registering your computer helps ibm provide better service to you. when ibm receives your registration information, the information is placed into a central technical support database. if you need technical assistance, the technical-support representative will have information about your computer. in addition, comments about your computer are reviewed by a team dedicated to customer satisfaction and are taken into consideration in making improvements to ibm computers.

    use one of the following methods to register your computer in windows:

    1 from the windows xp desktop, click start → all programs → ibm registration and then follow the instructions. if you do not have access to the internet, you can use the registration program that starts from the ibm registration folder to print your registration information and provide your mailing address to ibm for future assistance.

    2 register your computer at http://www.ibm.com/pc/register/.

    for red hat linux, click the register pc icon on the desktop to register your computer on the world wide web.