HP Vectra VLi8 User Manual
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1 Setting Up and Using Your PC
Starting Your PC for the First Time
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After Your PC Has Restarted
❒ Set the keyboard to a comfortable position.
❒ Adjust the monitor’s brightness and contrast to suit your needs. If
the picture does not fill the screen or is not centered, adjust it using
the controls on the monitor. Refer to the monitor’s manual for
details.
❒ Arrange your work environment for comfort (refer to
Programs
➪
HP Info
➪
Working Comfortably
for more details).
❒ Install your application software.
❒ If you want to connect to the Internet, you must first ensure that
your Internet connection is correctly configured (contact your
company’s technical support or network administrator). You can
then use a web browser to connect to the Internet.
Changing the Operating System
If you change the operating system used by your PC, ensure that the
PnP Operating System
field in the
Main
menu of the Setup program
is correctly set. (To enter the PC’s Setup program, restart your PC and
press
during start-up.)
•
For Plug and Play operating system, such as Windows 95 or
Windows 98, set the
PnP Operating System
field to
Yes
.
•
For non-Plug and Play operating systems, such as Windows NT 4.0,
set this field to
No
.
To check if your operating system is Plug and Play, refer to your
operating system’s documentation.
Stopping Your PC
To stop the PC, first make sure that you have exited all applications
and then use your operating system’s shutdown command in the
Start
menu.
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