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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
To enable/disable the wireless antenna, use the Airplane
mode switch located under Networks, see
❖
Use IPCONFIG to verify that the device has a useful IP
address - one other than the private address of
169.254.xxx.xxx assigned by Windows
®
.
1
Swipe in from the right edge of the screen. When the
Windows
®
charms appear, touch the
Search
(
)
charm. Then touch the Search field and begin typing
Cmd
.
2
Touch
Command Prompt
.
3
Enter
IPCONFIG/ALL
, and then press
ENTER
.
The IP address for each active network adapter will be
displayed.
❖
If you have enabled any security provisions (closed
system, MAC address filtering, Wired Equivalent Privacy
[WEP], etc.), check the access point vendor's Web site
for recent firmware upgrades. Problems with WEP keys,
in particular, are frequently addressed in new firmware
releases.
Develop good computing habits
Save your work frequently.
You can never predict when your device will lock, forcing you
to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many
software programs build in an automatic backup, but you
should not rely solely on this feature. Save your work! See
for instructions.
On a regular basis, back up the information stored
on your internal storage drive.
Use Windows
®
to back up files, or the entire device, to an
external hard disk. Here are some ways you can do this:
❖
Use the Windows
®
operating system to back up files or
your entire device to an external hard disk.
❖
Copy files to a rewritable external storage device.
❖
Connect your device to the office network and copy files
to your network partition.
NOTE
