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
 
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available .................................  30
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit Hibernation .................. 30
7 Security ......................................................................................................................................................  31
Protecting the computer .....................................................................................................................................  31
Using passwords .................................................................................................................................................. 31
Setting passwords in Windows .........................................................................................................  32
Setting passwords in Computer Setup .............................................................................................  33
Managing a BIOS administrator password ........................................................................................ 33
Entering a BIOS administrator password .......................................................................  34
Using DriveLock Security Options .....................................................................................................  35
Selecting Automatic DriveLock (select products only) ................................................... 35
Enabling Automatic DriveLock .....................................................................  35
Disabling Automatic DriveLock ....................................................................  35
Entering an Automatic DriveLock password ................................................  36
Selecting manual DriveLock ...........................................................................................  36
Setting a DriveLock master password .........................................................  37
Enabling DriveLock and setting a DriveLock user password .........................................  37
Disabling DriveLock ........................................................................................................  38
Entering a DriveLock password ......................................................................................  38
Changing a DriveLock password ..................................................................................... 38
Windows Hello (select products only) .................................................................................................................  39
Using antivirus software ...................................................................................................................................... 39
Using rewall software ........................................................................................................................................ 39
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................................. 40
Using HP Client Security (select products only) ..................................................................................................  40
Using HP Device as a Service (HP DaaS) (select products only) .......................................................................... 40
Using an optional security cable (select products only) .....................................................................................  40
Using a ngerprint reader (select products only) ...............................................................................................  41
Locating the ngerprint reader ......................................................................................................... 41
8 Maintenance ...............................................................................................................................................  42
Improving performance ....................................................................................................................................... 42
Using Disk Defragmenter ..................................................................................................................  42
Using Disk Cleanup ............................................................................................................................  42
Using HP 3D DriveGuard (select products only) ................................................................................ 43
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status .............................................................................. 43
Updating programs and drivers ..........................................................................................................................  43
Cleaning your computer ......................................................................................................................................  43
Cleaning procedures .......................................................................................................................... 44
Cleaning the display ........................................................................................................ 44
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