User guide

Cleaning procedures .......................................................................................................... 56
Cleaning the display (All-in-Ones or Notebooks) .............................................. 56
Cleaning the sides or cover ............................................................................... 56
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ................................................... 56
Traveling with or shipping your computer ........................................................................................... 57
8 Securing your computer and information ........................................................................................................ 58
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 58
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 59
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 59
Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 59
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 60
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 60
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 60
Installing critical security updates ...................................................................................... 60
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 60
Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 61
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 61
Using an optional security cable lock ................................................................................................. 61
9 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ............................................................ 62
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 62
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 62
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 62
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 63
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................... 63
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 64
10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .......................................................................................................... 65
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 65
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 65
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 66
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 67
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 67
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 67
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 68
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 68
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ................................................ 68
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