changing the Custom Settings

When you select Custom Settings from the main menu, you see a screen displaying a number of optians you can use to customize the way your system operates.

The custom settings options are described in the followingtable.Custom settings

 

Option

 

Function

 

 

 

 

 

Typematic

rate

Sets the delay period between the time you press a

 

delay

 

keyand the tlme thecharacter appears on the screen

 

 

 

(inmilliseconds); the higher the number, the longer the

 

 

 

delay: the default is 500 msec,or 1/2 second

 

 

 

 

 

Typematic

rate

Sets the rate at which a character repeats when you

 

 

 

hold down a key: the higher the number, the faster

 

 

 

repeat rate; the default is 24 characters per second

 

 

 

 

 

Fast boot

 

Allows your system to skip testing of memory above

 

 

 

1MB system startup enabling this option speeds

 

 

 

up the startup process

 

Press <Delete>

Enables or disables the message that prompts you to

 

 

message

 

run the Setup program; if you disable this message,

 

 

 

you will not see press <Delete> if you want to run

 

 

 

setup; however, you can still start the setup program

 

 

 

by Pressing Delete during the startup process

 

Check diskette

Enables or disables checking the diskette drive for

 

drive

 

COMMAND.COM during system statup; disabling this

 

 

 

option speeds up the startup process

 

 

 

 

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