HP Pavilion E2S18UAABA manual 8

Updating programs and drivers ..........................................................................................................	56
Cleaning your computer .....................................................................................................................	56
Cleaning procedures ..........................................................................................................	57
Cleaning the display (All-in-Ones or Notebooks) ..............................................	57
Cleaning the sides or cover ...............................................................................	57
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ...................................................	57
Traveling with or shipping your computer ...........................................................................................	58
9 Securing your computer and information ..................................................................................................	59
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................	59
Setting Windows passwords ..............................................................................................	60
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords .............................................................................	60
Using Internet security software .........................................................................................................	60
Using antivirus software .....................................................................................................	61
Using firewall software .......................................................................................................	61
Installing software updates .................................................................................................................	61
Installing critical security updates ......................................................................................	61
Installing HP and third-party software updates ..................................................................	61
Securing your wireless network ..........................................................................................................	62
Backing up your software applications and information .....................................................................	62
Using an optional security cable lock .................................................................................................	62
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ....................................................	63
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ...............................................................................................................	63
Updating the BIOS .............................................................................................................................	63
Determining the BIOS version ...........................................................................................	63
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................	64
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ......................................................................................	64
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ...............................	65
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .....................................................................................................	66
Creating recovery media and backups ...............................................................................................	66
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................	67
Restore and recovery .........................................................................................................................	68
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery .......................................................	69
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................	69
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ..........................................................................	70
What you need to know .....................................................................................	70
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ......................................	70
Using HP Recovery media to recover ...............................................................	71

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