Personal Computer User Manual

Chapter4.UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,

regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverride

anysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopicstohelpyouusetheSetupUtilityprogram:

•“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47

•“Viewingorchangingsettings”onpage47

•“Usingpasswords”onpage47

•“Enablingordisablingadevice”onpage48

•“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage49

•“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage50

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearmultiplebeeps

orseealogoscreen,releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.

Note:Ifapasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuwillnotbedisplayeduntilyoutype

thecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage47.

Viewingorchangingsettings

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.Toviewor

changethesettings,starttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage

47.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious

tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyour

computeranddata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailabletohelpyousetapower-onpasswordoran

administratorpassword:

•SetPower-OnPassword

•SetAdministratorPassword

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourcomputer.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing

security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingsections.