User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE PRO A300D

[. . . ] 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. 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. [. . . ] Contact your authorized Toshiba representative for more information, or visit toshiba. com. TECHNICAL NOTE: When traveling by air, you may be required to pass your notebook through airport security equipment. The X-ray equipment will not harm your computer. Chapter 5 Getting to Know the ® Windows XP Operating System This chapter introduces the Windows® XP operating system by guiding you through a few basic tasks. Whether you have used a Windows® operating system or not, the skill and confidence you will gain from this chapter will more than offset the short amount of time spent going through these lessons. As you explore the Windows® XP operating system further, you will often discover alternative ways of accomplishing a particular task. For more detailed information on your operating system, ® ® refer to the Microsoft Windows XP operating system documentation that came with your computer. HINT: The illustrated examples in this guide may appear slightly different from the screens displayed by your system. However, the differences are not significant and do not indicate any change in the functionality of your system. 131 132 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop The desktop is the launching pad for everything you can do in the operating system. You use its features to start programs, find documents, set up system components, and perform most other computing tasks. Finding your way around the desktop Your computer's desktop includes several standard features: icons, Start button, taskbar, System tray, and background pattern. Icons background pattern Start button Taskbar System tray Sample Desktop Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop 133 Icons An icon represents a folder, file, or program that can be quickly activated by double-clicking the icon. You can create a new desktop icon for any folder, file, or program by dragging the element's icon from its location in a window to the desktop area. Among the icons on your desktop are the following: Toshiba Access--Opens a window with links to software updates, services and support, and other important benefits. For example, "click the secondary button. " 2 3 Click an empty area of the desktop to close the Start menu. With the cursor in an empty area of the desktop, click the secondary button to open the desktop shortcut menu. As the name implies, shortcut menus provide quick access to many operating system features. Sample desktop shortcut menu 4 5 Click an empty area to close the shortcut menu. The operating system opens the My Computer window. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 2: Using the TouchPad and control buttons together 137 Sample My Computer window open 6 Now click the Close button in the upper-right corner of this window. 7 Click an empty area of the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and, while holding down the primary button, use the TouchPad to drag the cursor to the right edge of the desktop, then release the primary button. (This process is known as "clicking and dragging. ") The taskbar moves from the bottom to the right edge of the desktop. 138 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 2: Using the TouchPad and control buttons together Start button Taskbar System tray Sample desktop with the taskbar on the right HINT: You can move the taskbar to any of the desktop's four edges. 8 Click the taskbar once again and drag it back to the bottom of the desktop. If you can't move the taskbar, it's probably because it has been locked. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 3: Learning about the Internet 139 To unlock it: 1 Right-click the taskbar. If the Lock the taskbar option has a check mark, then the feature is in use. The check mark should be gone, indicating the lock has been removed. Follow the same steps to lock the taskbar. You can also lock and unlock the taskbar by using the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window. To access the window: 1 2 3 4 Right-click the taskbar, then select Properties. Click OK. Lesson 3: Learning about the Internet This lesson demonstrates how to access a Web page from a window and from the taskbar. [. . . ] By volatile, we mean that information in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer. reboot -- See boot, restart. Glossary 253 removable disk -- A disk that can be removed from a disk drive. resolution -- A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. [. . . ]