Setting The Computer Volume; Adding An Icon To The Windows Notification Area; Using A Disc; Using The Optical Drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre M79 User Manual

You can switch the function of the primary and secondary mouse buttons and change other default behavior
through the mouse properties function in the Windows Control Panel.

Setting the computer volume

To set the computer volume, do the following:
1. Click the volume icon in the Windows notification area on the taskbar.
Note: If the volume icon is not displayed in the Windows notification area, add the icon to the
notification area. See "Adding an icon to the Windows notification area" on page 18.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen to adjust the volume. Click the speaker icon to mute the audio.

Adding an icon to the Windows notification area

To add an icon to the Windows notification area, do the following:
1. Click the arrow next to the notification area to view hidden icons. Then, click the desired icon and
drag it to the notification area.
2. If the icon is not displayed, turn on the icon.
a. Depending on your Windows version, do one of the following:
• For Windows 7: Click the Start button to open the Start menu, and then click Control Panel.
View Control Panel using Large icons or Small icons, and then click Notification Area Icons ➙
Turn system icons on or off.
• For Windows 8.1: Open Control Panel. View Control Panel using Large icons or Small icons, and
then click Notification Area Icons ➙ Turn system icons on or off.
Note: For detailed information on how to open Control Panel on Windows 8.1, see "Accessing
Control Panel on the Windows 8.1 operating system" on page 21.
• For Windows 10: Click the Start button to open the Start menu. Then, click Settings ➙ System
➙ Notifications & actions ➙ Turn system icons on or off.
b. Turn on the desired icon.
3. If the icon is still not displayed in the Windows notification area, repeat step 1.

Using a disc

This section provides information about the following topics:
• "Using the optical drive" on page 18
• "Handling and storing a disc" on page 19
• "Playing and removing a disc" on page 19
• "Recording a disc" on page 19

Using the optical drive

Depending on the model, your computer is equipped with one of the following optical drives:
• CD-ROM drive: Used to read CDs only.
• DVD-ROM drive: Used to read DVDs and CDs.
• BD-ROM drive: Used to read blu-ray discs (BDs), DVDs, and CDs.
• Recordable optical drive: Used to read and record a disc.
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