User manual SONY VAIO VGN-AR270 MEET YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER

[. . . ] It also includes information about the software programs included with your computer, as well as information on solving common problems. Specifications -- The online Specifications describe the hardware and software configuration of your VAIO computer. To view the online Specifications: 1 2 Connect to the Internet. Go to the Sony online support Web site at http://esupport. sony. com/EN/VAIO/ for customers in USA, at http://www. sony. ca/support for customers in Canada, at http://esupport. sony. com/ES/VAIO/ for customers in Latin American countries or areas, or at http://esupport. sony. com/ES/VAIO/BR/ for customers in Brazil. VAIO Recovery Guide -- Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software drivers, and drive partition(s) or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings. [. . . ] Sony assumes no liabilities for any defects arising out of your data maintenance and management. n 121 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Important Notice Do not encrypt the Documents and Settings folder. Encrypting the files in the folders containing basic user keys and others, which are listed later in this section, using the Encrypting File System (EFS) will disable you to launch your TPM software successfully and decrypt the encrypted data if: The TPM software has been installed. The EFS functionality has been enabled in user initialization process. With the default settings, the files in the folders below cannot be encrypted because they have system attributes. Do not change the system attributes of the files in the folders below. Folders containing basic user keys and others C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\BackupData C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\PlatformKeyData C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\RestoreData C:\Documents and Settings\<account>\Application Data\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\UserKeyData (All folders are invisible by default. ) In addition, encrypting the following folder will disable you to log onto your system. C:\Documents and Settings\<account>\Local Settings (invisible by default) Encrypting the archive, backup, and token files will disable emergency restoration. Encrypting the password reset token and secret files will disable password reset. n 122 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Do not encrypt the following folders and files. There will be no way to restore the following folders and files or the archive, backup, token, password reset token and secret files of your TPM software if you carelessly encrypt them. Sony assumes no liabilities for any troubles and damages arising out of your careless encryption of such folders and files. Automatic backup file Default file name: SPSystemBackup. xml Default path: None (Clicking Browse displays the My Documents\Security Platform window. ) Storage folder for automatic backup data Default file name: SPSystemBackup The folder is created as the subfolder for the SPSystemBackup. xml file. The green power indicator light is on in this mode. To save power while not working, you can turn off a specific device such as the LCD screen or the hard disk. You can change the memory configuration during Normal mode. See Changing the Performance Setting (page 134). n 127 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Using Standby Mode Standby mode turns off the LCD screen and places the hard disk and the CPU into a low power consumption mode. The umber power light flashes in this mode. To activate Standby mode 1 2 Click Start and then Turn Off Computer. Click Stand By. To return to Normal mode Press any key. !If you press and hold the power button for more than four seconds, your computer will turn off automatically. You will lose any unsaved data. When your computer is in Standby mode, you cannot insert a disc. Your computer comes out of Standby mode quicker than out of Hibernate mode. Standby mode uses more power than Hibernate mode. You can use VAIO Central to configure your computer to return to Normal mode when you open the LCD screen lid. This power resuming preference will be lost if you remove both the AC adapter and the battery pack. See Setting Up Your Computer with VAIO Central (page 125). ! [. . . ] VAIO HDD Protection allows you to customize your settings for protecting your hard disk against shock hazards. For contacts about the software, see Program Support Information (page 197). n 209 N Support Options VAIO MediaTM software Sony Electronics Inc. VAIO MediaTM software brings multimedia to your network, enabling you to share music, video, and still image files between your VAIO® computers. You can set up one or more VAIO computers as "media servers, " which store your multimedia files and make them available to other compatible VAIO computers on your wired or wireless network. [. . . ]