HP Pavilion 14 Ab000 Notebook Pc Series Touch User Manual

User Guide  

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Safety warning notice
WARNING!To reduce the possibility of heat-related injuries or of overheating the computer, do not place 
the computer directly on your lap or obstruct the computer air vents. Use the computer only on a hard, flat 
surface. Do not allow another hard surface, such as an adjoining optional printer, or a soft surface, such as 
pillows or rugs or clothing, to block airflow. Also, do not allow the AC adapter to come into contact with the 
skin or a soft surface, such as pillows or rugs or...

iv  Safety warning notice 

Processor configuration setting (select models only)
IMPORTANT:Select computer models are configured with an Intel® Pentium® N35xx/N37xx series or a 
Celeron® N28xx/N29xx/N30xx/N31xx series processor and a Windows® operating system. 
If your computer 
is configured as described, do not change the processor configuration setting in msconfig.exe from 4 or 2 
processors to 1 processor.
 If you do so, your computer will not restart. You will have to perform a factory 
reset to restore the original settings.
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vi  Processor configuration setting (select models only) 

Table of contents
1  Starting right ................................................................................................................................................ 1
Visit the HP Apps Store .......................................................................................................................................... 1
Best practices...

Accessing Audio Control Panel ....................................................................................... 23
Testing your audio features .............................................................................................................. 23
Using video .......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Connecting video devices using an HDMI cable (select models only)...

7  Maintaining your computer .......................................................................................................................... 37
Improving performance ....................................................................................................................................... 37
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................................................. 37
Using Disk Cleanup...

Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 49
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................................... 50
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................ 50
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .....................................................