User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EB36GX

[. . . ] reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice. The software described herein is governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement. This product contains software owned by Sony and licensed by third parties. Use of such software is subject to the terms and conditions of license agreements enclosed with this product. [. . . ] The USB mouse software driver is preinstalled in the computer. Therefore you only need to plug the USB mouse into the USB connector. See the manual that came with your USB device for more information on installation and use. Customizing Your Notebook Computer You can customize the settings of your notebook computer. The following sections briefly describe how to change your computer's default settings. You can also refer to the Sony Notebook Setup Help for more detailed information. Displaying the Sony Notebook Setup Screen To display the Sony Notebook Setup screen: 1 2 Click the Start button on the Windows 98 taskbar. Point to VAIO and click Sony Notebook Setup. 3 4 Select the tab for the item you want to change. See "Notebook Setup Tabs" on page 58. After you finish, click OK. 57 58 VAIO Notebook Computer User Guide Notebook Setup Tabs Tab About This Computer Audio Printer Power On Device Sequence Description Display system information, including memory capacity, serial number, and BIOS version. Change the volume of the sounds that play while the operating system is loading. Select the order of drives and devices from which you want to load the operating system. You can specify the hard drive as well as other drives inserted into your computer. When you connect an optional mouse to the Serial port of your computer, you can make your touchpad inactive. Spreadsheet ­ Optimizes performance and power requirements for spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel. ® Communications ­ Extends battery life by initiating a quick display timeout. You can also establish settings for LCD (Video) Standby, Hard Disk Standby, and System Suspend to optimize power management for your system. Automatic Profile Selection ­ Automatically switches to a profile suitable for active applications. Power Management Commands PowerPanel also provides power management commands that you can use to activate specific power management functions and to control power for a specific device. You might use these commands when you want to override a profile setting or initiate an immediate action, such as putting the system into Video Standby mode before the Video Standby timer expires. Icon Description System Idle ­ Puts the system into Idle mode, a state of low power consumption. This state stops the CPU clock and puts all peripherals into low power mode. To return the system to the active state, press any key or power switch on your system. System Suspend ­ Puts the system into System Suspend mode, a power management state that saves the state of the system and peripheral devices in memory (RAM). Power consumption reduces to a minimum, and the system remains on. To return the system to the active state, press any key or the power switch on your computer. System Hibernation ­ Provides for the lowest level of power consumption. The system writes the state of the system and peripheral devices to the hard disk and turns off the system power. [. . . ] DE TELS DOMMAGES INCLUENT, ENTRE AUTRES, LE TEMPS DE L'ACHETEUR, LA PERTE DE PRODUCTIVITÉ, DE REVENUS ET DE PROFITS, ET LA PERTE DE DONNÉES OU D'UTILISATION DU PRODUIT OU DE TOUT ÉQUIPEMENT CONNEXE. SAUF DANS LA LIMITE OÙ LA LOI APPLICABLE L'INTERDIT, TOUTE GARANTIE TACITE DE VALEUR MARCHANDE OU DE CONVENANCE À UNE FIN PARTICULIÈRE DE CE PRODUIT EST RESTREINTE DANS SA DURÉE À LA DURÉE DE CETTE GARANTIE. Certaines provinces ne permettent pas l'exclusion ou la restriction des dommages accidentels ou indirects et n'admettent pas de limites quant à la durée d'une garantie tacite, de sorte que les exclusions/ restrictions exprimées ci-dessus peuvent ne pas s'appliquer. Cette garantie vous donne des droits spécifiques et vous pouvez en avoir d'autres qui varient selon la province. [. . . ]