User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Welcome
- Components
- Network connections
- Connecting to a wireless network
- Connecting to a wired network
- Using HP MAC Address Pass Through to identify your computer on a network (select products only)
- Navigating the screen
- Entertainment features
- Using a camera (select products only)
- Using audio
- Using video
- Connecting a DisplayPort device using a USB Type-C cable (select products only)
- Connecting a Thunderbolt device using a USB Type-C cable (select products only)
- Connecting video devices by using a VGA cable (select products only)
- Connecting video devices using an HDMI cable (select products only)
- Connecting a Thunderbolt DisplayPort device
- Discovering and connecting wired displays using MultiStream Transport
- Discovering and connecting to Miracast-compatible wireless displays (select products only)
- Discovering and connecting to Intel WiDi certified displays (select Intel products only)
- Using data transfer
- Managing power
- Using Sleep and Hibernation
- Shutting down (turning off) the computer
- Using the Power icon and Power Options
- Running on battery power
- Security
- Protecting the computer
- Using passwords
- Setting passwords in Windows
- Setting passwords in Computer Setup
- Managing a BIOS administrator password
- Using DriveLock Security Options
- Windows Hello (select products only)
- Using antivirus software
- Using firewall software
- Installing software updates
- Using HP Client Security (select products only)
- Using HP Device as a Service (HP DaaS) (select products only)
- Using an optional security cable (select products only)
- Using a fingerprint reader (select products only)
- Maintenance
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Using Windows tools
- Creating HP Recovery media (select products only)
- Restoring and recovery
- Restoring, resetting, and refreshing using Windows tools
- Restoring using HP Recovery Manager and the HP Recovery partition
- Recovering using HP Recovery Manager
- Recovering using the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
- Recovering using HP Recovery media
- Changing the computer boot order
- Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
- Computer Setup (BIOS), TPM, and HP Sure Start
- Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Accessibility
Table of contents
1 Welcome ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Finding information ............................................................................................................................................... 2
2 Components .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Locating hardware ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Locating software .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Labels ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4
3 Network connections ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Connecting to a wireless network ......................................................................................................................... 6
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................................. 6
Wireless button ................................................................................................................. 6
Operating system controls ............................................................................................... 6
Connecting to a WLAN ......................................................................................................................... 7
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select products only) ............................................................................ 7
Using GPS (select products only) ........................................................................................................ 8
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select products only) ................................................................... 8
Connecting Bluetooth devices .......................................................................................... 8
Using NFC to share information (select products only) ...................................................................... 8
Sharing .............................................................................................................................. 9
Connecting to a wired network .............................................................................................................................. 9
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) (select products only) ....................................................... 9
Using HP LAN-Wireless Protection (select products only) ................................................................ 10
Turning on and customizing HP LAN-Wireless Protection ............................................. 10
Using HP MAC Address Pass Through to identify your computer on a network (select products only) ............. 11
Customizing MAC Address Pass Through .......................................................................................... 11
4 Navigating the screen .................................................................................................................................. 12
Using TouchPad and touch screen gestures ........................................................................................................ 12
Tap ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
Two-nger pinch zoom ..................................................................................................................... 13
Two-nger slide (TouchPad only) ..................................................................................................... 13
Two-nger tap (TouchPad only) ........................................................................................................ 13
Four-nger tap (TouchPad only) ....................................................................................................... 13
Three-nger swipe (TouchPad only) ................................................................................................. 14
One-nger slide (touch screen only) ................................................................................................. 15
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