User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE 1410-801

[. . . ] YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA 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. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. 3 Critical Applications The computer you have purchased is not designed for any "critical applications. " "Critical applications" means life support systems, medical applications, connections to implanted medical devices, commercial transportation, nuclear facilities or systems or any other applications where product failure could lead to injury to persons or loss of life or catastrophic property damage. [. . . ] TECHNICAL NOTE: If you delete a file from a diskette, it does not go into the Recycle Bin. For more information on the Recycle Bin, see Windows Help. ® Internet Explorer -- The Microsoft browser that provides access to the Internet. Toshiba VirtualTechTM -- A Toshiba utility to help answer technical questions and troubleshoot system problems. For more information about VirtualTech, see "Using VirtualTech" on page 222. Toshiba Great Software Offer -- A service provided by Toshiba that offers additional software to you. 112 Getting to Know Windows XP Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop FreedomWareTM -- Receive free offers, discounts and productivity solutions. NOTE: If you place the cursor over an icon, a popup description of the file contents appears. Your desktop may contain other icons depending on your ® configuration. See Windows XP online Help for more specific information on each icon and how to use it. Start button You use the Start button to: Start programs Access Microsoft Windows XP update information Open recently accessed documents Adjust system settings Search for files Access Windows Help and Support Run programs Suspend system activity and shut down the computer ® For more information on starting programs, see "Lesson 6: Starting programs" on page 120. Taskbar Each time you open a program, a button associated with that program appears on the taskbar. With some programs, a button appears on the taskbar for each document or window you open. You can use these buttons to quickly switch between the programs or windows. Getting to Know Windows XP Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop 113 To make a program or window active, click the associated button. System tray The system tray displays icons of tasks or programs that run continuously in the background. To learn more about each task, position the cursor over the icon for a few moments and a short description of the task appears. Typical tasks in the system tray are current time, power usage mode, and speaker volume. 1 Move the pointer to an empty area of the desktop, then click the secondary button. An icon called New Text Document appears on the desktop with the icon name highlighted. 3 4 To give your document a meaningful name, type New File. txt and press Enter. The new document opens in Notepad--the text editor built ® into the Windows XP operating system. 118 Getting to Know Windows XP Lesson 4: Creating a new document Title bar Sample Notepad window Notice that when the document opens, there is a new button on the taskbar that reads New File. txt - Notepad (the name may be too long to fit into the taskbar space but, if you point to the name, you see the complete name). By displaying buttons like this one, the taskbar helps you keep track of the programs and files you currently have open. To learn more about Notepad, click Start, then click Help and Support or open the Help menu by pressing F1. For now, leave Notepad open and go on to the next lesson. Getting to Know Windows XP Lesson 5: Creating a new folder 119 Lesson 5: Creating a new folder DEFINITION: A folder is an area where you can store documents and other types of files. In this case, a disk drive in the computer is the file cabinet. The Windows XP operating system stores documents and programs in folders. In this lesson, you will create a folder in which to store your new document. 1 Move the pointer to an empty area of the desktop, then click the secondary button. An icon called New Folder appears on the desktop with the icon name highlighted. [. . . ] pointing device -- Any device, such as the TouchPad or a mouse, that enables you to move the cursor on the screen. port -- A socket on the computer where you plug in a cable for connection to a network or a peripheral device. The general classes of programs (also called software) are operating system, application, and utility. For example, the properties of a file include the file's type, size, and creation date. Glossary Terms 247 R RAM (random access memory) -- Volatile memory that can be written to as well as read. [. . . ]