2Starting Out with HP
To help you get started, HP provides simple solutions for discovering your software, learning Windows 95, getting support, and using the Internet. The following table describes these solutions.
Note: Your computer is shipped with Windows 95.
Topic | HP Solution | What It Does |
Discovering | My Software | This folder contains descriptions of various preinstalled applications HP provides on your PC. Look |
your software | folder | here to learn a little about the applications before using them. |
Learning | Personal | Personal Guide teaches you about Windows |
Windows 95 | Guide | Explorer. It gives you answers to frequently asked Windows 95 questions, and also gives you quick |
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| access to the Internet and the HP Support Center. |
Getting HP | HP Support | The HP Support Center provides you with online documentation, tutorials, diagnostics, system tools, |
support | Center | and answers to frequently asked questions. Check your disk for viruses, make more room on your |
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| hard drive, recover lost or damaged HP programs, and contact technical support personnel from the |
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| HP Support Center. An online diagnostic tool (SystemWizard) will take you through a sequence of |
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| questions for problem identification and offer possible solutions. If you don’t solve the problem this |
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| way, whatever you have tried so far is recorded for your support person to look at when you call. |
Using the | Internet | An Internet service provider has been provided. Upon registration, you will receive 50 free hours to |
Internet | Access | use the Internet with HP’s customized browser. Be sure to explore the HP At Home Web site, |
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| designed for HP Pavilion PC owners. To access the Internet, |
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| on your Windows 95 desktop. |
The following sections describe the solutions in more detail.
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