User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Starting right
- Getting to know your computer
- Connecting to a network
- Enjoying entertainment features
- Using the webcam
- Using audio
- Using video
- Managing your audio and video files
- Share media and data across your home group network (select models only)
- Navigating using the keyboard and pointing devices
- Managing power
- Managing and sharing information
- Maintaining peak performance
- Using Computer Setup (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI)
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Troubleshooting
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Index
Using security measures
A password is a group of letters, numbers, and symbols that you choose to secure your computer
information and to protect online transactions. Several types of passwords can be set. Some sites
dictate the number and combination of letters, numbers, or symbols they require for passwords.
Use the following tips for creating and saving passwords:
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To reduce the risk of being locked out of the computer, record each password and store it in a
secure place away from the computer. Do not store passwords in a file on the computer.
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Change your passwords frequently.
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Before you send your computer for service, back up your files, delete confidential files, and then
remove all password settings.
For additional information about passwords, such as screen-saver passwords, go to Help and
Support. From the Start screen, type h, and then select Help and Support.
Setting Windows passwords
Password Function
User password Protects access to a Windows user account.
Administrator password Protects administrator-level access to computer contents.
NOTE: This password cannot be used to access Computer
Setup (BIOS) contents.
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