User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EB14FX/T

[. . . ] find meanings for technical terms. Using the Glossary of the User Guide, you can easily If a problem occurs, refer to the Q & A included in the User Guide. Some devices and software referred to in the User Guide may not be provided and/or changed by upgrade. Note that the computer environment referred in the User Guide may not be the same as your own environment. Images used in this User Guide may differ from actual product. This guide decribes procedures for using both the mouse and the touchpad. [. . . ] You can change the Internet connection settings. Using this function, you can add a printer and other hardware, change the settings, and update the device drivers. Using this function, you can remove a program or Windows function and download a new program from the internet. 78 User Accounts and Family Safety Appearance and Personalize Clock, Language, and Region Ease of Access Additional Options You can change the user account settings, passwords and configure the Parental Controls function. Using this function, you can configure the Desktop style, theme or screen saver settings. Using this function, you can configure the date, time, language and regional settings. Using this function, you can select options for hearing and sight impaired persons as well as for challenged persons. You can configure the audio recognition settings. Using this function, you can configure other Control Panel item settings. 79 User Accounts Using Windows Vista User Accounts, more than one user can easily share the same PC. The procedures to add and delete a user account and to switch users are described below. Adding User Accounts 1 2 3 4 Click Start( ) > Control Panel> User Accounts and Family Safety. 5 Click Create a new account to add a new account. Click User Accounts > Manage another account. Click Create a new account. Enter a new username and select either Standard User or Administrator. 80 Removing User Accounts If there is only one administrator account for the computer, you cannot delete the administrator account. You can only delete another account when you are logged in as an administrator. If you click Delete files, the account and all files belonging to the account are deleted. If you click Keep files, only the account is deleted and the files belonging to the user are saved on the Desktop. Note 1 2 3 4 5 Click Start( ) > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts. Click Manage Another Account. Switching User Accounts Click on the user account to be deleted. 1 Click Start ( User. ) on the taskbar and select Switch Click Delete the Account in the Make changes to user's account menu. A window appears asking whether you want to save the desktop, documents, favorites, music files, pictures and video folders as new folders on the Desktop before deleting the account. 2 81 If you click on another username in the start screen, you can login with that user account. Changing the screen resolution and the color The resolution refers to the number of pixels displayed on the screen. Alternatively, click Start( Control Panel > Mobile PC > Windows Mobile Center. Battery Status Settings )> Volume Control Display Connection Settings 2 Easy Network Manager Window Configure the volume, the battery status, the external display, the Sync center, etc. according to your requirements. Configurable items may differ depending on the installed Windows Vista version or programs. If Easy Network Manager program is installed, you can see Easy Network Manager window. Turning off WLAN in the Mobility Center is not applied to the Status indicator and the MENU window. Note 89 Chapter 4. Using the Network Wired Network Wireless Network Connecting to a Wireless LAN 91 94 95 Using the Easy Network Manager Network Settings Using in Another Location Diagnosing the Network Status 96 96 98 99 Connecting with a Modem Bluetooth Bluetooth Function Using Bluetooth 100 101 101 102 Wired Network A wired network is a network environment used for a company network or broadband internet connection at home. Before You Start! You can also configure the network settings using the Easy Network Manager. 96 1 Connect a LAN cable to the computer's LAN port. 4 Right-click over the Local Area Connection and select Properties. 2 3 Click Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center. Click Manage Network Connections from the left pane. 91 5 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) from the Networking tab and click Properties. 6 Configure the IP settings. When using DHCP, select Obtain an IP address automatically. To use a static IP address, select Use the following IP address, and set the IP address manually. The LAN device driver may differ depending on your LAN device model. To add a network component, click Install in the screen shown in the figure above. [. . . ] The biggest network is the Internet, a worldwide network. Notification Area This refers to the right area of the Taskbar including program icons such as the volume control, the power options and the time. Power Schemes This refers to a pre-determined power management option group. For example, you can set the time the computer waits before entering Standby Mode, or before the monitor or hard drive turns off. [. . . ]