Table of contents
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Features
Identifying hardware
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Top components
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TouchPad
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1
Lights
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3
Buttons and fingerprint reader (select models only)
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3
Keys
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5
Front components
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6
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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11
Identifying the labels
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11
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Wireless and local area network
Using wireless devices
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13
Identifying wireless and network icons
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14
Using the wireless controls
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14
Using the wireless button
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14
Using Wireless Assistant software (select models only)
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15
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only)
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15
Using operating system controls
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16
Using a WLAN device (select models only)
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17
Setting up a WLAN
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Protecting your WLAN
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17
Connecting to a WLAN
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Roaming to another network
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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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21
Using a Bluetooth wireless device
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Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
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23
Troubleshooting wireless connection problems
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24
Cannot create a WLAN connection
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24
Cannot connect to a preferred network
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Network status icon is not displayed
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25
Current network security codes are unavailable
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