Getting Started Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Setting Up Your PC
- Using the Keyboard
- Setting Up Sound
- Using Your PC Top
- Using the Memory Card Reader
- Using a TV as a Monitor
- Using the HP Personal Media Drive
- Working with Digital Images
- Playing CDs and DVDs
- Creating Audio and Data Discs
- Erasing Rewritable Discs Before Recording
- Working with Audio CDs
- Working with Data DVDs and CDs
- Copying a DVD or CD
- Archiving Files on a CD or DVD
- Working with Image Files
- Disc Labeling with LightScribe
- Compatibility Information
- Disc Features and Compatibility Table
- Optical Drive Quick Reference Table
- Software Quick Reference Table
- Creating Video Discs and Movies
- Creating Movies Using muvee autoProducer
- Getting Help
- Index
96 Getting Started Guide
Using the Onscreen Help and Support
Center
Information about your PC is in the onscreen Help and Support Center (select
models only). Here you can find links to driver updates, access to technical support
options, and information about commonly asked questions.
To open the Help and Support Center:
• Press the Help button (select models only) on your keyboard.
Or
• Click Start on the taskbar, and choose Help and Support.
Using Updates from HP
Updates from HP (select models only) is an Internet-based service provided by HP to
bring you important information for your PC:
• Product notices
• System updates
• Tips
• Special offers for your PC
Messages arrive while you’re connected to the Internet and may display an alert or
a notice on your desktop. You can view messages as they arrive, or read them later.
Most Support updates delivered by Updates from HP messages are also available to
you through the Support Web site under the information for your PC model.
Getting messages
After you view or close a message, it will not automatically display again.
To read a previously received message, open Updates from HP:
1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose All Programs.
3 Choose PC Help & Tools.
4 Choose Updates from HP.
5 Click Updates from HP again. Updates from HP displays.
• If Updates from HP has been activated on your system, click View
messages to view a list of previously-received messages. To read a
message, double-click the message title in the window. You can exit this
window, and Updates from HP remains active.
• If Updates from HP has not been activated on your system, the screen
contains an Activate button to activate the service. Click Activate to start
the service and view a list of previously-received messages.