User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Setting Up Your HP Firebird
- Turning On Your HP Firebird for the First Time
- Finding More Information
- Turning On the HP Firebird
- Turning Off the HP Firebird
- Restarting the HP Firebird
- Using Lock
- Using Sleep Mode
- Connecting to the Internet
- Using the HP Firebird with Safety and Comfort
- Setting Up User Accounts
- Protecting the HP Firebird
- Guidelines for Installing Software and Hardware Devices
- Transferring Files and Settings from an Old Computer to Your HP Firebird
- Using the Norton Internet Security Antivirus Software
- Using DVD Media Drives
- Caring for Your HP Firebird
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting Computer Problems
- Updating Drivers
- System Recovery
- Index
Turning On Your HP Firebird for the First Time 13
Using the Power button to restart your HP Firebird
During normal operation, if you cannot restart the operating system using the software, press
and hold for five seconds (A) the Power button on the left side of the badge to shut the system
down. Press the Power button again to restart.
Using Lock
If you lock the system, only you or the administrator can log on to it. For more information,
see “Setting Up User Accounts.”
1 Click the Windows Vista start button on the taskbar.
2 Click the Lock button.
To unlock the system, you must enter your password.
Using Sleep Mode
When the HP Firebird is in Sleep mode, it goes into a reduced-power state. The monitor is
blank, as if it were turned off. By using Sleep mode:
You save time, because you do not have to wait for the system to go through the normal
startup routine when you wake it again. The next time that you use the computer, any
programs, folders, and documents that were open before you put the computer into
Sleep mode are available.
The computer can receive faxes, if you set it to do so.
The computer can retrieve e-mail messages and download information from the Internet
automatically, if you set it to do so.
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