User Manual

Cleaning procedures .......................................................................................................... 54
Cleaning the display (All-in-Ones or Notebooks) .............................................. 54
Cleaning the sides or cover ............................................................................... 54
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ................................................... 54
Traveling with or shipping your computer ........................................................................................... 55
8 Securing your computer and information ........................................................................................................ 56
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 56
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 57
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 57
Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 57
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 58
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 58
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 58
Installing critical security updates ...................................................................................... 58
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 58
Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 59
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 59
Using an optional security cable lock ................................................................................................. 59
9 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ............................................................ 60
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 60
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 60
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 60
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 61
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................... 61
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 62
10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .......................................................................................................... 63
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 63
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 63
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 64
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 65
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 65
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 65
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 66
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 66
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ................................................ 66
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