HP Pavilion Gaming 15 Ak100 Notebook Manual
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Table of contents 1 Starting right ................................................................................................................................................ 1 VisittheHPAppsStore..........................................................................................................................................1 Bestpractices.........................................................................................................................................................1 MoreHPresources.................................................................................................................................................2 2 Getting to know your computer ...................................................................................................................... 4 Locatinghardware.................................................................................................................................................4 Locatingsoftware..................................................................................................................................................4 Rightside...............................................................................................................................................................5 Leftside.................................................................................................................................................................7 Display....................................................................................................................................................................9 Top........................................................................................................................................................................11 TouchPad...........................................................................................................................................11 Lights.................................................................................................................................................12 Buttonsandspeakers.......................................................................................................................13 Keys...................................................................................................................................................14 Usingtheactionkeys........................................................................................................................14 Bottom.................................................................................................................................................................16 Labels...................................................................................................................................................................16 InsertingaSIMcard(selectproductsonly).........................................................................................................17 3 Connecting to a network .............................................................................................................................. 19 Connectingtoawirelessnetwork.......................................................................................................................19 Usingthewirelesscontrols...............................................................................................................19 Airplanemodekey..........................................................................................................19 Operatingsystemcontrols.............................................................................................19 ConnectingtoaWLAN.......................................................................................................................20 UsingHPMobileBroadband(selectproductsonly)..........................................................................20 UsingHPDataPass(selectproductsonly)........................................................................................21 UsingGPS(selectproductsonly)......................................................................................................21 UsingBluetoothwirelessdevices(selectproductsonly).................................................................21 Connectingtoawirednetwork—LAN(selectproductsonly).............................................................................21 Sharingdataanddrivesandaccessingsoftware................................................................................................22 4 Enjoying entertainment features .................................................................................................................. 23 Usinganintegratedcamera................................................................................................................................23 vii
Usinganintegrated3Dcamera(selectproductsonly).......................................................................................23 Usingaudio..........................................................................................................................................................23 Connectingspeakers.........................................................................................................................23 Connectingheadsets.........................................................................................................................24 Usingsoundsettings.........................................................................................................................24 Usingvideo..........................................................................................................................................................24 ConnectingvideodevicesusinganHDMIcable(selectproductsonly)............................................25 SettingupHDMIaudio....................................................................................................25 DiscoveringandconnectingtoMiracast-compatiblewirelessdisplays(selectproductsonly)......26 DiscoveringandconnectingtoIntelWiDicerti
7 Maintaining your computer .......................................................................................................................... 39 Improvingperformance.......................................................................................................................................39 UsingDiskDefragmenter..................................................................................................................39 UsingDiskCleanup............................................................................................................................39 UsingHP3DDriveGuard(selectproductsonly)................................................................................39 IdentifyingHP3DDriveGuardstatus..............................................................................40 Updatingprogramsanddrivers..........................................................................................................................40 Cleaningyourcomputer......................................................................................................................................40 Cleaningprocedures..........................................................................................................................40 Cleaningthedisplay........................................................................................................41 Cleaningthesidesorcover.............................................................................................41 CleaningtheTouchPad,keyboard,ormouse(selectproductsonly).............................41 Travelingwithorshippingyourcomputer..........................................................................................................41 8 Securing your computer and information ....................................................................................................... 43 Usingpasswords..................................................................................................................................................43 SettingWindowspasswords.............................................................................................................43 SettingSetupUtility(BIOS)passwords.............................................................................................44 Usingthe
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .......................................................................................................... 53 Creatingrecoverymediaandbackups................................................................................................................53 CreatingHPRecoverymedia(selectproductsonly).........................................................................53 UsingWindowstools...........................................................................................................................................54 Restoreandrecovery...........................................................................................................................................55 RecoveringusingHPRecoveryManager...........................................................................................55 Whatyouneedtoknowbeforeyougetstarted.............................................................55 UsingtheHPRecoverypartition(selectproductsonly).................................................56 UsingHPRecoverymediatorecover..............................................................................56 Changingthecomputerbootorder................................................................................57 RemovingtheHPRecoverypartition(selectproductsonly).........................................58 12 SpecL