HP Brio 8413, Brio 8434 User Manual
User Guide
Getting the Most From Your HP Brio PC
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Contents
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1. The First Steps................................................................................................................................... 1
Understanding Your Desktop... ..........................................................................................................................2
The Desktop ......................................................................................................................................................3
The Recycle Bin .........................................................................................................................................3
Icons ...............................................................................................................................................................3
The Taskbar .......................................................................................................................................................3
The Start Button ........................................................................................................................................3
Taskbar Buttons ........................................................................................................................................4
Notification Area .......................................................................................................................................4
The HP Brio Center ........................................................................................................................................5
The HP Brio Enhanced Keyboard .....................................................................................................................6
A Word on Using the Mouse ................................................................................................................................ 7
2. In Business with the HP Brio PC .............................................................................................. 9
HP Brio Center .........................................................................................................................................................10
Registering Your HP Brio PC .............................................................................................................................12
Electronic Registration ............................................................................................................................... 12
Non-electronic Registration ..................................................................................................................... 13
Finding Information ............................................................................................................................................... 14
Communicating with Others .............................................................................................................................. 15
Setting Up Your Communications Software .....................................................................................16
Setting Up Your Fax Modem ............................................................................................................. 16
Sending a Fax .................................................................................................................................................16
Enabling & Disabling Fax Reception ....................................................................................................17
Sending & Reading E-mails ......................................................................................................................17
Accessing the Internet .................................................................................................................................17
Sharing Things with Others ................................................................................................................................19
What Does Sharing Mean? .......................................................................................................................19
Just What Can be Shared? ........................................................................................................................19
Disk Drives .................................................................................................................................................19
CD-ROMs ..................................................................................................................................................20
ZIP Drives ..................................................................................................................................................20
Documents & Folders .........................................................................................................................20
Printers .......................................................................................................................................................20
3. Fixing Problems ............................................................................................................................. 21
What to Do First ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
What to Do Next ..................................................................................................................................................... 23
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Online Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................................... 24
Need More Help? .................................................................................................................................................. 26
Tips on Avoiding Potential Problems ...........................................................................................................27
Questions & Answers ........................................................................................................................................... 28
Check Your HP Brio PC ............................................................................................................................. 24
Create Diagnostic Floppy Disk ..............................................................................................................25
You Still Have a Problem... .......................................................................................................................25
Learn About Your HP Brio PC Support ...............................................................................................25
Check Your Support Details ....................................................................................................................25
Take Advantage of Disk Partitions .......................................................................................................27
Protect Your HP Brio PC from Power Shortages ............................................................................27
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The First Steps...
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Now that you have set up your computer (see the Getting Started guide), you
are ready to start using it.
Whether you are an experienced user of computers or more of a novice to
them, this chapter contains some basic information that will help you become
more familiar with your HP Brio PC.
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The First Steps...
Understanding Your Desktop...
Understanding Your Desktop...
Once the initial Windows Welcome sequence has finished, double-click on the
shortcut on the Desktop. Your screen will be similar to that shown below.
Maximize Window
Various
Icons
Start
Button
Minimize Window
Taskbar
Button
Close Window
Desktop
Recycle
Bin
Taskbar
All the features described in this section are standard Windows ones. For further
Note
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details on any of these features, together with details on general Windows
functionality, please refer to the relevant Windows documentation, or the
Windows Help system.
Notification Area
The First Steps...
Understanding Your Desktop...
The Desktop
The desktop is where you can place various things — folders, files and shortcuts to
programs you use. It is also the place where program windows appear, such as the
HP Brio Center window.
The Recycle Bin
This is a temporary storage place for things you have deleted. It fills up with all
the things you have deleted until you decide to empty it. You can use it to find
things you might have deleted by mistake.
Icons
Icons are small graphical objects that represent a particular feature,
area or shortcut of your computer. Double-clicking on them opens
that feature. They can be dragged around the desktop, and they can be placed in the
recycle bin.
The Taskbar
By default the taskbar is at the bottom of your window. It shows you which
applications you have open — represented by a taskbar button (the taskbar below
shows that the HP Brio Center window is open).
The Start Button
This is the starting point for many things you’ll want to do. When you click
on the start button a menu appears from which you can perform a
multitude of tasks — start programs, open documents, find help, search for things
on your computer, and change settings within your computer.
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The First Steps...
Understanding Your Desktop...
Taskbar Buttons
Every time you open a program a button for that program
appears on the taskbar. To switch between programs, simply
click on the taskbar button for the program you want.
Notification Area
Depending on what you are working on with your HP Brio PC,
small indicators may appear in the notification area (to the left of
the clock). If you are printing, for example, appears. Double-clicking on any of
these indicators brings up a window where you can change some of the settings. Try
double-clicking , and change your volume settings.
You can find out more about your windows desktop by referring to the Windows
documentation supplied with your computer.
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The HP Brio Center
The First Steps...
Understanding Your Desktop...
Note
This window appears by,
double-clicking on on your Desktop,
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selecting the HP Brio Center shortcut in the Start menu, or,
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pressing the key on your enhanced keyboard (only available in certain areas)
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In certain regions the HP Brio Center may either be different to the one
described here, or may not be available at all.
The window helps you get the most out of your PC, quickly and efficiently — letting
you concentrate on your work, while at the same time being your first point of
reference to all questions or problems you might encounter.
The HP Brio Center window and its functions are described in detail on page 10.
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The First Steps...
The HP Brio Enhanced Keyboard
The HP Brio Enhanced Keyboard
Note
The HP Brio enhanced keyboard has an extra set of buttons on the top right-hand
corner.
These buttons are configured to perform special tasks such as accessing the HP Brio
Center. They can also be re-programmed easily by yourself. You might want to
simplify a sequence of mouse-clicks into one single button press, or have another
launch a program you use regularly, with all your preferences already there! This
saves you time and increases your productivity.
The HP Brio enhanced keyboard may not be available in all regions.
For information on the standard features of the extra buttons, and how to reprogram them, please refer to the Online Reference Guide.
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The First Steps...
A Word on Using the Mouse
A Word on Using the Mouse
This manual assumes you are right-handed; if you are left-handed you can switch
Note
The mouse should be considered as a tool that lets you communicate with the
programs running on your HP Brio PC — moving the mouse, clicking and doubleclicking its buttons all have a specific meaning.
the functionality of left and right mouse buttons, if you find it easier. Refer to
“switching, mouse buttons” in the Windows help system
Some of these clicking actions always have the same effect, no matter which
program you are using — left-clicking on a menu, for example, always displays the
choices within that menu.
The left mouse button is the “general purpose” button — you use it for selecting,
highlighting, clicking, and for dragging things around your windows (moving the
mouse while holding down the left mouse button on a highlighted item).
The right mouse button can also be used within many programs. The choices
available to you may differ from program to program — right-clicking on the Start
button for example. Try it for yourself, and see what choices are available by rightclicking in different areas of the taskbar.
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The First Steps...
A Word on Using the Mouse
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In Business with the
HP Brio PC
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This chapter explains some of the ways your HP Brio PC can integrate
effortlessly into your working environment, and keep it running smoothly.
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