User manual

Updating programs and drivers .......................................................................................................... 58
Cleaning your computer ..................................................................................................................... 58
Cleaning procedures .......................................................................................................... 59
Cleaning the display (All-in-Ones or Notebooks) .............................................. 59
Cleaning the sides or cover ............................................................................... 59
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ................................................... 59
Traveling with or shipping your computer ........................................................................................... 60
8 Securing your computer and information .................................................................................................. 61
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 61
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 62
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 62
TPM Embedded Security device (select models only) ....................................................................... 62
Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 63
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 63
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 64
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 64
Installing critical security updates ...................................................................................... 64
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 64
Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 64
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 64
9 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................... 65
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 65
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 65
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 65
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 66
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................... 66
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 67
10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ..................................................................................................... 68
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 68
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 68
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 69
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 70
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 70
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 70
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 71
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 71
Removing the HP Recovery partition ................................................................................. 71
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