Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtilityTheSetupUtilityprogramisusedtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofthecomputer ,regardless
ofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperating-systemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilar
settingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Ifthecomputerisalreadyonwhenyoustartthisprocedure,shutdowntheoperatingsystemandturn
offthecomputer.
2.PressandholdtheF1keythenturnonthecomputer.Whenyouhearmultiplebeeps,releasetheF1key.
Notes:
a.IfyouareusingaUSBkeyboardandtheSetupUtilityprogramdoesnotdisplayusingthismethod,
repeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keyratherthanleavingitpressedwhenturningonthecomputer.
b.Ifauserpasswordoranadministratorpasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuisnot
displayeduntilyoutypeyourpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage39.
TheSetupUtilitymightstartautomaticallywhenPOSTdetectsthathardwarehasbeenremovedornew
hardwarehasbeeninstalledinthecomputer.
Viewingandchangingsettings
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsitemsthatidentifysystemcongurationtopics.T ovieworchange
settings,see“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogr ammenu,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperform
varioustasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.
Usingpasswords
ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetpasswordstopreventunauthorizedpersonsfromgaining
accesstothecomputeranddata.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39.Thefollowing
typesofpasswordsareavailable:
•UserPassword
•AdministratorPassword
Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstousethecomputer.However,ifyoudecidetosetanypasswords,
readthefollowingsections.
Passwordconsiderations
Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofuptotwelvecharacters(a-zand0-9)andsymbols.F orsecurity
reasons,itisagoodideatouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Passwordsshould
adheretothefollowingrules:
•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength
•Containatleastonealphabeticcharact erandonenumericcharacter
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