HP TC1100 Compaq Tablet PC TC1100 Series Getting Started - Page 44

Determining Your Wireless LAN Device

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Setting Up the Tablet PC 2. Right-click Wireless Network Connection, then select Properties. 3. On the Wireless Networks tab, clear the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box. 4. Select OK. The Windows automatic wireless network configuration utility is disabled until you enable it again. For additional information about the Windows automatic wireless network configuration utility, refer to Windows Help and Support. After the Windows utility has been disabled, refer to "Installing Your Wireless LAN Utilities and Locating Documentation," for instructions on installing the appropriate HP-preloaded utility for your wireless device. Determining Your Wireless LAN Device Before you can install the utility, you must determine which wireless LAN device has been installed on the tablet PC. To determine which wireless device is installed: ■ Find the appropriate logo on the tablet PC. An Intel Centrino logo label indicates that the tablet contains an Intel wireless device. ■ Locate your tablet PC wireless device information: » Select Start > My Computer > Right click on the window > Properties > Hardware tab > Device Manager > Network Adapters. ✎ You must install the software utility for your wireless LAN device before you can use it. Refer to "Installing Your Wireless LAN Utilities and Locating Documentation," in the following section. 1-36 Startup Guide

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Startup Guide
Setting Up the Tablet PC
2. Right-click Wireless Network Connection, then select
Properties.
3. On the Wireless Networks tab, clear the Use Windows to
configure my wireless network settings check box.
4. Select OK.
The Windows automatic wireless network configuration utility is
disabled until you enable it again.
For additional information about the Windows automatic wireless
network configuration utility, refer to Windows Help and
Support.
After the Windows utility has been disabled, refer to “Installing
Your Wireless LAN Utilities and Locating Documentation,” for
instructions on installing the appropriate HP-preloaded utility for
your wireless device.
Determining Your Wireless LAN Device
Before you can install the utility, you must determine which
wireless LAN device has been installed on the tablet PC. To
determine which wireless device is installed:
Find the appropriate logo on the tablet PC. An Intel Centrino
logo label indicates that the tablet contains an Intel wireless
device.
Locate your tablet PC wireless device information:
»
Select Start > My Computer > Right click on the window >
Properties > Hardware tab > Device Manager > Network
Adapters.
You must install the software utility for your wireless LAN device
before you can use it. Refer to “Installing Your Wireless LAN
Utilities and Locating Documentation,” in the following section.