IBM T60 THINKPAD User Manual
IBM T60 THINKPAD MANUAL
IT SERVICES
OKANAGAN COLLEGE
www.okanagan.bc.ca./helpdesk
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Table of Contents
Welcome to your T60 IBM ThinkPad................................................................................ 3
Starting your computer ....................................................................................................... 4
ThinkVantage...................................................................................................................... 4
Pointing Devices................................................................................................................. 5
Using an LCD projector...................................................................................................... 5
DVDs .................................................................................................................................. 5
CD Writing.......................................................................................................................... 5
Connecting to the OC wireless network ............................................................................. 6
Customizing your desktop .................................................................................................. 7
A quick guide to careful saving.......................................................................................... 8
Using the network to share files with others....................................................................... 8
Using mystorage to access your F: drive............................................................................9
Connecting to the network through VPN (Virtual Private Network)............................... 10
Web Browsers and pop-ups.............................................................................................. 11
People.okanagan.bc.ca...................................................................................................... 11
The standard OC software install...................................................................................... 11
Novell................................................................................................................................ 13
MyOkanagan..................................................................................................................... 13
WebCT.............................................................................................................................. 13
Outlook ............................................................................................................................. 14
Telephone system.............................................................................................................. 14
Important Note - Access databases................................................................................... 14
Another Important Note – Laptop Security...................................................................... 14
Ask Us............................................................................................................................... 14
Where to go for help......................................................................................................... 14
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Welcome to your T60 IBM ThinkPad
Front view:
1. ThinkLight
2. Status indicators
3. Wireless antenna
4. Security key hole
5. USB connectors
6. CD/DVD status
7. CD/DVD latch
8. CD/DVD eject button
9. CD/DVD drive
10. Fingerprint reader (not on all machines)
11. TrackPoint pointing stick
12. TrackPoint buttons
13. Touch pad buttons
14. Touch pad
15. UltraNav
16. Volume Control buttons
17. ThinkVantage button
18. Power switch
19. Wireless switch
Rear view:
1. Status indicators
2. PC Card eject buttons
3. PC Card slot
4. USB connector
5. Microphone jack
6. Stereo headphone jack
7. Ethernet network connector
8. Telephone modem connector
9. External monitor connector
10. AC power connector
User guide info at
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support
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Starting your computer
Press and hold the power button at the top of the keyboard (18) for a couple seconds.
After the computer does some boot-up things, you’ll see a Novell log-in screen asking you for a
username and password.
If you’re plugged in to the college network using an Ethernet cable from your laptop to a
network connection on the wall, you can enter your Novell username and your Novell password
(see page 12 for more details on what your Novell log-in might be). The computer will search
the various servers to validate your account and after a few moments your normal desktop will
appear.
When you’re not plugged into the college network using an Ethernet cable, you have to put a
checkmark in the box labeled Workstation only then enter your Novell username and
password. If you need internet access, you can use the college’s wireless network. See page 5
for more information on wireless.
Things you may need to plug in at this point
Ethernet cable – connects from left side of computer (7) to network port in wall.
Mouse – plugs into USB port (5) on right side of computer.
AC adapter – plugs into power connector (10) on back of computer.
ThinkVantage
The blue ThinkVantage button (17) launches the ThinkVantage Productivity Center which has
shortcuts to the help desk, webmail and wireless connectivity.
Next to the ThinkVantage button, there are dedicated buttons to mute, lower, and raise the
computer’s sound output levels.
Your laptop has built-in speakers (just under the front of the keyboard) and a built in
microphone (the two little holes below the Fn key bottom left of the keyboard.)
The microphone jack (5) only accepts microphone level inputs. You can’t connect a line level
signal such as the output from a tape recorder, or the headphone jack of a portable stereo. It
will distort.
The little blue icons on some of the F keys at the top of the keyboard mean they have
additional functions. You select those functions by holding down the blue Fn (Function) button
at the bottom left of the keyboard, then pressing the appropriate F key.
For example:
Fn-F3 turns the computer’s monitor off. Press any key to turn it on again. If you’re connected
to an LCD projector, you can use Fn-F3 to temporarily darken the projection screen.
Fn-F4 puts the computer to sleep and wakes it up again
Fn-F5 turns on your computer’s wireless antenna on or off
Fn-F7 sends the computer’s screen image to the VGA port on the right side (and through that to
an LCD projector or external monitor)
Fn- F12 puts the computer into hibernate mode – it’s like shutting down, but your open
documents will come up again when you wake it up
Fn- Home and Fn-End make the computer screen brighter or darker (darker conserves battery
power)
Fn- PgUp turns on a little light built into the top of the screen (for when you’re doing
presentations in the dark)
Fn-spacebar enlarges the screen view (useful when you want to show small text at giant size)
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Pointing Devices (all 3 devices are active simultaneously)
Mouse – plug a mouse into any USB port.
TouchPad – slide your finger around on the touchpad (14). The buttons below the touchpad are
left and right clicks.
TrackPoint – the pencil eraser-thing in the middle of the keyboard (11)
Put the tip of your finger on it and gently push in different directions. The 3 buttons below the
space bar work with the TrackPoint. The outside buttons are left and right click, the middle
button turns the TrackPoint into a scroller.
You’ll get a little scrolling symbol on the screen. What part of the screen scrolls depends on
where the symbol is.
I like to put my mouse in the lower USB port, leaving the upper port open for USB flash drives
and other devices. There’s also another USB port on the left side of the computer.
Using an LCD projector
If you turn on the LCD projector first, then connect the cable to the laptop’s external monitor
connector (5), then turn on the laptop, the computer will usually recognize the projector as an
external monitor and show what’s on the laptop screen up on the projection screen. If it
doesn’t, try Fn-F7 to run the Presentation Director and choose where to show the computer
image. The Presentation Director lives at Start > Programs > Accessories > Administrative Tools
> ThinkVantage.
DVDs
The standard CD/DVD drive (9) can play all kinds of CDs and DVDs. It can write to CD-R and CDRW discs, but cannot record onto DVD discs. Press the button on the drive door to open the
tray. and insert the disc. Gently push the tray back in to close it. If the window doesn’t
automatically come up asking which program to use to play a DVD, you can go to START >
PROGRAMS > ACCESSORIES > ENTERTAINMENT > MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC. Then pull down File to
Open DVD.
CD Writing
Right click on a file or folder you want to put on the CD and select Send To > Drag-to-Disc Drive
(D). To complete the process, open My Computer. Right click on the CD and pull down to
“Write these files to CD.” The disc will eject when it’s finished writing.
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