
Contents
Read this first. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
About this documentation . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Meet your computer . . . . . 1
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Statement on USB transfer rate . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Get started with your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Get started with Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . 9
Windows account . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Windows user interface . . . . . . . . . . 10
Windows label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Use Lenovo Vantage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connect to Wi-Fi networks . . . . . . . . . . 12
Use multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Use audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Use the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connect to an external display . . . . . . . 13
Interact with your computer . . . . . . . . . . 14
Use Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Use the multi-touch screen (for Lenovo 300e
2nd Gen only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lenovo Integrated Pen (for selected models of
Lenovo 300e 2nd Gen) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3. Explore your computer . . 21
Lock the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Manage power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Check the battery status and temperature. . . 21
Charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Maximize the battery life . . . . . . . . . 22
Set power button behaviors . . . . . . . . 22
Set the power plan . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Transfer data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connect to a Bluetooth-enabled device. . . . 22
Use a MicroSD card . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Turn on the irplane mode . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 4. Configure advanced
settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
UEFI BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
What is UEFI BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . 25
Enter the UEFI BIOS setup utility . . . . . . 25
Change the startup sequence . . . . . . . 25
Change the hotkey mode . . . . . . . . . 25
Enable or disable the lways On USB
function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Use passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Password types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Set an administrator password . . . . . . . 26
Change or remove the administrator
password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Set a user password . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Change or remove the user password . . . . 27
Enable the power on password . . . . . . . 27
Set a hard disk password . . . . . . . . . 27
Change or remove the hard disk password . . 28
Recovery information . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Restore system files and settings to an earlier
point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Restore your files from a backup . . . . . . 28
Reset your computer . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Use advanced options . . . . . . . . . . 29
Windows automatic recovery. . . . . . . . 29
Create and use a recovery USB device . . . . 29
Use firewalls and antivirus programs. . . . . . . 30
Chapter 5. Help and support . . . . . 31
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . 31
Self-help resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
What are CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Call Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Before you contact Lenovo . . . . . . . . 33
Lenovo Customer Support Center . . . . . . 33
Appendix A. Important safety
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Appendix B. Accessibility and
ergonomic information . . . . . . . . 49
Appendix C. Compliance and TCO
Certified information . . . . . . . . . . 53
Appendix D. Notices and
trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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