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Contents Getting Started with Your HP Notebook 12 Taking Inventory...13 What's in the box 13 To buy accessories 13 To find more information 14 Identifying Parts of the Computer 15 Front ... Your Computer 20 Step 1: Install the battery 20 Step 2: Connect AC power 22 Step 3: Connect a phone line 23 Step 4: Turn on the computer 24 Step 5: Set up Windows 24 Step 6: Register your notebook 25 To connect to the Internet 25 What to do next ...25 Basic Operation ...27 Operating Your Computer 28...

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To protect against viruses 43 To set PC identification 44 Working in Comfort with a Notebook PC 45 Taking Care of Your Computer 47 To protect your hard disk drive 47 To maintain your computer 47 To safeguard your data 48 To ... Connections 69 To prepare for connections (Windows XP 69 To prepare for connections (Windows 2000 71 To turn wireless communication on and off 73 Add-On Devices ...75 Connecting PC Cards 76 To insert or remove a PC Card 76 Connecting External Devices 78 To identify connectors for external devices 78 To connect a printer...

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Main status lights (left to right): power mode, battery, hard disk activity. 7. Battery. 11. Turns the computer on -off . 5. Infrared port*. 9. CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive. 12. Keyboard status lights. 4. Power button. Built-in microphone*. 8. One-Touch buttons. 3. Wireless.../2 mouse port (supports Y adapter). * on -off button. 6. Touch pad, scroll pad, click buttons, plus on certain models Corporate Evaluator's Guide 15 Getting Started with Your HP Notebook Identifying Parts of the Computer Identifying Parts of the Computer Front View 1. Computer open/close latch. 2.

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... puncture batteries. If the battery has been removed, you 'll install and charge the battery, connect the AC adapter, turn on page 45. Turn the computer upside down. 2. For a summary about reducing your computer for extended periods, you set up your risk, see...keyboard, monitor, and mouse. Your computer is shipped with a Notebook PC" on the computer, and run the Windows setup program. HP docking accessories offer quick, easy connections to these devices. For information about working with a notebook computer, see Working in Comfort in Comfort with the battery installed...

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...Setup program runs automatically so you will find this code on the bottom of the computer. 2. The computer then boots up Windows Your notebook computer has Microsoft Windows preinstalled on its hard disk drive. Leave the AC adapter plugged in the AC adapter and press the power button ... 2000: click Start, Settings, Control Panel, double-click Phone and Modem Options, and then click Edit on the screen. Getting Started with Your HP Notebook Setting Up Your Computer Step 4: Turn on the computer • Press the power button above the left side of power. Hint If your setup. 1.

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...power button -or- You can start and stop the computer-depending on . Restores network connections. allow timeout. Shut down (off . Click Start, Turn Off Computer, Turn Off (Windows XP) -or- press the power button for 4 seconds (only if the Start menu procedure doesn't work . Maintains current session ... Operating Your Computer You can also customize the way these power modes work ). click Start, Shut Down, Shut down . Turns off Power mode To enter this mode On mode Power mode status light is blinking. Saves current session to start -up time.

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... the left side of the computer, and then press the power button to restart. -or, if this happens, try the following in a port replicator, you turn the computer off. Corporate Evaluator's Guide 29 Basic Operation Operating Your Computer To reset the computer Occasionally, you may find that Windows or the computer...

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... interface card. 1. The click buttons work like the left and right buttons on -off the touch pad. 1. You can turn off button so you can also boot the computer from its internal hard disk. When the HP logo appears, press ESC to select the boot device, and press ENTER. Click Start..., Turn Off Computer (or Shut Down), Restart. 2. Use the arrow keys to display the Boot menu. 3. Touch pad (touch-sensitive pointing ...

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... an external keyboard. The keys in this keypad are marked using light blue characters. • Press Fn+F8 to turn the embedded keypad on : the keys enter the numbers and arithmetic operators printed in the lower-right corner of the spacebar. This is active, you ...

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...Advanced tab, select the option to enter BIOS Setup. 3. To protect your computer when you set passwords in Windows as well as needed. Click Start, Turn Off Computer (or Shut Down), Restart. 2. Windows 2000 1. See "Security Menu" on page 149. 4. From the Security menu, enter or modify...or User Password as through the BIOS Setup utility. Click Create a Password, and then set an empty password. BIOS Setup Utility 1. When the HP logo appears, press F2 to prompt for a password when the computer leaves Standby mode. Windows XP 1. On the Advanced tab, select the ...

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... other specifications listed in a carrying case or other internal components, are not indestructible and can flow freely around the computer. Corporate Evaluator's Guide 47 This turns off the hard drive. Basic Operation Taking Care of Your Computer Taking Care of a few inches onto a rigid surface while the hard drive is cold...

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... of your work regularly. Since new viruses appear frequently, you are not using an external monitor, set the Turn off monitor timeouts (for Norton AntiVirus. • Check your desk, connect an external monitor and turn off the internal display (Fn+F5). • If you will also want to update the program's virus...

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...Managing Power Consumption Managing Power Consumption When you're running your computer on battery power, you will 52 Corporate Evaluator's Guide Turns off display. Turns off hard disk. Press the power button to return to occur shortly after ... Automatic action Occurs after the display is...accessed, and no port (serial, parallel, or IR) is not accessed for the specified interval. Enters Hibernate mode. This is turned off. Turns off the hard disk and display based on values set to your previous session. Maintains your working habits. • You can ...

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... session will be saved, and any of the following three modes whenever you need to enter its power-saving modes automatically, you can also turn off the display by closing the lid. 54 Corporate Evaluator's Guide press the power button (only if the Start menu procedure doesn't work ...; Windows 2000: Double-click the Intel SpeedStep Technology icon in RAM, and turns off the display and other components. Maintains your work ). click Start, Turn Off Computer, Stand By (Windows XP) -or- Press Fn+F12 -or- Turns off your session. Press the power button -or- To manage power manually In...

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..., if you when the battery power drops to display the remaining battery charge. From the Windows taskbar The Windows taskbar can display a power icon that turn on page 20. 2. The number of lights that provides detailed battery status information (see Windows Help for details). Corporate Evaluator's Guide 55 From the Windows...

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...last as long as possible. • Plug in the AC adapter, especially when using a CD-ROM or DVD drive, or any external connections such as a PC Card or a modem. • Set the display brightness to the lowest comfortable level (Fn+F1). • Put the computer in Standby mode whenever you ...Power Once the computer enters Hibernate mode in this way, you won't be using it for a short while: press the power button, or click Start, Turn Off Computer (or Shut Down), Standby. • Put the computer in Hibernate mode whenever you can continue to work while your battery recharges. A fully ...

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... check whether Powerplay is using it . Press the wireless on-off button so the light turns off the wireless function when you're not using the Powerplay option. Click Start, All Programs (or Programs), Hewlett-Packard, Notebook, HP Battery Optimizer. 2. This allows the computer to save power when it's not needed by self... work with a low charge. You can use AC power, make a practice of a battery, be left with an application that uses the serial port or an I /O PC Card-that the display is enabled. If you normally use the computer during the process. If you have an...

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... of characters sent to the modem to set up to match local conditions. If you can use the M0 command as shown in modem to turn off its speaker, you have to change modem settings to be compatible with "AT". You can control many modem settings. See the help for controlling...

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... networks and becomes available to use encrypted communication, uncheck the automatic key option, and then select the following parameters-see "To turn wireless communication on and off" on page 73. On the Wireless Networks tab, click Add to save the configuration. If you... to show its status, and then click Properties. 3. Click Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections, Network Connections. 2. This network is turned on-see your network administrator for the required settings: • Key: ASCII passphrase or hexadecimal key string. • Key format: ASCII for ...

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...Internet connections with wireless capabilities, even if they 're within range of connection: "AdHoc" or "Infrastructure." Key: see "To turn wireless communication on and off," below . Computer-to-Computer Connection (AdHoc) An AdHoc network provides a wireless connection from your computer ...connects to a LAN (local area network) through a wireless access point. Click Start, Programs, Hewlett-Packard, Notebook, HP Wireless LAN Configuration Utility. 2. On the Configuration tab, set the following parameters, which must be identical for all computers that is...

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