HP ProBook Notebook PC User Guide - Windows XP
Table Of Contents
- Features
- Wireless, modem, and local area network
- Pointing devices and keyboard
- Using pointing devices
- Using the keyboard
- Using hotkeys
- Displaying system information
- Initiating Sleep
- Decreasing screen brightness
- Increasing screen brightness
- Switching the screen image
- Opening the default e-mail application
- Opening the default Web browser
- Muting speaker sound
- Decreasing speaker sound
- Increasing speaker sound
- Playing the previous track or section of an audio CD or a DVD
- Playing, pausing, or resuming an audio CD or a DVD
- Playing the next track or section of an audio CD or a DVD
- Using hotkeys
- Using QuickLook
- Using QuickWeb
- Using the embedded numeric keypad
- Using an optional external numeric keypad
- Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard
- Multimedia
- Multimedia features
- Multimedia software
- Audio
- Video
- Optical drive (select models only)
- Identifying the installed optical drive
- Using optical discs (CDs, DVDs, and BDs)
- Selecting the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs)
- Playing a CD, DVD, or BD
- Configuring AutoPlay
- Changing DVD region settings
- Observing the copyright warning
- Copying a CD or DVD
- Creating (burning) a CD, DVD, or BD
- Removing an optical disc (CD, DVD, or BD)
- Troubleshooting
- The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD
- The computer does not detect the optical drive
- Preventing playback disruptions
- A disc does not play
- A disc does not play automatically
- A movie stops, skips, or plays erratically
- A movie is not visible on an external display
- The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion
- A device driver must be reinstalled
- Webcam
- Power management
- Setting power options
- Using external AC power
- Using battery power
- Finding battery information in Help and Support
- Using Battery Check
- Displaying the remaining battery charge
- Inserting or removing the battery
- Charging a battery
- Maximizing battery discharge time
- Managing low battery levels
- Calibrating a battery
- Conserving battery power
- Storing a battery
- Disposing of a used battery
- Replacing the battery
- Testing an AC adapter
- Shutting down the computer
- Drives
- External devices
- External media cards
- Memory modules
- Security
- Protecting the computer
- Using passwords
- Using Computer Setup security features
- Using antivirus software
- Using firewall software
- Installing critical updates
- Using HP ProtectTools Security Manager (select models only)
- Installing a security cable
- Software updates
- Backup and recovery
- Computer Setup
- MultiBoot
- Management and printing
- Index
memory module
removing 118
replacing 114
microphone (audio-in) jack 8
microphone, internal 48
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity
label 15
minimizing interference 28
modem approval label 15
modem cable
connecting 29
country-specific cable
adapter 30
noise suppression circuitry 29
modem software
setting/adding location 30
travel connection problems 32
monitor port, external 10
monitor, connecting 54
mouse, external
connecting 39
setting preferences 35
Multi Core CPU 158
MultiBoot Express 161, 166
multimedia components,
identifying 47
multimedia software
using 50
mute hotkey 48
N
navigating
TouchPad 35
network cable
connecting 34
noise suppression circuitry 34
network icon 27
network key 27
network security codes
network key 27
SSID 27
Network Service Boot 163
network status icon 17
NIC boot device 161, 163
noise suppression circuitry
modem cable 29
network cable 34
num lock, external keypad 45
numeric keypad 6, 7
O
on and off
TouchPad turning 35
operating system
Microsoft Certificate of
Authenticity label 15
Product Key 15
Operating System disc 152
optical disc
removing 60
using 56
writing to 50
optical drive
playing 62
protecting 50
optical drive light, identifying 8, 9
optical drive, identifying 8, 9
P
parallel port mode 157
passwords
administrator 127
BIOS administrator 128
DriveLock 130
user 127
pinching or zooming
TouchPad gestures 37
pointing devices
setting preferences 35
port options
1394 port 160
eSATA port 160
ExpressCard slot 160
flash media reader 160
parallel port 160
serial port 160
USB port 160
ports
eSATA 10, 105
external monitor 10, 54
HDMI 10, 54
USB 8, 9, 10, 103
power
connecting 72
conserving 80
power button, identifying 5
power connector, identifying 9
power cord, identifying 14
power light, identifying 4
Product Key 15
product name and number,
computer 14
programs
using multimedia 50
projector, connecting 54
protecting playback 62
public WLAN connection 21
PXE server 163
Q
QuickLook
using 43
QuickLook light, identifying 3
QuickWeb
using 44
QuickWeb light, identifying 3
R
readable media 68
region codes, DVD 59
regulatory information
modem approval label 15
regulatory label 15
wireless certification labels 15
release latches, battery 11, 74
restore
factory settings 155
security defaults 160
RJ-11 (modem) jack,
identifying 8, 9
RJ-45 (network) jack,
identifying 10
rotating
TouchPad gestures 38
S
SATA (Serial Advanced
Technology Attachment) devices
AHCI (Advanced Host Controller
Interface) 157
IDE (Integrated Drive
Electronics) 157
screen brightness hotkeys 41
screen image, switching 41
scrolling
TouchPad gestures 37
Secondary Battery Fast
Charge 158
security cable slot, identifying 9,
10
Index 175