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© 2006 To wson Un iversity -Th is work is lice nsed under the Creat ive Commons Attribut ion-NonCo mmercial- NoDerivs Lice nse. Details ava ilable at htt p://www.to wson.edu/O TStra ining. 410-704-4 070. L a p t o p G u i d e G e t t i n g t o K n o w Y o u r T U L a p t o p O T S P U B LI C A T I O N : W I N 1 9 • R E V I S E D 3/26/2007 • T [...]
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2 L AP T O P M ANUAL : G E T T I N G T O K NOW Y OUR T U L A P T O P Symbols Different symbol s on the laptop inform you of functions or alerts. (Figure 2) Left View Lights up when you tu rn on the computer and blinks when th e computer is in a power management mode. Lights up when th e computer reads or writes data. Lit or blinking: Indi cates bat[...]
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3 L AP T O P M ANUAL : G E T T I N G T O K NOW Y OUR T U L A P T O P Right View Back View Bottom View 1 Network connector (Ethernet) 6 Serial connecto r 2 S-video TV-Out connector 7 Video connecto r 3 USB connectors (2) 8 AC Adapter connector 4 Modem connecto r (Telephone) 9 Air vents 5 Parallel connect or == == Figure 6 Figure 5 Figure 4 NOTE: The[...]
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4 L AP T O P M ANUAL : G E T T I N G T O K NOW Y OUR T U L A P T O P L og gi ng o n f o r t h e F i r s t T i m e This section covers the basi cs of logging onto your Towson Universit y laptop for the first t ime. 1. Any first ti me user must connect the l aptop to the University network through an Ethernet cable before lo gging on. Connect the cab[...]
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5 L AP T O P M ANUAL : G E T T I N G T O K NOW Y OUR T U L A P T O P As always, it is very import ant that you back up your informatio n. Anything saved on the O: or H: drive is backed up every ni ght, so that it is safe. However, the only pe rson who can back up your C: drive is you. Flash Memor y devices, such as “thumb drive s”, are often a [...]
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6 L AP T O P M ANUAL : G E T T I N G T O K NOW Y OUR T U L A P T O P G l o s sa ry Below are commo nly used terms when working with your TU lapto p. Bluetooth – Technolog y that allows you to wirele ssly connect mobile device s such as lapt ops, phones, printers, PDAs, he adsets, etc. so they can co mmunicate with each other. Bluetoo th travels a[...]