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Manager

Using MSI Command-Line Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Customized MSI Installation of System Manager

Bypassing Feature Support Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Setting Language for System Manager Installation Dialogs

System Manager MSI Installer Feature List. . . . . . . . 6

System Manager Upgrades

Specify Customized System Manager Options . . . . . . 7

Contents of DCPSysMgrCfg.xml . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Examples

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2 Display and Devices Manager . . . . . . . . 11

Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Keyboard Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Keyboard Backlight

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Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Webcam

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Contents 1

3 Power Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

All Day Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Power Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Sleep Mode

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Advanced Power Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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4 Tablet Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Pen and Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Power Management

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tablet PC Hardware Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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2 Contents

About Dell™ ControlPoint System Manager

Dell ControlPoint is a proprietary tool that combines system configurat ion, connection, and security management functions into a single interface. This book focuses on the System Manager component, which uses industry-standard Microsoft® Windows Installer (MSI) technology to perform installations, upgrades, modifications, and uninstallations. Features include:

•

Display and Devices Manager

settings including ambient light, keyboard hot key, storage, and webcam settings.

•

Power Manager

power management, alarms, sleep mode, and battery options.

T ablet Ma nager

• input, display, audio, power management, shortcuts, and buttons.

For detailed information on t he Connect ion Manager and Security Manager components of ControlPoint that are not covered in this book, go to http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/dta/controlpoint.

—Enables yo u t o co nt rol system power settings includ in g

—Allows you to configure tablet settings, including pen and

—Enables you to control your display

Using MSI Command-Line Parameters

Administrators can use the System Manager-MSI command -line interface (CLI) to install, modify, or remove System Manager features in unattended mode. A basic MSI installation of System Manager entails entering the following command:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn

This command installs all System Manager features on each computer based on the computer's hardware configuration. The installation proceeds silently as an express installation.

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NOTE: Administrator credentials are required.

Customized MSI Installation of System Manager

By customizing installation parameters, administra tors can invoke different installation scripts to selectively install or uninstall System Manager features on different computers using the same installation package, dcpsysmgr.msi. The ADDLOCAL and REMOVE CLI parameters allow administrators to customize specific System Manager features for silent or non-silent (dialog boxes displayed) unattended installation or unin stallation.

The command-line is:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi {/qn | /qr | /qb} [ADDLOCAL=feature1,feature2... | ALL] [REMOVE= feature1,feature2... | ALL] [REBOOT=ReallySuppress]

•

ADDLOCAL

•

REMOVE

/qn

• installation)

•

/qr

while displaying dialogs showing installation progress)

•

/qb

displaying a basic progress bar)

REBOOT=ReallySuppress

• during the installation

Refer to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for complete documentation of all MSI commandline options.

: Add specific features or all features

: Remove or do not install features

: "Silent"—Specifies no user interface (unattended and silent

: "Reduced"—Specifies a reduced user interface ( unattended installation

: "Basic"—Specifies a basic user interface (u nattended installation wh ile

: Suppress all reboots and reboot prompts

Bypassing Feature Support Check

By default, the System Manager installation package interrogates the system and only makes available as installation options those features that are supported by the hardware. This means that when installing System Manager onto a hard drive image to support multiple Dell systems, the only features available would

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be those features supported by the system used to create the image. To resolve this limitation, administrators can use the command-line to set the public property BYPASS_SUPPORT_CHECK equal to 1.

Example:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn BYPASS_SUPPORT_CHECK=1

This will, at the time of install, install all features, whether supported or not, on the system. At run-time, System Manager will only expose those features supported by the system.

NOTE: The parameter "BYPASS_SUPPORT_CHECK=1" is a public property and

therefore case-sensitive.

Setting Language for System Manager Installation Dialogs

The System Manager installer defaults to the English language. To request a different language for installation dialogs, specify the appropriate language transform:

• German:

:1031

• Spanish:

:1034

•French:

:1036

• Italian:

:1040

• Japanese:

:1041

•Korean:

:1042

• Portuguese (Brazilian):

TRANSFORMS=:1046

• Chinese (Traditional):

TRANSFORMS=:1028

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi

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• Chinese (Simplified):

TRANSFORMS=:2052

•Danish:

:1030

•Dutch:

:1043

•Swedish:

:1053

•Russian:

:1049

• Norwegian:

:1044

•Polish:

:1045

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi

System Manager MSI Installer Feature List

1 llp

2 power

3 tablet

4 display.devices

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(32-bit),

Internal Network Card Power Management

(LOM) into Low Power mode to c on serve battery when network cable is disconnected and computer running on battery power.

Tools for managing your system's power consumption: battery status, device power savings, EnergyStar™ options.

Support for Tablet PC systems

T ab l et user-interface features.

Tools for managing your system's display and other installed devices.

NOTE: Feature names are case-sensitive.

llp64

(32-bit),

(64-bit)

power64

tablet64

(32-bit),

—Puts LAN-on-motherboard

(64-bit)

—Device driver for Tablet buttons and other

display.devices64

(64-bit)

System Manager Upgrades

The two key command-line parameters for upgrading are REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE.

The recommended command-line for upgrading minor versions of System Manager is:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus

Refer to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for complete documentation of all MSI commandline options.

Specify Customized System Manager Options

Several popular System Manager program options are stored in the text file DCPSysMgrCfg.xml. This file is formatted as XML and can be customized by Administrators so that System Manager can be deployed with a given set of options. This file is stored in the System Manager installation directory—f or example, C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell ControlPoint\System Manager.

To specify that the System Manager installer copy a customized s ettings file to the installation directory, use the command-line parameter:

USEMYXML=1 For example: msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn USEMYXML=1

NOTE: The customized DCPSysMgrCfg.xml must be in the same directory as the

dcpsysmgr.msi file.

Contents of DCPSysMgrCfg.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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</DCPSysMgr>

•<Battery> This element contains options related to the Power/Battery Health feature.

Attributes: –

lock {yes / no}

this setting

–

BHMURL { any URL }

feature. By default, http://www.dell.com/batteryhealthmeter.

•<IntNetCrdPwrMgmt> This element contains options related to the Internal Network Card Power

Management feature. Attributes: –

lock {yes / no}

this setting

notifications {yes / no }

–

Enabled/Disabled notifications are presented to the user whe n the system transitions from battery power to AC power.

–

OnBatteryNoLink {yes / no}—

Internal Network Card Power Management feature will disable the network card on transitions from battery power to AC power.

—Locks the setting so that users cannot change

—The URL pointed to by the Battery Health

—Locks the setting so that users cannot change

—Specifies whether ne twork card

Specifies whether or not the

Examples

Install System Manager with all features; use the specify a customized XML settings file:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn USEMYXML=1 ADDLOCAL=ALL

Install all the features of System Manager except

Power Management

German:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qb ADDLOCAL=ALL REMOVE=llp TRANSFORMS=:1031

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; use the

Basic

user interf ace ; set th e in stal ler dia lo gs to

Silent

user interface;

Internal Network Card

Install System Manager on 64-bit Microsoft Windows® with only the and

Power

features; use the

Silent

user interface; set the installer dialogs to

Japanese:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn ADDLOCAL= tablet64,power64 TRANSFORMS=:1041

Uninstall the set unchanged; use the

Power

feature, leaving the rest of the System Manager feature

Basic

user interface:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qb REMOVE=power

Uninstall the Manager feature set unchanged ; use the

Power

and

Tablet

features, leaving the rest of the System

Silent

user interface:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn REMOVE= power,tablet

Remove System Manager and all its features; use the

Reduced

user

interface:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qr REMOVE=ALL

Minor Upgrade of System Man a g er; use the

Silent

user interface, do not

reboot:

msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus REBOOT=ReallySuppress

Tablet

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Display and Devices Manager

On the Display and Devices Overview screen, you can view the status of Ambient Light Sensor (A LS) and Keyboard Backlight. You can also enable

or disable these features. For more informati on, see "Ambient L ight Sensor" and "Keyboard Backlight."

You can find qui ck links at th e bottom of the Display and Devices Overview screen that allow you to perform the following actions:

•

Launch webcam software

webcam program.

•

Customize hot keys

more information, see "Keyb oa rd Hot Keys."

•

Adjust keyboard backlight settings

keyboard backlight setting s . For m o re in fo rm at ion, see "Keyboard Backlight."

Enable/disable privacy

•

Click Manage Display & Devices to access the display settings.

Display Settings

—Launches Dell Webcam Suite, the default

—Allows you to customize the keyboard hot keys. For

—Allows you to configure the

—This option is available based on the system.

Presentation Settings

The presentation mode disables system and display timeouts and also the screen saver (if enabled). You can also enable presentation mode by pressing <Fn><F8> on your keyboard.

Ambient Light Sensor

The Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) detects available environmental light and automatically increases or decreases the display backlighting to compensate for low-light and high-light environments.

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You can adjust the display brightnes s by pressing the <Fn> and the up- or downarrow key.

NOTE: The Ambient Light Sensor feature may not be available in certain computers.

Keyboard Hot Keys

Hot keys are keyboard shortcuts that are activated by pressing a combination of <Fn> and a designated character on your keyboard . These can be us ed to launch programs installed on your computer or to insert a special character.

You can view the current hot keys and the corresponding feature/shortcut. To create a new hot key, click Add. To delete a hot key, highlight the hot key and click Delete.

Create a new hot key

To create a hot key, perform the following steps:

Choose an available character from the drop-down menu.

T o asso ciate an installed pro g ram w ith the hot ke y:

Select

Launch Program

Click

Update

programs.

Click

To associate a special character with the hot key:

Select

Insert special character

Choose the desired special character from the list.

Click

Save

to choose the desired program from the list of installed

and then

to save the new hot key.

Save

to save th e hot key.

Edit a hot key

To edit a hot key, perform the following steps:

Highlight the hot key in the Current Hot Keys window.

Click

Edit

Follow the instructions in "Create a new hot key."

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Keyboard Backlight

Enabling this feature provides a backlight on the keyboard, while the computer is in use. You can choose one of the following options:

•

Off

—Select this option to disable the keyboard backlight feature.

Illuminate keyboard in low light conditions

•

keyboard backlight only in low light conditions. The backlight is turned on while there is activity on the compu ter an d is automatically turned of f a fter a period of inactivity (time-out). The time-out period restarts any time a key on the internal keyboard is pressed or whenever the touch pad detects activity. Use the drop-down menu to change the inactivity time-out setting.

•

Illuminate keyboard now

backlighting at all times.

The brightness of the keyboard illuminati on can be ch anged by dragging the slider to the desired level.

—Select this option to enable keyboard

—Select this option to enable

Storage

Y ou can launch the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager program from this screen. Intel Matrix Storage technology provides added performance and reliability for computers equipped with serial ATA hard drives, through the use of RAID technology. The benefits of Intel Matrix Storage technolo gy ar e dat a pr ot ectio n, fault tolerance, better performance, and ease of use.

Webcam

Click Open application to launch Dell Webcam Suite, the default webcam program.

NOTE: This option is not available if Dell Webcam Suite is not installed on your

computer, even if you have a different webcam program installed.

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Power Manager

From the Power Settings Overview screen, you can find the following information:

•

Power Scheme

drop-down me nu to change the power scheme. For more information about each power scheme and to customize the s etting s, see "Power Schemes."

• Primary Battery—

primary battery, and the battery manufacturer. If your computer has a seco ndary b attery, click

view Battery Health

Battery Life" by clicking the link.

—You can view the current power scheme in use. Use the

You can view the power source, charge status of the

Manage Power Settings and

to check the status. You can also access "All Day

• Active power saving features—

features on your computer.

You can find qui ck links at th e bottom of the Power Settings Overview screen that let you perform the following actions:

•

Run power management wizard

you to set various power management options, including sleep modes, power schemes, and low battery alarms. Follow the instructions in the wizard to control and optimize your computer's power usage.

•

Create a new power scheme

your computer's usage. For mo re information, see "Ed iting a Power Sch eme."

NOTE: Battery operating time (the time the battery can hold a charge) decreases

over time. Depending on how often the battery is used and the conditions under which it is used, you may need to purchase a new battery during the life of your computer.

You can view the active power saving

—The Power Management wizard allows

—You can create a new power scheme to suit

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Status

Under Current status, you can view the power source, battery charge status, battery health, and battery manufacturer.

Use the drop-down menu to view information about the primary battery or secondary battery. The secondary battery is displayed only if one is installed in your computer. Click More Inform ation next to Battery Health for information related to your battery.

The battery has three states:

•

Normal Caution

• notice reduced operating times as the life of the battery decreases.

As the battery degrades further and op erating time decreases, an automatic pop-up window notifies you that the battery is reaching the end of its usable life. The pop-up window co n tains a link to access the Battery Meter wind o w where you can obtain more inform ation.

Additional pop-up reminders continue to appear as the battery's charge capacity decreases. However, you can disable the pop-up window and be notified only when the battery reaches the end of its usable life by clicking the Please do not remind me again check box on the Battery Health tab of the Battery Meter window.

—The battery is functioning normally.

—The battery is charging normally; however, you may begin to

NOTE: At any time after the battery enters the caution state, you may

purchase a new battery via the Internet by clicking the Order Battery Online button or by calling the telephone number provided.

NOTE: Depending on the actual charge capacity of the battery, the check box

may not be visible.

•

Depleted (Battery Failure)

power and needs to be replaced. When the battery reaches the end of its usable life or experiences per m anent

failure as a result of an error condition, an automatic pop-up window notifies you that the battery needs to be replaced . The pop -up w indow c ontains a link to access the Battery Meter window where you can ob tain mo re info rm ation .

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—The battery can no longer provide sufficient

NOTE: In both the depleted and caution states, the Battery Health tab of the Battery

Meter window provides options for purchasing a battery online and for disabling the pop-up window. However, once disabled, the pop-up window will not re-appear unless the Please do not remind me again check box is unselected.

All Day Battery Life

Dell All Day Battery Life allows you to derive maximum backup time from your battery.

•Click

Activating All Day Battery mode enables all the advanced battery life settin gs . To view and modify the settings, first disable All Day Battery mode and then click Settings to select or deselect the following options:

Power

•

Enable

to enable All Day Battery Life.

Disable

NOTE: To enable All Day Battery Life even after rebooting your computer, select the

check box.

Put Windows into Max Battery power plan.

the power scheme to Max Batte r y.

Put audio in lower power state

devices in lower power state.

to disable All Day Battery Life.

Select this option to change

. Select this option to put some of the audio

Display

•

Reduce LCD refresh rate.

image is refreshed per second. Select this option to reduce the refresh rate, thereby reducing th e power consumption.

LCD brightness reduces during inactivity

•

the screen brightness during inactivity.

•

Set Color resolution to 16 bits

resolution to 16 bi ts , thereby reducing the power consum ption.

Refresh rate is the number of times a display's

—Select this option to reduce

—Select this option to reduce the color

Installed Devices

•

Power down security devices.

in your computer.

Select this option to turn off an y such devices

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•

Power down firewire, media card, and cardbus.

off any such devices in your computer.

•

Power off Optical Drive.

CD/DVD drive.

After selecting the desired options, click Apply and then OK to save the changes.

Select this option to turn off your optical drive like

Select this option to turn

Power Schemes

The Power Scheme Manager screen displa ys the current power scheme. To use a different power scheme, select a power scheme from the drop-down menu, and then click Set as active scheme. You can also add, edit, or delete power schemes from the Power Scheme Manager screen.

NOTE: If you have Microsoft Windows Vista® installed on your computer, you can

view and select power schemes created by the operating system. Creating or editing power schemes will be managed through the operating system.

Editing a Power Scheme

The Edit Power Scheme window has 2 main settings, Running on Batteries and Plugged in. The settings under Running on Batteries apply when your computer is running on batteries. The settings under Plugged in apply when your computer is plugged in to an electrical outlet.

You can configure the following actions, based on the duration of inactivity (time-out):

• Turn off display

• Turn off hard drive

•System Suspend

• System Hibernate

You can also select the display brightness. Lev el 1 has the low est br ightness and increases with the levels, up to maximum.

After selecting the desired settings, click Save to save the edited scheme.

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Creating a Power Scheme

To create a new power scheme, follow the instructions in "Editing a Power Scheme." Enter the name of the power scheme in the Name box and then click Save to save the new power scheme.

Sleep Mode

NOTE: The following features are not available on computers running Windows

Vista.

• Standby—

from Standby

your Windows login password to unlock your computer. For more information on the standby mode, click

• Hibernate—

information on the hibernate mode, click

Additionally, you can choose how your computer responds when the following actions are performed:

• When I close the lid of my computer.

• When I press the power button on my computer.

• When I press the suspend key on my computer.

Click Apply and then OK to save the changes you have made. Click Cancel to discard all changes.

Select

Prompt me for a Windows password when resuming

to password-protect your computer in standby mode. Use

What is Standby?

Select

Enable hibernation

to enable hibernate mode. For more

What is Hibernate?

Alarms

NOTE: The following features are not available on computers running Windows

Vista.

You can enable the low-battery and critical-battery alarms and change settings for the alarms. For example, you can set the low-battery alarm to 20 percent to remind you to save work and switch to AC power, and you can set the criticalbattery alarm to 10 percent to enter hibernate mode.

Click Modify Settings to perform the following actions :

• Under Notification, you can select to be notified by sound, text, or both.

• Under Battery Level, you can adjust the battery power level at which you

want the alarm to notify you.

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• Under Action, you can se lect h ow the co m p uter res po n ds when the alarm notifies you.

Advanced Power Settings

You can deactivate your network adapter while running on battery, thereby improving the battery operating time.

Disabling Your Network Card

Select Disable network card when running on battery to deactivate the network card when your computer is running on batteries.

You can be notified when the network card is disabled, by selecting Notify me when the card gets disabled.

NOTE: The notification option may not be available in certain computers.

Reactivating Your Network Card

You can reactivate the network adapter by performing one of the following steps:

• Deselect the the Network Card screen.

• Connect your computer to the AC ad ap ter.

• Connect a network cable with an active link.

Disable network card when running on battery

option under

NOTE: If the network card is not reactivated after performing the above steps,

check the Device Manager.

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Tablet Manager

The Tablet Manager allows you to configure the following tablet settings:

•Pen and input

•Display

• Audio

• Power Management

•Shortcuts

• Buttons

Pen and Input Settings

The Pen and Input Settings menu contains a set of tiles through which you can control how your computer behaves when the computer's pen is removed from the pen-well, and to adjust different input settings.

From the Pen and Input Settings menu, you can:

•

Turn the Pen Missing Indicator light feature on or off—

feature causes the LED to blink wh en the pen is missing from the pen-well.

•

T urn the Resume on Pen Removal feature on or off—

will resume the computer from a power saving mode, when the pen is removed from the pen-well.

Enable or disable the buttons on the front edge of the tablet

•

Tablet Buttons to perform this action.

•

Select the computer Input Mode—

desired input mode.

•

Pen

—Selecting this option enables only the pen and disables touch

activation.

Use the drop down list to select the

Enabling th is

Enabling this feature

—Use the

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•

Touch

—Selecting this option enables only the touch activation and disables

the pen.

•

Auto

—The input mode is automatically detected. Only one input mode is

active at any given instance.

•

Dual

—Both pen and touch activation can be used simultaneously.

Calibrate pen sensitivity and computer response to pen inputs

•

Calibrate

•

Modify Pen Calibration settings

settings.

to calibrate your pen.

—Click

Advanced

to modify calibration

—Click

Display Settings

The Display Settings menu contains a set of tiles through which you can control different display settings on your computer.

From the Display Settings menu, you can:

•

Adjust the display brightness level in real-time.

to increase or decrease the brightness level.

•

Turn the computer display off.

turn the display on again, touch the tablet screen with your tablet pen.

•

Turn presentation mode on or off. Modify presentation mode settings.

• presentation mode settings.

•

Set the screen orientation.

screen orientat ion.

•

Modify the screen orientation sequence.

orientation sequence.

Turn the automatic rotation feature on or off.

• enabled, the display orientation is set to portrait mode, when the display is rotated to the tablet mode.

This option dis a bl es touch activation. To

Click

Use the drop down list to select the desired

Click

Use the horizontal slider

Advanced

to modify

Change

When this feature is

to modify the

NOTE: The ControlPoint System Manager program must be running for the

auto-rotate functionality to work.

• Turn the ambient light sensor on or off.

•

Modify ambient light sensor settings.

light sensor settings.

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Click

Advanced

to modify ambient

Audio Settings

The Audio Settings menu contains a set of tiles through which you can control the playback volume on your computer in real-time.

From the Audio Settings menu, you can:

•

Adjust the computer volume level up or down.

increase or decrease the volume level.

• Mute the computer volume.

Use the horizontal slider to

Power Management

The Power Management menu contains a set of tiles through which you can easily select a power management mode and display your computer's battery status information. From the Power Management menu, you can:

• Put your computer into Standby mode.

• Put your computer into Hibernate mode.

• Review the charge status of all your com p u ter's batteries (und er Battery

Status, a power meter shows the charge of each battery).

Shortcuts

The Shortcuts menu contains a set of tiles through which you can easily access Windows Vista tablet settings, the Ntrig control panel, tablet tutorial applications, and the Windows Mobility Center appl ication.

From the Shortcuts menu, you can:

•

Access Windows tablet settings

tile to open the

Access windows pen and input device settings

•

Tablet PC Settings Access Ntrig digitizer contr ol pa nel s etti ngs

•

Panel

tile to ope n t he

•

Launch a tablet PC tutorial

a basic tutorial about using tablets.

•

Launch the Tablet Experience Pack

to launch a robust tablet tutorial application pack.

Tablet PC Settings

tile to open the

Ntrig Digitizer Control Panel

—Click the

dialog box.

Pen and Input Devices

—Click the

Tablet PC Tutorials

—Click the T ablet Experience Pack tile

Windows Tablet PC Settings

—Click the

Windows

dialog box.

Digitizer Control

dialog box.

tile to launch

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•

Launch the Windows Mobility Center

Center tile to launch the mobility center application.

—Click the Windows Mobility

Tablet PC Hardware Buttons

The following section describes the different tablet buttons on the front edge of the tablet. The function of these buttons can be reprogrammed using the Windows Tablet and Pen Settings Control panel in your computer's operating system.

•

Secure Attention Sequence (SAS) button

<Ctrl><Alt><Del> key sequence.

NOTE: This button can not be reprogrammed.

•

Screen Rotate button

direction. You can rotate the screen a full 360° by repeatedly pressing the button.

•

Tablet Settings button

ControlPoint Syst em Manager program.

Hot Start button

• Express.

•

Scroll Control Dial button

scrolling within an active document, application, or window and to select an object.

– To scroll up or down one page at a time, press the

up or down and release the center position).

– To quickly scroll up or down a list, press th e

down and hold the – To select an object press the – To launch a context-sensitive menu (similar to right-click menu), press

and hold the

•

Back button

navigation such as web browsing or next and back buttons.

—Press to move backward in applications that support

—Press to rotate the screen in a 90° clock-wise

—Press to launch the Tablet Settings page in the

—Press to launch Microsoft Office Outlook® or Outlook

—Press to enable or disable up and down

control

dial in position.

Scroll Control Dial Enter

—Press to emulate a

Scroll Control Dial

dial (scroll bar button returns to

Scroll Control Dial

button once.

button.

up or

NOTE: To close an active window or application, press and hold the Back button.

24 Tablet Manager

Dell Control Point Quick Reference Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Notes

Contents

About Dell™ ControlPoint System Manager

Using MSI Command-Line Parameters

Customized MSI Installation of System Manager

Bypassing Feature Support Check

Setting Language for System Manager Installation Dialogs

System Manager MSI Installer Feature List

System Manager Upgrades

Specify Customized System Manager Options

Contents of DCPSysMgrCfg.xml

Examples

Display and Devices Manager

Display Settings

Presentation Settings

Ambient Light Sensor

Keyboard Hot Keys

Create a new hot key

Edit a hot key

Keyboard Backlight

Storage

Webcam

Power Manager

Status

All Day Battery Life

Power

Display

Installed Devices

Power Schemes

Editing a Power Scheme

Creating a Power Scheme

Sleep Mode

Alarms

Advanced Power Settings

Disabling Your Network Card

Reactivating Your Network Card

Tablet Manager

Pen and Input Settings

Display Settings

Audio Settings

Power Management

Shortcuts

Tablet PC Hardware Buttons