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HP Pavilion dm1-1020ed Entertainment Notebook PC User Manual

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Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is
available ........................................................................................... 62
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is
available ........................................................................................... 62
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation ....................................................................................... 62

Calibrating a battery ........................................................................................................... 62

Step 1: Fully charge the battery ........................................................................ 62
Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep ............................................................. 63
Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................ 63
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ..................................................................... 65
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................... 65

Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 65
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 65
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 66

Shutting down the computer ............................................................................................................... 66

8 Security

Protecting the computer ..................................................................................................................... 67
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 67

Setting passwords in Windows .......................................................................................... 68
Setting passwords in Setup Utility ..................................................................................... 68

Administrator password ..................................................................................... 69

Managing an administrator password ............................................... 69
Entering an administrator password ................................................. 69

Power-on password .......................................................................................... 69

Managing a power-on password ...................................................... 70
Entering a power-on password ......................................................... 70

Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................................... 71
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................................... 72
Installing critical updates .................................................................................................................... 73

9 Software updates

Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 75

Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 75
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 75

Updating programs and drivers .......................................................................................................... 77

10 Setup Utility

Starting Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................... 78
Using Setup Utility .............................................................................................................................. 78

Changing the language of Setup Utility ............................................................................. 78
Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility ............................................................................ 78

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