You and Your Laptop. Sheri & Allen Fertic [email protected]

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2 You and Your Laptop Sheri & Allen Fertic

3 Class Outline Laptop Protection Battery Life Memory Using the Laptop: connect wirelessly, upload pictures, add printers and other peripherals. Questions and Lab Time

4 Laptop Protection Plugging It In Shutting It Down Power Options Virus Protection and Firewall Overheating Avoiding Theft

5 Laptop Protection PLUGGING IT IN FIRST, FIRST, plug plug power power connection connection into into laptop laptop SECOND, SECOND, plug plug power power connection connection into into wall, wall, outlet outlet or or surge surge protector. protector. Why? Why? Prevents Prevents electrical electrical arc arc from from occurring occurring at at the the laptop laptop connection. connection.

6 Laptop Protection SHUTTING IT DOWN The The proper proper way way to to shutdown shutdown or or turn turn off off Click Click START, START, click click SHUTDOWN SHUTDOWN This This protects protects your your data data and and your your hardware. hardware. If If your your laptop laptop is is frozen frozen or or locked, locked, then then you you must must hard hard power power it it down down by by holding holding down down the the power power button button for for > seconds. seconds.

7 POWER OPTIONS Sleep vs Hibernate vs Shutdown? The answer depends mostly on you. Are you into saving energy or boot-up time? How often do you leave your computer and for how long? There are three main shut-down options available in Windows: Shut-Down, Sleep and Hibernate (names may vary depending on the Windows version). In Vista and Windows 7, there is also a fourth option; Hybrid Sleep.

8 Sleep Mode The difference between Sleep and Hibernate is that one uses less power than the other. I'll Explain: Sleep Feature = Pause Sleep is a power-saving state which uses just enough power to retain the memory for when you wake up your computer again. This mode use the most power of all the Power-Off Modes The Sleep Feature is recommended when you leave your computer for a short period (like going to lunch or step out for a few hours). Putting your computer into the sleep state is like pausing a DVD player the computer immediately stops what it s doing and is ready to start again when you want to resume working (usually within seconds)...

9 Hibernate Mode Hibernate: The Hibernate function was intended primarily for laptop users (also available for Desktops). This mode lets you save much more power when not using your computer (as in saving battery). When you put the computer in Hibernate Mode, it stores the contents of your RAM (Services, clipboard etc.) to your hard-drive which on reboot is read back into the RAM which takes about a minute to be completed, but on the upside you do save more energy. This mode requires more storage space on your hard drive.

10 Shut Down If your concern is to save energy, and you don t mind the longer Boot Up time then you should always use the Shut Down option. This will shut down every running service and application and wipe clean your RAM. This option saves the most energy as the computer is not using any power at all when in this state. NOTE: When you computer is shut down, it cannot update your virus protection or scan for viruses.

11 Hybrid Sleep Hybrid sleep is both Sleep and Hibernate, primarily intended for Desktop Computers. Hybrid Sleep keeps the RAM alive (as in Sleep Mode) and stores the Content of your RAM to your Hard-Drive (in case of a power failure). It also stores any open documents before putting your computer into a low-power state which allows for a quick Reboot later on. When hybrid sleep is turned on, putting your computer into sleep automatically puts your computer into hybrid sleep.

12 Teacher Note: Which one is best? Depends on how you use your laptop. I use mine a lot at home so I leave it plugged in. When I leave it for awhile (a break or at night), I put it in sleep mode. Things to consider: Updates, virus scans, etc. Always turn it OFF before packing away (overheating and damage can occur).

13 How to Set your Power Options

14 Power Options: Win7 and VISTA START button, click CONTROL PANEL Click ALL CONTROL ITEMS at the bottom Click POWER OPTIONS - OR - I find the easiest way is to click the START button, then type Power settings in the Search Box

15 Power Options: XP Click START Click CONTROL PANEL Click PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE Click POWER OPTIONS.

16 Virus Protection and Firewall It is Simple. Be sure you have Virus protection and a Firewall on your computer. There are 2 free virus programs that are reliable and as protective as any of the costly virus programs: AVG and Avast. Firewall is easy it is part of the Microsoft program that is loaded on your laptop so there is nothing you need to do except DON'T TURN IT OFF.

17 Avoiding Theft Keep laptop in a non-laptop bag Password protect it with a strong password Never take your eyes off it when travelling Note: There is a tracking service that will find your laptop if it's lost: Synet N Tracker

18 Avoiding Overheating #1 problem with Laptops is overheating Occurs from working on 'soft' surfaces Purchase a cooling fan pad

19 Battery Life Always refer to Mfr recommendations to get most mileage from your battery. Most recommend fully charge battery before using, then fully discharge occasionally. Leaving laptop plugged into power when battery is 100% does NOT damage the battery.

20 Memory: How much do I have? Memory is important because if you don't have enough, you run slow. Measured in Megabytes (MB). Most current systems need at least 512MB. WIN 7 and VISTA: Click START, type RAM in search box XP: Start, Control Panel, General tab, bottom right.

21 Memory: How to Add Use the Internet to find compatible memory Know your model #, serial #, and/or service tag # that are tagged on your computer You can safely order over the internet Ask Allen...

22 Memory: Memory Chip

23 Memory: Installing Memory Chip

24 Connect to a Wireless Network IF YOU ARE CONNECTING TO YOUR WIRELESS, BUT NOT GETTING TO THE INTERNET BE AWARE THAT THE INTERNET BUTTON ON YOUR LAPTOP MAY BE IN THE OFF POSITION.

25 Connect to a Wireless Network Use the View Wireless connections button on the bottom right.

26 Connect to a Wireless Network

27 Using Your Laptop Class Time: Your Choice CONNECT WIRELESSLY CONNECT DIGITAL CAMERAS EDIT & SEND PICS VIA ADD PRINTER USE THUMB DRIVES SURF WEB USE SKYPE INTERNET PHONE

28 END OF CLASS Thank you for attending this class and we hope to see you again. Sheri & Allen Fertic