User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EE23FX/WI

[. . . ] 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). [. . . ] Point to All Programs and then Smart Capture. The Compression Settings window appears. Choose the compression rate by moving the slider. When compression is completed, a window message asks you if you want to attach the file to your e-mail. Accept and send the e-mail. 7 Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 20 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 3 Click Start, and click Control Panel. The Phone and Modem Options Properties dialog box appears. Double-click the currently selected location on the Dialing Rules tab. If more than one location is available, double-click the location that is highlighted. Check the country/region settings, and make sure it matches the place you are dialing from. To change the serial 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 option, click Help on the Notebook Setup screen to display the Help file. Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 23 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; If it 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. 1 2 Activating PowerPanel When you start the computer, the PowerPanel icon appears in the system tray by default. If the computer is running on AC power, you see PowerPanel's Performance icon: To change profiles, proceed as follows: Right-click on the PowerPanel icon in the system tray and select Profiles. The appropriate power settings will be activated. Customizing your notebook About the software on your Sony notebook nN 24 When you use the battery pack as power source, your system selects the Maximum Battery Life power management profile by default. If you select a different power management profile while using battery power, the same profile will automatically be selected the next time you use the battery pack to power your computer. Activating power management profiles PowerPanel provides several predefined power management profiles. Each profile consists of a group of power management settings that are designed to meet specific power management goals, ranging from maximum power management to no power management. Main preset profiles Icon Description Maximum Battery Life ­ Provides power saving features to give you maximum battery life and good performance. [. . . ] Whenever possible, the recovery screens allow you either to go back to the previous screen, or to abort the recovery process. Performing an application recovery The application recovery utility allows you to reinstall individual applications. Reinstalling a program can fix the problems encountered if it does not correctly run anymore. To perform an application recovery, proceed as follows: 1 Take the final product recovery CD-ROM. 2 Turn on your computer (using AC power only) and wait until Windows® has booted up. [. . . ]