Chapter4.UsingtheSetupUtilityprogramYoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,
regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverride
anysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopicstohelpyouusetheSetupUtilityprogram:
•“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage63
•“Viewingorchangingsettings”onpage63
•“Usingpasswords”onpage63
•“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage65
•“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage66
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouseealogoscreen,
releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.
Note:Ifapasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuwillnotbedisplayeduntilyoutype
thecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage63.
Viewingorchangingsettings
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.T oviewor
changethesettings,starttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage
63.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.
Usingpasswords
ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyour
computeranddata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailabletohelpyousetanadministratorpassword,a
power-onpassword,oraharddiskdrivepassword:
•SetAdministratorPassword
•SetPower-OnPassword
•HardDiskPassword
Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourcomputer.However ,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingsections.
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