Shutting Down Your Computer - Sony VAIO PCG-9312 User Manual

VAIO Notebook User Guide
If necessary, adjust the brightness controls for the LCD display:
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Decrease brightness, press Fn+F5 and then the down or left arrow key.
Increase brightness, press Fn+F5 and then the up or right arrow key.

Shutting Down Your Computer

To avoid potential loss of data, follow these steps to shut down your computer.
Click the Start button on the Windows® taskbar.
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2 Click Shut Down at the bottom of the Start menu to display the Shut Down
Windows dialog box.
3 Select Shut down.
4 Click OK.
Respond to any prompts warning you to save documents.
5 Wait for your computer to turn off automatically—power indicator turns off.
6 Turn off any peripherals connected to your computer.
During a period of inactivity, you can conserve battery life by using System Suspend
mode. See "Controlling Power Management" in the online manual "Customizing Your
VAIO® Notebook" .
If you are unable to shut down your computer:
Close or end all operations:
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close all applications
remove the PC cards
disconnect USB devices
end Infrared Communication
2 Then, restart the computer. You can restart your computer by pressing
Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys (at the same time).
If you are still unable to shut down the computer, you can press the power button and
hold it for four seconds. This operation may result in data loss.
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