User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EC2MGX/BI

[. . . ] Subscriptions to online service providers may require a fee and credit card information. Financial services may require prior arrangements with participating financial institutions. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. End user software license agreement This End User Software License Agreement (the EULA) is a legal agreement between you and Sony Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Sony), a corporation organized under Japanese Law, the manufacturer of your Sony computer system (the SONY HARDWARE). Please read this EULA carefully before installing or using the software distributed together with this EULA (the SONY SOFTWARE). [. . . ] When compression is completed, a window message asks you if you want to attach the file to your email. Accept and send the e-mail. 7 Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 18 Customizing your notebook The following sections briefly describe how to change the main settings of your notebook. Among other things, you will learn how to prepare your modem for use, how to use and customize the look of your Sony software and utilities, etc. Configuring your modem Before you can start using your internal modem, or each time you use your modem while travelling, make sure that the country of the active location defined in the Phone and Modem Options dialog box matches the country you are dialing from. To configure your modem, proceed as follows: 1 2 Click Start and then Control Panel. The Phone and Modem Options dialog box appears. If you do not see the Phone and Modem Options dialog box, click Switch to Classic View on the left side. Select your location on the Dialing Rules tab. Click the Edit button to change the current configuration. Or Click the New button if you wish to configure your modem. Check the country/region settings, and make sure it matches the place you are dialing from. If you modified your location settings, click Apply, and then click OK. If you use this option, remember the password at all times. If you forget the password, you cannot change this setting anymore, and you will not be able to start your computer. Disables port to release resources to the system. To change the port settings, click Advanced on the Basic/Advanced tab. Toggles between Advanced mode (additional screens with advanced settings) and Basic mode of display. Advanced mode includes Serial and View Resources tabs. Touchpad Power On Password Enable Ports Basic/Advanced For more information about each options, click Help on the Notebook Setup screen to display the help file. Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 21 Managing power The PowerPanel utility controls the power management of your notebook and provides key information about system activity* and battery life. The automatic power management selects the most advantageous profiles, or lets you customize the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of extended battery life. PowerPanel has the following features: Automatic Profile Selection (APS) based on the currently active application; Ability to select specific Power Profiles manually from the menu; Ability to edit and create new profiles; Ability to display detailed battery information; * Not on PCG-R600MEP. Activating PowerPanel When you start the computer, the PowerPanel icon appears in the system tray by default. PCG-R600MEP only: To see the current power profile, simply point to the icon. VAIO VPC-EC2MGX/BI/HEPD: If the computer is running on AC power, you see PowerPanel's Performance icon: If the computer is running on battery power, you see PowerPanel's Battery Life icon: To see the CPU state and the current power profile, simply point to the icon. To select a power profile, right-click the icon. [. . . ] To perform an application recovery, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Take the final product recovery CD-ROM. Turn on your computer (using AC power only) and wait until Windows has booted up. Insert the product recovery CD-ROM into the DVD-ROM drive. Open the drive through My Computer and click the Apps directory. [. . . ]