Toshiba M400-S4034 - Portege - Core 2 Duo GHz driver and firmware
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Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 42
... To register online, you must be connected to the Internet.
Adding optional external devices
NOTE
Before adding external devices or memory, Toshiba recommends setting up your software. See "Setting up your software" on page 41.
After starting your computer for the first time you may want to:
❖ Add more memory (see "Adding memory (optional)" on page 48)
❖ Connect a mouse (see...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 56
... the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in the lower portion of the screen.
Installing drivers and applications
The Toshiba Application Installer allows you to reinstall the drivers and applications that were originally bundled with your computer.
To reinstall drivers and applications:
1 Double-click the Toshiba Application Installer icon on the Windows® desktop.
2 Click...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 62
... connect an optional external USB diskette drive, connect the cable to one of the computer's USB ports.
(Sample Illustration) Connecting an optional external USB diskette drive
Turning off the computer
Pressing the power button before shutting down the Windows® operating system could cause you to lose your work. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in-use light...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 141
... Utilities
Toshiba Application Installer
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Toshiba Application Installer
The Toshiba Application Installer allows you to reinstall the drivers and applications that were originally bundled with your computer.
To reinstall drivers and applications:
1 Double-click the Toshiba Application Installer icon on the Windows® desktop.
2 Click Next.
(Sample Image) Toshiba Application Installer...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 160
.../BIOS password authentication system when booting up.
The fingerprint authentication utility can also be used for user logon. The user's fingerprint is read; if the system recognizes the fingerprint, the user is automatically logged on.
Fingerprint utility limitations
Toshiba does not guarantee that the fingerprint utility technology will be completely secure or error-free. Toshiba...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 163
... the fingerprint device memory.
The fingerprint device memory can typically hold up to 21 fingerprints. The number of slots remaining is displayed in the enrollment wizard.
Control Center
The Control Center contains various functions for fingerprint management and for setting up your fingerprint software. Available options depend on the software status, used hardware, and installed applications...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 176
... a hard disk problem, you will not be able to start the computer. Insert a system diskette into the optional external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts and use the arrow keys to select the boot-up device. (You may need to press F12 several times.)
The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE/Windows Error Recovery - Windows did not...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 179
... ❖ Disable Driver Signature Enforcement ❖ Start Windows® normally When you highlight each option using the arrow keys, Windows® displays information about each option at the bottom after Description. See your Windows® documentation for further explanation.
NOTE
If your computer is connected to a network, the Startup menu may display different versions of Safe mode...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 182
... the monitor, optional external optical drive, optional external diskette drive, and other power-using functions. This tab does not appear if the device is not using resources.
❖ The Driver tab, which displays the drivers being used by the device. This tab also provides options for updating the driver or rolling back the driver in case the new version is causing a problem.
The...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 192
... for any problem with the printer itself.
Make sure you installed the proper printer drivers as shown in "Setting up a printer" on page 61 or in the instructions that came with the printer.
You may have connected the printer while the computer is on. Disable Sleep mode, turn off the computer, and turn off the printer. Turn the printer back on, make sure...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 195
... MAC address filtering, Wired Equivalent Privacy [WEP], etc.), check the access point vendor's Web site for recent firmware upgrades. Problems with WEP keys, in particular, are frequently addressed in new firmware releases.
Special considerations for the Windows® operating system
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption is not enabled on the wireless access point.
When you install a wireless...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 197
..., DVD, or external hard disk.
❖ Copy files to diskette.
❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device.
❖ Connect a writable CD/DVD or hard drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a CD/DVD or hard drive.
❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to your network partition.
Some people use...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 198
... can easily select a previously established Control Point to 'turn back the clock,' restoring the Windows® operating system to the state it was in just prior to the installation. This is much easier and more effective than uninstalling the hardware or software, which often leaves behind unwanted files and settings. It is also easy to...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 199
....
Fortunately, the Windows® operating system offers a convenient way to back up your computer or just your important files to CDs, DVDs, or hard drives. An external hard drive is recommended in case the internal hard drive fails. No additional software is required. Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can write...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 200
... complete your backup.
For more help, click Start, Help and Support, and search for "back up."
General tips for installing hardware and software
Here are a few tips to help ensure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft® Office and Adobe® Photoshop...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 201
... hardware item to the computer. If the device is connected first, it may be very difficult to complete the installation successfully. Always carefully follow the installation instructions that accompany the hardware or software.
❖ Restart the Windows® operating system. Always restart the Windows® operating system after each installation, even if the installation utility does not...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 203
... sure you have: ❖ Your computer's serial number ❖ The computer and any optional devices related to the problem ❖ Backup copies of your Windows® operating system and all
other preloaded software on your choice of media ❖ Name and version of the program involved in the problem
along with its installation media ❖ Information about what you...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 227
... object. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to
the left mouse button, unless otherwise stated.
driver - See device driver.
DVD - An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also DVDROM.
DVD-ROM (digital versatile [or video] disc read-only memory) - A very high-capacity storage medium that uses laser optics for reading data. Each DVD-ROM can hold as much...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 233
...-matrix display.
U
universal serial bus (USB) - USB is a serial bus that supports a data
transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps (480 million bits per second). USB
can connect up to 127 peripheral devices through a single all-
purpose USB port. USB allows hot swapping of peripherals. See
also bus, hot swapping, serial.
upload - To send a file to another computer through a modem or network. See...
Toshiba User's Guide for Portege M400 - Page 237
... key power plan 103
http 120
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i.LINK port 133 icon 113
desktop 113 Internet Explorer 113 moving to desktop 113 recycle bin 113 safety 36 Windows Media® Player 114 installing memory modules 48 mouse 60 instant passwords, using 142 Internet bookmarked site not found 179 connecting to 120 features 121 slow connection 179 surfing 121 uploading and downloading files
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