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Hewlett-Packard France Commercial Computing Division Customer Satisfaction 5, avenue Raymond Chanas - Eybens 38053 Grenoble Cedex 9 France © 1999 Hewlett-Packard Company ii Contents Notice ............................................................................................................................................................................. ii 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 A Word on Using the Mouse ................................................................................................................................6 The HP Enhanced Mouse ............................................................................................................................7 Configuring the Mouse .........................................................................................................................7 2 In Business with the HP Brio PC .......................................................................... 9 HP Brio Center .........................................................................................................................................................10 Registering Your HP Brio PC .............................................................................................................................. 11 Electronic Registration ................................................................................................................................ 11 Non-electronic Registration ...................................................................................................................... 11 Finding Information ............................................................................................................................................... 12 3 Fixing & Avoiding Problems ............................................................................... 13 What to Do First .......................................................................................................................................................14 What to Do Next ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 Online Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Try this first ......................................................................................................................................................16 Create Diagnostic Floppy Disk ...............................................................................................................16 Windows Troubleshooters ........................................................................................................................16 Need More Help? .....................................................................................................................................................17 Tips on Using your CD-RW Drive .................................................................................................................... 18 Reading Your CD-RW and CD-R Disks on Other Computers ..................................................18 Tips on Using Your DVD Drive .........................................................................................................................19 Playing DVD movie disks (only available on Windows 98). .....................................................19 Protect Your HP Brio PC from Power Shortages ............................................................................19 Questions & Answers ...........................................................................................................................................20 iii Quick Troubleshooting Tree .............................................................................................................................27 iv The First Steps... 1 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. 1 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 Minimize Window Various Icons Desktop Close Window Start Button Taskbar Button Recycle Bin Taskbar Notification Area All the features described in this section are standard Windows ones. For further 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. Note 2 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. 3 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. 4 The First Steps... Understanding Your Desktop... The HP Brio Center This window appears by, · · double-clicking on on your Desktop, or selecting the HP Brio Center shortcut in the Start menu. 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. 5 The First Steps... A Word on Using the Mouse A Word on Using the Mouse Note This manual assumes you are right-handed; if you are left-handed you can switch the functionality of left and right mouse buttons, if you find it easier. Refer to "switching, mouse buttons" in the Windows help system 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. 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. 6 The First Steps... A Word on Using the Mouse The HP Enhanced Mouse HP's enhanced mouse has an additional button/wheel combination that you can use for scrolling and zooming in Windows applications. Note Scrolling and zooming is only possible if your application supports this feature. Refer to your application's documentation for more details. Third Button and Scroll/Zoom Wheel Context Menu/ Alternate Select Button Click/Select Button Scrolling -- in a Windows application, move the mouse wheel backwards or forwards to scroll up or down. Zooming -- in applications that support this option (Microsoft Office 97, for example), hold down the Ctrl key while moving the mouse wheel forwards or backwards to zoom in or out. Configuring the Mouse Using the mouse setup application you can re-assign each mouse button and the combination button/wheel to a different function. You can also change the scroll function so that it works in a different way. To change the mouse setup or to view the available scroll options, double-click on the Mouse icon in the Control Panel, and click the Buttons tab. 7 The First Steps... A Word on Using the Mouse 8 In Business with the HP Brio PC 2 This chapter explains some of the ways your HP Brio PC can integrate effortlessly into your working environment, and keep it running smoothly. 9 In Business with the HP Brio PC HP Brio Center HP Brio Center The HP Brio Center consists of a menu of different things you might want to do with your HP Brio PC. The choices available to you have been laid out clearly and simply, allowing you to perform tasks with the minimum of effort. Even if you are an experienced PC user, you may be surprised how easy and intuitive the HP Brio Center is. From the HP Brio Center you can, register your HP Brio PC electronically and enter a draw to win a HP product -- only if you have a direct connection to the Internet. See page 11 for details. find information -- in the form of online help -- ...