Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Configuring Your Notebook
System Devices Menu
Setting | Description | Default |
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Video Display Device | Sets whether the | Auto |
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External Pointing Device | Disables the internal pointing devices when an | Auto |
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Legacy USB Support | Enables BIOS support for USB mouse, keyboard, and | Enabled |
| diskette disk drive during startup. |
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Wake On LAN from | Lets the notebook be turned on via the LAN port. If | Disabled |
Power Off | this option is enabled, the notebook uses increased |
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| power while it is shut down. |
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Security Menu
Setting | Description | Default |
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User Password is | Shows if a user password is set. | Clear |
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Administrator Password | Shows if an administrator password is set. | Clear |
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Set User Password | Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the user | Enter |
| password. The password can have no more than 8 |
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| accented characters. |
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Set Administrator | Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the | Enter |
Password | administrator password, which protects BIOS Setup |
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| settings. The password can have no more than 8 |
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| accented characters. |
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Require Password on | Sets whether a user password is required when the | Disabled |
Boot | notebook boots. Requires the administrator password |
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| for changes. |
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Internal hard drive lock | Only if the Boot password option is enabled, encodes | Disabled |
| the current user password (or administrator password |
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| if that is the only password set) on the hard drive. |
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