HP Compaq Notebook series User manual

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Getting Started
HP Compaq Notebook Series
Document Part Number: 403067-001
December 2005
This guide explains how to set up your hardware and software,
and begin using the computer in Microsoft®Windows®.

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Getting Started
HP Compaq Notebook Series
First Edition December 2005
Document Part Number: 403067-001

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Contents
1 First-time setup
Identify hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Computer hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Top components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
TouchPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Front components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Rear components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Right-side components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Left-side components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7
Bottom components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8
Set up the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9
Step 1: Insert the battery pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
Step 2: Connect the computer to external power. . . 1–11
Step 3: Turn on the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13
Step 4: Set up the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15
2 Next steps
Install additional hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Protect the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Protect the computer from viruses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Protect your system files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Protect your privacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Protect the computer from power surges. . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Use the computer safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Connect to a computer network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

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Update your software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Locate the user guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Turn off the computer correctly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
3 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Quick troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Is the computer unable to start up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Is the computer screen blank? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Is software functioning abnormally?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
Is the computer unresponsive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Is the computer overheating?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
Is an external device not working? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Help and Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
Customer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Preparing to contact Customer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Contacting Customer Care by e-mail or telephone . 3–10
A Specifications
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1
Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–2
B System recovery
Safeguarding your data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–1
Using Altiris Local Recovery (select models only). . . . . B–1
Using System Restore points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–2
Creating a System Restore Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–3
Restoring to a restore point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–3
Reinstalling applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–3
Reinstalling applications from the hard drive . . . . . . B–4
Reinstalling applications from discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–4
Repairing the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–5
Reinstalling the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–6
Reinstalling device drivers and other software . . . . . . . . B–7

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C Connect to the Internet from your home
Choose an ISP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–1
Using the Internet Connection Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . C–2
Choose the type of Internet access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–3
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1
First-time setup
Identify hardware
Computer hardware
Component
1AC adapter
2Power cord
3Primary battery pack
4Modem cable

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Top components
Component
1Power light 8Caps lock light
2Power button 9Num lock light
3Display switch -Volume mute button
4Info Center button qVolume mute light
5Wireless button wVolume down button
6Wireless light =Volume up button
7Presentation mode button

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Keys
Component
1esc key 4Windows applications key
2fn key 5Embedded numeric keypad keys
3Windows logo key 6Function keys

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TouchPad
Component
1TouchPad 3TouchPad scroll zone
2Left TouchPad button 4Right TouchPad button