Dell 8500 manual Standard Settings, Overview, Viewing the System Setup Screens

Standard Settings

Overview

You can use the system setup program as follows:

•To set or change user-selectable features—for example, your computer password.

•To verify information about the computer’s current configuration, such as the amount of system memory.

After you set up the computer, run the system setup program to familiarize yourself with you system configuration information and optional settings. You may want to write down the information for future reference.

The system setup screens display the current setup information and settings for your computer, such as:

•System configuration

•Boot order

•Boot (start-up) configuration and docking-device configuration settings

•Basic device configuration settings

•System security and hard-drive password settings

NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user or are directed to do so by Dell technical support, do not change the settings for the system setup program. Certain changes might make your computer work incorrectly.

Viewing the System Setup Screens

1Turn on (or restart) your computer.

2When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer and try again.

NOTE: Your operating system may automatically configure most of the options available in the system setup program, thus overriding options that you set through the system setup program. (An exception is the External Hot Key option, which you can disable or enable only through the system setup program.) For more information about configuring features for your operating system, see the Windows Help and Support Center.

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