Toshiba Portege S100-S113TD User Guide - Page 81

Customizing your computer’s settings, Powering off the computer

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Getting Started Powering off the computer 81 ❖ Disables the button ❖ Starts a custom program 4 Select the option to which you wish to assign the TOSHIBA Assist button. To assign a custom program, choose Select your program and enter the appropriate information for the program, or select Browse to find the program. 5 Click OK twice when finished. Customizing your computer's settings There are several ways in which you can customize your computer to suit your particular requirements. Refer to your operating system documentation or Help and Support for details. You may also wish to customize your power usage settings. For more information, see "Changing the main battery" on page 125. There are additional custom settings you can choose. See "Toshiba Utilities" on page 160. Powering off the computer It's a good idea to power off your computer when you are not using it for a while. If you are using the computer for the first time, leave the computer plugged into a power source (even though the computer is off) to fully charge the main battery. With the computer off, it may take up to six hours to charge the main battery. Guidelines for powering off the computer: ❖ If you have work in progress and aren't connected to a network, use the Hibernate command to save your system settings to the hard disk so that, when you turn on the computer again, you automatically return to where you left off.

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Getting Started
Powering off the computer
Disables the button
Starts a custom program
4
Select the option to which you wish to assign the
TOSHIBA Assist button.
To assign a custom program, choose
Select your program
and enter the appropriate information for the program, or
select
Browse
to find the program.
5
Click
OK
twice when finished.
Customizing your computer’s settings
There are several ways in which you can customize your
computer to suit your particular requirements. Refer to your
operating system documentation or Help and Support for
details.
You may also wish to customize your power usage settings.
For more information, see
“Changing the main battery” on
page 125
. There are additional custom settings you can
choose. See
“Toshiba Utilities” on page 160
.
Powering off the computer
It’s a good idea to power off your computer when you are not
using it for a while.
If you are using the computer for the first time, leave the
computer plugged into a power source (even though the
computer is off) to fully charge the main battery. With the
computer off, it may take up to six hours to charge the main
battery.
Guidelines for powering off the computer:
If you have work in progress and aren’t connected to a
network, use the Hibernate command to save your system
settings to the hard disk so that, when you turn on the
computer again, you automatically return to where you
left off.