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
Table of contents
1 Features ........................................................................................................................................................... 1
Identifying hardware ............................................................................................................................. 1
Top components .................................................................................................................. 1
TouchPad ............................................................................................................ 1
Lights ................................................................................................................... 3
Buttons, speakers, switches, and fingerprint reader (select models only) .......... 4
Keys .................................................................................................................... 6
Front components ................................................................................................................ 7
Right-side components ........................................................................................................ 8
Left-side components .......................................................................................................... 9
Bottom components ........................................................................................................... 11
Display ............................................................................................................................... 11
Wireless antennas (select models only) ............................................................................ 12
Additional hardware components ...................................................................................... 14
Identifying the labels ........................................................................................................................... 14
2 Wireless, modem, and local area network .................................................................................................. 16
Using wireless devices (select models only) ...................................................................................... 16
Identifying wireless and network icons .............................................................................. 17
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................ 17
Using the wireless button ................................................................................................... 17
Using Wireless Assistant software (select models only) .................................................... 18
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only) ........................................................ 18
Using operating system controls ........................................................................................ 18
Using a WLAN .................................................................................................................................... 19
Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................................ 19
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................................... 19
Connecting to a WLAN ...................................................................................................... 21
Roaming to another network .............................................................................................. 21
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only) ............................................................................. 22
Inserting a SIM ................................................................................................................... 22
Removing a SIM ................................................................................................................ 23
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only) ...................................................................... 25
Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ............................................................. 25
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