Sony VAIO PCV-L630 - Manual (Page 19)

VAIO Action Setup 15
Internal Timer
The VAIO Action Setup software allows you to set your computer’s
internal timer to launch certain applications automatically. The timer can
start applications even when the power is off.
AutoAlert E-mail Notification System
VAIO Action Setup also enables you to set up your computer to notify
you with an
Information LED when new mail arrives in your e-mail
mailbox. The Information LED turns red to indicate that new e-mail has
arrived. For this AutoAlert E-mail Notification System to work, you must
use Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
Express as your default e-mail software, and
you must have an Internet Service Provider with dial-up capabilities
set up.
As an alternative, you can program your AutoAlert E-mail Notification
System to set the Information LED to turn on when it has successfully
completed the task of dialing up and connecting to receive mail. In this
case, the Information LED turns on to indicate that your e-mail account
has been accessed successfully, regardless of whether or not you have
mail; this works with Microsoft
Outlook Express.
See “LCD” on page 8 for an illustration showing the Information LED’s
location.
AutoAlert E-mail Notification System Software Restrictions
If you use software that uses a phone line
❑
The computer may not be able to disconnect the phone line due to
communication and server conditions.
❑ Be sure to monitor the status of the software when running the
AutoAlert E-mail Notification System, and manually disconnect the
phone line if you notice a malfunction. Furthermore, when using the
timer to start the software, it is advised that you set the computer to
shut down or enter system standby mode after a certain length of
time. This allows the computer to disconnect the phone line if the
computer fails to disconnect the line normally.
✍
Some software applications take longer than others to launch. It is advisable to confirm in
advance the amount of time your selected application takes to start.
✍
The e-mail software you choose to use with PPK must be set as your default e-mail software.