Table of contents
1 Starting right ................................................................................................................................................ 1
Best practices ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
Fun things to do ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
More HP resources ................................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Getting to know your computer ...................................................................................................................... 3
Finding your hardware and software information ................................................................................................ 3
Right side ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
Left side ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Display .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Top .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
TouchPad ............................................................................................................................................. 9
Lights ................................................................................................................................................. 10
Buttons and speakers ....................................................................................................................... 11
Keys ................................................................................................................................................... 12
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3 Connecting to a network .............................................................................................................................. 15
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................................... 15
Using the wireless controls ............................................................................................................... 15
Using the wireless button ............................................................................................... 15
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only) ...................................................... 16
Using operating system controls .................................................................................... 16
Sharing data and drives and accessing software ............................................................................. 16
Using a WLAN ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Using an Internet service provider ................................................................................. 17
Setting up a WLAN .......................................................................................................... 17
Configuring a wireless router .......................................................................................... 17
Protecting your WLAN ..................................................................................................... 18
Connecting to a WLAN ..................................................................................................... 18
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only) .................................................................... 18
Connecting to a wired network ............................................................................................................................ 19
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) ......................................................................................... 19
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