Toshiba satellite pro gmad00333010 Manuel D’Utilisation

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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.

If you are using an external Wi-Fi

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 adapter (USB adapter, or other 

variety), check if the adapter comes with its own management 
utility. If it does, the utility may be disabling the Windows

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operating system wireless management utility, in which case you 
must use the adapter's management utility. If the documentation 
that accompanies the adapter does not provide enough information 
to determine if this is the case, contact that vendor's support group 
for further advice.

You can never predict when your computer will lock, forcing you to 
close an application and lose unsaved changes. Many software 
applications build in an automatic backup, but you should not rely 
solely on this feature. Save your work! See 

 for instructions.

Use Windows

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 to back up files, or the entire computer, to an optical 

disc, or external hard disk. Here are some ways you can do this:

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Use the Windows

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 operating system to back up files or your 

entire computer to an optical disc via an optional external 
writable optical disc drive or external hard disk.

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Copy files to a rewritable external storage device.

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Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to 
your network partition.

Some people use a combination of these methods, backing up all 
files to tape weekly and copying critical files to external media on a 
daily basis.

If you have installed your own applications, you should back up 
these applications as well as your data files. If something goes 
wrong that requires you to reformat your internal storage drive and 
start again, reloading all your applications and data files from a 
backup source will save time.