HP Provantage F3F15UA#ABA manual 7

6 Managing power ............................................................................................................................................	37
Initiating Sleep and Hibernation .........................................................................................................	37
Manually initiating and exiting Sleep ..................................................................................	37
Manually initiating and exiting Hibernation (select models only) .......................................	38
Setting password protection on wakeup ............................................................................	38
Using the power meter and power settings ........................................................................................	38
Running on battery power ..................................................................................................................	38
Removing a user-replaceable battery ................................................................................	39
Finding battery information ................................................................................................	39
Conserving battery power ..................................................................................................	40
Identifying low battery levels ..............................................................................................	40
Resolving a low battery level .............................................................................................	40
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available ........................	40
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available .....................	40
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit Hibernation .......	41
Storing a user-replaceable battery .....................................................................................	41
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................................	41
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ................................................................................	41
Running on external AC power ..........................................................................................................	41
Troubleshooting power problems ......................................................................................	42
Shutting down (turning off) the computer ...........................................................................................	42
7 Maintaining your computer ..........................................................................................................................	44
Improving performance ......................................................................................................................	44
Using Disk Defragmenter ...................................................................................................	44
Using Disk Cleanup ...........................................................................................................	44
Updating programs and drivers ..........................................................................................................	45
Cleaning your computer .....................................................................................................................	45
Cleaning procedures ..........................................................................................................	45
Cleaning the display (All-in-Ones or Notebooks) ..............................................	45
Cleaning the sides or cover ...............................................................................	46
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ...................................................	46
Traveling with or shipping your computer ...........................................................................................	46
8 Securing your computer and information ..................................................................................................	48
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................	48
Setting Windows passwords ..............................................................................................	49
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords .............................................................................	49
Using Internet security software .........................................................................................................	49

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