User Guide - Windows 7

Table of contents
1 Welcome ........................................................................................................................................................... 1
Finding information ............................................................................................................................... 2
2 Getting to know your computer ......................................................................................................................... 4
Right ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Left ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Display .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Top ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
TouchPad ............................................................................................................................ 8
Lights ................................................................................................................................... 9
Buttons, speakers, and fingerprint reader (select models only) ......................................... 10
Keys ................................................................................................................................... 12
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Front ................................................................................................................................................... 15
Rear .................................................................................................................................................... 16
3 Connecting to a network ................................................................................................................................. 17
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................... 17
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................ 17
Turning wireless devices on or off ..................................................................... 17
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only) ........................................ 18
Using the wireless button .................................................................................. 18
Using operating system controls ....................................................................... 18
Using a WLAN ................................................................................................................... 18
Using an Internet service provider .................................................................... 19
Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................ 19
Configuring a wireless router ............................................................................ 19
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................... 20
Connecting to a WLAN ...................................................................................... 20
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only) ............................................................ 20
Inserting and removing a SIM ........................................................................... 21
Using GPS (select models only) ........................................................................................ 22
Using Bluetooth wireless devices ...................................................................................... 22
Connecting to a wired network ........................................................................................................... 23
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) ......................................................................... 23
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