Immediate Help and Support
You can locate helpful information immediately by consulting your hard copy guides and supplements, or by accessing the
online Computer User Guide and the individual software Help files.
Your computer is supplied with these support options:
VAIO
Computer Quick Start — The Quick Start contains information on how to set up your computer quickly and
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easily. You can find instructions on how to plan an ergonomic work space, connect power cords, cables and
peripheral devices, register your computer with Sony, and establish a dial-up connection to the Internet. The Quick
Start can also provide troubleshooting support, if problems occur.
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Computer User Guide — The online User Guide provides information about configuring, maintaining, and
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upgrading your computer. This support resource offers a variety of available topics, enabling you to quickly view
specific information using context-sensitive search features. To access the online manual:
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Click Start in the Windows
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From the VAIO Help And Support Center menu, click VAIO User Guide.
Specifications — The online specifications sheet describes the hardware and software configuration of your VAIO
computer. To view this online information:
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Click Start in the Windows taskbar and click Help and Support.
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From the VAIO Help And Support Center menu, click VAIO User Guide.
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Locate the link in the text, "View the VAIO
Preinstalled software Help files — Each preinstalled software application provides online Help within the software,
that describes the software's features. In these Help files, you can find tutorials that teach you to use the software
and locate troubleshooting support, should problems occur. To access software Help files:
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Click Start in the Windows taskbar and point to All Programs. A submenu appears, listing all preinstalled
software applications.
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Click the desired software application.
3.
From the menu bar, click Help. The Help file appears.
Y ou c an loc ate the online H elp for Sony s oftware applic ations by pointing to the individual applic ation's ic on and s elec ting H elp from the s ubmenu.
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taskbar, then click Help and Support.
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Computer Specifications..."
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The software's main window appears.
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