Setting Up Your Computer With Sony Notebook Setup - Sony PCG-TR5MP Hardware Manual

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Setting up your computer with Sony Notebook Setup

The Sony Notebook Setup utility allows you to consult system information, specify preferences for system behaviour, and set up
password protection for your VAIO computer.
To use Sony Notebook Setup, proceed as follows:
1 Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar.
2
In All Programs, select Sony Notebook Setup and then click Sony Notebook Setup.
The Sony Notebook Setup window appears.
Tab
About This Computer
Initial Setting
Power On Password
Device
S Buttons (depending on your model)
Plug and Display (depending on your
model)
Description
Displays system information, including memory capacity, serial number, and BIOS version.
Selects the drive and device order you wish to use for loading the operating system. You can specify the
hard drive as well as other drives inserted into your computer. You can change the volume of the sounds
played while the operating system is loading.
Sets the password to secure your computer.
If you use this option, remember the password at all times. If you forget the password, you cannot change
this setting anymore, and you will not be able to start your computer.
Disables ports or devices to release resources to the system. To change the port settings, select a port and
click Settings in the Device tab.
You can link an action that you often perform to the S1 button (button next to the power button). In Sony
Notebook Setup there are some actions pre-defined: Standby, Hibernate, External Display, Launch
Application.
If the Bluetooth functionality is installed, another option appears in the drop-down list: Waiting for
receiving files (Bluetooth Communication).
By default, when you connect your computer to an external display, the external display is automatically
detected and Hotkey Utility automatically outputs to this display. If you want to disable this function or
change the settings, you can do this in this tab.
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Using your VAIO computer