HP ENVY 15t-k000 CTO Notebook PC - Manual (Page 10)

Cleaning the display (All-in-Ones or Notebooks) .............................................. 61
Cleaning the sides or cover ............................................................................... 62
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ................................................... 62
Traveling with or shipping your computer ........................................................................................... 62
8 Securing your computer and information ........................................................................................................ 64
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 64
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 65
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 65
Using the fingerprint reader ................................................................................................................ 65
Using HP SimplePass ........................................................................................................ 66
Registering fingerprints ..................................................................................... 66
Using your registered fingerprint to log on to Windows ..................................... 66
Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 66
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 66
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 67
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 67
Installing critical security updates ...................................................................................... 67
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 67
Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 67
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 68
Using an optional security cable lock ................................................................................................. 68
9 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ............................................................ 69
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 69
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 69
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 69
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 70
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................... 70
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 71
10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .......................................................................................................... 72
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 72
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 72
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 73
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 74
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 74
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 74
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 75
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 75
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