Personal Computer User Manual

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

Thefollowingareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourcomputer.

CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?

TheuserguideisavailableinvariouslanguagesontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:

http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkStationUserGuides

Wherearemyrecoverydiscs?

Lenovoprovidesaprogramthatenablesyoutocreaterecoverydiscs.Fordetailsaboutcreatingrecovery

discs,see“Creatingrecoverymedia”onpage57.

Additionally,incaseofaharddiskfailure,youcanorderProductRecoverydiscsfromtheLenovoCustomer

SupportCenter.ForinformationaboutcontactingtheCustomerSupportCenter,seeChapter12“Getting

information,help,andservice”onpage101.BeforeusingtheProductRecoverydiscs,refertothe

documentationthatcomeswiththediscs.

Attention:AProductRecoverydiscpackagemightcontainmultiplediscs.Makesureyouhaveallofthe

discsreadybeforestartingtherecoveryprocess.Duringtherecoveryprocess,youmightbeprompted

tochangediscs.

WherecanIndhelpabouttheWindowsoperatingsystem?

TheWindowsHelpandSupportinformationsystemprovidesyoudetailedinformationaboutusingthe

Windowsoperatingsystemtohelpyougetthemostofyourcomputer.ToaccesstheWindowsHelpand

Supportinformationsystem,clickStart➙HelpandSupport.

Usingthekeyboard

Yourcomputercomeswithastandardkeyboard.TheMicrosoftWindowsshortcutkeysareprovidedon

thestandardkeyboard.

Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:

•“UsingWindowsshortcutkeys”onpage15

•“UsingtheblueThinkVantagebutton”onpage16

UsingWindowsshortcutkeys

ThestandardkeyboardprovidesthreekeysyoucanusewithyourMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystem.

•ThetwoStartmenukeysarelocatedbesidetheAltkeyoneithersideofthespacebar.Theyfeaturethe

Windowslogo.Whenyoupresseither,theWindowsStartmenuopens.ThestyleoftheWindowslogo

variesdependingonthekeyboardtype.

•Thecontext-menukeyislocatednexttotheCtrlkeyontherightsideoftheSpacebar.Pressingthe

context-menukeyopensthecontextmenufortheactiveprogram,icon,orobject.

Note:YoucanusethemouseortheUpandDownarrowkeystohighlightmenuselections.Youcanclose

theStartmenuorthecontextmenubyclickingthemouseorpressingEsc.