Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,
regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverride
anysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopicstohelpyouusetheSetupUtilityprogram:
•“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39
•“Viewingorchangingsettings”onpage39
•“Usingpasswords”onpage39
•“Enablingordisablingadevice”onpage40
•“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage41
•“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage42

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer .Whenyouhearmultiplebeeps
orseealogoscreen,releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.
Note:Ifapasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuwillnotbedisplayeduntilyoutype
thecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage39.

Viewingorchangingsettings

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.T oviewor
changethesettings,starttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage
39.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyour
computeranddata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailabletohelpyousetapower-onpasswordoran
administratorpassword:
•SetPower-OnPassword
•SetAdministratorPassword
Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourcomputer.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingsections.
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