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1 Setting Up and Using Your PC Starting and Stopping Your PC After Your PC Has Restarted • Set the keyboard in a comfortable position. • Adjust the screen's brightness and contrast to suit your needs. If the picture does not fill the screen or is not centered, adjust it using the controls on the display. Refer to the display's manual for details. Changing the Operating System If you change the operating system used by your PC, ensure that the Plug and Play Aware O/S field in the Setup program is correctly set. If you are using the preinstalled operating system, this field should already be correctly set. (To enter the PC's Setup program, press during startup.) To check if the your operating system is Plug and Play, refer to the operating system documentation. Stopping Your PC To stop the PC, make sure that you have exited all programs and the operating system (if necessary), and then press the power button on the control panel. With some operating systems the PC will automatically switch off when you shut down the operating system. If there is a problem during the shutdown procedure and the software hangs, then, after one minute press the on/off button for four seconds. This turns off the power but may result in data being lost. You should only use this method of turning off the PC when the normal shutdown procedure does not work. Refer to the operating system manual for details on how to shut down or exit the operating system. 12 English

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Setting Up and Using Your PC
Starting and Stopping Your PC
12
English
After Your PC Has Restarted
•
Set the keyboard in a comfortable position.
•
Adjust the screen’s brightness and contrast to suit your needs. If the
picture does not fill the screen or is not centered, adjust it using the
controls on the display. Refer to the display’s manual for details.
Changing the Operating System
If you change the operating system used by your PC, ensure that the
Plug and Play Aware O/S
field in the
Setup
program is correctly
set. If you are using the preinstalled operating system, this field should
already be correctly set. (To enter the PC’s
Setup
program, press
during startup.)
To check if the your operating system is Plug and Play, refer to the
operating system documentation.
Stopping Your PC
To stop the PC, make sure that you have exited all programs and the
operating system (if necessary), and then press the power button on
the control panel.
With some operating systems the PC will automatically switch off when
you shut down the operating system.
If there is a problem during the shutdown procedure and the software
hangs, then, after one minute press the on/off button for four seconds.
This turns off the power but may result in data being lost. You should
only use this method of turning off the PC when the normal shutdown
procedure does not work.
Refer to the operating system manual for details on how to shut down
or exit the operating system.