132 HP Jornada 700 Series Handheld PC

Use the ac adapter to plug your HP Jornada into external power whenever possible, especially when connecting to a desktop PC, when using a PC Card modem, network interface card (NIC), or other peripheral. Do not let the alarm notification LED flash for a long time.

Fine-tuning performance

This section offers information that will help you customize your HP Jornada to match your working style.

Setting general options

As on your desktop PC, use Control Panel to change most of your HP Jornada options.

To open Control Panel

·On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then tap Control Panel.

Double-tap any of the icons in Control Panel to explore the options for that feature. Specific Control Panel options are described below. For more information about a particular control panel, see the Settings topic in online Help.

•Communications—Use the Communications control panel to set options for establishing a connection between your HP Jornada and desktop PC.

•Dialing—Use the Dialing control panel to manually create dialing locations and set dialing options for connecting to a service provider or remote computer.

•Display—The Display control panel allows you to

set the background image and the appearance of your MS Windows for H/PC 2000 desktop.

•HP hot keys—Use the HP hot keys control panel to customize your HP Jornada hot keys and hard icons. For more information, see the Customizing the HP hot keys and hard icons section in this chapter.

•HP security—Set primary and reminder password protection to control access to your HP Jornada, and use the security log to record access attempts.