HP Pavilion TouchSmart 14-f040ca Sleekbook User Manual

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Cleaning the display (All-in-Ones or Notebooks) .............................................. 50
Cleaning the sides or cover ............................................................................... 50
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ................................................... 51

Traveling with or shipping your computer ........................................................................................... 51

9 Securing your computer and information .................................................................................................. 52

Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 52

Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 53
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 53

Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 53

Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 54
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 54

Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 54

Installing critical security updates ...................................................................................... 54
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 54

Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 55
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 55
Using an optional security cable lock ................................................................................................. 55

10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) .................................................... 56

Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 56
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 56

Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 56
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 57

Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................... 57

Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 58

11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ..................................................................................................... 59

Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 59

Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 60

Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 61

Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ....................................................... 62
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................ 62
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 63

What you need to know ..................................................................................... 63
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover (select models only) ..................... 63
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 64
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 64

Removing the HP Recovery partition ................................................................................. 64

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