User Guide - Windows 8.1

pointing devices, setting
preferences 21
ports
external monitor 6, 30
HDMI 6, 31
USB 5
VGA 30
power
battery 36
conserving 39
options 34
power button 33
power button, identifying 11
power connector, identifying 6
power lights 4, 9
power switch 33
power-saving states 34
product name and number,
computer 79
public WLAN connection 19
R
readable media 34
recovery
discs 69, 72
HP Recovery Manager 71
media 72
options 71
starting 72
supported discs 69
system 71
USB flash drive 72
using HP Recovery media 70
recovery media
creating 69
creating using HP Recovery
Manager 70
recovery partition
removing 73
regulatory information
regulatory label 79
wireless certification labels 79
restore
Windows File History 71
RJ-45 (network) jack, identifying
6
RJ-45 (network) lights,
identifying 6
S
scrolling TouchPad gesture 23
security cable slot, identifying 5
security, wireless 18
serial number 79
serial number, computer 79
setting password protection on
wakeup 35
setting power options 34
setup of WLAN 18
shutdown 33
Sleep
exiting 34
initiating 34
slots
security cable 5
software
antivirus 58
critical updates 59
Disk Cleanup 54
Disk Defragmenter 53
firewall 59
speakers, identifying 11, 15
storing a battery 39
supported discs
recovery 69
switch, power 33
system recovery 71
system restore point
creating 69
T
temperature 39
testing an AC adapter 40
TouchPad
buttons 8
using 21
TouchPad gestures
2-finger pinch zoom 23
scrolling 23
TouchPad light, identifying 10
TouchPad zone
identifying 8
traveling with the computer 39,
79, 83
troubleshooting
disc burning 88
disc play 87
troubleshooting, external display
88
turning off the computer 33
U
unresponsive system 33
upgrade bay
replacing an optical drive 51
USB 3.0 port 6
USB cable, connecting 44
USB devices
connecting 44
description 43
removing 44
USB hubs 43
USB ports, identifying 5, 6
user password 56
using
external AC power 40
power-saving states 34
V
vents, identifying 6, 14
VGA port, connecting 30
video 30
volume
adjusting 28
buttons 28
keys 28
W
webcam 7, 30
webcam, identifying 7
Windows
File History 71
restoring files 71
system restore point 69
Windows key, identifying 12
wireless button 16
wireless certification label 79
wireless controls
button 16
operating system 16
wireless light 9, 16
wireless network (WLAN)
connecting 19
corporate WLAN connection
19
equipment needed 18
functional range 19
public WLAN connection 19
security 18
using 17
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