Set Supervisor Password: Enables you to set the supervisor password to control access to the System Setup utility. See ”Creating a Password” on page 60 for instructions on setting a password.

Password on boot: Determines whether the computer prompts for a password when starting up. The options are Enabled and Disabled. A supervisor password must be set before you can enable this option.

Fixed disk boot sector: Enables you to write-protect the hard drive boot sector to protect against viruses and alterations. Only a user with the supervisor password can access this field. The options for this field are Normal (default) and Write Protect.

Power Menu

The Power menu of System Setup allows you to enable and adjust your computer’s sophisticated power-saving features. Enabling these features extends the life of the battery.

If your computer shipped with Windows 98/ Me installed, the Power Management works with the settings in the Power Management option of Control Panel. But if your computer has DOS, Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, the Power Management works with the settings in System Setup.

Power Savings: Enables and disables Maximum Performance mode. The options are Maximum Performance, Maximum Power Saving(default), Customized and Disabled. If you set this field to Maximum Performance, the microprocessor and hard drive run at full speed, unless affected by other power-savings settings. If you set this field to Maximum Power Saving, the microprocessor and the hard drive run at slow speed, when there is no user input or device activity. Choose Customized to alter these settings and Disabled to turn off the Power management function.

Idle Mode: Turns on or off the idle mode power savings. On slows down the CPU when the system is not busy.

Standby Timeout: Sets the period of computer inactivity (no user input or device activity) that must pass before your computer automatically goes into standby mode. In standby mode some devices are turned off (including the LCD screen) and the microprocessor slows down. You can disable this option by selecting Off,

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