User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Welcome
- Components
- Network connections
- Screen navigation
- Entertainment features
- Using touch to share (select products only)
- Using a webcam (select products only)
- Using audio
- Using video
- Power management
- Shutting down (turning off) the computer
- Using HP Fast Charge (select products only)
- Setting power options
- Security
- Protecting the computer
- Using passwords
- Setting passwords in Windows
- Setting passwords in Computer Setup
- Managing a BIOS administrator password
- Using DriveLock Security Options
- Using Windows Hello (select products only)
- Using antivirus software
- Using firewall software
- Installing software updates
- Using HP Client Security (select products only)
- Using HP Touchpoint Manager (select products only)
- Using an optional security cable (select products only)
- Using a fingerprint reader (select products only)
- Maintenance
- Backup and recovery
- Computer Setup (BIOS), TPM, and HP Sure Start
- Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI)
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Accessibility
- Index

Using the hot keys
To use a hot key:
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Press the fn key, and then press one of the keys listed in the following table.
Press fn+function key Description
Helps prevent side-angle viewing from onlookers. If needed, increase or decrease brightness for well-lit or
darker environments. Press fn+f2 again to turn o the privacy screen.
NOTE: To quickly turn on the highest privacy setting, press fn+p.
Initiates Sleep, which saves your information in system memory. The display and other system components
turn o and power is conserved.
To exit Sleep, briey press the power button.
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of information loss, save your work before initiating Sleep.
Turns the backlight keyboard o or on.
NOTE: To conserve battery power, turn o this feature.
Switches the screen image among display devices connected to the system. For example, if a monitor is
connected to the computer, repeatedly pressing fn+f4 alternates the screen image from computer display to
monitor display to simultaneous display on both the computer and the monitor.
Most external monitors receive video information on the computer using the external VGA video standard.
The fn+f4 hot key can also alternate images among other devices that are receiving video information on the
computer.
Decreases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
Increases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
Decreases speaker volume incrementally while you hold down the key.
Increases speaker volume incrementally while you hold down the key.
Mutes the microphone.
R Pauses or breaks an operation. This replaces the break key.
C Locks cell. This replaces the scroll lock key.
S Sends a programming query. This replaces the sys rq key.
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