard shortcut - A key or combination of keys that you use to perform a task instead of computers or other on the motherboard to the internal storage drive the current state of your work , including all open files and programs, when you turn on the screen that activates a memory resident program...
... than main memory. Interlaced monitors take two passes to add or remove devices from a computer while the computer is refreshed. K keyboard shortcut - A key or combination of keys that you use to perform a task instead of computers or other on the motherboard to the internal storage drive the current state of your work , including all open files and programs, when you turn on the screen that activates a memory resident program...
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... devices keyboard 74 mouse 74 Disk Defragmenter 202 disk drive corrupted/damaged data files 203 missing files/trouble accessing a drive 202 running slow 202 diskette drive cannot insert a diskette 203 cannot read a diskette 203 connecting 76 external, connecting 76 display does not look normal/flickers 200 external monitor not working 201 display devices external 72 display output settings 73 display panel opening 50 display problems screen is blank 200 display, external adjusting 74 disposal information 27 disposing of used batteries 124 double-click 71 DVD using...
... devices keyboard 74 mouse 74 Disk Defragmenter 202 disk drive corrupted/damaged data files 203 missing files/trouble accessing a drive 202 running slow 202 diskette drive cannot insert a diskette 203 cannot read a diskette 203 connecting 76 external, connecting 76 display does not look normal/flickers 200 external monitor not working 201 display devices external 72 display output settings 73 display panel opening 50 display problems screen is blank 200 display, external adjusting 74 disposal information 27 disposing of used batteries 124 double-click 71 DVD using...
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... restoring 101 saving 97 fingerprint authentication 182 Fingerprint Authentication Utility using 182 Fn keys 93 function keys 93 H hard disk drive secondary options 144 hardware conflicts 195 resolving 196 headphones using 135 Help and Support Windows® operating system 195 Hibernation mode 77 configuring 81 hot key 231 starting again from 83 hot key disabling or enabling TouchPad™ 235 display brightness 233 Hibernation mode 231 keyboard overlays 237 Lock (Instant security) 228 optical disk drive 227 Output (Display switch) 232 power plan 229 Sleep mode 230 volume...
... restoring 101 saving 97 fingerprint authentication 182 Fingerprint Authentication Utility using 182 Fn keys 93 function keys 93 H hard disk drive secondary options 144 hardware conflicts 195 resolving 196 headphones using 135 Help and Support Windows® operating system 195 Hibernation mode 77 configuring 81 hot key 231 starting again from 83 hot key disabling or enabling TouchPad™ 235 display brightness 233 Hibernation mode 231 keyboard overlays 237 Lock (Instant security) 228 optical disk drive 227 Output (Display switch) 232 power plan 229 Sleep mode 230 volume...
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...; Memory Card Format Utility 163 TOSHIBA Security Assist 159 Toshiba tablet pen 138 using 139 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 172 TouchPad™ control buttons 71 primary button 71 secondary button 72 using 71 traveling tips 125 troubleshooting DVD player general problems 211 external keyboard 199 keyboard 199 optical drive 203 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 181 turning on the computer 51 turning on the power 51 U Ultra SlimBay II 144 installing module 146 USB Sleep and Charge Utility 169 USB-compatible printer 74 user password, disabling 158 user password, setting 157 using a file extension 99 using...
...; Memory Card Format Utility 163 TOSHIBA Security Assist 159 Toshiba tablet pen 138 using 139 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 172 TouchPad™ control buttons 71 primary button 71 secondary button 72 using 71 traveling tips 125 troubleshooting DVD player general problems 211 external keyboard 199 keyboard 199 optical drive 203 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 181 turning on the computer 51 turning on the power 51 U Ultra SlimBay II 144 installing module 146 USB Sleep and Charge Utility 169 USB-compatible printer 74 user password, disabling 158 user password, setting 157 using a file extension 99 using...