Security Menu Items

 

 

 

Menu Item

Settings (default is bold)

 

 

 

Assign HDD Password

Press Enter to access the Assign HDD Password Mode.

 

Controls access to the system’s hard drive by assigning

 

master and user passwords. See “Hard Drive Security”

 

later in this section for information and procedures for using

 

the HDD password mode.

 

CAUTION: If the master and user password are set on a

 

hard drive, they can never be removed. If the master

 

password is forgotten and the hard drive is installed in

 

another system, data cannot be accessed on the hard

 

drive.

 

Once these passwords are set, NEC Computers Inc.

 

has no capability to remove them.

 

 

 

Power Menu

Choose the Power Menu by selecting Power in the legend bar on the Main Menu screen. Other Power Menu options are available by selecting submenus.

Use the arrow keys to select one of the Power Menu options and press Enter to select a submenu. Items with grayed-out text are not available. Explanations of each Power Menu item are in the following table.

Note Power management is only supported in systems running Windows 98 or Windows 2000.

 

Power Menu Settings

 

 

Menu Item

Settings (default is bold)

 

 

Power Savings

Disabled, Customized, Maximum Power Savings,

 

Maximum Performance

 

Disabled setting turns off Power Management and

 

disables Standby Timeout.

 

Maximum Power Savings setting conserves the greatest

 

amount of power.

 

Maximum Performance setting conserves power but

 

allows best system performance.

 

Customized setting allows the user to modify the Auto

 

Suspend Timeout and Hard Disk Timeout fields.

Standby Timeout

Off, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 minutes

 

Specifies the amount of time the system is in Idle Mode

 

before entering the Standby Mode.

Auto Suspend Timeout

Off, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60 minutes

 

Specifies the amount of time the system is in standby

 

before entering the sleep mode.

 

 

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NEC PowerMate CT manual Power Menu Settings, Once these passwords are set, NEC Computers Inc