User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Welcome
- Components
- Network connections
- Connecting to a wireless network
- Connecting to a wired network
- Using HP MAC Address Pass Through to identify your computer on a network (select products only)
- Navigating the screen
- Entertainment features
- Using a camera (select products only)
- Using audio
- Using video
- Connecting a DisplayPort device using a USB Type-C cable (select products only)
- Connecting a Thunderbolt device using a USB Type-C cable (select products only)
- Connecting video devices by using a VGA cable (select products only)
- Connecting video devices using an HDMI cable (select products only)
- Connecting a Thunderbolt DisplayPort device
- Discovering and connecting wired displays using MultiStream Transport
- Discovering and connecting to Miracast-compatible wireless displays (select products only)
- Discovering and connecting to Intel WiDi certified displays (select Intel products only)
- Using data transfer
- Managing power
- Using Sleep and Hibernation
- Shutting down (turning off) the computer
- Using the Power icon and Power Options
- Running on battery power
- Security
- Protecting the computer
- Using passwords
- Setting passwords in Windows
- Setting passwords in Computer Setup
- Managing a BIOS administrator password
- Using DriveLock Security Options
- Windows Hello (select products only)
- Using antivirus software
- Using firewall software
- Installing software updates
- Using HP Client Security (select products only)
- Using HP Device as a Service (HP DaaS) (select products only)
- Using an optional security cable (select products only)
- Using a fingerprint reader (select products only)
- Maintenance
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Using Windows tools
- Creating HP Recovery media (select products only)
- Restoring and recovery
- Restoring, resetting, and refreshing using Windows tools
- Restoring using HP Recovery Manager and the HP Recovery partition
- Recovering using HP Recovery Manager
- Recovering using the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
- Recovering using HP Recovery media
- Changing the computer boot order
- Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
- Computer Setup (BIOS), TPM, and HP Sure Start
- Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Accessibility
1 Regulatory notices
This chapter provides country- and region-specic non-wireless and wireless regulatory notices and
compliance information for the computer product. Some of these notices may not apply to your product.
One or more integrated wireless devices may be installed. In some environments, the use of wireless devices
may be restricted. Such restrictions may apply aboard airplanes, in hospitals, near explosives, in hazardous
locations, and so on. If you are uncertain of the policy that applies to the use of this product, ask for
authorization to use it before you turn it on.
Accessing regulatory labels
Regulatory labels, which provide country or regional regulatory information (for example, FCC ID), may be
physically located on the bottom of the computer, inside the battery bay (select products only), under the
removable service door (select products only), on the back of the display, or on the wireless or modem
module.
Some products may also provide electronic regulatory labels (e-labels) that can be accessed through the
system BIOS.
NOTE: Electronic labels are not available on all products.
NOTE: Devices not for sale or use in the United States may not contain a FCC ID.
To view electronic regulatory labels:
1. Turn on or restart the computer.
2. Press esc or f10 to enter Computer Setup.
3. Use a pointing device or the arrow keys to select Advanced, select Electronic Labels, and then press
enter.
4. To view an electronic label, use a pointing device or the arrow keys to select one of the listed items, and
then press OK.
NOTE: The list of available electronic label items varies depending on the computer model and
installed devices.
5. To exit Computer Setup menus without making any changes:
Select the Exit icon in the lower-right corner of the screen, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
– or –
Use the arrow keys to select Main, select Ignore Changes and Exit, and then press enter.
Federal Communications Commission notice
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation.
Accessing regulatory labels 1










