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HW Setup

Ending the BIOS Setup Program

Save the changes and end the program.

1.Press the End Key.

The “Are you sure? (Y/N) The changes you made will cause the system to reboot.” message is displayed.

2.Press the Y key.

The configured settings are saved and the BIOS setup program ends. The computer may reboot depending on the settings that were modified.

Ending the BIOS Setup Program Halfway

The configuration settings can be terminated halfway without saving any of the changes made.

1.Press the Esc key.

The “Exit without saving? (Y/N)” message is displayed.

2.Press the Y key.

The BIOS setup program will end.

Execute-Disable Bit Capability

This setting, which is displayed on the first page of the setup screen, configures the Execute-Disable Bit function of the CPU. This function is specific to Intel processors and, when activated, helps to reduce security threats to the computer by preventing certain classes of malicious 'buffer overflow' attacks when combined with a supporting operating system such as Windows XP.

Available	Makes the processor's Execute-Disable Bit
	Capability available for use.
Not Available	Disables the processor's Execute-Disable Bit
	Capability so that it is not available for use.
	(Default).

System configuration changes, other than changes to this setting, should be made within Windows by using applications such as TOSHIBA HW Setup, TOSHIBA Password Utility, TOSHIBA Power Saver, Windows Device Manager and so forth.

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