HP IQ846 - TouchSmart - 4 GB RAM Manual page 17

Performing the post-recovery
procedure
1 At the Welcome to Microsoft Windows screen, follow
the onscreen setup instructions, and then click Start in
the last screen to display the Windows desktop.
2 Configure your Internet connection.
3 Use Windows Update to get critical updates from
Microsoft:
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Click the Windows Vista start button, and
then click Control Panel.
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Under Security, click the Check for Updates
button.
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Click Install Updates.
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Restart your computer. (Some updates will not finish
installing until you restart.)
4 Use HP Update to get critical updates from HP:
•
Click the Windows Vista start button,
All Programs, the HP folder, and then click
HP Update.
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Follow the onscreen instruction to download driver
and software updates.
5 Turn off your computer, reconnect all peripheral
devices that were originally connected to it, and then
turn the computer back on.
6 Reinstall software that originally came in the box with
your computer, and also any additional software you
purchased.
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The system recovery software might have already
installed some of the software that came in the box.
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If you installed updates to any software programs,
reinstall those as well. You can typically download
these updates from the software manufacturer's
Web site.
7 If you performed a backup before the system recovery,
copy the backup data files from the backup media to
your hard disk drive.
8 Ensure your system is running up-to-date security
software.
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