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146 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 5 From the Start screen, type Computer. Click or touch Computer from the list that appears. The optical disc drive should appear in the list. 6 See "Checking device properties" on page 133 for instructions on using Device Manager to view the optical disc drive properties. 7 Check the Toshiba Web site for new information on optical disc drives and their operation. A blank screen appears while watching a DVD-ROM or BD-ROM movie or title. Change the setting for when to turn off the display using the following steps: 1 Move your pointer to the upper-right corner of the screen or swipe in from the right edge. When the Windows® charms appear, click or touch the Search ( ) charm, and then type Power in the Search field. 2 From the search list, click or touch Choose when to turn off display. 3 To keep the display from turning off, click or touch Never in both drop down lists. 4 Click or touch Save changes. The screen saver runs while you are watching a movie or title. If the screen saver is enabled, it runs on top of any movie or title you are watching. To disable the screen saver: 1 Right-click the desktop and click Personalize in the menu. 2 Click or touch Screen Saver in the lower-right corner of the window. 3 Select None from the Screen saver drop-down list. 4 Click or touch OK. Develop good computing habits Save your work frequently. You can never predict when your computer will lock, forcing you to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many software programs build in an automatic backup, but you should not rely solely on this feature. Save your work! See "Computing tips" on page 72 for instructions.

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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
5
From the Start screen, type
Computer
. Click or touch
Computer
from the list that appears.
The optical disc drive should appear in the list.
6
See
“Checking device properties” on page 133
for instructions
on using Device Manager to view the optical disc drive
properties.
7
Check the Toshiba Web site for new information on optical
disc drives and their operation.
A blank screen appears while watching a DVD-ROM or
BD-ROM movie or title.
Change the setting for when to turn off the display using the
following steps:
1
Move your pointer to the upper-right corner of the screen or
swipe in from the right edge. When the Windows
®
charms
appear, click or touch the
Search
(
) charm, and then type
Power
in the Search field.
2
From the search list, click or touch
Choose
when
to
turn
off
display
.
3
To keep the display from turning off, click or touch
Never
in
both drop down lists.
4
Click or touch
Save
changes
.
The screen saver runs while you are watching a movie or title.
If the screen saver is enabled, it runs on top of any movie or title
you are watching. To disable the screen saver:
1
Right-click the desktop and click
Personalize
in the menu.
2
Click or touch
Screen Saver
in the lower-right corner of the
window.
3
Select
None
from the
Screen saver
drop-down list.
4
Click or touch
OK
.
Develop good computing habits
Save your work frequently.
You can never predict when your computer will lock, forcing you to
close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many software
programs build in an automatic backup, but you should not rely
solely on this feature. Save your work! See
“Computing tips” on
page 72
for instructions.