Table of contents
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Notebook tour
Identifying the hardware
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Top components
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1
TouchPad
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1
Lights
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2
Buttons and fingerprint reader (select models only)
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3
Keys
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5
Front components
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5
Right-side components
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6
Left-side components
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7
Bottom components
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8
Display components
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9
Wireless antennas
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9
Additional hardware components
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10
Identifying the labels
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11
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Wireless and local area network
Using wireless devices
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14
Identifying wireless and network status icons
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14
Using the wireless controls
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15
Using the wireless button
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15
Using Wireless Assistant software (select models only)
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15
Using operating system controls
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Using a WLAN
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Setting up a WLAN
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Protecting your WLAN
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Connecting to a WLAN
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18
Roaming to another network
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19
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only)
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20
Inserting a SIM
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20
Removing a SIM
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23
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only)
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25
Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
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25
Troubleshooting wireless connection problems
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