Table Of Contents - HP Personal Computer User Manual

Table of contents

1 Starting right ................................................................................................................................................... 1
Best practices ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Fun things to do .................................................................................................................................... 2
More HP resources .............................................................................................................................. 3
2 Getting to know your computer ..................................................................................................................... 5
Finding your hardware and software information ................................................................................. 5
Locating hardware ............................................................................................................... 5
Locating software ................................................................................................................. 5
Front ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
Right side ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Left side ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Top ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Labels ................................................................................................................................................. 13
Identifying the labels .......................................................................................................... 13
3 Connecting to a network .............................................................................................................................. 14
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................... 14
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................ 14
Using an Internet service provider ..................................................................................... 14
Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................................ 15
Configuring a wireless router ............................................................................................. 15
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................................... 15
Connecting to a WLAN ...................................................................................................... 16
Connecting to a wired network ........................................................................................................... 17
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) ......................................................................... 17
4 Enjoying entertainment features ................................................................................................................. 18
Using the webcam .............................................................................................................................. 19
Using audio ........................................................................................................................................ 19
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