Starting And Stopping Your Pc; Starting Your Pc; Starting The Pc For The First Time - HP Net Vectra User Manual

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Starting and Stopping Your PC

Starting Your PC

1 Before you start your PC, first switch on the display.
2 Start your PC in one of these ways:
press the power button on the front panel
•
press the space bar.
•
When you switch on the computer, the computer carries out the
Power-On-Self-Test (POST) while the Net Vectra logo is displayed.
If you wish to view the POST details, press
Summary Screen. If there is an error in the POST, the error will
automatically be displayed. For details, refer to HP Setup Program
in chapter 2.
3 If you have set a user password in the PC's Setup program, the
password prompt displays after the POST has completed. If the
Password prompt is displayed, type your password and press
to be able to use the PC.

Starting the PC for the First Time

If your PC has preinstalled software, it is initialized the first time you
start the PC. This process sets up the software in your language and
sets up your software to use the hardware installed in your computer
(refer to the operating system documentation to learn how you can
change the settings after the software has been initialized).
Initializing Your Software When the PC Starts for the First Time
Do NOT switch OFF the PC while the software is being initialized—this
could cause unexpected results.
To initialize your software:
1 Turn on the display first, and then the PC.
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