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Reset your touchpad. If you’ve made a mess of these controls,

this button restores the factory settings.

Getting Online

There are all kinds of ways to get onto the internet these days:

Wi-Fi. Wireless hotspots, known as Wi-Fi, are glorious

conveniences, especially if you have a laptop, tablet, or hybrid.
Without stirring from your hotel bed, you’re online at high speed.
Sometimes for free.

Ethernet. The beauty of Ethernet connections—that is, wires—is
that they’re superfast and supersecure. No bad guys sitting across

the coffee shop, armed with shareware “sniffing” software, can
intercept your email and chat messages, as they theoretically can
when you’re on wireless.

Connecting to an Ethernet network is usually as simple as
connecting the cable to the computer. That’s it. You’re online,
quickly and securely, and you never have to worry about

connecting or disconnecting.

Most broadband wired connections require no setup whatsoever.
Take a new PC out of the box, plug the Ethernet cable into your

cable modem, and you can begin surfing the web instantly. That’s
because most cable modems, DSL boxes, and wireless base
stations use DHCP. It stands for “dynamic host configuration

protocol,” but what it means is “We’ll fill in your Network Control
Panel automatically.” (Including techie specs like IP and DNS
Server addresses.)

If for some reason you’re not able to surf the web or check email
the first time you try, it’s remotely possible that your broadband
modem or your office network doesn’t offer DHCP. In that case,

you may have to fiddle with the network settings manually. For