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Display .......................................................................................................... 34
Opening and Closing the Display .............................................................. 34
Screen Resolution ...................................................................................... 34
Appearance and Personalization ............................................................... 35
Connecting an External Monitor ............................................................... 36
Duplicate the Desktop ......................................................................... 37
Extend the Desktop .............................................................................. 37
Only display the Desktop on 1 ............................................................. 37
Only display the Desktop on 2 ............................................................. 37
Data Entry ..................................................................................................... 38
The Keyboard ............................................................................................ 38
Notebook-Specific Key Combinations .................................................. 38
Touch Pad ..................................................................................................... 39
The Hard Drive .............................................................................................. 40
Important Directories ................................................................................ 41
The Optical Drive .......................................................................................... 42
Loading a Disc ........................................................................................... 42
Emergency Ejection of a Blocked Disc .................................................. 43
Playing Back and Retrieving Data from Discs ............................................. 44
Regional Playback Information for DVD ..................................................... 44
Subjects Concerning the CD/DVD-Rewriter ............................................... 45
Recordable/Rewriteable Discs .............................................................. 45
Important Information about High Resolution Video Formats .............. 46
The Sound Card ............................................................................................ 47
External Audio Ports .................................................................................. 48
The Network ................................................................................................. 49
What is a network? .................................................................................... 49
Ethernet-Network ................................................................................ 49
Wireless LAN ............................................................................................. 50
Conditions ........................................................................................... 50
Troubleshooting within the Network ................................................... 51
Bluetooth (optional) .................................................................................. 52
The Multimedia Card Reader ......................................................................... 53
Inserting Memory Cards ............................................................................ 53
Removing Memory Cards .......................................................................... 53
Webcam (optional) ....................................................................................... 54
Actual example using Windows Live Messenger ........................................ 54
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Port....................................................................... 54
Securing the Notebook ................................................................................. 55
Startup Password ...................................................................................... 55
Using a safety lock ..................................................................................... 55
Software ........................................................................................................ 56
Getting to Know Windows® 7 .................................................................... 56
Windows
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7 - News .............................................................................. 56
Windows
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7 - Help and Support ........................................................... 58
Windows
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7 – Getting Started .............................................................. 59