User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE A100 (PSAAN)

[. . . ] TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA, NETWORK SYSTEMS OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Protection of Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up copies of all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of the data. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. [. . . ] Click OK. 3 Making a popup assignment 1 2 Select Popup to display the Application Explorer dialog box. The left side of the Application Explorer window displays the folders in the All Programs menu. The right side lists the programs and documents in the folder. These are the items that will appear in the popup list. 152 3 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse® To create a popup list with items from various folders, or to pick only a few items from a folder, create a new folder containing only the desired programs and documents. If you are unsure how to do this, refer to your operating system documentation. Click OK to associate the folder with the key you just selected. To open a popup list showing the items in that folder, press Fn plus the appropriate key from within any Windows® program. 4 Viewing existing key assignments To view the existing key assignments, choose Assignments from the Fn-esse keyboard. Fn-esse displays the Function Key Assignments dialog box. This box lists all the key assignments and the program or document to which each key is assigned. To view items in a popup list, select the Expand popup lists check box. Changing or removing existing key assignments On the Fn-esse keyboard, click the key you wish to change with the secondary button. Fn-esse displays the Assignment Type dialog box. To change the key assignment, click Direct or Popup and continue as if you were creating a new assignment. Click OK. 158 Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Hardware Setup Toshiba Hardware Setup Toshiba Hardware Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. To access it: Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, Assist, or click the Toshiba Hardware Setup icon in the Optimize tab of Toshiba Assist. The Toshiba Hardware Setup screen appears. Sample Toshiba HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. They are: General--Allows you to view the current BIOS version or change certain settings back to their default values. Device Config--Shows the device configuration options. Display--Allows you to change various default settings for the built-in LCD display. CPU (available on certain models)--Allows you to enable or disable CPU frequency switching modes. Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Hardware Setup 159 Dynamically Switchable--This mode is the default setting for your computer, and automatically changes the processing frequency and decreases voltage depending on the power source: AC Power--If your computer is connected to the AC adapter, the CPU frequency mode is set to high for faster processing. Battery Power--If your computer is running on battery power, the CPU frequency mode is set to low for slower processing. Switching the CPU to low allows you to conserve power and extend the operating time of your battery. Always High--Sets the CPU speed to high when using either the battery or the AC adapter. Always Low--Sets the CPU speed to low when using either the battery or the AC adapter. Boot Priority--Allows you to change the sequence in which your computer searches the drives for the operating system. Keyboard--Allows you to access the wake-on keyboard function. [. . . ] For a printer, resolution is expressed in dots per inch (dpi). For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. To reset the computer by reloading the operating system without turning the computer off. RJ11 -- A modular connector used on most U. S. [. . . ]