4 Summary of the HP/Phoenix BIOS

Power Saving and Ergonometry

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

HP TopTOOLS 2 is an integrated, easy-to-use desktop management application for efficient inventory, configuration, fault and security management. It is fully DMI compliant. It provides facilities for real-time monitoring and management of over 300 attributes of the PC (both the local PC, and remote ones over the network).

HP Lock

The purpose of the HP Lock utility is to provide a more convenient, and more dynamic access to the security features of the PC than was previously possible. (Previously, it had been necessary to restart the PC, and to call the Setup program). It is available, on the HP Vectra VL 5/xxx Series 5 PC only, running the Windows 95 operation system.

Facilities are provided for:

•Passwords

•Lock options (such as screen hiding and screen saving)

•Start-up protection

•Disk drive access (enabled or disabled)

•Communications port access (enabled or disabled)

These can be accessed by clicking on the “Lock my HP Vectra PC” menu in the Control Panel. You can then use the “How to Lock”, “Lock Options” and “Advanced” menus.

The two options “Lock when entering Energy Saving Mode” and “Lock when activating Screen Saver” are currently under development. You will be able to download the completed software form the HP World Wide Web site: http://www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport/.

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