User manual SONY VAIO VGN-CS21S/R

[. . . ] Sony Corporation will not restore, recover, or replicate the recorded contents made to your computer, external recording media, or recording devices under any circumstances. n8N Before Use Documentation Your documentation includes printed information and user guides to read on your VAIO computer. Printed Documentation Quick Start Guide -- Describes the process from unpacking to starting up your VAIO. Troubleshooting and Recovery Guide -- Contains solutions to problems other than those you encounter during normal operation. Regulations, Guarantee, EULA and Service Support -- Contains Sony guarantee conditions, safety / regulations, modem regulations, wireless LAN regulations, wireless WAN regulations, Bluetooth® regulations, end user software license agreement, and Sony support services information. Non-printed Documentation User Guide (this manual) -- Explains features of your computer. The User Guide is provided in PDF format for easy browsing and printing. [. . . ] Let the fingerprint sensor take about one second to scan your fingerprint. You may not be able to register and/or have your fingerprint(s) recognized if your finger is excessively dry or wet, wrinkled, injured, dirty, etc. Register more than one fingerprint in case that the fingerprint sensor fails to recognize the fingerprint. Be sure to clean your fingertip(s) and the fingerprint sensor before swiping in order to keep good recognition performance. n 108 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Logging Onto Your System To use the fingerprint authentication function in place of password entry to log onto your system, you need to set the poweron and Windows passwords and configure your computer for fingerprint authentication. For setting the power-on and Windows passwords, see Setting the Password (page 96). For detailed information, see the help file included with the Protector Suite QL. Logging onto Windows If you have registered your fingerprints for your user account, you can substitute fingerprint authentication for Windows password entry. To log onto Windows, swipe the registered finger across the fingerprint sensor when the Windows log-on screen appears. Power-on Security feature If you have set the power-on password (page 96), you can substitute fingerprint authentication for password entry when starting your computer. n 109 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Using the Password Bank Once you have registered your user information (user accounts, passwords, etc. ) for web sites in the Password Bank, you can substitute fingerprint authentication for entering information required to access the password-protected web sites. For detailed information, see the help file included with the Protector Suite QL. !You may not be able to use the Password Bank feature depending on the web site you access. Using the File Safe Feature With the File Safe feature, you can create an encrypted archive to include a file and/or folder for protection against unauthorized access. The encrypted archive can be decrypted or unlocked for included file/folder access by swiping your finger across the fingerprint sensor or entering the backup password you specified for encryption. For detailed information, see the help file included with the Protector Suite QL. Using the Application Launcher The application launcher feature is available on your computer for launching your preferred application (executable file) that is assigned to one of your fingers with a registered fingerprint. Once you have assigned an application to your finger, you can launch the assigned application simply by swiping the finger across the fingerprint sensor. For detailed information, see the help file included with the Protector Suite QL. n 110 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Erasing the Registered Fingerprints Before disposing of your computer or transferring it to a third person, it is strongly recommended you erase the fingerprint data registered on the fingerprint sensor after erasing the data stored on your hard disk drive. To erase the registered fingerprints 1 2 Turn on the computer. If not, restart the computer and press the F2 key several times when the VAIO logo appears. Press the < or , key to select Security to display the Security tab. Press the m key to select Clear Fingerprint Data and press the Enter key. The fingerprint data registered on the fingerprint sensor is erased automatically after your system restarts. 3 4 5 n 111 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Setting Up Your Computer with the VAIO Control Center The VAIO Control Center utility allows you to access system information and to specify preferences for system behavior. To use the VAIO Control Center 1 2 3 Click Start, All Programs, and VAIO Control Center. The setting of the desired item has been changed. For more information about each option, see the help file included with the VAIO Control Center. Some of the control items will not be visible if you open the VAIO Control Center as a standard user. Changing the default illumination lamp activity The illumination lamp on the bottom of your computer illuminates depending on your actions or the computer's status. You can change this default activity of the lamp to make it stay unlit by following these steps: 1 2 3 4 Click Start, All Programs, and VAIO Control Center. Click OK. n 112 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Using the Power Saving Modes You can take advantage of the power management settings to conserve battery life. In addition to the normal operating mode, your computer has two distinct power saving modes: Sleep and Hibernate. [. . . ] Using a personalized account, you can log your technical queries with ease. VAIO-Link help lines: Before contacting VAIO-Link by telephone, try to solve the problem by reading the printed and nonprinted documentation. Visit the other Sony web sites: http://www. club-vaio. com if you want to know more about VAIO and become part of the growing VAIO community. http://www. sony. net for other Sony products. You need to set up an Internet connection before you can access the online features described here. n 187 N Support Options e-Support What is e-Support? If you have searched our user guides and web site (http://www. vaio-link. com) but have not found an answer to your question or issue, use e-Support to solve it. [. . . ]